Seven years after Joe Arpaio was ousted as sheriff of Arizona’s most populous county, taxpayers are still footing the bills from a racial profiling verdict over his signature immigration crackdowns – and those costs have been getting heavier since. The tab for the legal and compliance costs in overhauling the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is expected to reach $314 million …
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Florida man armed with pepper spray, knife shot by officer after running from mental health clinic: police
A 23-year-old man who ran away from a mental health clinic in Florida on Sunday was critically wounded in a police shooting after officers encountered him armed with pepper spray and a knife, authorities said. The man, whose name was not immediately released publicly, had been taken to The Vines Hospital by family members to be admitted just before 12:30 …
Read More »4 Sri Lankan nationals arrested in India over suspected ties to ISIS
India’s anti-terror police have arrested four Sri Lankan nationals in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad for suspected links to the Islamic State, police said on Monday. The arrests were made late on Sunday at the city’s airport following a tip-off, said Vikas Sahay, the top police officer in Gujarat state where Ahmedabad is located. “Preliminary investigations show they were …
Read More »Rhode Island police officer and shelter pup pair up for rescue and renewal: 'Can achieve great things'
National Rescue Dog Day is May 20 — and in honor of the special occasion, the husband-and-wife team of SQuire Rushnell and Louise DuArt, co-founders of the Godwinks brands and based in Massachusetts, shared an engaging story of personal hope and a dog’s big heart with Fox News Digital. It’s among the stories included in a forthcoming book the couple …
Read More »Arizona police save 6-month-old shot multiple times, find suspect dead in burning home after hostage standoff
Arizona police rushed into a home to rescue a 6-month-old infant who had been shot multiple times after a suspect took the child and the child’s mother hostage on Friday, authorities said. The suspect, identified as 51-year-old Todd Christopher Marchetti, broke into the home on 168th Avenue and Jenan Drive in Surprise at around 3 a.m. and refused to allow …
Read More »Arizona man sentenced to life in prison for burying wife alive in hand-dug grave
A Prescott, Arizona, man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty to murdering his wife by burying her alive in 2017. Yavapai County Attorney Dennis McGrane said 62-year-old David Michael Pagniano was sentenced to spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of his wife, then 39-year-old Sandra Pagniano, who …
Read More »Georgia college student killed by 'armed intruder' on campus
A student at Kennesaw State University in Georgia was shot and killed Saturday by an “armed intruder” on campus, officials confirmed. “Kennesaw State officials can confirm that a female student was fatally shot on campus,” the school said in an alert on its website. “A suspect has been detained.” The school added: “There is no threat to the campus community. …
Read More »19 UPenn anti-Israel protesters arrested after attempt to occupy building: police
Nineteen anti-Israel agitators were arrested at the University of Pennsylvania on Friday night, after hundreds of protesters descended onto a campus building and attempted to occupy it. Police confirmed to Fox News Digital that there were 19 arrests following the protest at the university’s Fisher Bennett Hall. According to the university, six students were among those arrested, while 12 people …
Read More »Las Vegas dad charged with murder after shooting neighbor who was accused of exposing himself to family
A Las Vegas man is charged with open murder with a deadly weapon after allegedly shooting a neighbor as his wife was on a 911 call Monday evening. Eddi Moreno Jr. is accused in the shooting of Joe Moreno, 47, and a police report describes some of what led up to the incident. Moreno Jr., his wife and their family …
Read More »Orthodox Jewish children beaten by man in NYC, police investigating
The New York Police Department is investigating the seemingly random attack of two Jewish children earlier this week. Two children — 11 years old and 13 years old — were attacked on Sunday by a passerby while playing on the sidewalk in Bedford-Stuyvesant, video footage shows. The suspect was seen in the footage stopping his Citi bike while riding past …
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