U.K. Police Chiefs Were Too Slow to Respond to Summer Riots, Report Says

Police leaders waited too long — three days — to trigger a national mobilization to tackle the anti-immigrant violence that broke out in Britain this year, a report found.

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A Grisly Discovery at a Bronze Age Mass Grave: The Victims Were Eaten, Too

“It’s taken us all aback,” said a professor who led a study revealing that 37 people in a prehistoric site in England were likely consumed by their attackers.
The New York Times - 19h
Watchdog says police unprepared for scale of riots

Past incidents involving "extreme nationalist sentiment" were underestimated, a review finds.
BBC News - 12h
Morning Report — Trump slows his promises clock

In today’s issue: President-elect Trump is making a politician’s pivot from candidate to officeholder while resetting voters’ expectations about time and his sway. During an hourlong press ...
The Hill - 1d
'My colleague had heart attack as bricks hurled' - summer riots police speak out

Front-line police feared an officer could have been killed after a peaceful protest quickly turned violent.
BBC News - 4d
Man who tried to torch asylum hotel in summer riots jailed for nine years

Levi Fishlock and others spread "a hateful message of violence and racism", a court hears.
BBC News - 5d
Liverpool library torched in summer riots celebrates reopening

A special lantern parade marks the reopening of Spellow Library, which was set on fire during riots.
BBC News - 6d
Young men say police failed to warn them about Tony Humby when they were teens

When Tony Humby was stopped on a secluded road at 3 a.m. one October morning in 2007, police found three young teens in the car. As Ryan Cooke reports for CBC Investigates, two of those passengers ...
Yahoo Sports - Dec. 11
Police say South Korea’s national police chief and the top officer for Seoul have been detained over martial law

Police say South Korea’s national police chief and the top officer for Seoul have been detained over martial law
ABC News - Dec. 10
Global Airlines Too Slow to Switch to Green Jet Fuel, Study Says

The advocacy group Transport and Environment faults carriers for slow adoption rates, and oil producers for underinvesting in the sustainable aviation gas.
Inc. - Dec. 3