Smooth roll-out of surveillance tech will help Hong Kong combat crime
While cameras and facial recognition technology must be deployed carefully, their use can ultimately help ensure public safety
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Newest first · UTC+11:00New Jersey woman arrested for fake dentistry after she failed to finish a root canal
A New Jersey woman was arrested for performing dental work without a license after she attempted a root canal on a man’s choppers but couldn’t finish the job, cops said.
· Jeanne Erickson
Trial to start in murder of NYPD Police Officer Jonathan Diller
The trial of an ex-con who allegedly shot and killed hero Police Officer Jonathan Diller two years ago is expected to begin Tuesday in Queens, where he will come face to face with the murdered cop’s widow, who’s now a single mom of a 3-year-old.
· Tina Moore
A 3rd Palestinian killed in the West Bank this week as violence surges
This is a locator map of Israel and the Palestinian Territories. (AP Photo)
Israel kills two in southern Lebanon, bombs Beirut suburbs
The Lebanese health ministry said that two people were killed in an Israeli air strike on the town of Kfar Rumman, in the Nabatieh area in southern Lebanon, Al Jazeera reported.
· Middleeasteye
Melbourne teenagers charged with murder
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· Stephanie Convery
Russian missile attack on apartment building kills 11, including children — as Moscow’s staggering losses continue to mount
A fiery night of intense Russian bombing across Ukraine saw at least 14 civilians, including two children, killed in the aftermath.
· Gabrielle Fahmy
Photos show dignified transfer for the six fallen U.S. soldiers killed in the war in the Middle East
An Army carry team moves a flag-draped transfer case with the remains of U.S. Army Reserve soldier Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, of White Bear Lake, Minn., who was killed in a drone strike at a command center in Kuwait after the U.S. and Israel launched its military campaign against Iran, past President Donald Trump d…
· Mark Schiefelbein
At least 10 killed in Ukraine's Kharkiv as Russian missile hits apartment building
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Saint Joseph's (PA) wins 88-76 over La Salle
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Justice Ajogbor’s 20 points helped Saint Joseph’s (PA) defeat La Salle 88-76 on Saturday.
· The Associated Press
Three charged after Good Samaritan's murder at Melbourne railway station
A 22-year-old died at Mernda Railway Station on Friday night after he allegedly stepped in to help a 14-year-old boy who was being attacked. (ABC News)
Teenage girls charged over alleged armed robbery
Property News: Suburbs where house values rose most in the past 12 months.
· Richard Wood
Russia kills 10 in Ukraine strike including children with new missile
A Russian missile strike killed at least 10 people, including two children, after hitting a residential apartment block in Ukraine’s second-largest city Kharkiv.
· Al Jazeera
Shantanu was shot during Nepal's gen Z protests. What's next for him — and his country?
18-year-old Shantanu Dhakal was shot in the jaw by police during Nepal's gen Z uprising on 8 September 2025. Credit: SBS Dateline
· Sbsaustralia
One person killed in Dubai by debris from aerial interception, authorities say
One person was killed in Dubai on Saturday after debris from an "aerial interception" fell on a vehicle, authorities said, as Iran continued its retaliatory strikes across the Gulf.
· Middleeasteye
Israel slams Lebanon with wave of attacks to root out Hezbollah — killing at least 217: officials
The Israel Defense Forces launched a deadly wave of attacks against Hezbollah that killed at least 217 in Lebanon, according to authorities.
· Shane Galvin
Authorities searching debris after suspected tornadoes kill 6 in Michigan, Oklahoma
Authorities in southern Michigan on Saturday were searching through rubble and debris after suspected tornadoes tore through the region and killed four people, including a 12-year-old boy, during powerful storms also blamed for two deaths in eastern Oklahoma.
· Associated Press
American children are the pickiest eaters in history, and this is the real reason why
With her new book, history professor Helen Zoe Veit tackles a fraught, emotionally charged, controversial subject: kids being fussy eaters.
· Hailey Eber
Solemn day as Trump attends ceremony for six soldiers killed in Iran: ‘Great heroes in our country’
President Trump joined a solemn ceremony at Dover Air Force Base Saturday to mark the final homecoming of six Army Reserve soldiers killed when an Iranian drone struck a US facility in Kuwait.
· Geoff Earle
Jan. 6 plaque honoring police officers is finally installed at the Capitol
A plaque honoring police service on Jan. 6, 2021 at the Capitol, Saturday, March 7, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Allison Robbert)
· Mary Clare Jalonick
Roadside bomb kills 4, wounds dozens in northwestern Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside bomb targeting a police vehicle killed four people, including two officers, and wounded about two dozen others in restive northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border, police said.
Police dig into the case of the Australian miner and the Kremlin ‘slush fund’
A little-known Melbourne company bankrolled by high-profile rich listers – and a Kremlin “slush fund” – is at the centre of Australia’s first major criminal investigation into Russian sanctions evasion.
· Sherryn Groch
Court rules against Trump in TPS case involving Haitians
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court this week sided with a lower judge’s ruling against the Trump administration’s efforts to end temporary protected status for roughly 350,000 Haitians living in the U.S.
NYPD precinct commander accused of ‘violent sex crime’ against underling cop: ‘I want to make biracial babies with you’
A white NYPD precinct commander allegedly groped a black female underling and declared, “I want to make biracial babies with you,” according to a bombshell lawsuit.
· Tina Moore
Nigerian army says it killed 45 militants in northern region
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s military killed 45 militants in the country’s northwest region, the Katsina state government said Saturday.
· Dyepkazah Shibayan
Flash floods in Nairobi kill 23
NAIROBI, Kenya — At least 23 people have been killed in flash flooding in Nairobi, police said Saturday, as search and rescue operations continued amid widespread devastation.
· Agence France-Presse
Transgender porn star arrested for allegedly stabbing man who wouldn’t have sex — because of religion
Transgender porn model La’Rose Sainte allegedly stabbed a man who rejected having sex with the adult content creator because Sainte isn’t Jewish.
· David Spector
Teen shot in head , killed in Sunset Park: cops
A 14-year-old boy was fatally shot in the head as he sat in a car in Brooklyn Friday night in the latest tragic ppisode of New York City youth violence.
· Tina Moore
NY Dems went too far in racial redistricting this time — and the left’s bigotry is clear
Yay! The Supreme Court not only stopped Democrats’ drive to steal Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’ House seat this November, it did so in expectation that it will rule against this rancidly racist move when it actually hears arguments in the case.
· Post Editorial Board
Tornadoes across central United States kill at least eight people
At least eight people have been killed as tornadoes lash the states of Michigan and Oklahoma in the central United States, with authorities warning that more storms are expected.
· Al Jazeera Staff
At least 8 killed in deadly twisters as storms, flooding take aim at Plains, Midwest
At least eight people were killed by catastrophic tornadoes in Oklahoma and Michigan – as meteorologists warn there may be more devastation to come throughout the weekend.
· Sonya Gugliara
Soham murderer Ian Huntley dies in UK prison
Ian Huntley look on in this Aug. 10, 2002, in Soham, England. (Toby Melville/PA via AP, File)
· Pan Pylas
Amina Bokhary, niece of top judge, found dead at Hong Kong home: source
Bokhary, who had history of brushes with the law, earlier told doctor she was feeling unwell, but declined further medical help, source says
· Jess Ma
Freedom of press calls for faster route to Transport Department data
Restrictions on journalists who access details of vehicle owners may have been supported by the Court of First Instance, but the case revealed greater room for official improvement
· Cliff Buddle
China’s Xi calls for political loyalty in the military as anti-corruption purge widens
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a plenary meeting of the delegation of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the People’s Armed Police Force at the fourth session of the 14th National People’s Congress (NPC) in Beijing on Saturday, March 7, 2026. (Li Gang/Xinhua vi…
UK child killer Ian Huntley dies after prison attack
Huntley murdered 10-year-old best friends Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in 2002 while they were on their way to buy sweets
· Agence France-Presse
ICE deports family, including deaf boy who wasn’t given his assistive devices
California state superintendent says mother and sons arrested during ICE check-in and deported to Colombia
· Abene Clayton
Israel kills father, daughter in Gaza as genocide continues amid wider war
A father and his daughter have been killed in an Israeli drone attack in central Khan Younis, southern Gaza, as Palestinians continue to suffer amid worldwide attention on the United States-Israeli war on Iran.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Prison guard googled Jeffrey Epstein minutes before his body was found — and deposited thousands days before pedophile’s suicide: DOJ
One of Jeffrey Epstein’s prison guards googled the sex predator minutes before he was found dead — and also made a mysterious $5,000 cash deposit 10 days before the predator’s jail-cell suicide, new Department of Justice documents reveal.
· Gabrielle Fahmy
A Japanese ‘conman’ tried to sell an undercover DEA agent nuclear materials – but how did he get them?
Takeshi Ebisawa, sentenced to 20 years in prison last week, believed he was selling weapons-grade plutonium to Iran
· Edwardhelmore
Bronx cops suspended for allegedly having sex in station house locker room — after video of steamy tryst sent to precinct
Two cops were suspended without pay for allegedly having sex in a Bronx station house locker room after one cop’s babydaddy found a recording of the steamy tryst and reported it to precinct bosses, police sources said.
· Sonya Gugliara, Tina Moore
Faith leaders push for access to immigration detention centers
In this photo provided by the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership, Father Leandro Fossá, CS, Fr. Paul Keller, CMF, and Sr. Alicia Gutierrez, SH, are escorted by police officers into the Broadview detention center in Broadview, Ill., on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (Derek Carter/Coalition for Spiritual and…
· Giovanna Dell Orto
Trump to join grieving families for return of soldiers killed in Middle East
This combination of images provided by the U.S. Army taken on May 16, 2025 shows, from left, Sgt. Declan Coady, 20, of Des Moines, Iowa, Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor, 39, of White Bear Lake, Minn., Capt. Cody Khork, 35, of Lakeland, Fla., and Sgt. 1st Class Noah Tietjens, 42, of Bellevue, Neb. (Sgt. Brent Newton/U.S. …
· Seung Min Kim
Israeli attacks kill at least 41 in Lebanese town of Nabi Chit
The number of people killed in Israeli air and ground attacks on the town of Nabi Chit in Lebanon's eastern Beqaa Valley has risen to 41, according to the Lebanese health ministry.
· Middleeasteye
Health authorities probe possible food poisoning cluster at police college
Source confirms ‘institute’ mentioned by health authorities is Hong Kong Police College
· Jess Ma
At least 23 die in Kenyan capital flash floods
Police said some people drowned and some were electrocuted after heavy rain flooded homes and submerged vehicles
· Associated Press
Courts have threatened to hold the Trump administration in contempt. It’s time to follow through | Austin Sarat
The administration has been accused of failing to comply with hundreds of orders. The courts must not be paper tigers
· Austin Sarat
Hong Kong police step up security at consulates of nations in Middle East conflict
Source says officers have increased patrols at the consulates as precaution since the outbreak of US-Israeli war against Iran
· Clifford Lo
Who was Anthony Radziwill, JFK Jr’s cousin whose father was a Polish prince?
The award-winning journalist, who was JFK Jr’s best man, died of cancer just weeks after the latter was killed in a plane crash
· Sumnima Kandangwa