Crime

A person was found fatally shot behind a Whole Foods Market in Redwood City early Thursday morning, according to police.

A person was found fatally shot behind a Whole Foods Market in Redwood City early Thursday morning, according to police.

Officers responded to a report of a person lying in the roadway on Adams Street near Jefferson Avenue at approximately 1:40 a.m., Capt. Ashley Osborne of the Redwood City Police Department said in a statement to SFGATE. When officers arrived at the scene,...

An Olympian was arrested after a debacle at a Walmart self-checkout station.On 28 March, former Olympic athlete Meaggan Pettipiece’s life was turned upside down after scanning her ham and asparagus at a Walmart self-checkout machine in Indiana. After security saw she failed to scan the items – worth $67 – they called the police, even though she paid $176 for the other groceries.During her arrest, she told officers that she wasn’t aware the machine hadn’t registered the items, but they continued...

Beyoncé has posted a tribute honouring 28-year-old professional dancer O’Shae Sibley after he was fatally stabbed while vogueing to her songs.

Vogueing is a form of dance that originated in New York’s Black queer and trans ballroom community, and was popularised by pop stars like Madonna, and reality competition juggernaut RuPaul’s Drag Race. A hate crimes investigation is now underway into the stabbing of Sibley, who was gay.

The pop icon took to her website on 1 August to write: “REST IN POW