• WATCH: New York police give update on man who set himself on fire outside of Trump trial

    WATCH: New York police give update on man who set himself on fire outside of Trump trial

    Apr 19, 2024 08:02 PM EST

    The man who set himself on fire across the street from the courthouse where Donald Trump's hush money trial is taking place is in critical condition in a burn unit, police said Friday. Watch the New York police briefing in the video player above. The man first walked into ...

  • News Wrap: New York police arrest pro-Palestinian protesters who set up encampment

    News Wrap: New York police arrest pro-Palestinian protesters who set up encampment

    Apr 18, 2024 10:50 PM EST

    In our news wrap Thursday, police in New York arrested several pro-Palestinian protesters who set up an encampment at Columbia University, President Biden picked up endorsements from members of the Kennedy family, House Speaker Johnson scrambled to get votes for his proposed foreign aid bills and German authorities arrested two German-Russian nationals for allegedly spying...

  • Gunmen in southwest Pakistan killed 11 people in highway attacks on vehicles, police say

    Gunmen in southwest Pakistan killed 11 people in highway attacks on vehicles, police say

    Apr 13, 2024 06:54 PM EST

    ... office. “The perpetrators of this incident of terrorism and their facilitators will be punished,” Sharif said. Abductions are rare in Baluchistan, where militants usually target police forces and soldiers or infrastructure. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the killings. Police said there was no ransom demand and no ...

  • Man stabs 6 people to death at Sydney mall before being fatally shot by police

    Man stabs 6 people to death at Sydney mall before being fatally shot by police

    Apr 13, 2024 03:47 PM EST

    ... or something and after some time I saw a guy with a knife running from the footpath to the cafe where I work.” He said police arrived quickly and told everyone to stay put. Singh said he saw the man running just meters (yards) away as he wielded a knife ...

  • Mexico asks the UN to expel Ecuador over its police raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito

    Mexico asks the UN to expel Ecuador over its police raid on the Mexican embassy in Quito

    Apr 11, 2024 06:54 PM EST

    MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's president said Thursday his country is demanding that the United Nations expel Ecuador from the world body as part of a complaint to the top U.N. court over Ecuador’s police raid last week on the Mexican embass y in Quito. Tensions between Mexico ...

  • At least 3 shot when gunfire erupts at Philadelphia Eid al-Fitr event, police say

    At least 3 shot when gunfire erupts at Philadelphia Eid al-Fitr event, police say

    Apr 10, 2024 08:51 PM EST

    PHILADELPHIA (AP) — At least three people were shot and injured Wednesday at an Eid al-Fitr event in Philadelphia, police said. The shooting occurred around 2:30 p.m., when police at the scene heard about 30 gun shots, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel said at a news conference. Two ...

  • Ecuador's police raid on Mexican Embassy in Quito condemned by world leaders

    Ecuador's police raid on Mexican Embassy in Quito condemned by world leaders

    Apr 07, 2024 05:08 PM EST

    ... the bounds of international humanitarian law. Will Freeman, a fellow of Latin American studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, said the decision to send police to Mexico’s embassy raises concerns over the steps Noboa is willing to take to get reelected. His tenure ends in 2025 as he ...

  • Mexico breaks diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police stormed embassy in Quito

    Mexico breaks diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police stormed embassy in Quito

    Apr 06, 2024 03:33 PM EST

    QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The Mexican president has quickly moved to break off diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican Embassy to arrest a former vice president who had sought political asylum there after being indicted on corruption charges. In an extraordinarily unusual move, Ecuadorian police forced their ...

  • Gunbattle between Haitian police and gangs paralyzes area near National Palace

    Gunbattle between Haitian police and gangs paralyzes area near National Palace

    Apr 02, 2024 06:55 PM EST

    PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Heavy gunfire erupted Monday in the downtown area of Haiti’s capital as police battled gang members near the National Palace for several hours. Local media reported that at least one policeman was shot after he and other officers were forced to flee an armored ...

  • Police tactics meant to stop people often ends up killing them, investigation reveals

    Police tactics meant to stop people often ends up killing them, investigation reveals

    Mar 29, 2024 10:40 PM EST

    ... practices, and the experts told us that, if they would just modernize, update, and reassess what policing associations like the International Association of Chiefs of Police prescribe, then maybe we would have fewer deaths. John Yang: We should talk about officers going too far or putting a hold on too ...