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Florida’s efforts to keep beaches clean and save lives in the ocean are taking a high-tech turn with the introduction of a cleaning robot.

A 26-year-old Chicago woman is accused of taking the photo of slain Officer Ella French off her memorial, throwing it in the trash and later posting pictures of it on Twitter, prosecutors said at her bond hearing Thursday.

The sheriff's office hasn't filed charges but said prosecutors may choose to do so.

No arrests have been made after both died at the scene, on Chippenham Road in west London.

Police are treating Matthew Willson's death as a homicide, following gunfire from a nearby flat.

Authorities in Germany say they have rescued 65 children from their abusers over the past two years as part of an investigating into a large-scale sexual abuse network

Investigators said they are working to find out what caused a massive fire that destroyed more than a dozen boats near Lake Conroe.

Oak Forest police are investigating two shootings Wednesday, including one in which three people were hurt when their vehicle was fired on

Three women who volunteered to investigate a 2011 massacre of 193 people later found out that they themselves had been investigated by prosecutors, possibly because their findings embarrassed Mexican authorities

For years after the accident at the Pike River mine, families lobbied for answers, but no charges were ever filed.

Lots of pills were also found. “It is believed that the drugs are cartel-related” and were being moved from Atlanta to New York.

Investigators said a man is dead after a driver was fleeing from police and crashed in Humble Thursday.

Hundreds of racist messages were reported following England's defeat and police inquiries continue.

The boy was discovered Saturday night trapped between the bottom of the elevator car and the home’s upper doorframe, according to Rich Shortway, fire chief in Corolla, N.C.

Four people are on trial for shooting down flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine, but none are in court.

James Burton McGrew was arrested in Glendale, Ariz., and charged in federal court in connection with the Jan. 6 attack.

Federal investigators are reportedly pushing for cooperation from two key witnesses in the probe of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), including his ex-girlfriend. Investigators are seeking cooperation from an ex-girlfriend of Gaetz who was formerly an intern on Capitol Hill, and they could also "soon gain the formal cooperation" of former Florida county tax collector Joel Greenberg, CNN reported on Tuesday. It had previously been reported that Greenberg was cooperating with investigators since last year, and according to CNN, a deadline for him to reach a plea agreement is coming this week. Greenberg has been charged with sex trafficking of a minor, stalking, and bribery. Gaetz has been facing an investigation over whether he had sex with a 17-year-old girl and violated federal sex trafficking laws. He has denied any wrongdoing. The former girlfriend investigators are seeking cooperation from reportedly joined the Florida lawmaker on a 2018 trip to the Bahamas that has become a focus of the investigation, and she was "involved in some of the financial transactions that the FBI has obtained" and is "believed to have knowledge of drug use and arrangements with women," CNN writes. Investigators are almost finished collecting evidence in the probe, CNN also reports, but it's expected to take "some time" for the Justice Department to determine whether there's enough evidence to support an indictment. Read more at CNN. More stories from theweek.com5 scathingly funny cartoons about anti-vaxxers jeopardizing herd immunityThe collapse of the GOP? It's just wishful thinkingDoomsday for bad bosses

13 years after Madeleine McCann went missing, investigators believe they have a credible suspect Three-year-old Madeleine McCann vanished from her bed on vacation in 2007. Now, investigators believe they have a credible suspect who may know what happened to McCann. Peter Van Sant joins "CBS This Morning" with the investigation into this suspect on this week's "48 Hours."

The relatives and friends of those shot hugged each other and called others to inform them of the news. By 9 a.m., a tow truck arrived to take away one of the vehicles involved in the shooting and police began to take down crime scene tape.

HOUSTON Investigators said the driver who struck and killed a bicyclist was believed to be under the influence of drugs and speeding at the time of the crash. A prosecutor said Tabarez lost control of his car on John Ralston Road on Saturday night and struck Cindy Porter, 63. I figured shes going to go to the hospital, and the cop says shes deceased just like that, said James Porter, Cindys husband. The state also said Tabarez was no stranger to the law with four felony convictions and 19 misdemeanor convictions. She would literally take her own food that she worked for and give it to these animals, Cervantes said.

HOUSTON – The voices calling for transparency and independent police oversight grew louder following several recent officer-involved shootings and the death of George Floyd. Houston has a long-established independent police oversight board, but critics question whether the board is given enough authority. “The structure and the bones are there for the oversight board but it needs to be built upon.”President of the Houston Police Officers’ Union Joe Gamaldi argues the oversight board has a “robust set of powers.”“We have embraced the independent oversight board, we are not scared of another set of eyes. Gamaldi said the oversight board does make recommendations on officer discipline and training. During a recent protest seeking justice for Floyd in Houston, Houston Police Department Chief Art Acevedo was embraced by some while excoriated by others.

SPRING, Texas – Investigators arrested a 28-year-old mother of two and confiscated computers, credit cards and other items at her Spring home after they said she stole billionaire Tilman Fertitta’s identity. Lifelock, an identity theft protection company, caught the suspicious account activity, alerted Fertitta and he called police before Hunter bought anything, according to court documents. According to court documents, Hunter opened the fraudulent accounts on Sept. 2, 2019, and investigators arrested her about a month later on an unrelated charge, and she confessed. In early February, investigators arrested Hunter and confiscated three laptops, four desktop computers, an iPad, six credit cards, a driver’s license and a social card, each with different names. Hunter said she worked for Apple tech support and that the confiscated computers were used for work or old and unused.

Government investigators focused on two recalls from 2014 where they said "consumers remained at risk of illness or death for several weeks after FDA knew of potentially hazardous food." Investigators found it took 165 days from when the product was identified, to the date of the firm's voluntary recall. Anna Werner has more.

Federal investigators in Southern California say they found what could be the longest cross-border drug tunnel, stretching from Tijuana in Mexico to San Diego. They announced Wednesday the tunnel’s discovery led to a massive drug bust. Carter Evans shows how agents seized nearly $30 million worth of drugs.

Investigators say a Palestinian rammed his car into a Jerusalem bus stop, and proceeded to stab several bystanders. CBS Radio News correspondent Robert Berger joins CBSN with more on the phone from Jerusalem

Although ExxonMobil told residents no one in the community was ever in any danger after a refinery exploded south of Los Angeles, federal investigators say the incident was a "near miss" for being catastrophic. Anna Werner reports from California.

Investigators are uncovering more information about John Russell Houser, the gunman suspected of killing two people and himself at a movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana Thursday night; Only about 1 percent of the over 20,000 big-leaguers ever make it into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

French police are helping forensic specialists comb the Germanwings crash site. They're using a grid technique to make the wide, complicated search easier to handle. Elizabeth Palmer reports.