San Francisco police say a 16-year-old girl has been arrested in the attempted carjacking of a 75-year-old woman in a Safeway parking lot in the city's Richmond District, which was thwarted by a nearby Good Samaritan.
The NYPD is looking for information about a suspect who attacked an Asian man near a playground in the neighborhood of Harlem last month. On Feb. 15, he allegedly pushed a 27-year-old man to the ground before yelling racist remarks at him, reports NY Daily News. The victim was reportedly attacked at around 10:10 p.m. while he was walking to his car near Fred Samuel Playground on Lenox Ave. at West 139th St. According to the police, the suspect shouted “F---ing Chinese, go back to China” before punching the victim in the face.
The boat on which a missing woman was last sighted will be searched "eventually", police have said one week on from her disappearance. Police in the US Virgin Islands were criticised for failing to search the catamaran where Sarm Heslop, a 41-year-old British citizen, was last seen. On Monday they said they would search the boat, but have revealed to The Telegraph that this is yet to happen. Friends who have set up the Facebook page FindSarmHeslop once again urged police to undertake a "full and thorough" investigation on Tuesday, saying the boat should be searched "as a priority". They said: "We are shocked and in disbelief that they haven't already". Ms Heslop, from Southampton, went missing in the early hours of March 8. Her American boyfriend, Ryan Bane, who owns the 47ft yacht, named Siren Song, said they had gone for dinner on the island of St John on Sunday night before returning to the vessel at 10pm to sleep.
TikTok user @insanesluug was recording a video showing off her CVS haul when a stranger approached her car with an usual request.
The New York Police Department has asked the public to help identify a man involved in another unprovoked attack in New York City. The 18-year-old female victim was reportedly walking when a man approached her and struck her with a hard object, NYPD told NextShark. Help us document the recent rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans by going to STOP AAPI HATE to report an incident.
The San Jose Police Department has released new details, including surveillance footage, relating to the fatal shooting of a Vietnamese American man in early March. The footage, released on March 11, shows a light blue or silver four-door BMW sedan the two suspects drove after shooting Thu Nguyen, 55, outside his home in Glen Keats Court at around 5:50 a.m. on March 5, according to CBS San Francisco. Cash reward for info leading to an arrest pic.twitter.com/lysoB0AI55 — San José Police Media Relations (@SJPD_PIO) March 11, 2021 Authorities described the getaway vehicle as having a damaged “left rear taillight, damage to the driver side windows and a damaged windshield.”
An Asian gas station owner was pepper-sprayed by an unidentified man in Oakland, California last week. The man became frustrated after trying to pay for gas using quarters, according to ABC7’s Dion Lim.
Official charges: Johan Strydom appeared at the Hall of Justice in San Jose on March 12, where he was officially charged with "sexual assault and assault with intent to do bodily harm, with hate crime enhancements," according to NBC Bay Area. The suspect was emotional when the prosecutor described the alleged comments he made about the woman, who only wished to be identified as Tiffany, KTVU reported.
Organizers behind a proposed recall of California Gov. Gavin Newsom face a Wednesday deadline to submit nearly 1.5 million petition signatures to qualify the proposal for the ballot. Newsom says he's going to fight the recall effort. (March 16)
The Customs and Border Protection agency confirmed to Congress today that four people arrested at the southern border since Oct. 1 match names on the FBI's Terrorist Screening Database, a congressional aide briefed on the correspondence told Axios. Why it matters: Three of the people arrested were from Yemen and one was from Serbia. The four arrests are more than the number of similar people taken into custody during recent full fiscal years, according to the source. In fiscal 2018, six people from Yemen and Bangladesh were arrested.Get market news worthy of your time with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free.Most migrants arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border come from Mexico or Central America and are seeking asylum, family reunification or better jobs in the U.S.Republican House members who visited the border on Monday said an unspecified number of migrants crossing the border had names matching those on the terror watchlist.Former President Trump and other conservatives have frequently warned — sometimes inaccurately — about foreign terrorists entering the United States via the southern border.The big picture: The watchlist is long, and includes people who are "known to be or reasonably suspected of being involved in terrorist activities," according to the FBI.The Department of Homeland Security stopped more than 3,700 people on the watchlist from coming into the country during fiscal 2017, ending Sept. 30, 2017.Most were stopped at airports.Editor's note: This story has been updated with further details about the watchlist.More from Axios: Sign up to get the latest market trends with Axios Markets. Subscribe for free
Cafes across several Gulf Arab states started selling coffee and other cold drinks in baby bottles this month, kicking off a new trend that has elicited excitement, confusion — and backlash. The fad began at Einstein Cafe, a slick dessert chain with branches across the region, from Dubai to Kuwait to Bahrain. Instead of ordinary paper cups, the cafe, inspired by pictures of trendy-looking bottles shared on social media, decided to serve its thick milky drinks in plastic baby bottles.
A single-engine plane with two people inside crashed nose-first into an SUV carrying an adult and child in Pembroke Pines Monday afternoon, before skidding on the street and bursting into flames, video shows.
The killing of Sarah Everard has struck a chord with many women of all ages, prompting them to tell their own stories – and it makes for grim reading. A survey from UN Women UK has revealed that 97 per cent of women aged 18-24 said they had been sexually harassed, while 80 per cent of women of all ages said they had experienced sexual harassment in public spaces. We speak to eight women who were abused, assaulted and threatened – and how they feel the police failed to act sufficiently in each case. ‘The officers were clueless about digital threats’ Helen, 26
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A neighbor's Ring doorbell camera captured the horrific moment a small airplane crashed into an SUV in South Florida on Monday.
LeBron James went over to hug Stephen Curry after Curry reached a major milestone in Warriors history.
One of our spy photographers has caught a near-production Subaru WRX testing with very thin camouflage. It shows what appears to be an evolutionary design that shares similarities with the Japanese-market Levorg. The whole car looks a little sharper and more crisp than the outgoing WRX model.
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Tom Cruise's Telluride ranch sits on 320 acres of land, has a spa, guest house, and sports court, and is minutes away from a popular ski resort.
Maria Ha, 25, and 31-year-old Dan Ha say they were verbally harassed while on the street in Kips Bay and told to go back to China by an unknown woman.
YouTubers Kara and Nate documented their 24-hour stay at a Buc-ee's in New Braunfels, Texas, known as the largest gas station in the world. The post YouTubers Spend 24 Hours in the World’s Largest Gas Station appeared first on Nerdist.
