The explosion was caused by some sort of incendiary device, Oslo police representative Frode Larsen said during a news conference Sunday. Investigators believe the embassy was the target and are searching for the perpetrators and their motive.
At around 1:00 a.m. we received several reports of an explosion. We arrived shortly afterwards and confirmed that there had been an explosion that hit the US Embassy. There is minor damage. Police said a search for the perpetrators was underway, but they did not provide further information on the nature and cause of the explosion.
Two young girls go missing on a Sunday evening. It's still light and warm. Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman are 10 years old, best friends and having a great time. It's a lovely day, there's a barbecue. They are inseparable chatting, playing at each other's homes, listening to music, eating sweets. They disappear sometime after 6pm.
This is a tragic and violent attack which has cost the life of Mr Alshmari, and left a woman injured. We are doing everything we can to establish exactly what happened and why, and the public's response has been fantastic. We've had CCTV, dashcam and mobile footage shared with us, which has been very helpful for the investigation.
They were like worker bees, taking this, this and they start putting it into evidence bags. Khan describes the police raid on his home, where officers systematically confiscated items related to the SEGA hardware transaction, treating the discovery as evidence in what appeared to be a coordinated enforcement action.
A motorcyclist died Thursday after colliding with a sedan in what police said was a DUI-related wreck involving another driver. The crash happened about 4:45 p.m. in the area of Buchanan Road and Woodborough Place. Officers arrived to find the 46-year-old Concord resident down. He died despite rescue efforts by police and medical personnel.
King Charles III will grant police full access to all files held at Buckingham Palace relating to Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, underscoring the monarchy's commitment to transparency and accountability. The dramatic move follows Andrew's arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office. The 66-year-old was detained on Thursday - his birthday - at his temporary home on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk. He was questioned for 11 hours at Aylsham Police Station before being released under investigation.
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Quentin Griffiths, the co-founder of online fashion giant Asos, has been named by Thai police as the man who plunged to death from a building on 9 February 2026 in the eastern seaside town of Pattaya. Police were called to investigate the case last Monday night after receiving an alert that a man fell from an 18-floor condominium and was found dead on the ground, a police investigator told the BBC.
A 34-year-old transient was shot Wednesday night in East Oakland while he was collecting cans, authorities said. The man was in stable condition at a hospital Thursday, where he was being treated for a gunshot wound to his leg. The shooting happened about 8:10 p.m. Wednesday in the 1800 block of 73rd Avenue, not far from International Boulevard. The man told police he was collecting cans in the area to earn some money when he heard a loud noise and realized he had been shot.
At a Juvenile Court hearing this week in East Lost Angeles, sheriff's deputies led shackled defendants into a courtroom reserved for youths accused of serious crimes. Most were baby-faced teenagers wearing orange jumpsuits. Then they brought out a 39-year-old father of four. The man, Victor Perez, is accused of killing a woman in Hollywood in 2003. But because he was 17 at the time, Perez, who has pleaded not guilty, is being prosecuted as a juvenile - at least for now.
ANTIOCH A 21-year-old man was stabbed multiple times Sunday night at a motel, authorities said. The man, who is not an Antioch resident, was in critical condition at a hospital, police said.. The stabbing was reported about 8:37 p.m. Sunday at the Comfort Inn in the 2400 block of Mahogany Way. Police have not said if the stabbing happened in one of the rooms or in another part of the motel, and have yet to
A 13-year-old boy has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after two boys were seriously injured in a stabbing at a school in north-west London. Emergency services were called to Kingsbury High School in Brent at around 12.40pm on Tuesday following reports that two students had been stabbed. Two boys aged 12 and 13 were taken to hospital with stab wounds and remain there in a stable condition.
A person was killed in a shooting Wednesday night in East Oakland, police said. The shooting happened around 6:45 p.m. in the 9800 block of International Boulevard, near 98th Avenue, the Oakland Police Department said in a news release. Officers arrived to find one victim suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. The victim died at the scene. Their identity is being withheld pending notification of the next of kin.
A 90-year-old man missing for more than a week in Toronto has been found dead, police say. The man, identified only as Joseph, had been last seen on Jan. 29 at about 11:50 p.m. in the area of Coxwell Avenue and Gerrard Street E., Toronto police said in a news release. He was found dead on Wednesday. There's no word on where the man was found or how he died.