David Jannot, Georgia Cop Who Shot Handcuffed Man, Won’t Be Charged
A police officer who fatally shot a handcuffed man won’t face criminal charges after a grand jury concluded Wednesday that the suspect was armed with a handgun police missed while…
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Kelly Osbourne Threatens To Quit ‘Fashion Police’ Over Zendaya Controversy
Kelly Osbourne’s days as a co-host on E!’s “Fashion Police” might be over in light of Giuliana Rancic’s offensive comments about Zendaya’s Oscars hairstyle. After Rancic remarked on-air that Zendaya,…
Santiago Pedroso’s Daughter Testifies Against Him In ’92 Slaying
Rachel Pedroso had not seen her father since a bloody night at a crowded restaurant in 1992 until she swiveled Wednesday in a Philadelphia courtroom and eyed the graying defendant….
Police Chief Says Over-Policing Contributes To High Dropout Rate
A police chief in Texas said he believes his colleagues contribute to increased high school dropout rates and reinforce the school-to-prison pipeline when they, rather than school administrators, discipline students…
Teen’s death sparks new turmoil in Venezuela
Kluibert Roa Nuñez, a high school student, was killed Tuesday when he got caught between protesters and national police in the western city of San Cristobal. A police officer fatally…
Turkish Police Arrested and Accused of Wiretapping President Erdogan
ISTANBUL — Police officers in Turkey arrested dozens of fellow officers on Wednesday accused of wiretapping President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and top government officials. The chief prosecutor’s office in Ankara,…
Police: Man accused of killing ex-SEAL said he had PTSD, was hurting
Eddie Ray Routh was crying, shirtless, shoeless and smelling of alcohol when police caught up with him walking the streets of his hometown of Lancaster, Texas. His family didn’t understand…
Woman Who Drove Drunk To Group Sex Meet-Up Had Son In Car: Police
A Pennsylvania woman arrested after driving drunk with her son in the car was on her way to have group sex with three other people, according to police. – Charges…
Brandon Lorenz Turns Himself In After Woman And Kids Found Stabbed In Their Sleep
A 34-year-old man turned himself into Honolulu Police on Monday afternoon after a woman and her two young children were found stabbed in their sleep. – Police also told the…
A dud bomb, a foiled bank heist and a very twisted plot
But this whodunit began Monday in a quiet cul-de-sac in Bristol, Connecticut. And two days later, police say they are still searching for the two men who forced their way…
Arrests of Wesleyan students made after overdoses of the drug Molly
The Middletown Police Department reported that 11 were hospitalized because of Molly and one because of alcohol. Four people remained in the hospital Monday, including two in critical condition, according…
ACLU Calls For Federal Probe Into Mexican Farmworker’s Slaying
SEATTLE, Feb 24 (Reuters) – The American Civil Liberties Union urged the Justice Department on Tuesday to launch an investigation into the fatal police shooting of an unarmed Mexican farmworker…
Mystery Surrounds a Tunnel in Toronto
OTTAWA — It was a baffling discovery: a hand-dug tunnel just over 33 feet long, tall enough for an adult to stand inside, fed with electricity, drained by a water…
Lyon Sisters’ 1975 Disappearance May Soon Be Solved As Police Zero In On Persons Of Interest
Police say they’re closer than ever to solving the mysterious disappearance of Sheila and Katherine Lyon, the young sisters who vanished almost 40 years ago from a suburban Washington, D.C.,…
Court Dismisses Occupy Wall Street’s Brooklyn Bridge Lawsuit
NEW YORK — In a surprising about-face, a federal appeals court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by Occupy Wall Street demonstrators against the New York City Police Department over mass…
Why The Media Pays Less Attention To Police Killings Of Latinos
Michael Brown, Eric Garner and Antonio Zambrano-Montes were all unarmed men who died at the hands of police officers, sparking protests from critics who questioned whether the killings were justified….
Bratton Says Police To Blame For ‘Worst Parts’ Of Black History, But Reform Advocates Are Unimpressed
New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton acknowledged on Tuesday that police were to blame for “many of the worst parts of black history” in the United States. Yet advocates…
Man Places Caged Dog On Sidewalk, Burns It Alive: Cops
A California man is in custody after an investigation by police revealed he allegedly set a dog on fire, killing it. – Turner has been charged with felony animal cruelty,…
William D. Williams, Brother Of Ohio Police Chief, Killed; Girlfriend Dana Johnson Shoots Self
Authorities say the brother of Cleveland’s police chief has been killed and the girlfriend suspected in his death shot herself when troopers stopped her vehicle in western Pennsylvania. A U.S….
British Police Believe 3 Missing Schoolgirls Crossed Into Syria
Police investigating the disappearance of three British schoolgirls said Tuesday they believe the teenagers are no longer in Turkey and have crossed into Syria. The girls, aged 15 to 16,…
SPIDER THIEF!? Hibernating Pet Tarantulas Stolen From Crawlspace
A metro Atlanta man told police a spider thief snuck into a crawlspace under his home and stole five of his 18 pet tarantulas. – Information from: WSB-TV, http://www.wsbtv.com/index.html
Behind LA’s Dramatic Decline In Gang Violence
From 1988 to 1998 — known to some as the “decade of death” — close to a thousand people per year were killed in Los Angeles. Gangs didn’t run all…
Police Find Credit Union Manager Wearing Suspected Explosive In Connecticut Bomb Scare
MILFORD, Conn., Feb 23 (Reuters) – A Connecticut credit union executive was found in a car outside his office on Monday with a bomb-like device strapped to his body following…
CBS Has Released The Falklands Protest Footage Bill O’Reilly Asked For. It Doesn’t Support His Claims.
The Fox News host says he was in a “war zone” where police gunned down civilians. The video doesn’t show that. Read the whole story at Mother Jones
Ferguson Lawyer To Represent Antonio Zambrano-Montes’ Family
The high-profile attorney who represented the family of a black teenager killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, says he’ll represent the parents of an unarmed Mexican man who…
Police Salute Retired K-9 Officer On His Final Journey To Animal Hospital
After a months-long battle with Cushing’s Disease, a retired K-9 officer named Judge was put to sleep last week — but not before 90 police officers could send him off…
Former Cop Allegedly Kept Over 100 Animals In Filthy Home
A retired Phoenix police officer is accused of hoarding more than 100 animals in squalid conditions and without adequate food at her home. – The 30-year veteran of the police…
Suspect in Las Vegas shooting due in court
Erich Milton Nowsch is charged with murder, attempted murder, assault and firing a gun from a car in the February 12 death of Tammy Meyers, 44. Police say Nowsch shot…
Angry relatives wait for news after deadly ferry crash
Police inspector Alamgir Hossain confirmed the death toll included 24 women and 19 children. The double-decker ferry sank after it was hit by a cargo vessel around midday Sunday, police…
Reuters bureau chief dies in Pakistan
The cause of death is being investigated, police official Mohammad Yaqoob said. “Maria was a superb journalist with a long and varied career at Reuters,” the news agency said.