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BloombergSingapore says no China request made to arrest alleged money launderer
Singapore police said they didn’t arrest a Chinese national accused of money laundering because they were not asked to do so by authorities in China, even though an Interpol Red Notice had been issued for him.
- People
A Boy, 4, Vanished on Way to Summer Camp. Then a Family Friend's Teenage Son Started Asking Alarming Questions
More than 30 years after Derrick Robie's murder, his killer is now free and living in New York
- The Daily Beast
A Profile Emerges From UnitedHealthcare CEO Killer’s Trail of Cryptic Clues
Since becoming one of the nation’s most wanted people, the assassin who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has left behind a trail of cryptic clues that has at times felt like a storyline straight out of a Batman comic. But law enforcement experts consulted by the Daily Beast said Sunday that the evidence overwhelmingly points toward a profile of the suspect as a competent—and supremely motivated—killer who intended to convey a larger message with the high-profile murder. On the morning
- BuzzFeed
"This Is Why Americans Abroad Are Ridiculed": 13 "Normal" Things About American Life That Endlessly Confuse Europeans
"As a European, it never ceases to amaze me how little the US invests in this for its citizens."
- People
Jay-Z Says He and Beyoncé 'Will Have to Sit Our Children Down' as He Denies Child Rape Allegation
Beyoncé and Jay-Z share three children: 12-year-old daughter Blue Ivy and twins Rumi and Sir, 7
- Associated Press
Giant statue of the Buddha in New Jersey becomes interfaith hub and spiritual home for many
Just off a state highway in New Jersey, one of the largest statues of the Buddha in the United States appears unexpectedly in the middle of a backyard. It rises 30 feet high from the woods in Franklin Township, near Princeton, where it was built a decade ago under the leadership of a Sri Lankan monk ordained in Theravada, one of the oldest forms of Buddhism. Today, the statue in the New Jersey Buddhist Vihara and Meditation Center has become a hub for interfaith efforts and a spiritual home for practicing Buddhists, Hindus and Christians, reflecting New Jersey’s diverse religious landscape.
- People
Man Who Spent Hours with Hannah Kobayashi Before Her Disappearance Reveals What They Discussed: Police (Exclusive)
Investigators on her case spoke at length with PEOPLE about what they learned
- People
Girl, 3, Sat in Backseat of Car as Police Fatally Shot Passenger Who Had a Gun and Injured Driver: ‘Baby, Baby!’
“One of the officers started yelling, ‘Baby, baby,’ to tell officers to stop firing,” NYPD Chief Jeffrey Maddrey said
- BBC
Families 'devastated' as sinkhole in street grows
Some people are in hotels or with relatives and one couple said it was horrendous before Christmas.
- People
Jay-Z Denies Allegation of Raping a 13-Year-Old Girl in 2000 with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs: ‘Heinous’
An unnamed woman amended her civil lawsuit from earlier this year to name Jay-Z as one of the celebrities who raped her after the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards
- The Independent
Syrians emerging from Assad’s prisons taste ‘beautiful’ freedom as regime topples
Prisoners released from Syria’s notoriously torturous Saydnaya prison tell The Independent the feeling of freedom is indescribable and beautiful
- People
Monopoly Money Found in Backpack Believed to Belong to UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting Suspect: Reports
The backpack, located in New York City's Central Park, reportedly contained the board-game money and a jacket
- CNN
NYPD divers search Central Park waters for gun used to kill UnitedHealthcare CEO, source says
NYPD divers were searching a body of water in New York’s Central Park on Saturday for the firearm used in the fatal shooting of a health care executive in Manhattan, a law enforcement official told CNN, as the search for the gunman nears the end of its fourth day.
- HuffPost
Nick Fuentes Arrested For Allegedly Macing Woman Who Confronted Him Over 'Your Body, My Choice' Post
White supremacist Nick Fuentes was charged with battery after allegedly macing a woman who rang his doorbell.
- CNN
Hate crime charges dropped for most of the Salisbury University students who allegedly beat a man they lured to an apartment
Hate crime charges have been dropped for all but three of the 15 students at Salisbury University in Maryland who police said targeted a man and lured him to an off-campus apartment where they beat him, court records show.
- The Telegraph
Rats, pigeons and water buffaloes massacred in world’s largest animal sacrifice
Blood oozed across the dry, dusty earth as the high priest of Gadhimai raised his traditional khukuri knife and beheaded the five animals before him, triggering a frenzy of killing in the early hours of a foggy Sunday morning.
- The Guardian
Mohamed Al Fayed faked dementia to evade prosecution, son says
Omar Fayed claims former Harrods owner tricked police to escape justice over rape and sexual assault allegations
- Sky News
Jay-Z accused of raping girl, 13, alongside P Diddy after MTV Video Music Awards
Rapper Jay-Z has been accused of raping a 13-year-old girl after the MTV Video Music Awards in 2000, allegedly alongside Sean "Diddy" Combs. The accuser, who is identified as "Jane Doe", said the assault happened at an after-party. A federal lawsuit - which originally only named Combs - was refiled on Sunday in New York to add Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter.
- Evening Standard
Man jailed for murder after teen dies five years after south London stabbing
Jamel Boyce was left needing round the clock care after savage stabbing in 2016
- The Independent
Brian Thompson shooting latest: UnitedHealthcare CEO murder manhunt enters sixth day as NYPD releases new photos
New images surface as police find the UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect’s backpack in Central Park containing two items: a Tommy Hilfiger jacket and Monopoly money