WOODBRIDGE, N.J. (AP) — An infant was killed and the child’s parents injured in an apparent attack by a dog at a New Jersey home over the weekend, authorities said. Middlesex County prosecutors and Woodbridge police said officers responded to the Woodbridge Township home shortly before 6:30 a.m. Saturday over a report of an unresponsive baby believed to have been …
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Former Uvalde mayor is surprised a new report defends how police responded to school shooting
The former Uvalde mayor who ordered an investigation into actions by local police during the Robb Elementary School shooting said Friday he was surprised the report defended officers and believes the acting chief on the scene failed during the 2022 massacre. “What I’ve seen so far, it’s not quite what I was expecting,” said Don McLaughlin, who stepped down as …
Read More »UC Berkeley officials denounce protest that forced police to evacuate Jewish event for safety
Leaders of the University of California, Berkeley, have denounced a protest against an event organized by Jewish students that forced police to evacuate attendees and a speaker from Israel for their safety after demonstrators broke through doors. A criminal investigation has begun, the university announced Wednesday. The incident Monday night “violated not only our rules, but also some of our …
Read More »A senior police officer and 2 wanted Pakistani Taliban members were killed in a shootout, police say
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A senior police officer and two wanted Pakistani Taliban members died in an intense shootout set off when police raided a militant hideout early Tuesday in the country’s northwest, a local police official said. Two other police officers were wounded in the shootout early Tuesday in Mardan, a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The local official, …
Read More »Federal prosecutors take over case against man charged with threatening Virginia church
MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — Federal prosecutors have taken over the case against a northern Virginia man arrested last year on suspicion he was about to embark on a mass shooting at a megachurch. Local prosecutors in Prince William County on Tuesday dropped charges against Rui Jiang, 35, of Falls Church, including a charge of attempted aggravated murder against multiple persons. …
Read More »Public health officer in Michigan keeps her job after lengthy legal fight over COVID rules
WEST OLIVE, Mich. (AP) — An embattled public health officer in Michigan will get to keep her job, after a lengthy legal fight with county commissioners over pandemic-era mask mandates concluded Tuesday with the board bowing to the will of a court-ordered arbitrator. The Ottawa County Board of Commissioners voted 11-0 Monday to retain Adeline Hambley as county health officer, …
Read More »Arrests made after girl’s body found encased in concrete and boy’s remains in a suitcase
PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Two people have been arrested on charges of murder and abuse of a corpse after the discovery of a girl’s body encased in concrete and a boy’s remains in a suitcase in Colorado, according to police and public jail records. The City of Pueblo Police Department announced the arrest of Corena Rose Minjarez, 36, on Friday, …
Read More »Woman arrested on suspicion of murder after three children found dead in southwest England
LONDON (AP) — A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after three children were found dead in southwest England, police said Sunday. The Avon and Somerset Police force said officers were called to a house in the Sea Mills area of Bristol shortly after midnight and found the three children inside. It said a 42-year-old woman is in …
Read More »Wisconsin police officer fatally shoots armed motorist after chase
NORTH FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin police officer fatally shot an armed motorist who approached officers, authorities said Saturday. The motorist had fled a traffic stop Friday night in the village of North Fond du Lac in Winnebago County, the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation said in a news release. A pursuit ensued, and …
Read More »Hospitalized man tells Japanese police he is a highly wanted fugitive, dies four days later
TOKYO (AP) — A man who died at a Japanese hospital this week told police before he passed away that he was one of the country’s most wanted fugitives and had been on the run for nearly 50 years for being part of a radical group that carried out bombings in the 1970s, police said Friday. Police had received a …
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