20 hours ago RedNote: Is TikTok’s Chinese alternative any safer than the app facing a potential US ban?

China-based RedNote has experienced a huge surge in downloads from users both from the US and across the world

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10 hours ago Civil rights investigation finds pattern of excessive force by Louisiana State Police

The Louisiana State Police for years have used excessive force during arrests and vehicle pursuits

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22 hours ago UK government confirms new inquiries into grooming gangs focusing on ethnicity

Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, will ask police forces to re-open 'cold cases' related to child sexual exploitation and abuse

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12 hours ago Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as police tried to force their surrender?

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is facing calls to order a national inquiry into a police operation that was meant to combat illegal mining but ended up leaving 87 miners to die underground as authorities attempted to force them to surrender during a monthslong standoff

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13 hours ago ‘Big oil’s negligence’: LA residents call on fossil fuel industry to pay for wildfire damages

Experts say climate crisis was likely responsible for a quarter of the dryness that fueled the fires’ rapid spreadAs Los Angeles’s deadly wildfires continue to burn, a group of survivors is taking aim at the industry most responsible for fueling climate disasters: fossil fuels.Residents impacted by the blazes lamented during a Thursday conference call losing their homes and communities and called for litigation and policies that could force big oil to pay for the damages. In the coming days, lawmakers will introduce legislation with that aim in mind. Continue reading...

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20 hours ago Met officer’s ‘disastrous’ claim may prevent 300 rogue police being sacked, force warns

Sergeant Lino Di Maria lost his vetting clearance after allegations of rape, domestic abuse and sex in public car parks

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22 hours ago Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announces local grooming gangs inquiries after mounting pressure

The reviews will focus on the ‘cultural drivers’ of child sexual exploitation gangs and police forces will be asked to reopen "cold cases"

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27 hours ago Police officer sacked for scathing Twitter tirade about Just Stop Oil protesters

Merseyside Police Inspector Ross Meredith, who served in the police force for nearly three decades, posted derogatory and ableist comments that were found to amount to gross misconduct

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