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JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Spain won the World Cup for the first time this afternoon, Andres Iniesta netting in extra-time to see off Holland 1-0 in Johannesburg and hand the Dutch their third final loss. […] […]

Police are facing more questions over their use of Tasers during the violent end to the stand-off with Raoul Moat. One of the fugitive’s friends brought in to speak to him during the tense negotiations […] […]

EDMONTON—A veteran RCMP constable was arrested Saturday after his wife’s body was found inside a home in a southeast Edmonton neighbourhood. Clifton Purvis, a spokesman with the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, which investigates incidents […] […]

Moments after the verdict was announced this week in a racially charged case involving a white transit cop who fatally shot a black man, the accusations rang out. Critics said the jury convicted former BART […] […]

LOS ANGELES — Not long after the verdict against former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle was announced Thursday, confusion over its meaning and implications began. In finding Mehserle guilty of involuntary manslaughter, the jury also […] […]

SANTA CRUZ – A small crowd of demonstrators gathered in downtown Santa Cruz around noon Friday to protest against Thursday’s verdict in the murder trial of former BART officer Johannes Mehserle. The rally was billed […] […]

MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas—A fugitive U.S. teenager who has successfully eluded teams of local police and FBI agents may have slipped off the island where he allegedly crash-landed a stolen plane nearly a week ago, police […] […]

A TURF war between rival drug gangs led to a teenager being stabbed to death in a Bristol street, it has been claimed. Friends said the 18-year-old man, named locally as Abdi Razak, was stabbed […] […]

By Sandrea:- MY GRIPE People living in London, and reading the latest headline regarding the 5 individuals that has been treated for gun shot wounds, must be wondering if we are living in the O.K […] […]

An investigation is under way after five men sustained gunshot wounds during a shooting incident, police said. Officers were called to St James’s Crescent in Brixton, south London at 8.50pm on Friday night following reports […] […]