Commissioner asks police to review knife incidents

A police and crime commissioner (PCC) has called for an investigation into three knife-related incidents the police are reviewing for possible links to the train attack suspect. Cambridgeshire Police said it was re-examining an attack on a 14-year-old boy and two reports of a knifeman at a barbers' shop in Peterborough between Friday and Saturday.

Portland police chief addresses shootings that killed 2, injured 4 over violent weekend

The deaths, in a parking lot downtown and a North Portland gas station, resulted from two of at least five shootings police responded to over the weekend. Police officials do not believe any of these incidents are connected and had made no arrests as of Monday afternoon.

Remains of Indigenous woman missing since 2020 found in Washington state, police say

Human remains discovered earlier this year in a remote area of northwestern Washington state are those of an Indigenous woman who had been missing since 2020, police say.

No evidence of gunman at the University of Virginia after reports, campus police say

There is no evidence of an 'active attacker' after a person with a gun was reported near a library at the University of Virginia, officials said.

Two arrests after police search sparked evacuation

Police have arrested two people after a property search sparked an emergency evacuation. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary were investigating reports of malicious communications of a sexual nature at an address on Cockleton Lane in Gurnard on the Isle of Wight at 07:44 GMT on Monday.

N.J. man fatally stabbed his partner and then called police, authorities say

A Woodbridge man stabbed his live-in partner to death in their home and then dialed 911 and told a police dispatcher the victim was “done,” authorities allege. Police officers arrived at the couple’s Elizabeth Avenue home in Iselin last Thursday morning and found Roosevelt Ogelsby with blood on his shirt and arms,

Would-be robbers again stage ambush outside Catholic church in Minneapolis, police say

The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) reported two incidents at the Al Hikma Mosque. According to CAIR, someone started a fire outside the building on Sept. 29, and the same person returned days later and broke into the building.

Boston police will wear name tags for the 1st time under new contract

Police officers in Boston will wear name tags after reaching an agreement for a one-year contract extension with the city. Mayor Michelle Wu announced the contract ratification on Monday between the city and the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association, the union that represents most of the city’s police officers.
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