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Chicago police clear out anti-Israel encampment at DePaul University

Chicago police officers were seen on Thursday morning taking down an anti-Israel encampment that had persisted for more than two weeks at DePaul University.Officers in riot gear were seen on the North Side campus just before 6 a.m. to clear the encampment on DePaul University’s Lincoln Park quad, WLS reported. The encampment began on April 30. In a letter on …

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Army reservist's brother-in-law describes struggle to get help before Lewiston mass shooting

The brother-in-law of an Army reservist responsible for killing 18 people in Maine tearfully apologized for the deadly rampage on Thursday, and described how the family’s efforts to get him help were repeatedly frustrated. Hearing public testimony from shooter Robert Card’s family for the first time, an independent commission investigating the mass shooting in Lewiston opened with James Herling. He …

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Tunisian lawyers strike in protest, alleging torture of arrested colleague

Lawyers in Tunisia took to the streets on Thursday to protest a string of recent arrests that have convulsed the country over the past week and provoked international outcry. The demonstration in the North African country’s capital came days after two lawyers were arrested — one brusquely extracted from the bar association headquarters and the other needing to be hospitalized …

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As assaults on law enforcement hit 10-year high, police union says officers 'treated like scum'

The rate of assaults on U.S. law enforcement officers reached a 10-year high last year, with 79,000 attacks on officers recorded, according to national FBI data released Tuesday. Sixty officers nationwide were killed last year — one fewer slain officer than the previous year — but more officers were killed between 2021 and 2023 than in any other three-year period …

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Delaware woman fatally shot after crime spree entails interstate police chase, 2 shootouts

A police pursuit through two states that involved two separate shootouts with law enforcement officers and several crashes ended with the death of the woman being sought, authorities said. Wilmington police began their pursuit of the 23-year-old woman shortly before noon Tuesday at a Delaware residence, seeking to arrest her on a warrant stemming from a December 2023 shooting. She …

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'Unprecedented' manhunt in France after gunmen bust gangster known as 'The Fly' out of prison, kill 2 guards

A massive manhunt was underway in France on Wednesday after an armed gang ambushed a prison convoy and freed a gangster known as “The Fly,” killing two guards. Hundreds of police officers have been deployed to northern France in search of the fugitive Mohamed Amra, who escaped Tuesday when gunmen laid in wait for a prison van transporting him, ramming …

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Texas homeowner evicted aggressive goat, squatter from newly purchased property

As squatters continue to torment homeowners across the U.S., a San Antonio, Texas, homeowner is retelling the events that warranted his eviction of a woman and her aggressive goat from the property he purchased from her. In a series of incidents that occurred rather quickly, Daniel Cabrera, 37, purchased a five-bedroom, 2.5-bath home from a woman looking to sell immediately. …

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New York Senate Democrat allegedly shoved lobbyist before committee meeting, had to be restrained

A New York state senator had to be held back after he allegedly shoved a lobbyist in the capital building in Albany before a committee meeting on energy and telecommunications. Michael Carey, a lobbyist seeking support for a 911 civil rights bill, told Fox News Digital he was speaking with Democratic Sen. Kevin Parker before the Standing Committee on Energy …

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Michigan county plagued by 'burglary tourism' as foreign crime gangs abuse US visa waiver program

A Michigan sheriff is sounding the alarm on “burglary tourism” — a recent trend where international organized crime groups enter the U.S. to skillfully rob wealthy suburban homes. “We believe that there has to be some kind of training camp because they come so well-trained, so equipped, and so knowledgeable about how to move and how to attack a home,” …

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Florida sheriff's deputy seen fatally shooting 23-year-old US airman

A Florida sheriff’s office released body camera video that showed the fatal shooting by a sheriff’s deputy of a 23-year-old U.S. airman. Body camera footage released by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office showed a sheriff’s deputy responding to Senior Airman Roger Fortson’s apartment on May 3, for a disturbance call. The video showed the deputy arriving at a Fort Walton …

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