TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former central Kansas police chief who led a raid on a newspaper has been charged with felony obstruction of justice.
More than one in five prisoners in Fuchū jail is 65 or over – and younger inmates get care qualifications to look after them
Susan Smith was served a life sentence after the 1994 murder of her sons. Now, she's eligible for parole in November 2024
New witnesses tell the BBC fresh details about the sophisticated operation they say exploited them for sex.
A man has been jailed after raping a 14-year-old girl in an alleyway in Rotherham 21 years ago. Waleed Ali, 42, was sentenced to five years in prison after jurors found him guilty of raping a girl under 16 at Sheffield Crown Court on Friday, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said. Ali, of Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire, was arrested and interviewed in September 2021 after a woman told Operation Stovewood officers she had been attacked when she was 14 years old and had not reported it before.
The remains of Elijah Vue, a missing Wisconsin toddler, have been discovered, bringing a tragic end to an almost 7-month-long search.
The video equipment recovered could show if the crews left doors open on the Bayesian superyacht, which might have allowed the vessel to flood
Exclusive: Shahzadi Khan's father tells The Independent she was trafficked to the Gulf nation and falsely accused of murdering an infant in her care
Police said text messages Hector Ramon Martinez-Ayala sent his 25-year-old daughter were "more of the nature of a jealous lover than a father.”
A large fire broke out in Manila on September 14, affecting up to 1,000 families, a local fire chief said.The fire was reported at 11:44 am, the Manila Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (Manila DRRM Office) said.It was under control after 6 pm, local news reported.Footage released by the Manila DRRM Office shows the fire. Credit: Manila DRRM Office via Storyful
The Crown Princess of Norway’s eldest son has been arrested for allegedly violating a restraining order imposed after he allegedly assaulted his ex-girlfriend.
Founded in the 4th century, Sümela is a gravity-defying marvel, hanging nearly 1,000 feet over a wooded valley in Turkey, that today attracts thousands of religious pilgrims.
Camilla Carr, who has died after a long illness aged 66, travelled to the Russian republic of Chechnya in 1997 with her partner Jon James to set up a rehabilitation centre for children traumatised by the first Chechen War (1994-96). While there, they were kidnapped and held hostage for 14 months.
On the streets of Iranian cities, it's becoming more common to see a woman passing by without a mandatory headscarf, or hijab, as the second anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini and the mass protests it sparked approaches. There's no government official or study acknowledging the phenomenon, which began as Iran entered its hot summer months and power cuts in its overburdened electrical system became common. This defiance comes despite what United Nations investigators describe as “expanded repressive measures and policies” by Iran's theocracy to punish them — though there's been no recent catalyzing event like Amini's death to galvanize demonstrators.
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Mother hopes case will ‘shine a light’ on family courts and Cafcass
The scenes outside prisons this week verged on the farcical. As 1,700 offenders released early embraced their unexpected freedom, they spoke to reporters with a mixture of glee and depressing realism.
In February, Chief Justice John Roberts sent his eight Supreme Court colleagues a confidential memo that radiated frustration and certainty. Former President Donald Trump, seeking to retake the White House, had made a bold, last-ditch appeal to the justices. He wanted them to block his fast-approaching criminal trial on charges of attempting to overturn the 2020 election, arguing that he was protected by presidential immunity. Whatever move the court made could have lasting consequences for the
A Texas jury will soon decide whether a convoy of supporters of then-President Donald Trump violently intimidated former Democratic lawmaker Wendy Davis and two others on a Biden-Harris campaign bus when a so-called “Trump Train” boxed them in for more than an hour on a Texas highway days before the 2020 election. Attorneys for the plaintiffs argued that six of the Trump Train drivers violated state and federal law.
At least eight people have died after some of the heaviest rain in years hit central and eastern Europe, causing flooding and widespread disruption.
STORY: Three U.S. citizens were among 37 defendants sentenced to death by a military court on Friday for their role in a failed coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo.:: May 20, 2024Armed men briefly occupied an office of the presidency on May 19 before their leader, U.S.-based Congolese politician Christian Malanga, was killed by security forces.His son, Marcel Malanga, was among the Americans on trial, along with Marcel's friend, Tyler Thompson, who played high school football with him in Utah. Both are in their 20s.The third American, Benjamin Zalman-Polun, was a business associate of Christian Malanga.All three were found guilty of criminal conspiracy, terrorism and other charges, and sentenced to death in a ruling read on live TV.Malanga had previously told the court that his father had threatened to kill him unless he participated. He also told the court it was his first time visiting Congo at the invitation of his father, whom he had not seen in years.The Americans are among some 50 people, including U.S., British, Canadian, Belgian and Congolese citizens, standing trial following the failed coup.
