DC police captain cites bodycam footage of officers not making arrests, sparking backlash

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A political firestorm erupted this week after a Washington, D.C., internal police email appeared to reprimand rank-and-file officers for body camera footage allegedly showing them “finess[ing]” their way out of making arrests on reasonable grounds.The news comes as the Trump administration cracks down on crime in the District of Columbia at the federal level. While crime rates have steadily declined from a peak in 2023, the nation’s capital continues to suffer per-capita violent crime at higher rates than the national average, according to FBI data.The Metropolitan Police Department confirmed to Fox News…

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No roads, no crowds — just a M yacht and the bluest water on the planet

Morning breaks gently in West Papua. After a breakfast of spicy curry and unfamiliar fruits, guests step onto a skiff loaded with paddleboards and dry bags, then skim across glassy waters toward Pianemo, an archipelago of limestone dollops rising straight from the sea, their sides swaddled in dense jungle. With every paddle stroke, the color beneath shifts from cerulean to teal to aquamarine — so clear that coral heads and darting fish appear suspended in midair. The channel narrows, spilling into a freshwater swimming hole as cold and pristine as New Zealand’s Blue Lake. In the middle of the Western…

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