Portland paramedics learn self-defense as attacks by mental health and addiction patients surge
Trisha Preston was transporting a patient in a mental health crisis in the back of her ambulance when suddenly the woman undid her seatbelt, jumped off the gurney and began attacking the veteran paramedic, punching her and pulling her hair. By the time Preston's ...
Hong Kong demonstrator shot by police and man set on fire by protesters as chaos erupts
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam pledged on Monday to "spare no effort" in bringing an end to anti-government protests that have wracked the city for more than five months, following a day of violence in which one person was shot and another set on ...
Four police killed in Paris stabbing, with attacker shot dead
An IT staffer for the Paris police headquarters stabbed to death four colleagues at the building in the heart of the French capital on a knife-wielding rampage Thursday before he was shot dead, officials said. A fifth person was critically injured and was being treated ...
Police bust multimillion-dollar Australia-China baby formula crime ring
Six people have been charged after Australian authorities uncovered a multimillion-dollar crime syndicate stealing baby formula and vitamins from major retailers across Sydney for shipment to China, police said Monday. Four members of one family and two other men have been arrested and charged over ...
Rate of fatal accidents during twilight prompts police to urge drivers to turn on headlights earlier
Police caution drivers after a survey shows a higher risk of deadly vehicular collisions at dusk.
Two German terrorism suspects reportedly had list of 5,000 targets, including 100 politicians
German officials found lists with over 5,000 names of possible targets, including over 100 politicians, during the raids on the homes and workplaces of two terrorism suspects in the eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on Aug. 28, Die Welt newspaper reported on Friday. The newspaper, citing ...
The number of reported cybercrimes rose to a record in the first half of 2017, the National Police Agency said Thursday, warning of a new scam in which virtual currency accounts are hacked for illicit money transfers. The police say they received 69,977 reports in ...
Filipino man held in alleged murder of Ibaraki student in 2004
The Ibaraki Prefectural Police on Saturday arrested a Filipino man suspected of killing a 21-year-old woman in 2004. Taken into custody was Gifu resident Lampano Jerico Mori, 35. The police also plan to place two other Filipino men suspected as accomplices on an international wanted ...
Vietnamese turns himself in after biting cop, escaping in handcuffs
A Vietnamese man is taken into custody in Saitama Prefecture after evading arrest during a traffic stop in Gunma, where he allegedly bit a police officer.
Defendant's strange actions in court lead to judge delaying issuing kidnap case ruling
The presiding judge in the trial of a man accused of the 2014 high-profile kidnapping of a girl who managed to escape her captor last year postponed handing down a ruling Tuesday after the 25-year-old suspect threw the hearing into confusion with his erratic ...
More than a thousand join funeral procession for Philippine teen slain by drug cops
More than a thousand mourners attended a funeral procession in a northern Manila suburb on Saturday for a high school student whose killing a week earlier by anti-drug officers has caused rare public outrage about the country's war on drugs. Kian Loyd delos Santos was ...
Hong Kong pro-independence duo lose appeal over council seats
Hong Kong's highest court dismissed an appeal by two pro-independence lawmakers contesting their disqualification from the legislature last year on Friday, effectively ruling out their return to the political fold in the Chinese-ruled city. China's parliament made a controversial interpretation of Hong Kong's mini-constitution that ...
