6 h. ago Federal prosecutors launch inquiry into Washington DC police over allegedly fudged crime statistics

Move comes after Donald Trump posted on social media about US capital’s ‘fake crime numbers’Federal prosecutors have launched a criminal investigation into allegations that Washington DC police systematically manipulated crime statistics to make the city appear safer than it actually is.The probe, anonymous sources tell the Washington Post, NBC News and Fox News, being conducted by the US attorney’s office for the District of Columbia under Jeanine Pirro, is the latest escalation between the Trump administration and DC officials over federal control of local policing. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Digger stolen from Scots cemetery as police launch hunt for thieves

The black and yellow JCB Grave Master digger was stolen from the graveyard with police now hunting the thieves.

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30 h. ago Police launch desperate manhunt for suspect mistakenly released from jail ahead of his prison sentence

Troy Dugas, 36, was released over the weekend because of an error by jail staff, according to police

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30 h. ago Police launch major crime review of Nuked Blood Scandal evidence

Top cops say they are taking allegations of a criminal over-up by the British state "very seriously" and have launched a review of the Nuked Blood evidence

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62 h. ago Teenager dies outside UK hospital as police lock down area with forensic tent placed

A 17-year-old male was found dead outside Galloway Community Hospital this morning, with the site now flanked with cops and a forensic tent as police launch an investigation

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62 h. ago ‘That’s not what creates safety’: Trump’s DC crackdown will do little to prevent crime, advocates say

Trump wants to combat crime with prosecution. Prevention workers share tactics that actually end violenceDonald Trump’s hyperbolic portrayal of crime in major American cities, and his deployment of the national guard in Washington DC ostensibly in an effort to combat it, have reignited a decades-old debate about crime, violence and which policies and approaches can address it.The US president has cited cities such as Oakland, Philadelphia and Chicago as examples of places overwhelmed by crime and violence. He has put forward an increased militarization of law enforcement, and more money and legal protections for police, as the most effective ways to address homicides and other violent crime. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago Trump’s DC crackdown will do little to prevent crime, advocates say: ‘That’s not what creates safety’

Trump wants to combat crime with prosecution. Prevention workers share tactics that actually end violenceDonald Trump’s hyperbolic portrayal of crime in major American cities, and his deployment of the national guard in Washington DC ostensibly in an effort to combat it, have reignited a decades-old debate about crime, violence and which policies and approaches can address it.The US president has cited cities such as Oakland, Philadelphia and Chicago as examples of places overwhelmed by crime and violence. He has put forward an increased militarization of law enforcement, and more money and legal protections for police, as the most effective ways to address homicides and other violent crime. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Dad, 47, dies on family holiday in Turkey as police launch investigation

Turkish police have launched an investigation

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5 d. ago Hundreds hit with food poisoning in Indonesia after eating free meals from president’s flagship program

Since its launch in January, Prabowo Subianto’s signature policy has been marred by mass food poisoning cases affecting over 1,000 peopleMore than 360 people fell ill in the Indonesian town of Sragen in Central Java after consuming school lunches, according to officials, in the largest food poisoning case to hit president Prabowo Subianto’s flagship free meals programme to date.Since its launch in January, the free school meals programme has been marred by mass food poisoning cases across the archipelago, affecting over 1,000 people. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Trump orders relaxed rules for rocket launches, appearing to benefit Musk and Bezos

Companies like SpaceX and Blue Horizon may be able to forgo reviews required under National Environmental Policy Act Donald Trump is looking to relax environmental rules for commercial spaceship companies. In an executive order titled “enabling competition in the commercial space industry” that he signed on Wednesday, he said it’s imperative to national security that the private rocket-ship industry increase launches “substantially” by 2030.That would mean, according to the executive order, that those companies may be able to forgo the environmental reviews that are required under the National Environmental Policy Act (Nepa). Private space companies are required to get launch permits from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). And, as part of that process, companies are subject to review under the National Environmental Policy Act. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Boris Johnson named as potential witness in Nuked Blood Scandal crimes against troops

In office, Boris Johnson was told of allegations about crimes by the British state in withholding information about blood testing of nuclear troops. Now he has been identified as a potential witness in a criminal investigation

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6 d. ago Man seriously assaulted and robbed in Scots town as police launch appeal

The man was walking in Dumfries in the early hours of Sunday morning when he was attacked by another man.

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6 d. ago Gunfire at Sydney Airport as police drop rifle during scuffle with man at cafe

Police launch investigation as crime area sectioned off

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6 d. ago Man arrested after police gun fired during scuffle at Sydney Airport

Police launch investigation as crime area sectioned off

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7 d. ago Police launch urgent hunt for woman missing from seaside town

Claire Bennett, 49, was last seen leaving Truro railway station at 3.24pm on Monday before vanishing

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7 d. ago Bridge torched and destroyed at Scots park as police launch probe

Police want to trace four people who were seen near the blaze at the time it broke out late on Saturday night.

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8 d. ago Lighter thrown at Hearts player during Dundee United clash as police launch probe

The object was thrown during the match at Tannadice Stadium, Dundee around 4.40pm on Sunday.

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1 week ago Police launch investigation after water in Cheshire canal suddenly 'disappears'

The Canal and River Trust reported the incident to police

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1 week ago Cheshire Police launch investigation after canal 'drained' for 'online attention'

A two-mile stretch of the Trent and Mersey canal was drained last week

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1 week ago Police launch urgent appeal to find pair of children, 11 and 13, after they went missing

Police say they are concerned for the safety of Amy, 13, and Taireece, 11, who were both last seen in the Broxtowe area at around 6pm yesterday.

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