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#police-investigation

A 15-month-old baby boy who died under unclear circumstances was found in a bathroom alongside his mother, who had slit her wrists in an apparent suicide attempt inside their Queens home on Monday, cops said. Both the toddler and his mother were found inside the bathroom of their single-family home on 157th St. near 109th Ave. in Jamaica around 1:37 p.m., said police.

A man remained hospitalized in critical condition Monday, hours after he apparently shot himself in the chest in the heart of Midtown, blocks from holiday crowds enjoying a nighttime look at the Rockefeller Center tree and Radio City. Little was known about the circumstances regarding the shooting, which happened near West 57th Street and Sixth Avenue -- an area known as "Billionaire's Row" -- around 10:15 p.m. Sunday.

Bronx detectives are investigating the death of a four-year-old girl on Friday morning. Officers from the 49th Precinct responded to a location near Barnes and Adee Avenues in Williamsbridge at about 9:17 a.m. on Dec. 26 after receiving a 911 call for a female in need of assistance. Upon arriving at the scene, the officers found the four-year-old girl, who was unconscious and unresponsive.

The chief minister of Gibraltar made a series of grossly improper and sinister interventions to interfere in a live criminal investigation in order to protect his friend, mentor and business partner from the consequences of a search warrant, a public inquiry has found. The retired England and Wales high court judge and inquiry chair, Sir Peter Openshaw, concluded that Fabian Picardo acted to protect James Levy KC when police were at Hassans law firm, where Levy was a senior partner, on 12 May 2020.

CONCORD Police were looking Monday for multiple people they said were involved in a smash-and-grab robbery Sunday at the Sunvalley Shopping Center. The robbery happened about 11:55 a.m. at what police said was a jewelry store inside the mall. Police in a statement said the suspects used hammers to break the display cases and fled in a waiting vehicle. Police said reports from witnesses of gunfire during the robbery were not accurate. Information was not released regarding how many people police suspect were involved.

The victim was brought to the hospital in life-threatening condition and his condition is still serious but is no longer life-threatening, according to Insp. Jonathan Rose. The preliminary information we have is that this was a targeted event, Rose told reporters at a news conference later Monday morning. Rose said there is no threat to public safety at this time. However, Rose said he understands locals will be concerned about the violence.

An altercation involving students and adults near a school Monday afternoon ended with gunfire, police said. Nobody was injured, but a building at the Sylvester Greenwood Academy in the 800 block of Chanslor Avenue was damaged. In a statement, police said somebody fired at least one shot after the confrontation happened. Police did not say what caused the acrimony. Officers locked down the school and a neighboring Leadership Public School campus while securing the area.

A person survived a shooting and was hospitalized over the weekend, police said. The victim remained in stable condition and is expected to recover, according to Richmond police Lt. Donald Patchin. Police have not made any arrests, and they continue to investigate. The gunfire happened Saturday in the 400 block of S. 25th Street. Police did not say immediately what time it happened but posted about the incident on one of their social media pages at 7:13 p.m.

Tewksbury police are asking for help identifying a driver they say intentionally ran over and killed several seagulls earlier this week. The incident happened around 12:06 p.m. Thursday in the parking lot of 1777 Main St., a strip mall with several stores and restaurants. Surveillance video shared by the Tewksbury Police Department shows a dark-colored SUV plowing through a flock of seagulls resting on the ground, causing most of the birds to scatter and take flight.

The London Fire Bridgade (LFB) said it has now left the scene following a suspected pepper spray attack at Heathrow Airport. In a post on X the service said: We were called at 8.14am today to assist emergency service colleagues at an incident at a car park at Heathrow Airport. Firefighters have been providing specialist assistance alongside multi-agency partners at the scene.

around 400 "ultras" showed up to the Nice training ground after the team returned from the airport and blocked the entrance, preventing the team bus from entering. Two fans entered the bus to verbally accost the team, and once the players disembarked, two were physically assaulted: Terem Moffi and Jérémie Boga have claimed that fans hit them, pulled their hair, and spat at them as they tried to make their way from the team bus into the training facilities.

A girl has died and another is seriously injured after a crash involving a minibus carrying nine teenagers. North Yorkshire Police said it is investigating the collision involving a white Mercedes Sprinter minibus and a Hyundai i10 car on Toulston Lane in Tadcaster at around 12.30pm on Monday. The girl who died at the scene was a passenger on the minibus which was carrying nine teenagers aged 16 to 18, the force said.

A woman was shot in Manhattan and a teenaged boy was blasted in Brooklyn in unrelated attacks within two hours of each other Sunday afternoon, police said. The 48-year-old woman was shot in the thigh while standing outside on 112th St. near Fifth Ave. in Harlem around 2 p.m., cops said. She was taken to Mount Sinai Morningside in stable condition. Police are looking for two suspects who fled on a scooter, authorities said.

I will be honest: Until Zootopia 2 insisted otherwise, I had not given a ton of thought to what it would look like if rabbit Judy Hopps and fox Nick Wilde were to procreate. I'm still not actually sure whether such a thing is supposed to be possible in the world of the Zootopia franchise, where anthropomorphic animals live together in imperfect harmony in a high-tech metropolis, commuting and eating out and engaging in corruption while remaining distinct species that each retain their own characteristic needs and behaviors.

Highland council said the play, called Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, would not go ahead after negative feedback on social media and abusive messages directed at the school and its staff. Made by Edgy Productions, which specialises in scripts and music for schools and youth theatre, the show featured a scene in which Santa shows two young people the hardships faced by Syrian refugees on the Turkish border.

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