WAKEFIELD, Bronx (WABC) — Police are searching for the man responsible for a brazen and terrifying sex assault in the Bronx. Authorities say the suspect attempted to rape a woman in a bathroom inside a Walgreens just before 4 p.m. Thursday. The incident happened inside the business on White Plains Road in the Wakefield section. … Read more
WAKEFIELD, Bronx (WABC) — Police say they have made an arrest in connection with a brazen and terrifying sex assault in the Bronx. Authorities say the suspect attempted to rape a woman in a bathroom inside a Walgreens just before 4 p.m. Thursday. 28-year-old Victor Augustus is charged with attempted rape, sex abuse, forcible touching, assault … Read more
The Strokes – New York’s finest – in January 2006. Photograph: Stephen Lovekin/WireImage “Every scene needs a chronicler like Lizzy Goodman,” was Jim Carroll’s wholehearted recommendation, in the Irish Times, of Lizzy Goodman’s Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011. The book is “a meaty oral history”, “a wild … Read more
Modern slavery and human trafficking are much more prevalent than previously thought, the National Crime Agency has said. There are cases in “every large town and city in the country”, the NCA said, with the organisation currently assisting 300 live police operations targeting modern slavery. The cases involve alleged victims as young as 12 being … Read more
The European migrant crisis is forcing a sharp rise in human rights risks in European supply chains. This includes the UK and Germany, which have moved up from ‘low’ to ‘medium’ risk in the annual Modern Slavery Index, released by global risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft. In fact, modern slavery risks have risen in 20 of … Read more
When Dutch archaeologist D. A. Hooijer first saw a pair of weathered teeth recovered from a remote cave on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, he noted that they were about the right size and shape to belong to modern humans. But in 1948, he couldn’t be sure of their identity or their age. Now, harnessing … Read more
GALLERY GRID Prev 1/19 Next PAUL CROSBY – STAR TRIBUNE Gallery: :The Peterssen/Keller-designed residence is composed of white stucco, cedar siding, black metal accents — and massive expanses of glass to bring the outdoors in. Larry and Cynthia Holtz are native Minnesotans who have never lived in California. But the modern glass house they built in south Minneapolis … Read more
Days before a potentially historic union vote at the Nissan plant in Canton, Mississippi, the car company has been accused of running one of the “nastiest anti-union campaigns in the modern history of the American labour movement”. The vote, a fiercely contested effort by the United Auto Workers (UAW) union to represent a foreign automaker’s US … Read more
When Elvira arrived at Heathrow in 2014, she thought she had escaped the abuse she’d faced as a domestic worker in Qatar. Yet the exploitation the Filipino woman was about to suffer would surpass anything she experienced in the Middle East. The 50-year-old was taken to a luxury flat in Kensington, where her boss, the … Read more
A Kingsley couple has told how they hid in their bedroom while wanted man Shawn Newton allegedly ransacked their home. Malcolm, who has asked not to be identified, was home with his wife when Newton allegedly broke in while on the run from police and stole electrical goods, camping tents, a picnic rug and cushions. … Read more