‘Drunk’ NYPD Cop Stripped of His Gun and Badge
A Bronx cop was stripped of his gun and badge amid allegations that he was drunk on the job Thursday and as a photo emerged of him passed out in the stationhouse locker room with his beer belly exposed.
The NSA Has Been Listening To on-Flight Calls For Years
The National Security Agency and its British counterpart the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) have been intercepting in-flight mobile phone calls for more than 10 years, according to a report by French newspaper Le Monde.
Why World’s Largest Menorah Can’t Be Called ‘World’s Largest Menorah’
Each year in Brooklyn, Chabad Rabbi Shimon Hecht ascends 33 and a half feet to light the tallest menorah in the world.
Britain Faces ‘Unprecedented’ Terror Threat, Warns MI6 Chief
Britain faces an “unprecedented” terror threat that will not subside until the Syrian civil war ends, the head of foreign intelligence service MI6 said Thursday, according to AFP.
Mexican Cartels Expanding Their Control Over The US Heroin Market
American law enforcement has a new Public Enemy No. 1 among illegal drugs: It’s called heroin.
Woman Arrested For Alleged Death Threats To Parent of Jewish Sandy Hook victim
A Florida woman has been arrested for allegedly threatening the father of a Jewish boy killed in the in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut.
Money-Laundering Monitor Says Switzerland Has Work To Do
Switzerland has boosted anti-money laundering measures over the last decade but could still do more to prevent financial crime, the inter-governmental Financial Action Task Force (FATF) said on Wednesday.
Pennsylvania Police Surpass 2,000 Drug Overdose Reversals
Police officers in Pennsylvania have saved more than 2,000 people who overdosed on opioid drugs since they began carrying naloxone in late 2014 in response to the epidemic of opioid addiction and overdoses. Naloxone, which comes in injectable and nose spay versions, can reverse an opioid overdose.
New DNA Testing Could Crack Slain Jogger Karina Vetrano Case
New York state officials should immediately authorize the use of a new investigative tool that would allow city investigators to widen their searches in unsolved cases, Queens DA Richard Brown announced Thursday.