Police knew something wasn't quite right after they spotted a man driving a piece of construction lift equipment down a street at 3 a.m. on Thursday. The man, who appparently had been drinking, was in the lift bucket of the Genie Boom with an unopened six-pack of beer and a bag of beef jerky when police pulled the vehicle over. He was clocked at 2 mph.

Suspended Miami Hurricanes guard Eddie Rios helped steal more than $6,000 in property from other students in at least two separate robberies on the Coral Gables campus, according to a police report released Friday.

Police are warning fans not to cause trouble ahead of the derby between Newcastle Utd and Sunderland FC.

Riot police in the capital of Bahrain used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse protesters angry with perceived government discrimination against the Shiite majority.

Police hoist flag to mark the start of a month of events marking gay rights.

One child was killed and four people injured, all from the same family, when a fire broke out in a tent village for victims of an earthquake in southwestern Pakistan on Friday, police said.

Drew Peterson's 24-year-old fiancée has returned to him their engagement ring and this morning moved out of his Bolingbrook home, according to the woman's father. Bolingbrook police were called to the home of the former Bolingbrook police sergeant about 10:30 a.m. to assist Christina Raines' move out. Police spokesman Lt. Ken Teppel said about five squad cars responded to a call by Raines' ...

Hundreds of protesters clash with police in Srinagar, summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, officials say.

Iraqi police imposed a curfew Friday in the northern city of Mosul, banning vehicles and barring its residents from leaving their homes until they go to cast their ballot in this weekend's provincial elections, an Iraqi police official said.

An 18-year-old District man has been charged in connection with two recent fatal shootings: of a 17-year-old youth in Columbia Heights and a 21-year-old aspiring artist in Adams Morgan, police said this morning.