Judge refuses to grant bail to Sean "Diddy" Combs, orders him sent to jail while he awaits sex trafficking trial
NEW YORK (AP) — Judge refuses to grant bail to Sean "Diddy" Combs, orders him sent to jail while he awaits sex trafficking trial.
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The IndependentKanye West accused of drugging and sexually assaulting former assistant at party hosted with Diddy
Allegations are part of suit accusing music mogul of wrongful termination and ‘serial’ sexual harassment
- BANG Showbiz
Kanye West ‘told his wife Bianca Censori he wanted to have sex with her mother’
Scandal-hit Kanye West allegedly told his wife Bianca Censori he wanted to have sex with her mother, according to a bombshell lawsuit filed against him by his ex-assistant – who is accusing him of drugging and raping her at a Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs recording session.
- The Telegraph
Girl, 13, raped by three strangers who lured her from Tube station to their flat
A 13-year-old girl travelling by herself on the London Underground was raped by three strangers who lured her back to their home.
- BBC
Ukrainian journalist, 27, who chronicled Russian occupation dies in prison
Viktoriia Roshchyna had been detained last year while reporting in Russian-occupied Ukraine.
- Reuters
Taiwanese flock to China religious festival despite tensions
Over a thousand Taiwanese pilgrims flocked to southeast China's Fujian province this week for a religious festival, a rare instance of cross-strait cultural exchanges that threatens to be overshadowed by political tensions. On Meizhou island, home to a cluster of rural fishing villages, the deafening roar of firecrackers and gongs accompanied devotees of the sea goddess Mazu, a folk deity worshipped by millions in Taiwan and across southern China's coastal communities. The island, where devotees say the goddess was born, is the most important Mazu religious centre.
- People
Teen Went Shopping for an Anniversary Gift by Herself. A Predator Was Lurking in the Parking Lot
In 2007, Kelsey Smith, 18, was kidnapped from a Target parking lot in Kansas and strangled with her own belt
- People
Remains Found at Recently Sold Colorado Home Identified as Teen Girl Who Hadn’t Been Seen Since 2005
The Mesa County Sheriff's Office said the human remains that were found in a newly purchased home earlier this year belong to 16-year-old Amanda Overstreet
- The Telegraph
Former Premier League footballer arrested on suspicion of raping woman at London hotel
A former Premier League and international footballer has been arrested on suspicion of raping a young woman at an upmarket London hotel.
- BBC
Closure for family as body found 56 years after India plane crash
In 1968, an Indian Air Force plane with 102 people went missing. For many years, their fate was a mystery.
- The Telegraph
I spent four years investigating a dark web ‘kill list’ – and warning the victims they were in danger
In early 2020, as the world faced down the pandemic, the technology journalist Carl Miller made a remarkable and morbid discovery. He was researching the dark web from London when a colleague, a hacker called Chris, broke into a secretive website where people were putting up targets for assassination, like eBay for contract killings. This was the “kill list”: a catalogue of hundreds of ordinary men and women, complete with pictures and personal information, whom others wanted dead. The list of r
- Sky News
Baba Siddique: Indian politician with links to Bollywood stars shot dead in Mumbai
An Indian politician who had close ties to Bollywood stars has been shot dead in Mumbai weeks before a state election. Baba Siddique, who was known for throwing lavish parties, was shot multiple times outside his son's office in the country's financial capital on Saturday evening, police said. The 66-year-old was taken to Lilavati Hospital but could not be saved.
- CNN
Fugitive father on the run with 3 children in one of the world’s wildest regions
The man wore camouflage gear, a long beard protruding below a mask. His features were hidden, but when New Zealand police saw the video showing three figures walking behind him, one name came instantly to mind.
- People
Woman Poisoned Father, Stabbed and Bludgeoned Mother and Kept Bodies Hidden in Home for 4 Years
Virginia McCullough placed her father's body in a "homemade mausoleum" and her mother’s body in a wardrobe before continuing to live in their U.K. home
- CNN
He was sentenced to death after his toddler died. Now, shaken baby syndrome is at the heart of Robert Roberson’s 11th-hour appeals
The inmate would be the first person in the US executed on a shaken baby syndrome-based conviction, his lawyers say, as the diagnosis is under increasing scrutiny in courts.
- The Independent
Armed man arrested outside Trump rally as sheriff says possible ‘assassination attempt’ thwarted
Suspect found with shotgun, handgun, and fake event passes, police said
- The Telegraph
Christopher Columbus was secretly Jewish
Christopher Columbus was Jewish, DNA experts concluded in a long-awaited investigation into the true origins of one of history’s most famous explorers.
- Associated Press
Pregnant Philippine women arrested in Cambodia for surrogacy could be prosecuted after giving birth
Thirteen pregnant Philippine women accused of illegally acting as surrogate mothers in Cambodia after being recruited online may face prison terms after they give birth, a senior Interior Ministry official said Saturday. Interior Ministry Secretary of State Chou Bun Eng, who leads the country’s fight against human trafficking and sexual exploitation, said police found 24 foreign women, 20 Philippine and four Vietnamese, when they raided a villa in Kandal province, near the capital of Phnom Penh, on Sept. 23.
- CNN
Marital rape is still not outlawed in India. Changing that would be ‘excessively harsh,’ government argues
Criminalizing marital rape would be “excessively harsh,” the Indian government has said, in a blow to campaigners ahead of a long-awaited Supreme Court decision that will affect hundreds of millions of people in India for generations.
- Sky News
Police discover drugs in bag labelled 'definitely not a bag full of drugs'
Police in the US have found drugs inside a bag labelled "definitely not a bag full of drugs". Posting about the incident on X, Portland Police Bureau said scales, cash and a loaded gun were also found. Pictured along with the items recovered from the vehicle was a small brown make-up bag with the words "definitely not a bag full of drugs" written on the front.
- Rolling Stone
Texas Man Who Sued Ex-Wife’s Friends Over Alleged Abortion Gives Up
Trump lawyer Jonathan Mitchell represented the man, who sought $1 million from three women he accused of helping his ex-wife get an abortion