• Sheffield crime 2024: The 13 most crime-plagued streets in city, new police crime data shows

    The 13 worst streets for crime reports made to the police in Sheffield have been revealed. Newly-released data from South Yorkshire Police reveals that the 13 streets pictured here received the highest number of crime reports in February 2024. The crime figures from Police.uk – the national website for policing in England – are released with a two-month delay, meaning these are the most up-to-date available. They are based on reports made in South Yorkshire Police’s four Sheffield policing...

  • Police crack down on leftist anti-Milei protests in Argentina

    A confrontation between Argentine authorities and anti-government protesters angered by President Javier Milei's spending cuts escalated on Wednesday, as protesters blocking the capital's key thoroughfare were forcibly dispersed and eight of the movement’s participants arrested. In a rare move, riot police officers deployed powerful water cannons, drenching demonstrators. Argentines demanding more food for soup kitchens hurled sticks and stones, set garbage cans alight and paralyzed the main...

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    'Sophisticated' crimes on the rise in sunny California enclave, police warn

    Residents in Riverside County’s sunny Coachella Valley area are advised to remain vigilant amid an uptick in “sophisticated” criminal activity, officials from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department warned. According to an April 11 news release, individuals have been stealing jewelry and other valuables from residents after approaching them in parking lots and starting conversations. In some cases, the subjects have robbed victims at gunpoint of money and other items. In others, scammers have...

  • Argentina's police step up their response to growing anti-government protests

    A confrontation between Argentine authorities and anti-government protesters outraged over President Javier Milei’s deep cuts to state spending has escalated, as protesters blocking the capital’s key thoroughfare were forcibly dispersed and eight of the movement’s participants arrested

  • Second Ecuadoran Mayor Killed Ahead Of Anti-crime Referendum: Police

    The mayor of a mining town in violence-riddled Ecuador was shot dead Friday, the second such killings in days ahead of a weekend referendum on tougher measures against organized crime, police said.

  • Africa's iconic flamingos threatened by rising lake levels, study shows

    It is one of the world's most spectacular sights—huge flocks or "flamboyances" of flamingos around East Africa's lakes—as seen in the film "Out of Africa" or David Attenborough's "A Perfect Planet."

  • NYU anti-Israel protesters form human chain as police move in for arrests

    Anti-Israel protesters on the campus of New York University formed a human chain Monday evening as police moved in to break up the demonstration.  Video shot by Fox News Digital shows the NYPD telling students: "You have been warned by New York University to leave the area."  Those who did not leave soon, would be arrested for trespassing, NYPD said.  NYU's Global Campus Safety posted on Instagram that protesters had breached the barriers set up at Gould Plaza, Fountain Walker.  "The one...

  • Multiple Yale anti-Israel protesters arrested as police close in on occupation: report

    Police began removing anti-Israel protesters from an encampment on Yale’s campus early Monday after a week of protests calling for the university to divest from military weapon manufacturers. Between 40 and 45 protesters were arrested as police looked through tents set up in the encampment near Beinecke Plaza, Yale Police Chief Anthony Campbell told the Yale Daily News reported. Beinecke Plaza is where more than 250 agitators had gathered Sunday night. Protest organizers told the paper that at...

  • Exclusive -- Matisyahu Thanks Fans Who Defied Anti-Israel Protesters to Attend Shows

    Reggae legend Matisyahu is praising the fans who had to endure taunts and abuse from anti-Israel protesters as they entered his shows on the "Hold the Fire" tour, which concluded in Israel earlier this month.

  • Video shows Arizona mother violently assault bus driver in front of 11 children: police

    A Mesa, Arizona mother was charged with aggravated assault after video showed her hit a school bus driver multiple times while accusing her of speaking badly about her daughter. The Mesa Police Department said 27-year-old Hermenegilda Marquez was arrested on April 17 and faces a single count of felony aggravated assault on a school employee.  According to police, officers responded to W. McKellips Road at about 2 p.m. on April 11 after receiving reports that a Mesa Public Schools bus driver had...

  • Police forces across the UK have investigated hundreds of witchcraft and voodoo crimes, new figures show

    At least 175 witchcraft-related crimes have been reported since 2018 By Ed Holt Published: 8:40 p.m. EDT, April 21, 2024 | Updated: 8:46 p.m. EDT, April 21, 2024 Shocking new figures show police have investigated hundreds of allegations of witchcraft and voodoo across the UK.At least 175 accusations of crimes committed by occultists have been reported in the last six years, with some of the craziest claims...

  • Columbia ‘does not want NYPD present on campus’ as anti-Israel protests raise Jewish safety concerns: police

    Police said Columbia University does not want NYPD officers on campus amid antisemitic protests and an encampment celebrating terror groups. The post Columbia ‘does not want NYPD present on campus’ as anti-Israel protests raise Jewish safety concerns: police first appeared on WFIN Local News.