Police: New Orleans attacker drove onto sidewalk, around police car in French Quarter, 'defeating' protections
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Police: New Orleans attacker drove onto sidewalk, around police car in French Quarter, 'defeating' protections.
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PeopleMissing Ohio Siblings, 8 and 9, Found in Remote Icelandic Village 3 Months After Disappearing
The children's mother reportedly took the children across the ocean after she stopped taking her medication
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He pulled up to Palisades fire with a fire engine and an offer to help. It was fake, authorities say
Officials say a man who tried to enter the Palisades fire zone claiming to be a volunteer firefighter was a convicted arsonist in a decommissioned fire truck.
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Police across Nova Scotia warn of scam targeting seniors
Halifax Regional Police are warning of a scam targeting seniors in the wake of multiple reported incidents.In a release Friday, HRP urged people to be suspicious of all calls or emails asking for money, and said they were looking for help identifying a suspect in a number of frauds in the Halifax area. In each reported instance, the victim received a call from someone pretending to be a family member who had been arrested and needed to be bailed out.They were then passed off to another individua
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Joe Biden Grants Clemency To Leonard Peltier
The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.
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RCMP charge Sask. man with murder in Lloydminster killings of father, 2 sons
A 31-year-old Saskatchewan man has been charged with three counts of second-degree murder in last September's shooting deaths of a father and his two adult sons in Lloydminster, Sask.RCMP announced the charges at a news conference in Lloydminster on Monday.Nakota Rayne Pooyak, a resident of Sweetgrass First Nation, was arrested and charged on Jan. 18, Insp. Dean Riou of the K Division Serious Crimes Branch said at the news conference."Since the beginning of this investigation, we have been commi
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Case of Regina man caught on street with sawed-off shotgun and bulletproof vest finally concludes
The case of a Regina man convicted of walking down a city street wearing a bulletproof vest and carrying a sawed-off shotgun is finally over.Stuart Michael George Sabiston was arrested in 2019 after members of the Regina Police Service gang unit spotted him walking in a neighbourhood police said is known for gang activity. The case ultimately went to the Supreme Court, and then back to the province's Court of Appeal.Sabiston was convicted on several firearms charges, including possession of a lo
- People
Domino’s Delivery Man Reported Missing in Minnesota After Pizzas Weren’t Delivered, Police Say
Police said Shuefaub Xiong was reported missing after he “did not make four deliveries" scheduled for the evening of Tuesday, Jan. 14
- People
Fugitive Pregnant Woman Wanted for Murder of One-Year-Old Son Captured in New York
Gloria Wright, 23, was wanted for first-degree murder and first-degree cruelty to children in connection to the death of her one-year-old son
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Bus attack victim, 14, stabbed by youths ‘almost instantaneously’, court told
Kelyan Bokassa was stabbed around 27 times as he travelled home on a bus through Woolwich, south-east London, on January 7.
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Smash-and-grab jewelry store heists are a thing — the industry's working to put thieves on ice
It's a scene that's become all-too familiar in the retail world: Burglars smashing the windows and doors of shops in daring fashion and at lightning speed, then making off with high-value, easy-to-snatch goods.Jewelry stores have become the targets of many of these thieves. And they don't just use hammers: in one recent case in Mississauga, Ont., a vehicle rammed into the store as thieves raced to enter.These daring crimes became more commonplace following the COVID-19 pandemic and heightened la
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Prince Harry to Miss First Day of U.K. Trial, Dismissing Reports He Was Set to Receive Police Protection
The trial of the Duke of Sussex's case against the Rupert Murdoch-owned tabloid 'The Sun' is set to begin in front of a judge in London on Jan. 21
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Authorities say a US border patrol agent was fatally shot in Vermont south of border
A U.S. Border Patrol agent was fatally shot Monday on a highway in northern Vermont south of the Canadian border, authorities said.
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Oregon man who kidnapped a Seattle woman and kept her in a makeshift cell gets life sentence
An Oregon man has been sentenced to life in federal prison after being convicted of kidnapping and sexually assaulting two women in separate instances, including locking one in a cinder block cell.
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Prince Harry versus newspapers: This is the one that matters
Prince Harry’s legal battle against British tabloids for allegedly unlawfully intruding into his life reaches its most important moment on Tuesday.
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Indian court sentences a police volunteer to life in prison in the rape, killing of trainee doctor
NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian court on Monday sentenced a police volunteer to life in prison after finding him guilty in the rape and killing of a trainee doctor last year, a crime that sparked nationwide protests over inadequate safety for women and led to a speedy trial in the country’s slow-moving justice system.
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India police volunteer sentenced to life over rape, murder of junior doctor in Kolkata
A court in India has sentenced a police volunteer to life in prison for the rape and murder of a trainee doctor who was attacked while on duty in Kolkata last August — a crime that sparked widespread protests across the country.The trial, which started in November and was held in a closed court, was fast-tracked because of the outcry, with many people taking to the streets to voice their anger over chronic violence against women in India, as well as the lack of security measures to keep female d
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Missing man found in bush dies after being taken into RCMP custody near Manitoba-Saskatchewan border
Manitoba's police watchdog has launched an investigation into the death of a man in RCMP custody.Mounties from the Kamsack, Sask., detachment received a report around 7 p.m. Sunday that a man was missing in the area around Madge Lake, located a short distance away from the Manitoba border, according to a Monday news release from the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba.RCMP officers from the western Manitoba detachments of Russell, Roblin, Dauphin and Swan River, as well as conservation of
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Man pleads guilty in excavator rampage at Winnipeg water treatment plant
A 39-year-old Winnipeg man says he "got carried away" when he caused over a million dollars in damage to the City of Winnipeg's Deacon Reservoir water treatment plant, after he drove an excavator into vehicles, equipment and buildings in the early morning hours of Sept. 3, 2023."I love my city. I regret what I did," the man said at a hearing in Manitoba provincial court on Monday.The man has pleaded guilty to dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, mischief over $5,000 and assault of a peace off
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Appeals court overturns ex-49er Dana Stubblefield's rape conviction
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court has overturned the rape conviction of former San Francisco 49er Dana Stubblefield after determining prosecutors made racially discriminatory statements during the Black man's trial.
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Man Sentenced to 27 Months in Jail for Using Gym Members' Locker Codes to Hack into Their Bank Accounts
The man used membership cards under false names to gain access to multiple gym chains, police said