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Suspected seafaring bandits terrorizing San Francisco Bay residents are now landlocked in jail cells. Three suspected maritime burglars accused of breaking into a business on Embarcadero, San Francisco’s iconic east-facing waterfront, were arrested in the Oakland-Alameda Estuary on March 28, Oakland police said. It’s a major step forward for residents living in houseboats and yachts on the 800-foot-wide waterway, which …

Sheriff’s deputies in Oklahoma recently rescued an injured dog that was stuck on train tracks for nearly half a week. The Wagoner County Sheriff’s Office shared video of the incident on Wednesday. The department explained that its deputies learned of the injured dog on Mar. 27, after receiving a phone call about the animal. “Deputy Hutton observed that a large …

A Colorado police officer is set to go on trial for his actions in the 2021 arrest of a Black man, including repeatedly hitting the man with a gun after he swatted his hands at the officer’s weapon, according to body camera footage and court documents. The violent arrest in the Denver suburb of Aurora has put the former officer, …

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — One of the three Tacoma police officers cleared of criminal charges in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis — a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained facedown on a sidewalk as he pleaded for breath — has been hired by a neighboring sheriff’s office. The Thurston County Sheriff’s Office, based in Olympia, Washington, announced …

The millionaire parents of one teen gang member accused of murdering his 16-year-old peer on Halloween weekend last year in Queen Creek, Arizona, allegedly helped cover the suspects’ tracks following Preston Lord’s beating death, according to a report. Police call the teenage gang the “Gilbert Goons” in thousands of pages of recently released documents obtained by FOX 10 Phoenix. Treston …

A group of eight migrants who sources said were found squatting in the basement of a New York City apartment with a child are facing drugs and weapons charges after police found ketamine, cocaine and guns at the home. The NYPD busted the migrants Wednesday after authorities were called to a Bronx apartment following a report of a person displaying …

Tennessee authorities on Tuesday cautioned the public against sharing “inaccurate” information being shared online related to the search for missing teen Sebastian Rogers, which they say has caused a “distraction” in their investigation. The Sumner County Sheriff’s Office issued an Amber Alert for Sebastian, a 15-year-old boy with autism, after he was last seen in the area of Stafford Court …

A Northern California sheriff’s office on Monday shared dramatic video of a helicopter crew saving a man who fell 60 feet off a trail and was clinging to the face of a cliff. The helicopter crew responded around 7:40 pm. Sunday to the Battery Alexander, a trail near the ocean in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, following a report …

A fire at an Istanbul nightclub during renovations on Tuesday killed at least 27 people, officials and reports said. Several people, including managers of the club, were detained for questioning. At least one person was being treated in a hospital, the Istanbul governor’s office said in a statement. The Masquerade nightclub, which was closed for renovations, was on the ground …

An American teenager and two other people were killed in avalanche near the Swiss resort of Zermatt, police said Tuesday. One person was flown to a hospital with serious injuries. The avalanche occurred at about 2 p.m. Monday in an off-piste area of the Riffelberg, above the resort and below the famed Matterhorn peak. Rescuers recovered three bodies and the …