The FBI and Maui police are asking the public to report any suspicious activity after an improvised explosive devices (IEDs) caused an explosion last week and after several others have been recovered. The explosion happened on Aug. 8 on Old Haleakala Highway, according to a press release from the FBI. The 7-inch by 4-inch cylinder...
A man was stabbed in the abdomen outside the Randall’s Island migrant shelter in New York City, just two weeks after a deadly shooting unfolded at the same site. At approximately 10:33 a.m. on Sunday, officers responded to a 911 call for an assault at Randall’s Island Field 82, within the confines of the 25th...
A woman was arrested in connection with a nearly 37-year-old cold case in which a newborn baby was found dead in a California dumpster, according to police. Melissa Jean Allen Avila, now 55, was taken into custody Friday on a murder charge and was booked into the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility on $1.1 million...
A police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, is “fighting for his life” after being critically injured in an assault outside the city’s police station during protests on the 10thanniversaryof the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, the city’s police chief said Saturday. Protesters were peaceful for most of Friday night, and police allowed them to block streets...
A progressive-backed bill to mandate cultural and sensitivity training for police recruits is being panned by House Republican lawmakers who are former officers themselves. “It is imperative that law enforcement officers are well-trained on agency policy and procedures and held to the highest standards that keep both officers and the public safe,” Rep. John Rutherford,...
A California man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, the second-longest sentence yet in hundreds of prosecutions of riot participants. David Nicholas Dempsey pleaded guilty in January to two counts of assaulting police officers with a dangerous weapon, landing him a...
Two would-be passengers say they cheated death on Friday after a mix-up resulted in them missing their flight aboard the doomed VoePass airliner which crashed in Brazil and killing all 62 people on board. The two passengers were scheduled to fly on the ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop but told a Brazilian news outlet how they...
Newly released bodycam footage reveals the chaos that unfolded before and after Thomas Crooks’ assassination attempt on former President Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, last month. The Butler Township Police Department released 12 body camera videos Thursday that illustrate the colossal security failure that nearly felled the presidential nominee, cost a retired fire...
All parents ask their children what they want to be when they grow up. Astronaut, firefighter and doctor have long been favorites. But California has now added a dubious new profession to the list: shoplifting entrepreneur. Shoplifting in California has become so rampant that it’s no longer just a petty crime. It’s an $8 billion...
Days after the city of Minneapolis was crippled by violent riots after the death of George Floyd and at the height of the “defund the police movement,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz endorsed a package of progressive police reforms that included “alternatives to policing.” “Minnesotans are demanding real change,” Walz said during a June 11, 2020,...
