3 hours agoOregon Dem wants to replace cops using unarmed teams funded via Medicaid hike: reportAn Oregon Democrat is seeking a hike in Medicaid funding to help finance unarmed response teams that would replace police officers in some instances, according to a report.
3 hours agoCar crashes into New Jersey gas station, igniting fuel pumps, video showsA New Jersey gas station ignited on Monday morning after a vehicle collision caused a car to come crashing into a pair of gas pumps, setting them ablaze, according to authorities.
5 hours agoCoronavirus mask dispute in NJ leads to arrest after woman with cane, 54, attacked: policePolice in New Jersey on Tuesday arrested a suspect who they say was captured on surveillance video violently throwing a customer to the floor inside a Staples store after the victim had asked the suspect to wear a mask properly.
5 hours agoLA ballot measure would shift nearly $900 million away from law enforcement: reportThe Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday voted to include a charter amendment on the ballot in November to would redistribute $880 million from law enforcement to community programs.
5 hours agoPaul Krugman, professors seek top economist's removal from influential job for criticizing Black Lives MatterUniversity of Michigan professor Justin Wolfers and dozens of other academics are leading a massive effort to have a senior faculty member at the University of Chicago removed from his position at the world's preeminent economics journal -- all because he criticized Black Lives Matter's push to defund police departments.
6 hours agoDC police deny pro-life activists had permission to mark or paint street following weekend arrestsWashington D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) is pushing back on the way Students for Life of America (SFLA) has described events leading up to the arrest of two of its activists outside of a local Planned Parenthood facility over the weekend.
8 hours agoRapper FBG Duck believed dead after being shot in Gold Coast area of ChicagoA Chicago Rapper by the name FBG Duck is suspected to be dead after a shooting in Gold Coast on the North Side of Chicago Tuesday afternoon, two other people were wounded.
10 hours agoBloody brawl breaks out after woman throws coffee in man’s face for not wearing maskA brawl broke out between a bystander an a passerby in Los Angeles County on Friday after the passerby's girlfriend chose to throw hot coffee in a stranger's face, for not wearing a coronavirus mask.
12 hours agoNYPD cop arrested for the second time in less than a weekAn NYPD cop was arrested for the second time in less than a week on Monday — for stealing model cars, clothes and hygiene products from a Queens Walgreens just days after he was busted for knifing his former girlfriend, police said.
12 hours agoFive teenagers honored for saving life of King's County deputyFive teenagers, who were hailed as good samaritans after they saved a sheriff's deputy from being choked to death, were honored on Monday night for their courage and given an award for heroism.
