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Hemet police say they have cracked a bold toy theft ring, recovering about $10,000 worth of stolen LEGO sets and Hot Wheels in a dramatic Southern California bust.The operation, led by the Hemet Police Department’s Organized Retail Theft Team with support from the Southwest Cities SWAT, culminated in a search of a r…
VILA NOVA DE FOZ CÔA, Portugal — Portuguese police have arrested a former French police officer suspected of killing his partner and his ex-girlfriend after kidnapping them and their children.
Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani hits a single against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the first inning of an opening-day baseball game Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Police said Friday they have referred Rep. Jang Kyung-tae to the prosecution over allegations that he sexually harassed a female aide of another lawmaker.
A U.S. judge on Thursday temporarily blocked the Pentagon’s blacklisting of Anthropic, the latest turn in the Claude maker’s high-stakes fight with the military over AI safety on the battlefield.
An app aimed at curbing social media addiction saw a surge in new users during the landmark trial that found Meta and Google liable for intentionally designing their platforms to hook young people.
Hertfordshire Constabulary revives decade-old allegations as a civil trial is due to take place in June this year
All charges have been dropped against Wendell Sailor, who was arrested following an alleged drunken rampage at a Sydney bar. (ABC News: Jamie McKinnell)
Monthanus Ratanapakdee holds a photo of her father, Vicha Ratanapakdee, and stands in front of the San Francisco apartment building where he was attacked last year and later died of his injuries, Jan. 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Terry Chea, File)
Southeast Asia is home to a robust internet and telephone scam network, and The Red Line (now on Netflix) uses that real-life context as the basis for suspenseful drama. Thai director Sitisiri Mongkolsiri – who skewered upper-class foodie/chef culture in 2023 Netflix movie Hunger – sets this story primarily in Phuke…
Victoria’s peak Muslim body has written to the state’s police commissioner asking why more hasn’t been done to investigate a spate of potentially Islamophobic attacks this month.
With two unprecedented trial defeats, big tech firms face crisis akin to that faced by cigarette makers in the 1990s
Nothing seems to go quite right for San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie these days. Following a violent street scuffle that ended with a homeless man body-slamming one of his own security officers, we’re learning new details about a luxury SUV crash involving Lurie and a cable car. The transit smash happened back in De…
Jason Duggar and his wife, Maddie Grace Duggar, are the latest family members to weigh in on Joseph’s arrest for alleged child molestation on March 18.
Philadelphia Phillies’ Alec Bohm hits a three-run home rum during the fifth inning of an opening-day baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Thursday, March 26, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)
Former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown slammed the far-left for being clueless and too soft on crime as the city’s homeless and drug abuse problems soared.
Clouds hover over the entrance of the Florida State Prison in Starke, Fla., Aug. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Curt Anderson, File)
Pages from the Anthropic website and the company’s logos are displayed on a computer screen in New York on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)
Protesters yell at cars coming and going near a defaced sign for Bishop Whipple Federal building in Minneapolis on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld, File)
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News.com.au clocks up numbers its stablemate can only dream of with stories critical of Shadow of Doubt. Plus: union access curtailed at the ABC
Police are searching for a diaper-wearing kangaroo who remains on the lam after he pulled off a “full-on prison break” from a Wisconsin zoo, according to authorities.
An upstate New York town official who shot and wounded a lost DoorDash delivery driver was convicted Thursday of assault and firearms charges, authorities said.
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Face-off is over company’s refusal to let defense department use its Claude AI model in autonomous weapons systems
A federal judge in San Francisco granted Anthropic's request for a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit against the Trump administration.
Slain cop Jonathan Diller’s brother in blue broke down in a Queens courtroom Thursday as he delivered heart-wrenching testimony against the career criminal who allegedly gunned down the NYPD hero right before his eyes.
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Kyle Sandilands arrives at the Federal Court in Sydney for the first hearing in the battle between him and ARN Media. (ABC News: Jamie McKinnell)
The brute who killed a beloved Thai grandfather known as “Grandpa Vicha” in San Francisco will soon be released on probation, a judge ruled on Thursday.
Russian court alleges film promotes ‘negative attitudes’ about the Russian government and the war in Ukraine
Controversial broadcaster Kyle Sandilands said the last couple of weeks have been “traumatic” as he entered the Federal Court on Friday morning for his first hearing against KIIS-owner ARN over the termination of his $100 million contract.
As many organizations celebrate outcome, some are skeptical as to what it means for privacy protections
A small contingent of mostly white cause bandwagoners briefly showed up in alleged support of deposed Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro ahead of his Manhattan court appearance Thursday morning — but vanished without a trace before the hearing even began.
Long dogged by corruption scandals, a public safety crisis and general dysfunction at City Hall, Oakland is now considering a proposal that could more than double the pay of its council members.
An undercover San Francisco cop has been accused of paying for an X-rated act at a city’s massage parlor but claimed the visit was all part of a police sting.
WASHINGTON — Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) are calling on the Trump administration to end its “crusade” of threatening Medicaid funding for blue states over fraud concerns.
Petition seeks accountability from Salvadorian authorities over human rights violations at notorious Cecot facility
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The deposed Venezuelan president and his wife appeared in a Manhattan courtroom as rival protests took place outside
Conservative former cabinet minister says nurse convicted of murdering seven babies has suffered a miscarriage of justice
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This undated photo provided by Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry shows prisoner Leroy McGill, who is scheduled to be executed on May 20, 2026, in the 2002 killing of Charles Perez . (Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry via AP, file)
The Ford Mustang driver who allegedly barreled into six pedestrians in a wild caught-on-video Bronx crash over the summer was arrested and charged with attempted murder, police said.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s photo voter identification law was upheld on Thursday, as a federal judge rejected arguments by civil rights groups that Republicans enacted the requirement with discriminatory intent against Black and Latino voters.
Homicide detectives charge more men over the alleged kidnapping and murder of Sydney mother Thi Kim Tran last year. (Supplied: NSW Police)
In a judgment by Gooneratne J., the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka addresses a critical legal battle (A.M. A. Kalum Karunaratne vs. Merennege Lisi alias Erine Salgado and others – SC APPEAL NO.83/2011-2011) centred on the ability to collaterally attack a judgment obtained through fraud and collusion. The case (350/Land)…
A Dutch court has ordered Elon Musk’s xAI to stop generating and distributing nude images of people without their consent in the Netherlands, warning it would impose fines of 100,000 euros ($115,350) per day for noncompliance.
A United States judge has said that he will not dismiss the drug-trafficking and weapons possession charges brought against former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores.