Police

Catholic Church, world leaders condemn Israeli police for stopping cardinal from Jerusalem’s Church of Holy Sepulchre

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The Catholic Church and European leaders are criticizing Israeli police after they prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate a Palm Sunday Mass.   The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said in a statement that Pizzaballa and Reverend Fr. Francesco Ielpo were prevented from entering … Read more

California attack survivors, who were not believed by police, get the last word against kidnapper

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In the pre-dawn hours of March 23, 2015, Aaron Quinn and his girlfriend Denise Huskins were asleep in his Vallejo, California, home, unaware they were being watched. Denise Huskins Quinn: … around 3 a.m., we were awoken to a strange man saying “This is a robbery. We are not here to hurt you, stay calm.” … Read more

French police foil apparent bomb attack outside of Bank of America building in Paris

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French police stopped an apparent bomb attack outside a Bank of America building in Paris early Saturday, sources told the Agence France-Presse. A man was arrested as he was about to set off a homemade explosive device. Police grabbed the man just after he placed a device, made of nine pints of liquid, believed to … Read more

Insider trading concerns around the Iran war are on the rise. Can anyone police the bets?

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A flurry of bets made prior to major announcements about the Iran war has ramped up speculation that individuals or groups with advance knowledge of U.S. military plans are cashing in on insider information. And while prediction market platforms Polymarket and Kalshi now say they are taking more proactive measures designed to prevent such illicit … Read more

Russian man gets 4 years in U.K. prison for attacking woman after Barron Trump alerted police

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A Russian man was sentenced to four years in prison Friday for assaulting a woman in London, in an attack which was witnessed on a video call by U.S. President Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron. Matvei Rumiantsev, 23, was convicted by a jury on Jan. 28 of assault with bodily harm but was acquitted of … Read more

Police thought an abduction was a hoax. Then the victims helped to uncover other crimes.

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In 2015, an intruder broke into a California home where a couple was sleeping and abducted Denise Huskins. She would reappear after two days, leading police to initially think the kidnapping was a hoax. The high-profile case was featured in a docuseries and in the years that followed, the couple would end up teaming up … Read more

Florida Supreme Court halts the execution of police officer convicted of raping and murdering a girl

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STARKE, Fla. — The execution of a former Florida police officer convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl was temporarily halted Thursday by the Florida Supreme Court. The court issued a stay in execution for 68-year-old James Aren Duckett, who was scheduled to receive a three-drug injection Tuesday at Florida State Prison near Starke. … Read more

Florida man who allegedly shot and killed wife and wife’s lover still at large, police say

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Police are searching for a man suspected of fatally shooting his wife and another man in a library parking lot in Vero Beach, Florida, authorities said Wednesday. Vero Beach Police Chief David Currey identified the suspect Wednesday as Jesse Scott Ellis, 64, and said he killed his wife, Stacie Ellis Mason, and Danny Ooley, 56, … Read more

‘Reacher’ star Alan Ritchson acted in self-defense in neighbor altercation, police say

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“Reacher” series star Alan Ritchson acted in self-defense during an altercation with a Tennessee neighbor, which was recorded on video, according to police. Video of the incident was first reported on by TMZ on Sunday and appears to show Ritchson punching a man in a blue shirt in the torso while he was on the … Read more

Notorious police commander dubbed

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One of South Africa’s most notorious apartheid police commanders testified on Monday at an inquiry into the killing of four activists in 1985 as part of the country’s renewed focus on atrocities committed by security forces during decades of forced racial segregation that went unpunished. Eugene de Kock, dubbed “Prime Evil” for his role in … Read more