A new House Oversight Committee report takes aim at Washington D.C.‘s Metropolitan Police Department Chief Pamela Smith, accusing Smith of manipulating the district’s crime data. The Oversight Committee released the interim investigation report on Sunday, just days after Smith announced her resignation, effective Dec. 31. The committee interviewed eight MPD commanders, seven current and one […]

Law enforcement officials have a person of interest in custody connected to a shooting at Brown University that left two dead and nine injured on Saturday. Providence Mayor Brett Smiley announced that the city was lifting its shelter-in-place alert for the affected area after the person of interest was detained early Sunday morning. “I want […]

Two gunmen opened fire at a Jewish event in Bondi Beach, Australia, on Sunday, the first day of Hanukkah, killing at least 11 people and also resulting in the death of one gunman. Reports of gunfire came in around 6:47 p.m. Australian Eastern Daylight Time at the Chabad of Bondi’s annual “Chanukah by the Sea” […]

Liberal groups and senators are standing firm in their embrace of Graham Platner, even as the progressive outsider’s political baggage hangs over Maine’s Democratic Senate primary to take on incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME). The former oyster farmer and Marine veteran is wooing lawmakers and voters more aligned with the progressive wing, as well as […]