• Police search for suspect after 9 people shot in Cleveland, 1 seriously injured

    Police search for suspect after 9 people shot in Cleveland, 1 seriously injured

    Jul 09, 2023 10:34 PM EDT

    ... were taken to MetroHealth Medical Center. A suspect was being sought and investigators were looking for surveillance video from the many cameras in the area. Police said there was no indication a confrontation at any of the area clubs preceded the gunfire. No arrests were immediately reported. Police asked anyone ...

  • Hong Kong police arrest another person accused of supporting overseas activists

    Hong Kong police arrest another person accused of supporting overseas activists

    Jul 07, 2023 07:26 PM EDT

    HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police on Thursday arrested another person accused of supporting overseas activists who allegedly endangered national security, in a further expansion of a government crackdown on pro-democracy dissidents. Police detained the 24-year-old man at the city’s airport a day after four other ...

  • Unrest spreads to France's small towns in wake of deadly police shooting of teenager

    Unrest spreads to France's small towns in wake of deadly police shooting of teenager

    Jul 07, 2023 05:49 PM EDT

    ... 5%, he says. In L'Aigle, three cars were torched, 18 fires lit and five store windows attacked, says its mayor, Van-Hoorne. He says police made seven arrests — five of them minors — and that some filmed their exploits on their mobile phones. Just another French town touched by seismic ...

  • UN chief calls for a robust international police force to help combat Haiti's armed gangs

    UN chief calls for a robust international police force to help combat Haiti's armed gangs

    Jul 06, 2023 11:47 PM EDT

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Thursday for a robust international force to help combat Haiti’s armed gangs and restore security in the impoverished nation, saying that a U.N. expert’s estimate that Haiti needs up to 2,000 additional anti-gang police officers ...

  • Hong Kong police arrest 4 men accused of supporting people overseas, endangering national security

    Hong Kong police arrest 4 men accused of supporting people overseas, endangering national security

    Jul 05, 2023 10:38 PM EDT

    ... police officers. The Associated Press could not confirm the identities of the four, who authorities said are also suspected of making seditious social media posts. Police said the posts provoked hatred toward the Beijing and Hong Kong governments and advocated independence for the city. On Monday, police accused eight overseas ...

  • After teen killed by police, France struggles to discuss race

    After teen killed by police, France struggles to discuss race

    Jul 05, 2023 04:11 PM EDT

    ... policing in general. In 2021, Amnesty International and five other rights groups filed a class-action lawsuit against the French state alleging ethnic profiling by police during ID checks. Police officers reject accusations that some single out people because of their color. Officer Walid Hrar, who is of Moroccan descent ...

  • Gunman kills five in attack across Philadelphia's streets before arrested, police say

    Gunman kills five in attack across Philadelphia's streets before arrested, police say

    Jul 04, 2023 01:02 PM EDT

    ... handgun and a police scanner. Officers were flagged down at about 8:30 p.m., and multiple calls of shots fired came in from Kingsessing. Police found some gunshot victims, and as they were attending to them, they heard more gunfire, Outlaw said. Police later told Fox 29 that a ...

  • Balitmore police search for suspects after deadly weekend block party shooting

    Balitmore police search for suspects after deadly weekend block party shooting

    Jul 03, 2023 04:25 PM EDT

    ... we saw last night.” It took some time for detectives to process the extensive crime scene, authorities said. Worley said the party was “unpermitted,” so police did not know about it in advance. Some residents, however, said police had been stationed at the block party in past years. The event ...

  • Grandmother of French teen killed by police pleads with rioters to stop

    Grandmother of French teen killed by police pleads with rioters to stop

    Jul 02, 2023 06:07 PM EDT

    ... French police last year, and three this year, prompting demands for more accountability. “Nahel M.’s death first reflects the rules and practices for how police officers use weapons during roadside checks and, more broadly, the flawed relations between the police and young people from working-class neighborhoods,” the newspaper ...

  • Holiday weekend shooting in Baltimore leaves 2 dead and dozens injured, police say

    Holiday weekend shooting in Baltimore leaves 2 dead and dozens injured, police say

    Jul 02, 2023 04:33 PM EDT

    ... police it safely and effectively you need about seven to eight officers per shift,” said Mike Mancuso, president of the Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3. Mancuso said about 2,800 officers are needed to effectively police the city, but staffing is down to about 2,100. Worley ...