Lego requests California police department stop using their toy heads to cover suspect mugshots on social media ~tech social media Article 267 words 38 votes
Brazil's military leaders told police Jair Bolsonaro involved in a plan to reverse 2022 election result ~news politics law Article 855 words 16 votes
On popular online platforms, predatory groups coerce children into self-harm ~tech social media Article 3726 words 15 votes
Police bodycam shows sheriff hunting for 'obscene' books at library ~books libraries Article 208 words 54 votes
A decades-long forgery scheme ensnared Canada’s most famous Indigenous artist, a rock musician turned sleuth and several top museums. Here’s how investigators unraveled the incredible scam. ~arts Article 4571 words 6 votes
Swiss police probe hotel ski rental ban for Jewish guests ~news switzerland.davos Article 332 words 14 votes
Mennonites are pious Christians who eschew much of the modern world. But in Mexico even they have not escaped the pull of the drug cartels. ~life Article 3583 words, published Feb 1 2024 24 votes
Research samples collected over decades at Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet were destroyed when a freezer malfunctioned during the Christmas holidays ~science medicine Article 311 words 30 votes
Bellevue, WA police responded to a call from a US Air Force museum that said a man had offered to donate a Cold War-era missile stored in his late neighbor’s garage ~humanities.history Article 570 words 12 votes
How Australian undercover police ‘fed’ an autistic 13-year-old’s fixation with Islamic State ~life Article 1417 words 26 votes
Pigeon suspected of being Chinese spy released by police in India after being detained for eight months ~news india china crime Article 212 words 31 votes
United States Justice Department report finds ‘cascading failures’ and ‘no urgency’ during Uvalde, Texas, shooting ~news usa.tx.uvalde crime Article 619 words 54 votes
Families of people buried in pauper's field next to Hinds County Penal Farm near Jackson, MS, are calling for a federal investigation into the burials, which took place without families being notified ~news usa.ms Article 1001 words 33 votes
A secret tunnel in a NYC synagogue leads to a brawl between police and worshippers ~humanities religion Article 495 words 50 votes
All cops are broadcasting. TETRA unlocked after decades in the shadows. ~tech security Article 340 words 26 votes
A man blew up his apartment in Japan while trying to kill a single cockroach with way too much insecticide, police say ~life Article 264 words 41 votes
Some US pharmacies share medical data with police without a warrant, inquiry finds ~health Article 1123 words 42 votes
House explodes in Arlington VA, as police attempt to execute search warrant ~news usa.va.arlington crime Article 231 words 25 votes
Bangladesh police have arrested nearly 8,000 opposition figures including party leader in a nationwide crackdown since officers broke up a major rally in the capital a week ago ~news bangladesh politics Article 477 words 7 votes
Mass arrests target LGBTQ+ people in Nigeria while abuses against them are ignored, activists say ~lgbt activism Article 1015 words, published Oct 27 2023 23 votes
Two men arrested in an investigation into a famous tree that was felled near Hadrian's Wall in England ~enviro Article 317 words 26 votes
US court tells cops that a driver not laughing at an officer’s terrible joke is not reasonable suspicion ~news usa Article 1164 words 43 votes
At least sixteen dead in Maine shooting as police hunt for ‘person of interest’ and residents shelter ~news usa.me crime Article 770 words 62 votes
Cops are suing a teen for invasion of privacy after allegedly false arrest goes viral ~tech privacy social media Article 601 words 15 votes
Two Swedish nationals have been shot dead and a third person injured in Brussels, in an attack which prosecutors are treating as terrorism ~news belgium.brussels crime sweden tunisia Article 21 votes
Video reveals crucial details of LAPD ignoring robbery to catch Togetic in Pokémon Go ~games Article 1139 words 34 votes
US police blame some deaths on ‘excited delirium.’ Emergency physicians consider formally disavowing the diagnosis ~health healthcare.emergency Article 1540 words 19 votes
Boy, 16, arrested after felling of famous 300 year old Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian’s Wall ~enviro Article 183 words 59 votes
Mobs of masked teens ransacked Philadelphia stores. Police have made over a dozen arrests ~news usa.pa.philadelphia crime Article 231 words 17 votes
More than 1,000 London Metropolitan Police officers suspended or on restricted duties amid force clean-up ~news united kingdom.london Article 27 votes
In Spain, dozens of girls are reporting AI-generated nude photos of them being circulated at school: ‘My heart skipped a beat’ ~life.women Article 936 words 68 votes
How US car culture funnels drivers into debt, jail, and danger ~transport Article 2849 words, published Sep 13 2023 19 votes
How neighbors got NYPD to stop parking on a school sidewalk after forty years ~life Article 1118 words 54 votes
Investigation launched into tape of Seattle police guild leaders downplaying death of woman struck by officer ~news usa.wa.seattle Article 858 words 24 votes
Some small towns in America are disbanding police forces, citing hiring woes ~life work Article 1009 words 23 votes
Why did a Mexican drug gang kill forty-three students? Text messages hold clues. ~life Article 2752 words 19 votes
A Chicago cop is accused of lying under oath forty-four times. Now prosecutors are dropping cases that relied on his testimony. ~news usa.il.chicago crime Article 1708 words 27 votes
Sweden seeks to stem deadly rise in youth crime – illegal guns are relatively accessible, with younger and younger children being drawn into serious crime ~life Article 1214 words 14 votes
In deadly Maui fires, many had no warning and no way out. Those who dodged a barricade survived ~enviro Article 2220 words 21 votes
A right-wing sheriffs group that challenges federal law is gaining acceptance across many regions of the US ~news usa politics law Article 1536 words 58 votes
On this day nineteen years ago, Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' was stolen in broad daylight from an Oslo museum ~arts art painting Article 844 words 14 votes