Kentucky sheriff charged with murder of judge who was fatally shot in his courthouse chambers
WHITESBURG, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky sheriff charged with murder of judge who was fatally shot in his courthouse chambers.
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PeopleWife Whose Husband Drugged Her So Dozens of Men Could Rape Her Storms Out of Courtroom
Gisèle Pelicot briefly exited the courtroom as one of her alleged abusers testified
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Massachusetts pharmacist gets up to 15 years in prison in Michigan for meningitis outbreak deaths
A Massachusetts pharmacist was sentenced in Michigan to 7 1/2 to 15 years in prison for his role in a 2012 meningitis outbreak that killed dozens of people nationwide (AP video: Mike Householder)
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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.
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Woman who killed her parents buried father in ‘homemade mausoleum’
A woman who murdered her parents and lived alongside their bodies for four years buried her father in a “homemade mausoleum” constructed out of concrete blocks.
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Teen Girl’s Dismembered Remains Found In Freezer Left Behind By Home’s Previous Owner
DNA testing identified the girl as Amanda Overstreet, who was last seen in 2005 when she was 16, authorities in Colorado said.
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Kanye 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
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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.
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Woman Caught Husband Cheating With Roommates Before Disappearing, Family Says
The family of 20-year-old Jessica Barnes says they were troubled by her marriage to Brandon Barnes — and she decided to leave him when she caught him having sex with one of their roommates.
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AP PHOTOS: A look at life inside Paraguay's overcrowded prisons
Paraguay a few months ago launched an operation to address some of the many problems plaguing its prison system, including internal gang control, but one problem in particular has proven difficult to deal with: overcrowding. The South American nation has 18 prisons with a capacity for almost 10,000 inmates, but the current population exceeds 17,600, according to the latest figures provided by authorities which go until the end of 2023. A country of more than 6 million inhabitants, Paraguay is considered a regional drug trafficking hub.
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Fugitive Dad and Kids Spotted Roaming in Wilderness 3 Years After Vanishing
Fugitive father Tom Phillips was captured on camera in Marokopa, New Zealand, along with his three missing children on October 3, almost three years after he disappeared with them.Footage from John McOviney shows a man walking with three children on McOviney’s farm in Marokopa, wearing camouflage and carrying backpacks.Police believe that the people seen in the footage are Phillips and his three children, Jayda, Maverick and Ember.Police dispatched staff to the Marokopa area on the night of the sighting, but after a three-day search they said nothing of significance was found.This is the first time all three of the children have been seen since disappearing in December 2021, police said.According to the New Zealand Herald, Phillips is also suspected of a bank robbery, vehicle theft, and a break-in allegedly committed last year. Credit: John McOviney via Storyful
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Police give tips to keyless car owners after thefts
Police offer crime prevention advice to keyless car owners after officers investigating thefts make arrests.
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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.
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Dad Hospitalized After Being Dragged Under Car That Had 9-Year-Old at the Wheel
An Ohio father was hospitalized on Sunday, October 6, after he was dragged along by a reversing car that had his nine-year-old son at the wheel.A neighbor’s door camera caught the moment 36-year-old Clejuan Williams was dragged under the car outside his home in Toledo.Citing court records, ABC reported that the father was allegedly intoxicated and attempting to teach his son how to reverse the car.Speaking to Storyful, a neighbor said the father was recovering in hospital. The neighbor said Williams told him he was not teaching the kid how to drive but was trying to get his keys back. “I just want to bring awareness that this could happen to anybody,” the neighbor said. Credit: Storyful via Storyful
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'Surrender or starve': Attack on Jabalia hints at controversial Israeli plan for northern Gaza
Palestinians and aid groups suspect Israel is gradually adopting a new tactic known as the "Generals’ Plan", writes Jeremy Bowen.
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R. Kelly's Daughter Buku Says Singer Sexually Abused Her as a Child: 'I Was Too Scared to Tell Anybody'
Buku Abi tells her story in the new documentary 'R. Kelly's Karma: A Daughter's Journey,' now airing on TVEI Streaming Network
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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
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25 People Who Died With Their Secrets...Only To Be Revealed After Their Death
"I’m not sure that I will ever know all of his secrets or what events led to his death that day."
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1-Month-Old Baby Dies After Being Bitten By Family Dog
A family friend said she "can’t even imagine how the mother feels right now... She must be devastated"
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Daughter, 36, to be sentenced for murdering her own parents
Virginia McCullough poisoned her father John McCullough and fatally stabbed her mother Lois McCullough.
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In Russia, Ukrainian move to ban Moscow-linked church stirs anger
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Speaking behind the thick white walls of Moscow's ancient Danilov Monastery, Archpriest Igor Yakimchuk is adamant: people must not be forbidden to pray in their chosen branch of Eastern Orthodox Christianity. He speaks calmly but Yakimchuk is one of many Orthodox Christians in Russia who are angry about a law passed by Kyiv in August that targets a Russia-linked Orthodox church that long dominated religious life in Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's administration accuses the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) of spreading pro-Russian propaganda in time of war and of housing spies, charges it denies.