An informal gathering that swelled to as many as 800 people, most of whom were not wearing masks or social distancing, turned violent on Saturday, officials said. BOULDER, Colo. — A large gathering that turned into a melee near the University of Colorado Boulder on Saturday evening left multiple students …
Read More »A pharmacist accused of sabotaging vaccine doses is a conspiracy theorist, the police say.
A pharmacist who was arrested on charges that he intentionally sabotaged more than 500 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine at a Wisconsin hospital was “an admitted conspiracy theorist” who believed the vaccine could harm people and “change their DNA,” according to the police in Grafton, Wis., where the man was …
Read More »Man Arrested After Threatening Wichita Mayor Over Face Masks, Police Say
Mayor Brandon Whipple of Wichita, Kan., said he often gets “goofy” threats, like the time someone said they wanted to attack him with a Goodyear blimp. But those threats took a serious turn on Friday after someone reported to the police that they had received text messages threatening to kidnap …
Read More »NYC passes POST Act, requiring police department to reveal surveillance technologies
The New York City Council today voted in favor of the Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology (POST) Act, a bill that requires the New York City Police Department (NYPD) to disclose their use of surveillance technologies. The POST Act also mandates that the NYPD develop policies on how it deploys …
Read More »Man Camped on Disney World Island at Shuttered Park, Police Say
It had the makings of an adventure straight from Disney’s “Swiss Family Robinson” — being on an uninhabited island and living off the land. But for one Alabama man, the adventure — on a former island attraction at Walt Disney World in Florida — was short-lived and ended in an …
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