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Corazon Dandan died after being pushed into an oncoming BART train at San Francisco’s Powell Street Station at around 11 p.m on Monday night. The suspect, 49-year-old Trevor Belmont, also known as Hoak Taing, was arrested at the scene and booked into the San Francisco County Jail on suspicion of homicide and elder abuse. Dandan, who was Filipino American, was a dedicated telephone operator at the Westin St. Francis and other hotels.
- The Independent
A couple rented an Airbnb from a ‘friendly’ landlord. Then they wound up dismembered in a suitcase
Michael Lee Dudley seemed like a typical Washington homeowner – until three teenagers stumbled across a suitcase of horrors on a beach
- The Telegraph
Horrifying moment husband wheels suitcase containing murdered wife from home while carrying child
A husband who strangled his wife in front of her two children and lover on a video call was captured wheeling the suitcase containing her body out of his home.
- The Independent
Mother-of-two dies in freak accident in front of family after clothes snag on cable car over Italian valley
Margerita Lega plummeted almost 500ft to her death after being dragged over a cliff edge
- The Independent
Diddy sued by porn star who says he sex trafficked her at his famous ‘white parties’
Adria English alleges in a lawsuit that she was paid to have sex with guests at Diddy’s annual Labor Day ‘white party’
- The Telegraph
Crocodile kills girl, 12, who was ‘cooling off’ in water
The body of a 12-year-old girl has been found in remote northern Australia, two days after she was attacked by a crocodile.
- Associated Press
Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong asks for a lesser sentence in landmark security case
Prominent activist Joshua Wong asked for a lesser sentence in court Friday after he earlier pleaded guilty in Hong Kong's biggest national security case. Wong was one of 47 activists charged in 2021 under a Beijing-imposed national security law with conspiracy to commit subversion for their involvement in an unofficial primary. The activists were accused of attempting to paralyze Hong Kong’s government and topple the city’s leader by aiming to win a legislative majority and using it to block city budgets indiscriminately.
- The Independent
Man tortured and starved girlfriend’s children because he ‘didn’t want them to have to poop’
The children had been subject to malnourishment, restrainment with zip ties and beatings before their neglect was reported to CPS
- The Telegraph
Woman murdered elderly parents four years before remains found
A woman has admitted murdering her parents and living in a property with their dead bodies for four years.
- People
Newborn Baby Found Still Attached to Unconscious Mom on Grass Outside Hotel, Both Parents Charged
A Good Samaritan found the baby and cared for it while waiting for paramedics
- The Independent
Australian police find remains of missing child after suspected crocodile attack
Child went missing after going for a swim near the remote Northern Territory community of Palumpa
- People
American Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Passenger Allegedly Exposes Himself, Urinates in Aisle
American Eagle flight 3921 made the emergency landing on July 3 “due to a disruptive customer," the airline tells PEOPLE
- People
Mom's Boyfriend Allegedly Got Frustrated When Her Son, 1, Couldn't Walk by Himself. Now He's Charged with Murder
Christian Moniz Rabino, 28, has been charged with first-degree murder and two counts of child neglect and abuse
- HuffPost
62-Year-Old Woman Accused Of Repeatedly Stabbing, Killing Pregnant Teen
Jacqueline Reid spent time with the family of 17-year-old Maylashia Hogg after her death, "sitting with the family, watching them grieve in pain," a relative told USA Today.
- Storyful
'All Illegal': SF Fire Department Issues Pre-July Fourth Fireworks Warning
The San Francisco Fire Department has reminded the public why all fireworks are illegal in the city, ahead of July Fourth celebrations, with a video from June 30 showing “just how fast” fires caused by pyrotechnics can spread.The video was recorded in MacLaren Park and shows a firework landing on the grass there. Seconds later, sparks ignite and fire starts spreading.Local media reported that three acres were burnt in the incident. The fire was “quickly contained” by the fire department, they said.The fire department reminded locals that “all fireworks in San Francisco, including the so-called safe and sane fireworks, are illegal” because they cause “countless injuries, hundreds of thousands of dollars in property damage, and, in some cases, deaths.” Credit: San Francisco Fire Department via Storyful
- The Independent
Predator teacher Rebecca Joynes caught smirking as she buys teenage victim £350 Gucci belt before sex
Paedophile teacher seen smiling at 15-year-old boy in shop CCTV hours before abusing him
- Sky News
Sean 'Diddy' Combs: Former porn actress accuses rap mogul of sex assault and trafficking
Sean "Diddy" Combs is reportedly being sued over another allegation of sexual assault and trafficking - as sources said he is also now the subject of a criminal investigation. In the latest civil case, a former porn actress is accusing him of forcing her to have sex with a guest at a 2007 party, according to US media. Adria English alleges Combs also demanded she have sex with guests at other parties he held in New York and Florida.
- The Independent
Jay Slater missing - latest: Teenager’s mother says search is ‘no holiday’ in fervent response to trolls
Investigation into Jay Slater’s disappearance continues
- AFP News
Jailed separatist, Kashmir leader sworn into India parliament
A Sikh separatist and a Kashmiri politician temporarily left jail Friday to be sworn into India's parliament after both men won resounding victories in last month's election from behind bars.Rashid was temporarily released from jail in Delhi for his swearing-in, which was later confirmed in a post on his Facebook page.
- Sky News
Two men jailed for raping girl, 16, in north London
Two men have been jailed for raping a teenage girl in north London. Adilson Domingos, 42, from West Ham, and 29-year-old Baxton Atenis, from Tottenham, were found guilty in February after a three-week trial at Wood Green Crown Court. On Monday, Atenis was handed a 13-year prison sentence - and Domingos was jailed for 12 years.