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Police forces across the European Union have been accused of illegal “ethnic profiling” and discrimination after a survey found they were disproportionately stopping and searching members of various ethnic, religious and other minority groups. A report published by the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), an independent organization, has for the first time highlighted racial

Three former and current Harris County deputy constables allege they were being sexually exploited, molested and harassed by their superiors while assigned to a human trafficking task force, according to a federal civil lawsuit filed Monday. The female officers — Liz Gomez, Marissa Sanchez and Felecia McKinney — claim they were rookie deputies when they

Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA (WGCL) — An Atlanta mother and teacher fought off a suspect who tried to rape and strangle her, police say. He took off with her phone but it only made tracking him easier. The victim’s family used an iPhone app to help investigators locate then arrest a

Click here for updates on this story     ATLANTA (WGCL) — An SUV belonging to a musician Akon was recovered in Forest Park Tuesday morning after being stolen from a Buckhead gas station. According to Atlanta police, the music artist was pumping gas at the QuikTrip on Sidney Marcus Boulevard on Tuesday just after midnight. Moments

Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — A year after the death of George Floyd, one expert says Canadian cities have made little progress in addressing calls to defund the police. Julius Haag, a sociology and criminology professor at the University of Toronto, told CTV’s Your Morning on Tuesday that

Click here for updates on this story     HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) — Final approval on a bill that would allow online gaming and sports betting is expected from the Connecticut State Senate on Tuesday. The bill, labeled House Bill 6451 “An Act Concerning Gaming Agreements with the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe of Indians

Click here for updates on this story     MANCHESTER, Connecticut (WFSB) — A man from South Windsor confessed to kneeling on his wife’s neck after a fight and trying to hide the body when he realized he’d killed her. Tahj Hutchinson, 22, was charged last week in connection with the death of Jessica Edwards. He was

Click here for updates on this story     PORTLAND, Oregon (KPTV) — A mom in northeast Portland is warning other parents about a man she says tried to lure her son into his car Sunday night. Kattie Haws told FOX 12 it happened just off Northeast 165th and Northeast Sandy at around 8:19 p.m. when her

A blind man has had his vision partially restored using optogenetic therapy and engineered goggles — the first successful case of such therapy in humans. Researchers treated a 58-year-old man who for 40 years had been suffering from retinitis pigmentosa — a neurodegenerative eye disease where loss of photoreceptors can lead to complete blindness. Retinitis

Archaeologists have recovered the bodies of victims of former Spanish dictator General Francisco Franco who were executed and buried at a cemetery in central Spain. The team of forensic archaeologists and anthropologists are working to find, exhume and identify those who were killed by the Franco regime at the cemetery in the town of Almagro