Toronto police are investigating the shooting at a synagogue near Bathurst St. and Glencairn Ave. shortly after midnight. Officers discovered bullet holes in the front door of a building, but no injuries were reported, said police on social media.
Zachariah Padilla, from Brooklyn, was struck just after 11 a.m. near Linden Boulevard and Rockaway Parkway in East Flatbush, according to police. The child was walking with his mother before he darted into the street. An unidentified driver operating a Ford SUV was traveling northbound on Linden Boulevard when the vehicle hit the child, who was running eastbound on Rockaway Parkway toward Church Avenue.
The AG's office argued in court filings that the murder charge, combined with Onduto's 2025 assault of a patient, were sufficient to establish she posed a threat to the public if allowed to continue at her job.
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.
We believe this to be a contained incident with a man in custody. We understand how deeply distressing and concerning this incident is and we will have extra officers in the area to offer reassurance to the community.
Both technologies involve cameras mounted on poles designed to read license plates, and at a moment when Americans are rightly more alert to the dangers of unchecked surveillance, it makes sense that people would approach any new camera with skepticism. But similarity at the surface is not sameness in design. These systems are built for different purposes, governed by different statutes, and constrained by different guardrails.
After closer inspection, engineers determined that parts of the sign's façade material are at risk of further failure due to cracking, corrosion and rain saturation and the extent of instability is still being evaluated. After consulting with the property owner, plans are underway to remove unstable portions of the sign and make repairs while preserving as much of the historic material as possible.
The NYPD is closely monitoring events in Iran and the Middle East and coordinating with our federal and international partners. As is our protocol and out of an abundance of caution, we will be enhancing patrols to sensitive locations throughout the city, including diplomatic, cultural, religious, and other relevant sites.
The state of our city is resilient, disciplined and forward looking. We are not without challenges. But we also have remarkable strengths. Fiscal challenges placed tension between what we want to do and what we can afford to do.
One of these random kids decides to grope one of my friend's breasts. She then turns around and throws a drink at him. And another one rolls up on me, spits in my face. Then the first guy that rolled up on me, socks me in the face and they just start destroying my car.
At least one Walnut Creek police officer shot a person early Thursday near an elementary school, authorities said. In a statement, police said the shooting happened in the area of Alvarado Avenue and Buena Vista Avenue, near Buena Vista Elementary School.
A Tuesday morning Bee-Line bus ride along Route 119 in Greenburgh, near the White Plains border, turned violent when police say a 15-year-old boy stabbed an adult man on board. The victim suffered wounds to his head, chest and one hand and was taken by Greenburgh EMS to Westchester Medical Center, where officials described his injuries as serious but not believed to be life-threatening.
A video of the fracas shows two uniformed officers pacing a walkway in the park Monday as snowballs fly at them from all directions, hitting the officers and covering them in snow. The officers, growing visibly frustrated, shoved at least two people to the ground as snowballs continued to whizz by.
Mayor Mamdani learned his lesson from last month's snowstorm and announced Sunday that city public-school students will be given a "full classic snow day" Monday. After receiving backlash over keeping classes open with remote learning during January's deadly devastating storm, Mamdani said the nearly 1 million kids in the New York City school system can finally enjoy a day off - without being forced into any remote learning.
The councilor's comments came a day after it was reported that she was drafting an ordinance that would allow councilors to openly carry weapons while at City Hall, as an extra layer of self defense. Portland city codes prohibit the possession of a loaded firearm in public spaces or vehicles, with exceptions for those with a concealed carry permit, law enforcement officers, and others designated in Oregon law.
There was a crash early Friday morning at the edge of Pacific Heights in which an SFPD vehicle collided with a car while it was chasing down a different vehicle. As ABC 7 reports, the collision happened around 7:30 am at the intersection of Divisadero and Pine streets, following a chase that began in the area of Geary Boulevard and St. Joseph's Avenue, about six blocks away in Anza Vista.
Former New York City Police Department (NYPD) Chief John Chell blasted New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani for walking back the planned hiring of 5,000 more police officers amid a city budget shortfall of billions of dollars, calling it a "recipe for disaster." Mamdani's predecessor, Mayor Eric Adams, proposed at the end of his term that the city hire 5,000 more NYPD officers. Upon entering office, Mamdani moved to cancel all orders signed by Adams after his Sept. 26, 2024, indictment,
