SKorean Olympic chief hopes to see banned swimmer in Rio
The head of the South Korean Olympic Committee says he personally hopes to see former Olympic swimming champion Park...
View ArticlePrivate police target Rio's dark-skinned and homeless
A team of privately funded security officers are patrolling the streets in tourist areas and hauling homeless people off to police stations - and sometimes to shelters 80km away from this Olympic city....
View ArticleRio security chief wants soldiers to start policing city
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The head of security for the state of Rio de Janeiro wants soldiers to start policing...
View ArticleMassive bomb explosion kills 4 Turkish soldiers in southeast
A massive bomb explosion has ripped through a military vehicle in Turkey’s Kurdish-dominated southeastern region, killing at least four soldiers and injuring nine others, security sources say. The...
View ArticleSan Francisco police chief resigns in wake of fatal shootings and scandals
SFPD boss Greg Suhr resigns just hours after officers fatally shot a 27-year-old black woman and as the police department faces a bigotry scandal...
View ArticleRussian investigators want to question doping lab's ex-chief
A spokesman for Russia's top investigative agency said Friday it would like to question the former head of the Russian doping lab over his allegations of state-sponsored doping at the 2014 Sochi...
View ArticleVan Koeverden heading to Rio, Oldershaw earns Canada an Olympic spot...
(Source: Canadian Olympic Committee) The two Canadian paddling legends won their respective races at the Pan Am Sprint Canoe Championships & Olympic Qualifier at Lake Lanier in Gainesville, Georgia...
View ArticleOlympic flame edges closer to Rio (IOC - International Olympic Commitee)
(Source: IOC - International Olympic Commitee) As the Olympic Torch Relay edges ever closer to Rio de Janeiro it has already created many memorable moments as it makes its way across Brazil's 26 states...
View ArticleSan Francisco Names New Police Chief After 3rd Police Shooting
San Francisco has a new police chief tasked with healing strained relations with the city's African-American community after another in a series of fatal police shootings. Acting Police Chief Toney...
View ArticleIowa City Police Chief named Iowa Law Enforcement Executive of the Year (City...
(Source: City of Iowa City, IA) On May 19, 2016, law enforcement executives from across the state met for the annual Iowa Police Chief's Association (IPCA) Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee (LECC)...
View ArticleRio security chief wants soldiers to police city
RIO DE JANEIRO — The head of security for the state of Rio de Janeiro wants soldiers to start policing the city immediately, 2 ½ months before the Rio Olympics are set to start. ......
View ArticleBrother of Brussels suicide bomber set for Rio Olympics
--> The brother of one of the suicide bomber who bluew himself at Brussels Airpoer is now set to head for the Olympics Games. Mourad Laachraoui, the brother of one of the Brussels suicide bombers,...
View ArticleBanning Russia from Rio for doping isn't quite that simple
As more evidence has emerged this month of a state-sponsored doping program in Russia, some are calling for the International Olympic Committee to ban all of the country’s athletes from the upcoming...
View ArticlePanic as police battle drug gangs in sprawling Rio slum
Police and drug gangs have traded fire in a huge gun battle that raged for hours in Rio de Janeiro's largest slum,...
View ArticleCedar City police chief to retire
Cedar City • Cedar City’s police chief is departing. The Spectrum of St. George reports that Police Chief Robert Allinson announced he is retiring next month. Allinson made the news public Thursday...
View ArticleSpanish Olympic team members robbed at gunpoint in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) — Three members of Spain's Olympic sailing team were robbed at gunpoint in a popular tourist area of Rio de Janeiro, where the Summer Games will start in less than three...
View ArticleIraq increases Green Zone security after second breach
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi security forces have installed additional blast walls and layers of razor wire around the Green Zone after the compound that houses most Iraqi ministries and...
View ArticleRussian investigators want to question doping lab's ex-chief
MOSCOW (AP) — A spokesman for Russia's top investigative agency says it would like to question...
View ArticleSixteen militants killed in raid in former al Qaeda Yemen hub: Security forces
--> The raid resulted in killing of at leasrt 13 militants and two Yemeni soldiers. Yemeni troops killed 13 militants in a raid outside the southern city of Mukalla on Sunday in which two soldiers...
View ArticlePolice, soldiers swarm Mexico's Acapulco, killings continue
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Along with beach towels or sandals, there's a new popular beach accessory that says a lot about the violence gripping this once-glamorous resort: a small black leather tote...
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