The Los Angeles Police Department arrested three people at the site of a protest in Hollywood. Authorities met with two victims of a reported battery at the Hollywood detachment on Feb. 16. The two said there was a physical altercation outside a restaurant close to where a protest was taking place. The incident occurred in […]
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SWAT team standoff at Folsom home ends with tear gas and surrender of suspect in elderly attack
A SWAT team and crisis negotiators spent hours on Thursday at a Folsom home trying to get a man accused of attacking an elderly person to surrender, before police used tear gas to force the suspect to come out. About 8:15 a.m., an 80-year-old man reported he was attacked, knocked down and kicked in the […]
Police use tear gas on Indian farmers at New Delhi protest over crop prices
Indian police used tear gas on farmers who clashed with officers and tried to break barricades blocking their way to New Delhi to demand guaranteed crop prices in a repeat of 2021 protests, when they camped on the outskirts of the capital for more than a year. Police dropped tear gas canisters on the protesting […]
Police drop tear gas on Indian farmers heading for New Delhi crop prices protest
Indian police used tear gas and detained some farmers who tried to break barricades blocking their way to New Delhi on Tuesday to demand guaranteed crop prices in a repeat of 2021 protests, when they camped on the capital’s outskirts for more than a year. Tear gas canisters were dropped on the protesting farmers from […]
‘If they tear it all down, Greentown is gone.’ Neighbors opposed to roundabout proposal
LAKE TWP. − Robert Pavkov III grew up in Greentown. He cares about the neighborhood and its future. That’s why he’s launched an online petition opposing a potential plan by Stark County to install a roundabout at the intersection of Cleveland Avenue NW and State Street NW, also known as “Greentown Square.” Residents are worried that a […]
Protesters demonstrating over living costs hit with tear gas and water cannon
Sri Lanka’s police used tear gas and water cannons on Tuesday to disperse an opposition protest in the island nation facing its worst economic crisis while gearing up for a national election later this year. Protesters from the main opposition United People’s Power party gathered in the capital, Colombo, and accused President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s administration […]
Trump used platform to tear E Jean Carroll’s name ‘to shreds’, court hears
EDonald Trump used his platform while he was US president to try to wreck E Jean Carroll’s name after she accused him of rape, her lawyer argued in a New York court on Tuesday, adding that Trump had also emboldened hardline followers to hurl smears and threats at her. “He had the biggest microphone on […]
Fix it or tear it down after partial roof collapse
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – The Clark County Building Department issued an ultimatum to the owners of a dilapidated rental property in Sunrise Manor just days after a partial roof collapse displaced 14 tenants, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned. In a notice and order for abatement, building department director James Gerren instructed the owners […]
Rafael Nadal pulls out of Australian Open due to ‘micro tear’ on a muscle
Rafael Nadal will miss the Australian Open after sustaining an injury during the Brisbane International earlier this week. The 37-year-old Spaniard, who had surgery on the psoas tendon in his left hip in June, was making his comeback at the Brisbane tournament. Nadal required medical treatment during his quarter-final loss to Jordan Thompson, and the […]
A family missed out on their dream vacation all because of a 1-centimeter tear in their son’s passport
The Burton family was supposed to fly from England to Spain to celebrate the new year. But their son wasn’t allowed to board the Ryanair flight after a worker saw a tear on his passport. The family spent $1,500 on the trip and urges others to check for any passport damage before flying. Jake Burton, […]
Raccoon porch pirates tear into nearly $100 worth of food delivered to Phinney Ridge family
A Phinney Ridge family was hit by a different kind of porch pirate while they were out of town, after a pair of raccoons with expensive tastes tore into a box of food delivered to their doorstep. Video of the raccoons shows them running up to the porch, and then immediately targeting the $95 box […]
Separatist Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik vows to tear his country apart despite US warnings
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The Bosnian Serbs’ separatist leader vowed to carry on weakening his war-scarred country to the point where it will tear apart, despite a pledge by the United States to prevent such an outcome. “I am not irrational, I know that America’s response will be to use force … but I […]