FBI doesn't believe New Orleans attacker was 'solely responsible,' asks public's help in tracking down associates
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — FBI doesn't believe New Orleans attacker was 'solely responsible,' asks public's help in tracking down associates.
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Associated PressA doctor accused of sexual abuse by more than 200 former patients is indicted on rape charges
A grand jury in Massachusetts has indicted a doctor who is accused of sexually assaulting more than 200 former patients over a period of more than a decade. The patients sued Dr. Derrick Todd, who has been accused of performing unnecessary pelvic floor therapy, breast examinations, testicular examinations and other unwarranted procedures on patients dating back to 2010. The Middlesex District Attorney's Office said in a statement Thursday that Todd was indicted earlier that day for “two counts of rape alleging the sexual assault of two women.”
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She was searching online for a recipe. She found a video of herself engaged in a sexual act
WARNING: This story contains details of intimate partner violence and may affect those who have experienced it or know someone who has.Natalie Brown sat down one day to search the Food Network for a recipe. But another website starting with "F" popped up immediately — Fetlife, a Canadian social networking site for people interested in fetishism — and on it, she found a video she didn't know existed of herself engaged in a sexual act. "I was so humiliated. I felt stupid, I felt embarrassed, I fel
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A 13-year-old student in New Jersey fathered a child with his teacher, 34, authorities allege
Laura Caron, 34, a former college basketball star, was arrested Wednesday and charged with abusing a student from the age of 11 years old while they lived with her at her home in Cape May, NJ
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Taiwan carries out first execution in five years, upsetting EU, rights groups
Taiwan carried out its first execution in five years late on Thursday, upsetting both rights groups and the European Union which called on the government to maintain its de facto moratorium on the death penalty. Despite Taiwan's reputation as Asia's most liberal democracy, the death penalty remains broadly popular according to opinion polls, though in recent years it has only rarely been carried out and violent crime is relatively low. In September, Taiwan's constitutional court ruled that the death penalty is constitutional but only for the most serious crimes with the most rigorous legal scrutiny, after considering a petition brought by 37 people who were then on death row.
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Teacher who gave birth to 13-year-old student’s baby started molesting him when he was 11, court docs allege
The Independent has now seen the criminal complaint detailing the full extent of the horrific child sex abuse allegations
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South Korean president sits silently through 10 hours of questioning
Yoon Suk Yeol ‘simply refused to speak’
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Marcus Rashford believed to have appeared in photo with rapper who murdered schoolboy
Marcus Rashford is believed to have appeared in photograph with a rapper whose songs include boasts about his murder of a schoolboy.
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Man jailed for choking grandmother when she refused to give him money; Woman openly vapes on Jetstar flight from Singapore to Bangkok: Singapore live news
Yahoo Singapore is featuring a curated selection of some of the biggest, most important, and fascinating news that's making waves online.
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Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan stabbed multiple times after intruder climbs shaft to enter Mumbai home
His wife, Bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor Khan, and sons Taimur, 7, and Jeh, 3, were also present in the house but were unhurt
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Stepdad Accused of Repeatedly Throwing Boy, 2, into Pool to Teach Swimming Charged with Murder After Drowning
A 6-year-old girl allegedly told police Dakota Hays would throw the 2-year-old into the water and that “she would have to go retrieve him from the bottom of the pool"
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Mom took her son to jail to turn himself in on murder charges. Then cops arrested her too
The Richland County sheriff in South Carolina has vowed to hold parents criminally responsible
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Taiwan’s first execution in five years sparks outcry: ‘Shocking and cruel’
Amnesty International urges Taiwan’s government to immediately halt any plans to carry out further executions
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Jan 6 rioter Pamela Hemphill says she will refuse Trump’s pardon
Reformed ‘MAGA Granny’, who spent 60 days in jail for her role in the attempted insurrection at the US Capitol, has since washed her hands of the president-elect’s movement, calling it a ‘cult’
- People
Bollywood Star Saif Ali Khan Has Emergency Surgery After Being Stabbed in the Spine During Home Invasion: Reports
The actor was reportedly attacked at at his apartment in Mumbai, India on Thursday, Jan. 16
- South China Morning Post
China and Thailand detain 12 crime ring members suspected of trafficking actor to Myanmar
Chinese and Thai police have worked together to detain 12 members of a crime ring accused of kidnapping six victims in Thailand and trafficking them to Myanmar as part of an employment and telecoms scam, state news agency Xinhua reported on Friday. The report came a day after Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to crack down on cross-border telecoms fraud. The victims in the case include Wang Xing, a Chinese actor who earlier this month fl
- Evening Standard
Man jailed for life for kidnap and sexual assault of girl, 11, on way home from school in north London
Adam Baillie snatched the girl who was not known to him and took her to his home
- Sky News
Grooming gang members sentenced for rape - as police hunt two believed to have fled the country
Ibrar Hussain, 47, Imtiaz Ahmed, 62, and Fayaz Ahmed, 45, were sentenced to prison sentences of six-and-a-half years, nine years, and seven-and-a-half years respectively at Bradford Crown Court. A judge described how they raped one of the girls in Keighley, West Yorkshire, in the 1990s, when she was 13 or 14. Only Hussain was present to start his sentence, with the court hearing the Ahmed brothers both absconded during their trial.
- The Telegraph
Imran Khan prison sentence sets up clash with Trump administration
A Pakistani court has sentenced Imran Khan to 14 years in prison in a £190 million corruption case, setting up a clash with senior figures in the Trump administration who have been campaigning for his release.
- The Telegraph
American ‘hijab assassin’ to be charged over botched hit on British businessman
An American woman allegedly hired to take part in the assassination of a British businessman is set to be charged with conspiracy to murder.
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Former CIA analyst pleads guilty to leaking info on planned Israeli attack on Iran
A former CIA analyst pleaded guilty Friday to leaking information on a planned Israeli attack on Iran. Asif Rahman, 34, was arrested by the FBI in November weeks after classified documents appeared on the Telegram messaging app. Prosecutors say Rahman, a CIA employee since 2016, abused his access to top-secret information by accessing, removing and printing out two documents related to Israel and a planned attack on Iran.