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Watch: Man crashes car into police station while blaring 'Welcome to the Jungle'

Watch: Man crashes car into police station while blaring 'Welcome to the Jungle'

A New Jersey man intentionally crashed his vehicle into a police station while blaring "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns N' Roses, according to local authorities.

The office of the prosecutor for the County of Warren said in a statement that John G. Hargreaves had been taken into custody after "deliberately crashing his vehicle into a private residence and then the Independence Township Police Department."

After the first incident, which was reportedly carried out in order to scare or harass the homeowner, whom he knows, Hargreaves purportedly "drove to the nearest police station and intentionally drove his vehicle through building causing significant damage."...

Torture survivor leads Chileans' battle for justice over Pinochet abuses

Torture survivor leads Chileans' battle for justice over Pinochet abuses

Leopoldo García Lucero carries a disfiguring zigzag scar above his left eye where a police officer lacerated his face with the stock of a machine gun. The injury was inflicted nearly 40 years ago in the blood-stained basement of a Santiago police station during the military coup in Chile that toppled President Salvador Allende.

U.S. troops 'posed with Afghan remains in 2010'

U.S. troops 'posed with Afghan remains in 2010'

US soldiers took pictures of themselves posing with the mangled remains of suspected Afghan suicide bombers on more than one occasion in 2010, the Los Angeles Times reported on Wednesday.

China backs down on secret detentions

China backs down on secret detentions

China has abandoned controversial plans to make it legal to "disappear" criminal suspects following a huge public outcry, in a move hailed as a victory for judicial reformers.

Greek riots escalate as parliament passes austerity plan

Greek riots escalate as parliament passes austerity plan

The Greek parliament in the early hours of Monday voted its approval of a harsh new austerity plan in exchange for new loans from foreign lenders. The vote was not even close, with 199 members of parliament voting in favor, 74 against, and 27 abstaining.