Washington DC mail carrier abducted, beaten: Family of RH native mail carrier …The Herald | HeraldOnline.comThe family of a mail carrier from Rock Hill who was killed while delivering mail Nov. 23 outside Washington, D.C.,…
Telegraph.co.ukGCHQ operated a secret surveillance project called Optic Nerve which captured images from millions of Yahoo! webcam chats made between people suspected of no crime. Leaked documents dated from 2008 to 2010 reveal that Yahoo!…
Washington DC mail carrier abducted, beaten: Family of RH native mail carrier …The StateThe family of a mail carrier from Rock Hill who was killed while delivering mail Nov. 23 outside Washington, D.C., is wondering…
New York Daily NewsLos Angeles Archdiocese spokeswoman Monica Valencia told The News that the chapel was kept open late that night so that devout parishioners could come in to say their prayers. She pointed out…
Man accused of ‘foot fetish’ crime against boy at Los Angeles skate rinkMinneapolis Star TribuneLOS ANGELES — Police are trying to identify the victims of a 19-year-old Los Angeles roller rink employee who they say…
San Francisco ChronicleWhen Oakland police Capt. Anthony Toribio heard the details of Sunday’s shooting at a McDonald’s on Telegraph Avenue, the veteran officer did something he wouldn’t have considered just a few years ago: He…
RTMuslim convert Michael Adebolajo, who murdered Drummer Lee Rigby in a south-east London street attack in May last year, has been sentenced to life in prison. His partner in the crime, Michael Adebowale, was given…
Daily MailHundreds of police officers swooped on addresses across London and the Home Counties yesterday in an operation aimed at smashing one of Britain’s most notorious crime gangs. Senior members of the Adams syndicate were…
Evening StandardA suspected member of a notorious North London gang was arrested in his £2.5 million Clerkenwell townhouse today as 200 Met officers burst into 25 addresses in the capital and Home Counties. The man…
BBC NewsCourts have ordered Mexican drug baron Joaquin Guzman – known as El Chapo, or Shorty – to remain in prison awaiting trial on new organised crime charges. He is also wanted for drug-related charges…
Memphis mayor traveling to anti-violence meeting focusing on young African …Memphis Commercial AppealOther featured panelists include the mayors of Milwaukee, Oakland, Calif. and Tacoma, Wash. Even as overall crime rates drop, violent crime remains a…
US Attorney’s office fighting crime, forging partners in inner city MiamiMiamiHerald.comLaunched in October 2011, Ferrer’s Violence Reduction Partnership focuses on South Florida’s crime-ridden “hot spots.” The program started in Miami’s historic black neighborhood, Overtown, and…
Oakland LocalAnd while some balked at the surveillance, Mayor Quan argued that this technology brings Oakland in step with cities using the same tactics to get safe. “We can’t pretend to live in a world…
Oakland holds first meeting addressing crime issuesKTVU San FranciscoOakland’s mayor, police chief and schools superintendent spent part of Saturday at a West Oakland high school as part of a series of town hall meetings to…
Honolulu police overnight sweep, over 130 people arrestedkhon2.comHonolulu police overnight sweep, over 130 people arrested. 2 hours ago. Honolulu police made a lot of arrests and gave out a lot of tickets overnight, all part…
DENVER (CBS4) – Police are on the lookout for thieves who allegedly follow delivery trucks and then steal packages from the front porches of homes. This is a crime that usually happens around Christmas when…
Oakland leaders host town hall meeting on public safetyabc7news.com… community on plans to stop crime, reduce truancy in schools and improve job opportunities in their city. Quan said Oakland has been transforming its police services…
BBC NewsNews of “mafia-style” crimes dominate press headlines on Friday, with media asking what “protections” alleged mobsters had in the past decade. Media have reported that Liu Han, ex-head of mining conglomerate Sichuan Hanlong Group,…
TIMELiu Han, one of the richest businessmen in China and ex-head of the mining giant Sichuan Hanlong Group, has been charged with murder, intentional injury, organizing a crime gang, illegal detention, extortion and casino crimes….
Sydney Morning HeraldBeijing: A car drives up and screeches to a halt outside a quiet riverside teahouse. Gunmen emerge, shots ring out; three men drop to the floor, dead. The car speeds off, and in…
Egbert Souse’s Bar, the shooting-plagued establishment on the corner of Piedmont Avenue and Mac Arthur Blvd, and the City of Oakland’s City Attorney Barbara Parker have reached an agreement that was announced just 15 minutes…
460 Grand Avenue is a planned development at a prime real estate address near Lake Merritt that, when finished, will offer 78 apartment units in a brand new five-story building. About 30 percent of the…
abc7news.comOfficers found the body of a woman still burning just after 10 p.m. on Skyline Boulevard near the gate of Redwood Regional Park. That’s near Oakland’s Montclair neighborhood. One resident believes the park’s location may…
Social Media, a Trove of Clues and ConfessionsNew York TimesIT seems as if every week there’s a news story about someone committing a crime and confessing to it on Facebook, bragging about it on Twitter…
Cherry-picking crime stats may have pitfalls for Jean QuanSan Francisco ChronicleAt just about every event she’s attended this year, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan has repeated the campaign mantra she hopes will win her another four-year…
abc7news.com… ran off and was then shot in the leg on Waterhouse Road. Neighbors are hoping that this shooting might make would-be criminals think twice. Private security guards are the latest crime fighting tool for…
Woman shot during crime spree, carjacking in southwest HoustonKHOUAccording to the Houston Police Department, four suspects stole a purple minivan from a man in the 7500 block of Corporate Drive around 9 p.m. The suspects…
NBC4 WashingtonNews 4’s Mark Segraves reports on possible changes in a proposed law designed to decriminalize the use of marijuana in D.C. Some D.C. council members want to keep smoking pot – in public –…
East Oakland family hit by home invasion robbersabc7news.comOn Tuesday morning just two miles away, an 81-year-old woman was shot in a home invasion robbery in Oakland’s Dimond District. Police have not made an arrest and…
San Francisco ChronicleLeah Harris, a retired preschool teacher, has lived in the heart of East Oakland for 37 years. In the 2010 mayoral election, she voted for Jean Quan. She isn’t so sure she’d vote…
See more US News from ABC|ABC World News Amanda Knox was interviewed by ABC Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts this morning, and just less than a full day after an Italian Appeals Court issued the…
BBC NewsKnown as the Gas gang, they are believed to be responsible for up to three quarters of all violent crime in some parts of south London. Up to 29 people were arrested in several…
San Jose Mercury NewsToday’s Justin Bieber crime report includes a positive drug test and new Canadian assault charges. Bieber’s toxicology report from his DUI arrest in Miami Beach two weeks ago shows he tested positive…
USA TODAYPresident Obama urged the nation and world Monday to remember the victims in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. “Each year on this day the world comes together to commemorate a barbaric crime unique…
The News InternationalISLAMABAD: The VVIP accused of the most heinous crime in the book of country’s statutes — high treason — is seeking the exceptional luxury of getting a basic diagnostic test, angiography, from abroad,…
Kym Stylez: From A Life of Prison To A Life of FashionAllHipHopIt hasn’t been an easy road to the world of fashion for designer Kim Stylez. Bad decisions early on in life, led Kym to…
A live rat came up through the toilet of a woman who lives on the 400 block of Haddon in Oakland. She shared her story on one of the listservs that neighbors use to communicate…
PCWorldCybercriminals have stolen payment card data from six more U.S. retailers using similar point-of-sale malware that compromised Target, a computer crime intelligence company said Friday. The conclusion comes from a study of members-only forums where…
ComputerworldIDG News Service – Cybercriminals have stolen payment card data from six more U.S. retailers using similar point-of-sale malware that compromised Target, a computer crime intelligence company said Friday. The conclusion comes from a study…
USA TODAYLONDON — Britain’s National Crime Agency has broken up an international crime group that live-streamed child sexual abuse from the Philippines. The agency said the joint investigation with authorities in the United States and…
ABC NewsChild abuse investigators in Britain, the United States and Australia have dismantled an organized crime group that live-streamed child sexual abuse to order from the Philippines. Britain’s National Crime Agency said Thursday that an…
Houston ChronicleAuthorities tell KTRK that the suspects may be linked to at least three other northwest Houston robberies in the last 24 hours, including one at a gas station on 43rd Street and a restaurant…
BBC NewsPolice in the US are investigating Justin Bieber after he was accused of throwing eggs at a neighbours house. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore says the singer has been named as a…
Vancouver SunTrue Detective. Sunday, 8 p.m., HBO Canada. Under normal circumstances Matthew McConaughey wouldn’t be caught dead using the word “epic.” Epic, though, is the word HBO’s publicity machine – and more than a few…
ABC NewsThe space thriller “Gravity,” the unflinching slavery saga “12 Years a Slave” and the crime caper “American Hustle” gained awards-season momentum Wednesday with stacks of nominations for the British Academy Film Awards, Britain’s equivalent…
USA TODAYToday’s Pick: Tough Justice on Funny or Die. The Topic: You can take the girl out of Downton Abbey but you can’t take the aristocratic Edwardian era mannerisms out of the girl. Michelle Dockery,…
BBC NewsThe film, in which Robert Downey Jr reprises his role as billionaire crime-fighter Tony Stark, made $1.2bn (£734m), according to online movie tracker Box Office Mojo. Animated comedy Despicable Me 2 came in at…
Manhunt Comes to and End For Atlanta, Tupelo Bank Robbery Suspectwhnt.com“We believe that this suspect is the same individual who is responsible for the attempted bank robbery in Atlanta, the robbery of the BancorpSouth in…
PerezHilton.comLadies and gentlemen, may we present to you the new Detective Frank Drebin! The Hangover’s Ed Helms will try his best to fill the enormous shoes left behind by Leslie Nielsen, who originated the role…
Fox NewsWASHINGTON – In March 2007, retired FBI agent Robert Levinson flew to Kish Island, an Iranian resort awash with tourists, smugglers and organized crime figures. Days later, after an arranged meeting with an admitted…
Oakland’s known for many things, but keeping inventory of its hottest women isn’t one of them. It should be. Oakland’s got to get over its focus on news about crime, unemployment, politics, and misery, and…
USA TODAYThe woman who accused Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston of rape initially did not want to report the alleged crime to police, her friend told investigators last month, because she didn’t want anyone to…
New York Daily NewsBratton cited three goals: Keeping the crime rates low, working with other agencies to combat terrorism, and creating a “mutual respect and trust” between police and New Yorkers. “That can happen and…
New York TimesWilliam J. Bratton was named police commissioner of New York City for the second time on Thursday. But it is a different place than the crime-ravaged city he came to in 1994. And…
San Francisco ChronicleWoody Harrelson lights his cigarette with a blowtorch in “Out of the Furnace,” so he’s clearly not a nice guy. He also has vividly messed-up teeth – not the usual messed-up teeth you…
Libby Schaaf, my friend and Oakland City Council District Four Representative – who so scared the heck out of current Oakland Mayor Jean Quan when Libby openly talked about running that Quan sent supporters to…
Wilmer Valderrama (That ‘70s Show, To Whom It May Concern) has been added to the cast of the highly anticipated supernatural crime saga, From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, El Rey Network announced last week….
On the 22nd of November 1963 Lee Harvey Oswald fired three shots from the sixth floor of the Texas School book depositary killing president John F Kennedy or at least…
November the 22nd 1963 is a date that will never be forgotten, it is a date that is etched in the minds of those old enough to remember what took place on that fateful Friday. The…
Rob Ford, in delivering a rather vulgar response to allegations of misconduct that were floated by the Toronto Police, angered that city’s city council. This is what he said: Reacting with a swiftness not commonly…
