BEIJING, China (AP) — A knife attack near a school in China’s capital on Monday injured five people, including three children, police said. The attack occurred at midafternoon in Beijing’s northwestern Haidian district. None of the injuries was life threatening, police said in a statement. A 50-year-old suspect surnamed Tang was detained at the scene…
PITTSBURGH — President Joe Biden on Saturday marked the sixth anniversary of a gunman’s deadly attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue and called out what he called an “appalling surge of antisemitism” amid the war in Gaza. The 2018 attack claimed the lives of 11 worshippers from Dor Hadash, New Light and Tree of Life congregations,…
The government does not need to draw the public’s attention to every violation of codes of practice at care homes, Hong Kong’s welfare minister has said, arguing the decision to flag up a case should largely depend on the severity of the transgression. Secretary for Labour and Welfare Chris Sun Yuk-han defended the government’s position…
Three suspects have been arrested in connection with five theft cases involving losses of HK$20,000 (US$2,570) in Hong Kong, with police saying a syndicate allegedly ordered the trio to target elderly women who were on their own. The force said on Saturday it was hunting for other perpetrators linked to the Tuen Mun and Tseung…
Rapper Lil Durk has been arrested on federal charges, alleging that he orchestrated a 2022 murder-for-hire plot against fellow rapper Quando Rondo in Los Angeles. After Rondo’s cousin Saviay’a Robinson was fatally shot outside an L.A. gas station on Aug. 19, 2022, the Grammy winner was arrested late Thursday night near Miami International Airport as…
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Teresa Bittinger is no longer warden of the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls. Department of Corrections (DOC) employees got an email late Tuesday evening from Director of Prisons Amber Pirraglia announcing the warden’s departure. Within minutes, the email was posted to a Facebook group for the friends and families of inmates. The email…
New research from cybersecurity company Group-IB shows that cybercriminals have been using phony trading apps to swindle unsuspecting individuals as part of a global “pig butchering” campaign. Pig butchering is a form of investment fraud where scammers persuade their victims into making large investments on fake trading platforms. The scheme—which is commonly associated with cryptocurrency and is…
Michael Shvartsman walks following a hearing at the Manhattan Federal Court, in New York City, U.S. July 20, 2023. Amr Alfiky | Reuters Prosecutors are asking a New York federal court judge to sentence two brothers to years in prison for their admitted insider trading in a blank-check company’s securities before it announced a planned…
Entertainment mogul is accused of using network of associates for sex trafficking and intimidation of victims. A trial date has been set for May 5 in a sex trafficking case alleging that US entertainment mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs sexually abused and coerced women for years. Members of the hip-hop icon’s family attended the hearing in…