Driverless Waymo car thwarts robbers during police chase SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A driverless Waymo car stopped a couple of robbers from getting away during a police chase in San Francisco on Monday. Just before 2 a.m., a victim was assaulted and robbed on 8th Street near United Nations Plaza, police said. The victim told […]
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New Jersey Target employee thwarts 3 women stealing shopping cart full of merchandise: police
A sharp-eyed Target employee at a New Jersey store spotted three women attempting to leave with nearly $600 of stolen goods, forcing the threesome to abandon ship and quickly scatter. Dramatic surveillance video captured the male Target employee springing into action after noticing that three women had gallivanted out of the store without paying for […]
Kroger employee threatens shooting at store — but co-worker thwarts plans, MI cops say
A Kroger employee was arrested following the “vigilant” actions of a co-worker who shared concerns with police in Michigan, authorities say. The employee, 37-year-old Jonathan Stieber, made threats that he would shoot co-workers and customers at the Kroger store in Westland where he worked, Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said in an April 17 news […]
Brazil Labor Spat Thwarts Lula’s Bid to Boost Growth and Save the Amazon
(Bloomberg) — A labor dispute at Brazil’s environmental regulator is gumming up Latin America’s largest economy, with major oil and mining projects facing delays and imported cars piling up at ports. Most Read from Bloomberg Protests by government employees over staff shortages and low wages also threaten to undermine President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s […]
Masked men grab woman at gas station; boyfriend thwarts possible abduction, carjacking
FEDERAL WAY, Wash – There were some scary moments for a woman at a Federal Way gas station after two masked men tried to grab her while she stopped to fill up early Tuesday morning. It happened at a Shell station near Pacific Highway S and S Dash Point Road. One of the clerks that […]
Suicide dive by Ukrainian drone thwarts Russian drone seconds before likely deadly attack – video
Rare frontline footage of an incredible aerial battle between Ukrainian and Russian drones was published on Wararchive_UA Telegram channel on Jan. 16. The remarkable video was captured in the Nevelske area of Donetsk region and shared by military personnel from the 9th Separate Motorized Rifle Battalion and the 59th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade. Read also: […]
Ukraine’s SBU thwarts Russian hackers broadcasting Ukrainian defense operations through compromised webcams in Kyiv
Ukraine’s SBU security service reported on Jan. 2 that it had successfully blocked the operation of webcams in Kyiv that had been hacked by Russian special services to spy on the activities of Ukrainian air defenses. The compromised webcams, two in total, were exploited by Russian agents to monitor critical infrastructure and gather intelligence on […]