Supreme Court stays execution for Texas man who sought DNA testing in fatal 1998 stabbing
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Supreme Court stays execution for Texas man who sought DNA testing in fatal 1998 stabbing.
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PeoplePolice Find 3 Chilling Words on Bullet Casings Used by Killer of CEO Brian Thompson: Report
Three words were reportedly discovered on the bullet casings found at the crime scene, police sources told ABC News
- HuffPost
‘Daily Show’ Lets Rip On Donald Trump’s New ‘Shadiest Nominee’
“How could someone do so many bad things at the same time?” Ronny Chieng wondered.
- The Independent
Sugar heir abused girlfriend because they were sat next to a gay couple at a restaurant
The victim said Alexander Nicholas Fanjul had choked her to the point where she struggled to breathe
- Cinema Online
Mickey Huang is sentenced to eight-month prison in child pornography case
The court says that the TV personality showed no remorse, added NTD 100,000 fine to ruling
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Indonesia arrests a Chinese man wanted by Beijing over money laundering charges
Indonesian authorities have arrested a Chinese man sought by Beijing for allegedly helping transfer and laundering almost $18 million from a criminal online gambling group in China, officials said Thursday. Yan Zhenxing was detained Monday by immigration officers at a cross-border ferry terminal on Batam island, next to Singapore. Yuldi Yusman, the Director of Immigration Supervision and Enforcement, said Yan was arrested following an Interpol red notice for him.
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Two brothers found guilty of raping teenage girls almost 20 years ago
Mark Evans, 36, and Robert Evans, 40, were convicted on Wednesday after a two-week trial at Sheffield Crown Court.
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Gunman at large after UnitedHealthcare CEO fatally shot in ‘brazen targeted attack,’ police say
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot and killed in midtown Manhattan Wednesday morning in a “brazen, targeted attack” as he walked toward the company’s annual investor conference, NYPD commissioner Jessica Tisch announced. The gunman remains on the loose.
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Legendary Medellin cartel drug lord released from US prison after serving 25 years
One of Colombia's legendary drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cocaine cartel has been released from a federal prison in the U.S. and is expected to be deported back home. Records from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons show that Fabio Ochoa Vásquez was released Tuesday after completing 25 years of a 30-year prison sentence. Living in Miami, Ochoa ran a distribution center for the cocaine cartel once headed by Pablo Escobar.
- The Telegraph
Female supply teacher sent naked photos to student, 15, saying: ‘I bet all the boys fancy me’
A supply teacher sent naked photos and sexual videos to a 15-year-old and told him “I bet all the boys fancy me”.
- 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.
- CNN
Woman who stowed away on plane to Paris arrested, expected to face federal charge after returning to the US
A Russian woman who stowed away on a Delta Air Lines flight from New York to Paris last week is expected to face at least one federal charge after she returned to the United States Wednesday, according to multiple law enforcement officials.
- People
Masked Gunman Who Killed UnitedHealth CEO on the Loose in N.Y.C. Hours Before Rockefeller Tree Lighting Ceremony
Brian Thompson, 50, was shot and killed in front of the Midtown Hilton
- The Daily Beast
Starbucks and a Silencer: What Led to UnitedHealthcare CEO’s Cold-Blooded Killing
It took around 40 minutes for an assassin to locate UnitedHealth Group CEO Brian Thompson, fire three shots at him, and then vanish on Wednesday morning outside of the New York Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan. Thompson, 50, was in town from Minnesota to attend an investor conference hosted by the publicly traded health insurance giant, which is also headquartered in Minnesota. He was transported six blocks away to Mount Sinai West hospital and pronounced dead just as the conference was getting
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Philippine police checking reports that a kidnapped American has died after being shot
Philippine police officials said Thursday they are checking reports that a kidnapped American died after being shot twice while resisting his Oct. 17 abduction by gunmen in the country’s south. Elliot Onil Eastman, 26, from Vermont, was shot twice with an M16 rifle while trying to fight off his four kidnappers, who posed as police officers, in the coastal town of Sibuco in Zamboanga del Norte province, police said. The kidnappers dragged him to a motorboat and sped off, according to earlier police reports.
- The Independent
Woman charged as 42-year-old man dies after being seriously injured by dog
The man was taken to hospital, where he later died
- Evening Standard
'Cash for Crypto' gangs operating out of Russia smashed in global law enforcement crackdown
Ekaterina Zhdanova, dubbed the ‘Cash for Crypto Queen’, among targets of ‘most significant money laundering operation the NCA has ever undertaken’
- The Independent
Florida woman arrested after attacking Raising Cane’s worker over missing sauce, police say
McKenzie Anne Keeling, 31, couldn’t abide eating her lunch without the chicken finger chain’s signature condiment, according to an arrest affidavit.
- The Independent
An Indiana man went to retrieve packages outside his home. Instead, he stumbled upon two kidnapped babies
The two infants were found left in a ditch in car seats from stolen vehicle
- People
Teacher Arrested After Being Found Naked in Elementary School Classroom with Sex Toys Nearby
Joe Urias, 34, was arrested on charges of lewd and lascivious behavior, burglary of an unoccupied structure, marijuana possession and battery on an officer
- Evening Standard
Delivery driver, 26, who sexually assaulted lone woman near Stratford Olympic Park jailed
Sobirjon Boltaev’s victim managed to escape after fighting him off as he sexually assaulted her in a wooded area