A jogger who saved a suicidal teenager from drowning herself in a Connecticut lake was a convicted child molester on the lam from Georgia for six years, police said Wednesday.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Police in riot gear and biohazard suits removed anti-Wall Street activists from their camp at Los Angeles City Hall on Wednesday, arresting nearly 300 people and fencing off the area. On the East Coast, about 100 Occupy protesters in Philadelphia swiftly and peacefully vacated their encampment overnight, but police later arrested 52 around the city on charges ranging from ...

Police cleared Occupy camps in Los Angeles and Philadelphia on Wednesday, detaining nearly 350 people as they clamped down on months of protests, but the crippled movement vowed to regroup.

Police in Los Angeles and Philadelphia dismantled tents and arrested Occupy protesters who refused to leave city property early Wednesday.

Police in Los Angeles and Philadelphia dismantled tents and arrested Occupy protesters who refused to leave city property early Wednesday.

Police in Los Angeles and Philadelphia dismantled tents and arrested Occupy protesters who refused to leave city property early Wednesday.

PHILADELPHIA -- Philadelphia police arrested up to 50 people early Wednesday morning as they completed their mission to clear "Occupy Philly" protesters from their encampment in Dilworth Plaza near City Hall. Calling the police operation to evict the protesters "tremendously well planned and executed," Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter declared that...

Police in riot gear and biohazard suits removed anti-Wall Street activists from an encampment outside the Los Angeles City Hall this morning, arresting an estimated 200 people. Photos

Police in Los Angeles and Philadelphia stormed Occupy Wall Street encampments under darkness Wednesday to arrest or drive out some of the longest-lasting protesters since crackdowns ended similar occupations across the country.

Los Angeles police said they arrested 200 people as they enforced a Wednesday deadline, and arrests were also made in Philadelphia.