A Texas man has been executed for fatally stabbing twin teenage girls in 1989
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man has been executed for fatally stabbing twin teenage girls in 1989.
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Gisèle Pelicot briefly exited the courtroom as one of her alleged abusers testified
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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1-month-old baby dies after being bitten by family dog: ‘They just didn’t pay attention’
A neighbor said the family ‘should’ve paid more attention’ to prevent the tragedy
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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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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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Sean 'Diddy' Combs to face trial next year in sex trafficking and racketeering case
Hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs will go on trial facing sex trafficking and racketeering charges in May next year. The 54-year-old rapper, also known as Puff Daddy and P Diddy, blew kisses to his mother and children in court after a US judge set the trial date at a Manhattan federal court hearing on Thursday. Combs pleaded not guilty on 17 September to a three-count indictment charging him with using his business empire, including record label Bad Boy Entertainment, to transport male and female sex workers across state lines to take part in recorded sexual performances called "freak offs".
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Police pull over speedy man overtaking cars on road in his wheelchair
A strange chase in Joinville in Brazil: police stopped a man riding in his wheelchair who was traveling fast on a country road. But the man, who claims he was 'training', did not have to worry about getting a fine.
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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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Kentucky woman is arrested after police find human remains and a body
Authorities arrested a Kentucky woman after someone found a dismembered body in her mother's backyard and officers later found human remains. A man who was hired to work on the property in Mount Olivet, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southeast of Cincinnati, called authorities Wednesday after finding the body in the backyard, the Kentucky State Police said. Police obtained a search warrant for the home and called in a special response team, but a woman inside the house, 32-year-old Torilena May Fields, refused to come out.
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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.
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'I was too scared to tell my mum': R Kelly's daughter claims disgraced singer sexually abused her when she was a child
Revelations made in new documentary R Kelly’s Karma: A Daughter’s Journey