Shoplifter chased by police on horses in New Mexico, video shows

Shoplifter chased by police on horses in New Mexico, video shows

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police in New Mexico had all the horsepower in this chase: A shoplifter was detained outside a Walgreens this month after trying to outrun a horse-mounted police officer. Albuquerque police bodycam video shows a dark-brown horse trotting through a parking lot behind a man in black clothing. The horse catches up … Read more

Kenya starts to hand over to relatives the bodies of 429 members of a doomsday cult

Kenya starts to hand over to relatives the bodies of 429 members of a doomsday cult

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s government on Tuesday began handing over to relatives the bodies of 429 members of a doomsday cult at the center of a legal case that has shocked the country. Exhumed bodies from a vast rural area in coastal Kenya have shown signs of starvation and strangulation. Cult leader Paul Mackenzie … Read more

Nigeria school abduction: Nearly 300 children freed after two weeks in captivity

Nigeria school abduction: Nearly 300 children freed after two weeks in captivity

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nearly 300 kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren have been released, local officials said Sunday, more than two weeks after the children were seized from their school in the northwestern state of Kaduna and marched into the forests. At least 1,400 students have been kidnapped from Nigerian schools since 2014, when Boko Haram militants … Read more

YouTuber Ruby Franke’s child abuse case rooted in religious extremism

YouTuber Ruby Franke’s child abuse case rooted in religious extremism

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The malnourished and badly bruised son of a parenting advice YouTuber politely asks a neighbor to take him to the nearest police station in newly released video from the day his mother and her business partner were arrested on child abuse charges in southern Utah. The 12-year-old son of Ruby … Read more

Fort Lauderdale seeing influx of Spring Break crowds, police make several arrests

Fort Lauderdale seeing influx of Spring Break crowds, police make several arrests

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – With Miami Beach implementing its break-up with spring breakers by way of new regulations and a curfew, many decided to head north to Fort Lauderdale. That’s where things feel more like what a Miami Beach spring break has looked like in the past, along with some of trouble as well. Things … Read more

Funeral headstone business owner arrested in San Antonio, accused of felony theft

Funeral headstone business owner arrested in San Antonio, accused of felony theft

SAN ANTONIO – The owner of a San Antonio funeral headstone business, Angelic Monuments, is now in police custody. San Antonio police said an arrest warrant was executed Saturday for Angelic Monuments owner Elena Moreno. In previous reporting on KSAT, Moreno was accused of not providing headstones that her customers alleged they paid for in … Read more

Fans get tough love with new sports rules

Fans get tough love with new sports rules

Bismarck Public Schools went on the offensive last week before the Class AA Boys and Girls State Basketball Tournament in Bismarck. It issued a statement urging respectful fan behavior at sporting events. The statement was prompted by recent reports in the state of racial harassment of players. The North Dakota High School Activities Association has … Read more

Judge appoints special master to oversee California prison after rampant abuse

Judge appoints special master to oversee California prison after rampant abuse

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A special master will be appointed to oversee a troubled federal women’s prison in California known for rampant sexual abuse against inmates, a judge ordered Friday, marking the first time the federal Bureau of Prisons has been subject to such oversight. A 2021 Associated Press investigation that found a culture of … Read more

Liberty business owner wants demolition of buildings to stop

Liberty business owner wants demolition of buildings to stop

LIBERTY, Mo — Historic downtown Liberty immediately draws people to its 1800s-style architecture. It’s why Jennifer McGuire, owner of The Parlor, thought she had the perfect location for her boutique three years ago. “(I) Saw this place and fell in love,” she said. “It’s beautiful. The history, every brick has it’s own story.” In the … Read more

Topeka man arrested on multiple narcotics charges at a local business

Topeka man arrested on multiple narcotics charges at a local business

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – A 49-year-old Topeka man with multiple warrants was located and arrested on Monday morning at a local establishment shortly after midnight. Shawnee County Sheriff’s Office deputies conducted a business check in the 5000 block of SW Topeka Boulevard. Upon conducting its check, they located and took Ralph S. Shook, 49, of … Read more