Girl Escapes Kidnapper In D.C
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Washington, D.C. MPD is investigating an attempted kidnapping that took place yesterday afternoon in Northeast, D.C. Just before 4 pm, a juvenile female was approached by the suspect…
Disgruntled Gunman Shoots Three Kills One in D.C. Metro Transit Rampage
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A D.C. Metro Transit employee was shot and killed on Wednesday, and two others were shot after an altercation with a gunman at the Potomac Avenue Metro Station, according…
Mourners call for end to police violence at Tyre Nichols funeral
By Alyssa Pointer MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Reuters) -The relatives of Black people killed by police in cities across the United States came to Tyre Nichols’ funeral in a Memphis church on Wednesday to…
Hundreds of Afghans risk 11-country trek to seek haven in United States
By Mica Rosenberg, Kristina Cooke and Jackie Botts SAN PEDRO TAPANATEPEC, Mexico (Reuters) -Their journey starts with a humanitarian visa for Brazil: one of the few remaining exit routes for Afghans fleeing…
Memphis fire department fires three employees in Tyre Nichols case
(This Jan. 30 story has been corrected to specify that Whitaker was a passenger in the fire department vehicle, not the driver, in paragraphs 1 and 4) By Alyssa Pointer MEMPHIS, Tenn.…
‘Cut Her Time Short:’ Pro-Abortion Protesters Marched Outside Amy Coney Barrett’s House
‘Cut Her Time Short:’ Pro-Abortion Protesters Marched Outside Amy Coney Barrett’s House Kate Anderson on January 30, 2023 Pro-abortion protesters marched outside Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s home Sunday to challenge…
Tyre Nichols’ death must galvanize efforts to reform police: family attorney
By Katharine Jackson and Ahmed Aboulenein (Reuters) – The attorney representing the family of Tyre Nichols, the Black man who was fatally beaten by Memphis police officers, called on Sunday for the…
Memphis disbands police unit after fatal beating as protesters take to streets
By Maria Cardona and Diane Bartz MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Reuters) -The specialized police unit that included the five Memphis officers charged with the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols was disbanded on Saturday as…
Video shows Memphis police officers kicking, beating Tyre Nichols
By Alyssa Pointer and Steve Gorman MEMPHIS, Tenn. (Reuters) -Tyre Nichols repeatedly cried, “Mom! Mom!” as the five Memphis police officers now charged with the Black motorist’s murder pummeled him with kicks,…
Demonstrations Begin Across The Country As Memphis Releases Footage Of Tyre Nichols Beating
Demonstrations Begin Across The Country As Memphis Releases Footage Of Tyre Nichols Beating Trevor Schakohl on January 27, 2023 The City of Memphis publicly disclosed footage Friday showing the Jan. 7 arrest…
Footage from attack on Paul Pelosi released by authorities
By Nathan Frandino and Gram Slattery SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -San Francisco authorities released video footage on Friday of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, being struck by an intruder’s…
Explainer-Tyre Nichols case: What is Memphis’ controversial SCORPION police unit?
(Reuters) – At least some of the officers involved in the traffic stop that authorities say resulted in the beating and death of Tyre Nichols were part of a specialized Memphis policing…
U.S. charges three in Iran-backed effort to assassinate journalist
By Luc Cohen and Joel Schectman NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. prosecutors have charged three men with attempting to assassinate a prominent critic of Iran’s government who was previously the target of a…
U.S. Attorney Announces Charges And New Arrest In Connection With Assassination Plot Directed From Iran
Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Merrick B. Garland, the Attorney General of the United States, Lisa O. Monaco, the Deputy Attorney General of the…
Justice Department Announces Charges and New Arrest in Connection with Assassination Plot Directed from Iran
A federal court in New York today unsealed murder-for-hire and money laundering charges against three members of an Eastern European criminal organization for plotting the murder of a U.S. citizen who has…
Five ex-Memphis police officers charged with murder in death of Tyre Nichols
By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) -Five former Memphis police officers were charged on Thursday with murder in the death of a Black motorist, Tyre Nichols, from injuries he sustained in a violent encounter…
Former Leader of the Violent “Clan del Golfo” Drug Trafficking Organization Pleads Guilty to Engaging in a Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Other Related Charges
Dairo Antonio Úsuga David, known by various aliases, including “Otoniel,” pleaded guilty today to running a continuing criminal enterprise—the Colombian paramilitary and multibillion dollar drug organization known as the “Clan del Golfo”…
U.S. says it will propose new Haiti targets for U.N. sanctions
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States said on Tuesday it will propose further targets in Haiti for U.N. sanctions, a move broadly backed by China as the Caribbean…
Kidnapper released on $2 bail gets out of jail, kidnaps again
Erinn Broadus on January 23, 2023 KHOU 11 reports that a Texas man who was released on bail for choking and kidnapping his former girlfriend was rearrested within days for continuing to…
Surging crime, bleak future push Rohingya in Bangladesh to risk lives at sea
By Ruma Paul, Sudipto Ganguly and Krishna N. Das COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh (Reuters) – Mohammed Ismail says four of his relatives were killed by gunmen at the Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh…
Crime, inflation hammer support for Chile’s Boric in tough first year
By Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Carmen Villegas, 56, a housewife in Santiago, was one of the millions of Chileans who turned out to vote for Gabriel Boric in 2021,…
What is the U.S. ‘Title 42’ immigration policy and why is it expanding?
By Ted Hesson and Mica Rosenberg The United States announced on Thursday it will extend COVID-19 pandemic-era restrictions nL1N33Q1F2, known as Title 42, to expel migrants from Nicaragua, Cuba and Haiti caught…
After 30 years, Italy arrests mafia boss Messina Denaro at Sicilian hospital
By Wladimiro Pantaleone PALERMO, Italy (Reuters) -Italy’s most wanted mafia boss, Matteo Messina Denaro, was arrested by armed police at a private hospital in Sicily on Monday, where the man who has…
Nigeria’s female bouncers show their strength fighting stereotypes
By Seun Sanni and Temilade Adelaja AKWA IBOM, Nigeria (Reuters) – For years, Emem Thomas’ body drew snarky remarks from slimmer classmates in southern Nigeria that shattered her confidence and natural affability.…
Make No Mistake About It, America’s Border Crisis Is Biden-Made
SPAKOVSKY AND STIMSON: Make No Mistake About It, America’s Border Crisis Is Biden-Made Hans von Spakovsky And Cully Stimson on January 10, 2023 The Biden administration’s open border policies and its refusal…
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