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Cleveland Cops Tackled, Cuffed Dying Boy's Sister
(Newser) - A lawyer for Tamir Rice 's family calls it the cruelest thing he's ever seen. In newly released surveillance video, two Cleveland police officers can be seen pushing the boy's 14-year-old sister to the ground as she tried to run to her brother's side just 90... More » |
Crooked Cop Drove Ferrari to Work
(Newser) - Police officer Osman Iqbal of Birmingham, England, had lucrative sidelines in drugs, prostitution, and money laundering—and he might have gotten away with it for longer if he hadn't started driving a $250,000 Ferrari to his day job. After the officer, who made roughly $60,000 a year,... More » |
Ancient Shipwreck Yields 'Atlantis' Metal
(Newser) - It was considered one of the most precious metals in ancient times—and Plato claimed it lined the temple of Poseidon on the legendary island of Atlantis—but this appears to be the first time anybody in modern times has actually found some orichalcum. Researchers in Sicily say a shipwreck... More » |
Why Autism Rates Have Soared
(Newser) - The rate at which autism is diagnosed around the world has increased dramatically in just a generation, and researchers studying a comprehensive tracking system in Denmark say they can explain the majority of the uptick: new and improved diagnosis. In the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics, they argue that the huge... More » |
Paris Suspects Cornered: 2 Hostage Situations
(Newser) - French security forces have swarmed a small industrial town northeast of Paris in an operation to capture—or, the country's interior minister says, "neutralize"—a pair of armed suspects in the storming of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo . The suspects are believed to be holed up in a... More » |
Charlie Hebdo Suspects Killed in Police Raid
(Newser) - The brothers sought in this week's deadly Paris massacre have been killed in a police raid, reports the BBC . Security forces launched an assault on the building where Said and Cherif Kouachi were holed up outside Paris and killed the pair while freeing the hostage they were holding. One... More »
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