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UK Police's 'Unprecedented' Probe Into Andrew Just Grew

They're seeking witnesses with any info on former prince's possible misconduct while in public office

(Newser) - British police are widening their probe into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and are openly asking anyone with information to step forward. Thames Valley Police say their "unprecedented" investigation into the king's brother isn't confined to claims he passed sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein while serving as a UK trade...

Trained Tiger Attacks Worker, Escapes

Animal kept by Germany's 'Tiger Queen' was ultimately shot by police

(Newser) - Police in eastern Germany fatally shot an escaped tiger on Sunday after it mauled a worker at a private enclosure run by a self-styled "Tiger Queen." Authorities say the adult male tiger, one of 10 animals kept by trainer Carmen Zander on an industrial site in Schkeuditz, Saxony, attacked a...

Swatch Shuts Stores for a 2nd Day Amid Frenzy Over Watch

Queues, safety concerns, arrests follow hyped Royal Pop launch

(Newser) - Swatch's latest collaboration is proving so popular that some UK stores can't keep their doors open, the BBC reports. Shops in Manchester and Liverpool stayed closed for a second day after fresh queues formed for the new, nearly $450 "Royal Pop" pocket watch, prompting renewed safety concerns....

Construction Worker's Invention Is Now Cops' 'Secret Weapon'

The Grappler, which launches net from police car bumper, aims to cut down on high-speed chases

(Newser) - Police chasing a fleeing car in Southern California now sometimes reach for something that the Los Angeles Times describes as "a secret weapon that is part grappling gun, part lasso." Riverside County now boasts the first sheriff's department in California to deploy the appropriately named Grappler, a...

Nope, It Wasn't Me Who Stole Those Hot Dogs, No Sir!

Fox caught red-pawed after apparently swiping hot dogs from barbecue in Alberta, Canada

(Newser) - Canadian police have found themselves a barbecue bandit, though a decidedly nonhuman one. UPI reports that officers with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police came across the perp on Monday in Alberta's Crowsnest Pass. Their tongue-in-cheek description of the suspect: short, red-haired, and bundled in a thick coat. It was...

5 Divers Die Exploring Underwater Caves in Maldives

Victims include Italian marine biology professor, daughter and researchers

(Newser) - A cave-diving excursion in the Maldives has ended in what officials say is likely the country's deadliest scuba diving accident, the BBC reports. Italy's foreign ministry says five Italian nationals died Thursday while exploring underwater caves in Vaavu Atoll at roughly 164 feet below the surface. The Maldivian...

In Norway, There's Criminal Activity Afoot Around Auroras

Nation is cracking down on illegal northern-lights guides, especially in city of Tromso

(Newser) - Police in Norway are treating some aurora borealis hunters less like dreamy stargazers and more like participants in a black-market industry. In Tromso, a once-quiet Arctic college town now swamped by northern lights tourism, authorities say nearly half of local tour operators are working illegally, many of them Chinese nationals...

5 Days In, Protester Remains Atop DC Bridge

Guido Reichstadter says he wants a stop to Iran war, development of AI

(Newser) - Commuters on Washington, DC's Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge have spent the past five days looking up. At the top of one of the bridge's soaring arches sits 45-year-old activist Guido Reichstadter, who climbed up Friday, pitched a tent, and has refused to come down as he protests the US-Israel war...

California Will Start Ticketing Driverless Cars

New rules let police ticket AV manufacturers for moving violations

(Newser) - Starting this summer, California cops will finally have somewhere to send a ticket if a driverless car runs a red light, the BBC reports. New DMV rules taking effect July 1 let officers issue a "notice of AV noncompliance" straight to the autonomous vehicle's manufacturer should the car...

Canada Uncovers First 'SMS Blaster' Scam

Device allegedly spoofed cell towers, disrupted phone service for thousands

(Newser) - Canadian police say they've busted a roaming text-message scam that essentially involved driving a fake cell tower around Toronto. Authorities on Thursday announced the arrest of three men accused of operating "SMS blasters," devices that imitate legitimate towers and quietly pull in nearby phones, per Gizmodo . Once connected, the devices...

When Deputies Came to Evict, She Released the Bees

Massachusetts beekeeper gets 6 months behind bars after several deputies stung

(Newser) - A Massachusetts beekeeper who turned her hives on sheriff's deputies during an eviction has been sentenced to six months behind bars. A Springfield district court recently found 59-year-old Rebecca Woods guilty of four misdemeanor counts of assault and battery and two counts of reckless assault after she released bees...

Cops: She Just Wanted to Touch the Statue's Privates

Tourist arrested in Italian city after apparent pre-wedding dare that damaged Neptune fountain

(Newser) - Florence's Neptune fountain has a new scar, and a new suspect. Italian police say a 28-year-old tourist climbed onto the 16th-century marble monument in Piazza della Signoria as part of a pre-wedding dare to touch the statue's genitals, causing what experts described as "minor but significant" damage,...

Baby Abandoned in Stroller in Times Square

Police say infant appears unharmed after late-night incident

(Newser) - Tourists and theatergoers in Times Square unwittingly shared the street Tuesday night with an abandoned infant in a stroller, police say. The little girl, variously reported to be 6 months or a year old, was discovered just after 11pm at West 44th Street and Broadway and appeared to be unharmed;...

Authorities: La. Police Chiefs Faked Robberies in Visa Scheme

Officials allegedly fabricated reports to help immigrants obtain crime-linked 'U visas'

(Newser) - In a Louisiana town where some residents still don't lock their doors, federal prosecutors say police brass allegedly cooked up robberies that never happened, all to make a profit. A 62-count indictment accuses three current or former police chiefs, an elected marshal, and a local businessman of fabricating armed-robbery...

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Happy (and Hilarious) Ending to Welfare Check on Woman, 91

Police find elderly resident holed up in her bedroom trying to beat her high score in a video game

(Newser) - Police in suburban Cleveland went from worried to bemused after a welfare check's happy ending. Around 6pm on April 9, police in Westlake, Ohio, were alerted when a 91-year-old woman failed to answer her scheduled call from the city's automated check-in system, then didn't pick up when...

Police Probe Bomb Threat at Home of Pope's Brother

Threat deemed unfounded after bomb squad search of John Prevost's Chicago-area home

(Newser) - Police in a Chicago suburb spent Wednesday evening probing a bomb threat at the home of Pope Leo XIV's brother that turned out to be a hoax. New Lenox police said officers were called around 6:30pm to the residence of John Prevost, the pope's older brother, after...

Mamdani Blasts 'Unacceptable' Mistaken Arrest by NYPD

Narcotics detectives are now on modified duty after wrong man is violently detained in NYC liquor store

(Newser) - Two New York City narcotics detectives are off their regular beats for now after a video showed them pummeling a man in a Brooklyn liquor store—who police later acknowledged wasn't the drug suspect they were after. The clip, filmed Tuesday inside the BK Wine Depot in the neighborhood...

Cops Are Behind City's Free Doorbell Cameras

Residents of Milpitas, California, encouraged to share footage with police to deter crime

(Newser) - A San Jose suburb's new crime-fighting initiative starts at the front door. The city of Milpitas, dubbed the "Crossroads of Silicon Valley," has approved $60,000 to hand out free video doorbells to residents, one per household, on a first-come, first-served basis—part of an effort officials say is...

Timberlake Tried to Stop Bodycam Video, but It's Out

Redacted footage shows singer failing sobriety tests after DWI stop on Long Island in 2024

(Newser) - "These are, like, really hard tests." That's what Justin Timberlake is heard saying in newly released body camera footage from his 2024 DWI arrest in Sag Harbor, New York. In the redacted video, first published by TMZ after a court-approved settlement, the pop star repeatedly identifies himself...

Robber of 6 Banks Barely Broke Even, NYPD Says

Three times, police report, the suspect walked out with nothing

(Newser) - New York City police have identified a suspect for whom crime apparently didn't pay much—especially when his commuting costs are subtracted. Gustavo DeJesus Torres, 33, is accused of robbing six Chase Bank branches in five days across Queens, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. Each time, the robber passed...

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