Arizona voters approve letting local police arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the state from Mexico
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona voters approve letting local police arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the state from Mexico.
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The TelegraphHannah Kobayashi found alive after father’s suicide
A missing Hawaiian woman whose father killed himself during an extensive search for her has been found safe.
- CNN
The suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO killer planned his attack well – but made crucial mistakes, experts say
At first glance, the assassin seemed too meticulous to be an amateur and too careless to be a professional.
- Bloomberg
Mahathir ready for criminal probe over Singapore island dispute
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said he is ready to face any potential criminal probe over his handling of a sovereignty dispute with neighbouring Singapore over an island.
- HuffPost
Luigi Mangione's Family Breaks Silence After His Arrest In UnitedHealthcare Case
The suspected shooter is a member of the wealthy, Maryland-based Mangione family.
- Cinema Online
Pace Wu denies rumours of boyfriend committing money laundering
The actress releases a statement through her lawyer demanding the media to retract such articles
- The Independent
South Korean defence minister who proposed martial law attempts suicide in custody
South Korean police raid president’s office as Yoon Suk Yeol faces charges of staging an insurrection
- The Independent
US woman who wanted to be clown jailed for entering Australia with 24-carat golden gun
Liliana Goodson told the court she brought the pistol for her protection
- The Independent
Thai teacher sentenced to 111 years in jail for sexually abusing underage boy
Teacher conspired with owner of modelling agency to sexually abuse over 1,000 victims
- The Telegraph
World-renowned Jaguar restoration expert dies after being attacked in his home
A world-renowned Jaguar restoration expert has died after being attacked in his home.
- Associated Press
Man who jumped a desk to attack a Nevada judge in the courtroom is sentenced
A man who was captured on video attacking a judge in a Las Vegas courtroom after vaulting over her bench and desk has been sentenced to decades in prison. Deobra Redden was ordered on Tuesday to serve between 26 and 65 years in a Nevada prison for the attack on Clark County District Court Judge Mary Kay Holthus, KLAS-TV in Las Vegas reported. Redden, 31, pleaded guilty but mentally ill in September to attempted murder and other charges, ending his trial shortly after Holthus had testified that she feared for her life when Redden vaulted over her 4-foot-high (1.2-meter-high) bench and landed on her.
- The Independent
‘We think he died just before regime collapsed’: Syrians scour morgues full of tortured bodies
SPECIAL DISPATCH: From Assad’s slaughterhouse jail to the hospital morgue piled up with mutilated bodies, desperate Syrians search for family members disappeared under a despot’s brutal regime, reports Bel Trew
- Reuters
South Korea police try to raid Yoon's office over martial law
South Korean police tried to search President Yoon Suk Yeol's office on Wednesday but have not been able to enter the main building, Yonhap news reported as an investigation into the U.S. ally's decision to declare martial law widened. The attempt to search the presidential office significantly escalates the investigation against Yoon and top police and military officers over the Dec. 3 martial law declaration that plunged the country with Asia's fourth-largest economy into a constitutional crisis. Yoon is now the subject of a criminal investigation into insurrection allegations and is banned from leaving the country, but he has not been arrested or questioned by authorities.
- Associated Press
Haitians demand protection after gang leader massacres dozens of people to avenge son's death
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A gang leader accused of killing more than 100 people in Haiti's capital to avenge his son's death was still persecuting residents on Tuesday, according to a rare witness account. Mackenson Cangé, whose father was among the victims, told Magik9 radio station that residents in the gang-controlled area said gunmen were still hunting down older people and killing younger ones as well. Few details about the two-day killing spree in the community of Cité Soleil on Friday and Saturday have been made public.
- BBC
Man jailed for 'despicable' abuse of young girl
The 25-year-old man's crimes against a young girl were "quite simply despicable", police say.
- AFP News
South Korean police blocked from raid on president's office
South Korean police said Wednesday that security guards were blocking a raid on President Yoon Suk Yeol's offices to investigate his brief imposition of martial law, with the opposition party accusing the presidential staff of illegally protecting an insurrectionist.Several hours into a standoff at the presidential offices, police Wednesday evening said "The special investigation team is currently continuing to discuss the seizure and search of the presidential office (with the presidential staf
- Associated Press
A Dutch woman who kept a Yazidi woman as a slave in Syria is imprisoned for 10 years
A Dutch court has convicted a woman of crimes against humanity for keeping a Yazidi woman as a slave in Syria and sentenced her to 10 years in prison. The Hague District Court on Wednesday found Hasna A. guilty of multiple offenses for traveling to Syria in 2015, to join the Islamic State group. Hasna, who took along her then 4-year-old son, married a fighter and was given a Yazidi woman as a domestic servant.
- CNN
Woman arrested with 10 kg of meth wrapped as Christmas presents at New Zealand airport
A Canadian woman has been arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle drugs into New Zealand — by disguising them as Christmas presents.
- People
Luigi Mangione’s First Jail Photos Released as His Family Says They’re ‘Shocked and Devastated’ After Arrest
Mangione has been charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
- The Telegraph
Teenager acted like Top Boy character before stabbing schoolgirl to death, court hears
A teenager pulled out a knife like a character from Netflix drama Top Boy before stabbing a private schoolgirl to death, a court has heard.
- The Independent
Sara Sharif’s mother says ‘monster’ Urfan Sharif should ‘die in jail’ for murdering schoolgirl
Olga Domin has said the abuse inflicted upon the schoolgirl by Urfan Sharif was ‘not human’