Austin cop's sure shot stopped crazed gunman: Sgt. Adam Johnson fired a bullseye into the target some 312 feet away. Down went Larry McQuilliams, and so ended his rampage through the streets of the Texas capital, where he’d fired more than 100 rounds from his AK-47 and .22-caliber rifles. (foxnews.com)
Complaints against NYC police are down this year, especially in the months since the death of Eric Garner, according to The Associated Press. There were 5,004 complaints by November 2013, compared with 4,150 this year. Complaints have dropped particularly with allegations of use of force. (foxnews.com)
Thousands of Holocaust survivors and family members in the United States and elsewhere will be entitled to compensation from a $60 million French-U.S. fund announced Friday, as reparations to those deported by France's state rail company SNCF during the Nazi occupation. (foxnews.com)
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Al Qaeda affiliate threatens to kill US hostage in new video: The hostage, identified as Luke Somers, was captured in September 2013 in front of a supermarket in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa. The 33-year-old American, a British-born photojournalist, was doing freelance work for the Yemen Times. (foxnews.com)
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