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Belarus’ exiled opposition leader said Thursday that she hasn’t heard from her imprisoned husband for 421 days. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said holding her husband incommunicado is part of the government’s repressive policies. BELARUS’ AUTHORITARIAN LEADER TIGHTENS CONTROL OVER THE COUNTRY’S RELIGIOUS GROUPS Siarhei Tsikhanouski has been behind bars since being arrested in 2020 after announcing plans to challenge Belarus’ authoritarian President …

A shooting at a popular nightclub in downtown Washington, D.C., left a bride-to-be injured just two weeks before her wedding. Rennwel Mantock is charged with opening fire and hitting multiple bystanders at Decades on Connecticut Avenue NW as security guards tried to escort him from the club around 11:30 p.m. on April 26. “I’m in a lot of pain, and …

A Louisiana teacher sexted her students, bought them booze at local dives and had sex with “at least one” of them, local police said. In March, police launched an investigation over complaints that 35-year-old Alexa Wingerter was having “inappropriate relationships” with and “sending inappropriate photographs and messages” to her male students at Slidell High School. After the Slidell Police Department …

A Pennsylvania man who authorities say killed his girlfriend in a Nevada desert has been convicted. A jury in U.S. District Court in Nevada on Wednesday found John Matthew Chapman, 44, guilty of one count of kidnapping resulting in death, court records show. He faces life in prison at a sentencing hearing scheduled for Aug. 2. NEVADA COUPLE ACCUSED OF …

A Palm Bay, Florida Homeowners Association board member was arrested last month after allegedly pulling a gun on three kids fishing at a lake in his subdivision, taking their equipment and throwing the rods, reels and tackle into the woods, according to court documents. Police charged 57-year-old Kyle Patrick Tate with criminal mischief and grand theft as a result of …

Indianapolis police shot and critically wounded a male pointing a weapon at other people and threatening to shoot them Thursday afternoon. INDIANAPOLIS-AREA POLICE FATALLY SHOOT SUSPECT WHO SLASHED OFFICER’S FACE Officers were sent to the scene on the city’s north side on a report of a person armed with a weapon, Officer William Young of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department …

Boca Bashers put on a disgusting show when they dumped bins of trash off a boat after a wild, boozy weekend. The co-eds raced into the Atlantic Ocean from Lake Boca, through south Florida’s iconic Boca Raton Inlet, where a YouTuber caught them on camera dumping full drums of empty bottles and garbage into the water. The viral video captured …

After a series of compliance checks were conducted on Long Island, several officers with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) Division of Law Enforcement discovered something rather fishy. Striped bass fishing season in marine waters and the Delaware River does not start until April 15, according to the New York DEC, but some eager fisherman decided to …

Arrest warrants must be served to alleged criminals if society is going to function. But there is no guarantee of safety for police officers knocking on their doors. The grim risks came into stark relief Monday when four law enforcement officers were killed in North Carolina while serving an arrest warrant. The attack in Charlotte left four other officers wounded …

Arizona rancher George Alan Kelly said men came towards his home with an AK-47 aimed at him the day he was arrested for murder. “He turned towards me … pointed the AK at me. And that’s when — everybody says was the dumbest thing I ever did — they said you should have shot him because he was getting ready …