Are summer camps in China training American children to become “little overseas Chinese police”? A report uncovers Beijing’s political infiltration, and it’s getting attention from U.S. lawmakers. We speak with a senior investigative reporter for more. Four people were sent back to China in exchange for the freedom of American citizens. From stealing trade secrets […]
Phoenix Police rescued a man who accidentally drove his car into a pool. A quick-thinking officer jumped into the pool, broke the car’s sunroof, and pulled the man to safety, saving his life. The driver told police he accidentally pressed his gas pedal too hard, causing the car to veer into the pool.
CHICAGO—A 23-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer during a traffic stop on the city’s Southside. The man is scheduled to appear Thursday in court and also faces a separate first-degree murder charge, attempted murder of a police officer, residential burglary, and weapons violations, Police […]
NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y.—A 33-year-old mother climbed over a safety rail and intentionally went over Niagara Falls with her two children, a 9-year-old and 5-month-old, according to New York state police, who said Wednesday that search and rescue efforts were unsuccessful. Authorities responded to the park around 9 p.m. Monday and determined the family went over […]
A harrowing scene reminiscent of a Hollywood thriller unfolded on Oct. 7 when police officers saved a man from being killed by an oncoming train by pulling him off the tracks just in time. The Seattle Police Department released video footage on Tuesday capturing the rescue of a 57-year-old man who was experiencing a mental […]
LONDON—The father of a 10-year-old girl found dead in her home in England fled to Pakistan and called U.K. police from there to say he had killed her, a jury heard Monday. Urfan Sharif, 42, is on trial at London’s Central Criminal Court accused of Sara Sharif’s murder alongside his partner, Beinash Batool, and brother, […]
MOUNT OLIVET, Ky.—Authorities arrested a Kentucky woman after someone found a dismembered body in her mother’s backyard and officers later found human remains. A man who was hired to work on the property in Mount Olivet, about 50 miles southeast of Cincinnati, called authorities Wednesday after finding the body in the backyard, the Kentucky State […]
ALMA, Ark.—Hair found in a truck once owned by an Arkansas man who died in prison more than two decades ago was the clue investigators needed to connect the dead inmate to the disappearance of a 6-year-old girl who went missing in 1995. Alma Police Chief Jeff Pointer on Tuesday announced that police have identified […]
An update on the controversy surrounding apartment buildings in Aurora, Colorado. City officials and residents are pushing back against claims of a Venezuelan gang “takeover.” NTD spoke with congressional candidate John Fabbricatore, a former Immigration and Customs Enforcement director. Fabbricatore was recently on the scene, helping move out an elderly woman who said she was […]
THE HAGUE, Netherlands—One person was killed and another seriously wounded in a stabbing incident late Thursday in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, police said. Police arrested a suspect who was also injured. Police spokesman Wessel Stolle said officers were investigating the stabbing near the landmark Erasmus Bridge. Stolle said there was no immediate word […]
NEW YORK—Police have arrested a teen girl they say took an empty New York City subway train on a brief joyride before they crashed it and fled. They are looking for a male companion they believe was also pictured on the train. Surveillance photos released by the New York Police Department on Tuesday show one […]
Conflict erupted in China’s southern Guangdong Province. Residents clashed with police after trying to form a self-managed homeowners association, only to face a violent clampdown. In China, developers and property management companies often enforce autocratic control over residents’ decisions and actions. To push back, residents began forming “community associations” as a grassroots effort to preserve […]
KUALA LUMPUR—Malaysian authorities rescued more than 400 children on Wednesday suspected of being sexually abused at charity homes run by a prominent Islamic business organization with links to a banned religious sect, the top police official said. Police arrested 171 adults, including “ustazs” or Islamic religious teachers, during coordinated raids on 20 premises across two […]
OSLO—A beluga whale discovered with a harness strapped around its neck in Norwegian waters five years ago—and found dead on Aug. 31—had a stick stuck in its mouth and its death was not related to human activity, police said on Monday. The body of Hvaldimir—a combination of the Norwegian word for whale and the first […]
BUCKEYE, Ariz.—Police in the Phoenix suburb of Buckeye are investigating the death of a 3-year-old girl who was left in a vehicle for more than two hours in triple-digit heat. Authorities said the girl’s family had returned home from an outing at a park around 2:30 p.m. Sunday and nobody realized she was still in […]
Former President Donald Trump highlighted his tough-on-crime stance as he spoke to the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) in North Carolina on Friday. The Republican presidential nominee delivered the remarks during a FOP Board of Trustees meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he reiterated his stance on policing, comparing his policies to that of his […]
ALIQUIPPA, Pa.—A 13-year-old Pittsburgh-area girl who was reported missing early last month spent time with adult inmates at a Pennsylvania jail after she lied to authorities about her age and identity following a shoplifting arrest, a prosecutor said. Someone at the Beaver County jail eventually recognized the girl as a missing person, leading officials to […]
FOREST PARK, Ill.—A shooting on a subway train outside Chicago on Labor Day morning left four people dead, police said. Three people were pronounced dead at the Forest Park station, an above-ground stop on the Chicago Transit Authority’s Blue Line. The fourth victim died at a hospital. The suspect got away but was subsequently arrested […]
