Police

Production analyst and U. of I. student worker Josh Weiner enters information into the SPOTLITE database, which documents any incident where police use firearms, including those with non-fatal outcomes and any other use of force that results in a death. SPOTLITE is a project of the Cline Center for Advanced Social Research and an interdisciplinary team of University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign experts. Credit: Fred Zwicky/University of Illinois at…

One attraction of Binance, as the company grew from its 2017 founding into the biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, was the firm's freewheeling flouting of rules. As it amassed well over 100 million crypto-trading users globally, it openly told the United States government that, as an offshore operation, it didn't have to comply with the country's financial regulations and money-laundering laws.Then, late last month, those years of brushing off US regulators caught up with the company in the form of one the most…

Roman police investigated John Keats shortly before his death, newly discovered 19th-century archive documents reveal.Keats scholar Alessandro Gallenzi discovered an entry in Roman police registers about the poet, under the misspelt name “John Xeats”. He was recorded as being under investigation, after his landlady asked for him to be removed from her house because he had not disclosed to her that he had tuberculosis. At the time, tuberculosis was considered to be contagious in Rome, so it would have been difficult and…

“Many of his fellow officers considered him the most dangerous man alive – an honest cop.”That was the tagline for the rabble-rousing cop docudrama Serpico when it premiered 50 years and it’s astonishing, in retrospect, that Paramount Pictures slapped it on top of the poster and advertising, and that audiences turned out in large numbers to see it. The tagline accurately reflects the film’s central thesis: that institutional corruption is so pervasive in the New York police department – and, by implication, city…

Just a month after it was reported that a former operations head at a Ducati superbike dealership in Bengaluru duped customers for Rs 5.1 crore, a new revelation has been shared. It has now been reported that the main accused has been apprehended for an alleged embezzlement scheme that defrauded customers of Rs 5.1 crore. The accused has been identified as Sri Rakesh, and he is accused of selling 21 Ducati motorcycles without the knowledge of the company. What happened? Sri Rakesh, aged 38, who served as the…

What’s more adorable than a puppy? A puppy in a uniform, of course! And it's not for Halloween that the cute puppers on this list dressed up for. These are serious officers-in-training. Sure, their attempts to look cool and tough now might only come across as adorable, but one day they will look and be authoritative.For now, let's "aww" and "ooh" at these cute good boys and girls. And while you admire these tiny paw-ficers, read on to find out more about the types of working police and military dogs. For example, did…

Los Angeles police have launched a search for a killer suspected of fatally shooting three homeless people in separate incidents around the city, police officials announced Friday.All three killings occurred in the early morning hours over a three-day span in November, Police Chief Michel Moore said at an afternoon news conference at police headquarters downtown, where he was joined by Dist. Atty. George Gascón and Mayor Karen Bass.“This is a killer preying on the unhoused,” Bass said.The first victim was shot about 3:10…

As the weather continues to get colder as the calendar approaches the official start of winter, more people are wearing warmer clothes, including heavier coats -- and for some residents in Washington, DC, that’s proving to be dangerous. DC thieves are targeting residents and college and university students wearing Canada Goose jackets, according to Fox 5 DC news. The story describes how in one case the $1,500 jacket was stolen at gunpoint. "Police said three suspects hopped out of a car, pointed guns, and demanded a…

In September, Apple unveiled the iOS 17 update for eligible iPhones, introducing various enhancements. One notable addition was the NameDrop feature, enabling users to share contacts by simply bringing…

Apple announced the iOS 17 update for all eligible iPhones in September. The new iPhone update was introduced with several new features including the NameDrop feature, which allowed users to share their contacts with each other just by bringing their devices close together. However, in Pennsylvania, the feature created chaos and sparked security concerns forcing the police department to warn users about this iOS 17 feature. Know if the iPhone NameDrop feature is really worrisome.Know how the Apple iOS 17 NameDrop feature…