Police are looking for a man who stole a police car that was parked directly in front of a Bronx precinct with the key left in the ignition, a police source said.

The unidentified man drove the car from the 50th Precinct in Kingsbridge to the 52nd Precinct in Norwood on Sunday at 6:40 a.m. There, the man crashed into two parked cars near the intersection of Fordham Road and Sedgwick Ave., the police source said. “It seems like it was a joy ride,” the source added. It is unclear why the keys were left in the ignition or how long it took for cops to realize the car was stolen. “The investigation is ongoing,” a police spokeswoman said.(nydailynews.com)…[+]

An Oklahoma woman died after she jumped out of a moving car, allegedly trying to escape her abusive husband, police and friends said. Brianne King, 33, was driving on a busy Oklahoma City interstate with her husband, Michael Muller, Tuesday morning when police suspect she opened the passenger seat door and hurled herself out of the moving vehicle, according to KFOR-TV. King passed away after suffering a serious head injury from the fall, according to a GoFundMe page set up by her relatives.Shocked friends immediately suspected foul play and brought up Muller’s abusive past.(nydailynews.com)…[+]

HAVANA-  The Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca, informed today that Cuba will present on November 1st the third upgrade of its business portfolio, which includes a higher number of projects.     In a meeting with the press in this capital, Malmierca specified details on what will happen from October 31 to November 4 at Havana’s International Trade Fair, FIHAV 2016, the 34th edition of which seeks to continue boosting foreign investment and diversify the island’s economic relations to the maximum.

The also president of the Organizing Committee of the meeting, to take place at the Expocuba showground, pointed out that the renewed portfolio includes new propositions, with presence in all the sectors prioritized by the country for the concretion of business with foreign partners.      According to Malmierca, companies coming from 75 nations have so far confirmed their attendance, a higher figure of participants as compared to the previous edition, a sign of the interest of international entrepreneurs in Cuba and of the rejection of the blockade that the United States imposes on the Island.

It was known that the coming fair will be the largest in terms of its exhibition area -18,400 square meters, two thousand more than that contracted in 2015.      Orlando Hernández, president of the Chamber of Commerce, pointed out that the Fair will include business meetings, the presentation of projects for the export of national goods and services, lectures, and the first forum on investment, which will be held on November 1 and 2.  He also said that in the 5,000 square meters of the Central Pavilion of the showground -traditionally reserved for the host country- 125 entities representing 325 Cuban companies will present their goods and services.  Abraham Maciques, general director of the Palco Business Group, highlighted that Ethiopia, Gabon and Tanzania will participate for the first time.  (ACN)…[+]