Federal judge sentences Pentagon secrets leaker Jack Teixeira to 15 years in prison
BOSTON (AP) — Federal judge sentences Pentagon secrets leaker Jack Teixeira to 15 years in prison.
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PA Media: UK NewsMother and daughter who ‘terrorised’ neighbours with campaign of abuse jailed
Susan Chen, 61, and her solicitor daughter Linda Lu, 35, were jailed for five-and-a-half years on Friday for their ‘malicious’ behaviour.
- The Daily Beast
Cops Bust Notorious Hitwoman Known as ‘The Doll’
Police in Colombia have arrested a notorious alleged hitwoman nicknamed “The Doll” who is suspected of being involved in a string of killings, reportedly including one of her ex-boyfriends. The 23-year-old known to local authorities as La Muñeca, whose real name is Karen Julieth Ojeda Rodríguez, is considered one of the most feared women in the country and is accused of being the mastermind and perpetrator of several murders, according to El Espectador.
- The Daily Beast
CEO Killer Spent 10 Days in NYC After 17-Hour Bus Trip
Cops believe the main suspect in the cold-blooded killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson rode a bus from Atlanta to New York City 10 days prior to the headline-grabbing incident—even more evidence that may point to premeditation of the grisly act. CNN reported Thursday night that the killer spent his days bouncing around the city before his shocking encounter with the insurance executive outside a New York Hilton early Wednesday morning, while a conference for the Minnesota-based health
- The Independent
Migrant teen stabbed to death in NYC by group of men who asked if he spoke English
Mayor Eric Adams said the incident could be classified as a hate crime
- 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
- People
Cannibal Serial Killer Sentenced to Death, as Prosecutors Describe His Chilling Methods
A Texas man who murdered, dismembered, and burned the bodies of three people has been sentenced to death, prosecutors said
- 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.
- CNN
American vlogger abducted in Philippines presumed dead, police say
An American man abducted in the Philippines is presumed dead after a witness claimed he was shot during a struggle with his captors, the Philippines News Agency reported, citing police.
- 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
- CNN
Oklahoma officer charged for slamming 71-year-old man to the ground, prosecutors say
Prosecutors charged an Oklahoma City police officer with felony assault on Thursday after he slammed a 71-year-old man to the ground, breaking his neck, following an argument over a traffic ticket.
- Sky News
Smiling suspect seen in new images as New York police hunt killer of healthcare executive Brian Thompson
New images have been released of the suspect wanted over the targeted murder of a healthcare boss in New York City. Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, was gunned down outside a Manhattan hotel yesterday morning before the start of a conference. Police say the gunman was wearing a mask and footage shows him walking slowly behind Mr Thompson before shooting him several times in the back.
- The Independent
Online gamer flew from Canada to US to stalk woman he met online, and stab her and her boyfriend, cops say
Devin Wolfgang Vandorhoef, 25, of British Columbia, and Darius Avery Whyte, a 25-year-old from Ontario, allegedly flew from Canada to Salinas, California, and attacked victim
- CNN
Why finding the suspected CEO killer is harder than you might think
He gunned down a high-profile CEO on a sidewalk in America’s largest city, where thousands of surveillance cameras monitor millions of people every day. But the man who shot Brian Thompson keeps evading capture.
- BBC
Police release CCTV footage in hunt for rapist
Detectives have released CCTV footage of a man they want to speak to in connection with the attack.
- The Guardian
‘He has come out an old man’: joy and grief as loved ones released from Assad prisons
Family members describe renewed hopes after decades-long searches for political detainees in ‘Kingdom of Silence’
- The Independent
Who is Brian Thompson? Everything we know about the UnitedHealthcare CEO and his murder in New York City
The manhunt for the killer of the CEO has now stretched into its fourth day
- Reuters
NYC mayor says suspect identified in UnitedHealth executive's murder, NY Post reports
"The net is tightening," Adams told reporters at a Police Athletic League holiday party in Harlem, according to the Post. Thompson, 50, who became CEO of UnitedHealth's insurance unit in April 2021, was shot in the back around 6:45 a.m. ET (1145 GMT) on Wednesday in what police described as a targeted attack by a masked assailant lying in wait. The shooting sparked a massive manhunt for the gunman, who fled on foot wearing a hooded jacket, balaclava and gray backpack before mounting an electric bike and riding into Central Park, police said.
- CNN
Three climbers from the US and Canada are believed to have died in a fall on New Zealand’s highest peak
Two Americans and a Canadian who went missing after they attempted to summit New Zealand’s highest mountain are presumed dead, local police said Friday, as they suspended search operations.
- CNN
‘Stop talking and get a lawyer’: Inside the descent of a Colorado dentist accused of fatally poisoning his wife
A smiling James Craig appears in an online video promoting his Colorado dental practice, saying his approach “begins with sincerely listening to the patient and wanting to find out more about where they’re coming from and what they’re looking for and what they want.”
- The Guardian
US man given $4.1m payout for wrongful conviction admits to murder over $1,200
Shaurn Thomas, whose 1990 murder conviction was thrown out, pleads guilty to killing man over drug debt in 2023