A man with a white beard has been arrested for allegedly robbing a bank and throwing stolen money in the air while shouting "Merry Christmas" to people on the street.more
In Germany, more than a thousand prisoners left prisons before Christmas. Although the specific arguments of individual Land Ministries when issuing the so-called pardoning ordinances vary, it is usually associated with Christmas.more
A 69-year-old American dressed up as pope tried to enter St. Peter's Square with a cross in his hand. When the cops tried to identify him, he attacked them. The man was detained - media reported yesterday.more
Deputies are looking for a man who shot an employee of a barbershop in the Houston suburb of Katy during an argument, the Harris County Sheriff's office said in a tweet on Saturday. Witnesses said the argument was over a haircut given to the man's son.more
Tesco has suspended production of charity Christmas cards at a factory in China after a six-year-old girl found a message from workers inside one.
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13 people were injured in a shootout that took place on Sunday morning local time at a Chicago party, local police said. The condition of four wounded is assessed as critical.more
Record numbers of reports of domestic violence against women were recorded in the third quarter of 2019 in Spain, the High Council of Justice (CGPJ) said. From July to September this year the police received over 45,000 such notifications.more
At least one person has been killed and five wounded in a shooting at the headquarters of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) in central Moscow, Russian media say.more
Charlize Theron says she's "not ashamed" to talk about the moment her mum shot and killed her dad in self-defence.
The actress was 15 when her alcoholic dad shot through the door of the room where she was hiding with her mum.more
As much as 57 percent Poles have experienced one form of violence in their lives: psychological, physical, economic or sexual. 72% respondents agree with the thesis that the law does not sufficiently protect victims of domestic violence. Such conclusions can be drawn from the Kantar study commissioned by the family ministry, "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna reports.more
The Crime Prevention Board, which reports to the Swedish Ministry of Justice, manipulated data in its reports to cover up the scale of immigrant crime, writes the daily Goeteborgs-Posten.more
The Pope has declared that the rule of "pontifical secrecy" no longer applies to the sexual abuse of minors, in a bid to improve transparency in such cases.more
An Italian vulcanizer scattered nails in the streets to get as many customers as possible for his workshop. Carabinieri caught him in the act and kept him at night with 6 kilos of nails in a bag.more
As Tamara Ecclestone comes to terms with losing £50 million worth of jewellery after her home was burgled, she's got all biblical about what happened to her.
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The Italian Supreme Court yesterday retained 16 years imprisonment for the perpetrator of the assault on two Polish tourists in Rimini - Congolese Guerlin Butung. The court rejected his appeal against the judgment.more
Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi was among the signatories of a protocol inked on Tuesday granting financial incentives to shops in the capital that leave their lights on when they are closed. The aim is to boost security in the city by improving lighting at nighttime.more
Six people, including a police officer and three bystanders, were killed in a gun battle on Tuesday that filled the streets of Jersey City, New Jersey, with the sound of heavy gunfire for hours, authorities said.more
Banksy's newest reindeer mural appears to have been vandalised days after it appeared in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter. The vandal added red noses to the reindeer on Monday night.more
