CNBC

Apple on Wednesday removed an app that protesters in Hong Kong have used to track police movements from its app store, saying it violated rules because it was used to ambush police.

The U.S. tech giant had come under fire from China over the app, with the Chinese Communist Party’s official newspaper calling the app “poisonous” and decrying what it said was Apple’s complicity in helping the Hong Kong protesters.  Continue reading “Apple removes police-tracking app used in Hong Kong protests from its app store”

Fox News

More than 100 people, including a medical doctor and a church youth director, were arrested as part of a massive human trafficking and child sex sting operation based in central Ohio, according to a report.

Those arrested included 24 men caught when they showed up at an undisclosed location with the intention of meeting a child for sex, Maj. Steven Tucker of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office said.  Continue reading “Ohio child sex trafficking sting nabs more than 100, including church leader, ER doctor: report”

NBC News

Amber Guyger, the former Dallas police officer convicted of murder Tuesday in the death of her neighbor, will learn her fate at a sentencing hearing, which opened with emotional testimony from the victim’s mother and revelations that she shared racist and offensive texts and social media posts.

Guyger, 31, who was found guilty in the death of neighbor Botham Jean, faces between five years to life in prison. She is ineligible for probation.  Continue reading “Amber Guyger sentencing resumes after murder conviction in death of Botham Jean”

New York Times

One sunny Wednesday in February, a gangly man in a sports jacket and a partly unbuttoned paisley shirt walked into the Los Angeles field office of the F.B.I. At the reception desk, he gave his name — Val Broeksmit — and began to pace anxiously in the lobby.

Mr. Broeksmit couldn’t believe he was voluntarily meeting with the F.B.I. An unemployed rock musician with a history of opioid abuse and credit card theft, not to mention a dalliance with North Korea-linked hackers, he was accustomed to shunning if not fearing law enforcement. But two investigators had flown from the bureau’s New York office specifically to speak with him, and Mr. Broeksmit had found their invitation too seductive to resist. Now the agents arrived in the lobby and escorted him upstairs. Continue reading “Me and My Whistle-Blower”

Yahoo News

DALLAS (AP) — Four Texas officers carrying handguns wait in the dim early morning light for a petite 31-year-old woman to arrive.

When Amber Guyger emerges from a black SUV, she is guarded by men with dark suits and close-cropped hair. The armed officers join them, forming a perimeter around Guyger as she walks toward a side door of the yet-to-open Dallas courthouse.  Continue reading “Security bristles around Texas police shooting trial”