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- Evening Standard
Teenager who carried out public school hammer attack in Devon named for first time
Thomas Wei Huang was publicly identified after a High Court judge lifted an order preventing his naming
- The Telegraph
France at ‘tipping point’ after shoot-out involving ‘400 gang members’
France has reached a “tipping point” on drug-related violence, the country’s hardline interior minister warned on Friday, after hundreds of people took part in a massive shoot-out.
- Associated Press
Prison work assignments used to lure and rape female inmates. Guards sometimes walk free
When she got downstairs, she said Widen offered to save her some money by opening “the cage,” a little room with free washers and dryers reserved for new prisoners who hadn’t yet started their jobs. Widen was charged two years later and pleaded not guilty, but the case continues to crawl through the criminal court system.
- Euronews
Female student arrested in Iran after stripping off in public on university campus
Amnesty Iran called for the immediate and unconditional release of the student who reportedly stripped down in protest against the university's strict dress code law.View on euronews
- The Independent
Giuliani makes last-ditch attempt to save his NYC apartment after being ordered to turn it over
Movers were expected to be granted access to his Manhattan apartment on Thursday
- People
She Killed Her 'Best Friend' After a Man Online Offered Her $9M to Do So. 5 Years Later, She Explains Herself
Denali Brehmer was sentenced to 99 years in prison after being convicted of killing Cynthia Hoffman
- Sky News
Four girls suffer 'potentially life-changing injuries' in bathroom of Brighton fast-food restaurant
Four girls have suffered serious burns in the bathroom of a Brighton fast-food restaurant. Emergency services were called at 8.28pm on Thursday, which was also Halloween, to reports of a fire at a Wendy's restaurant on Western Road, Brighton. The four 12-year-old girls suffered "potentially life-changing" injuries, according to Sussex police, and were taken to hospital.
- CNN
Soldier charged with murder after Fort Leonard Wood sergeant found dead in dumpster
A 21-year-old soldier stationed in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, has been charged with murder in the death of a sergeant whose body was found in a dumpster on the military base after disappearing.
- Associated Press
British businessman to remain in custody on charge of killing Indonesian woman in Hong Kong
A British businessman was ordered Friday to remain in custody after being charged with murder in Hong Kong over the death of an Indonesian woman at a park waterfall. Jamie Tzewee Chapman, 34, did not enter a plea in the court appearance and his lawyer did not request bail. Chapman and his wife, a Hong Konger, were arrested Tuesday when they returned to the city from mainland China.
- People
Daughter Accused of Dismembering Mom with Chainsaw, Then Putting Her Remains on Grill
Candace Craig, 46, is is accused by prosecutors of murdering her mother, 71-year-old Margaret Craig
- The Guardian
Police search for attacker after man shot dead in busy nightlife area in Melbourne
Victoria police say a man was found with fatal gunshot wound on Langford Street in North Melbourne at about 3.15am
- The Guardian
South Carolina executes Richard Moore despite objections from judge and jurors
‘To my children and granddaughters, I love you and am so proud of you,’ Moore, 59, said in his last words
- CNN
29 children may be sentenced to death for protesting against cost-of-living crisis in Nigeria
Four of them collapsed in court due to exhaustion before they could enter a plea.
- BBC
My daughter's killer danced in our home - she didn't realise abuse signs
Holly Newton's family want young people to be more aware of abusive partners.
- PA Media: UK News
Teenager who stabbed boy in heart detained for minimum of 13 years
Muhammad Hassam Ali, 17, died in hospital hours after he was stabbed in the heart in Victoria Square in January.
- Associated Press
India protests Ottawa's allegation its home minister ordered targeting of Sikh activists in Canada
India officially protested on Saturday the Canadian government’s allegation that the country’s powerful home minister Amit Shah had ordered the targeting of Sikh activists inside Canada, calling it “absurd and baseless.” Relations between the two countries soured after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said last year there were credible allegations the Indian government had links to the assassination of Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada.
- PA Media: UK News
Six teenagers arrested after girl, 13, found in critical condition by roadside
The girl was reportedly stabbed at around 6.50am on Friday and was found at the side of the A63 in Hessle, Yorkshire.
- Sky News
Former officer convicted of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during fatal shooting
A former US police officer has been convicted by a federal jury of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during a botched drugs raid that left her dead. Ms Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician, was asleep with her boyfriend in Louisville, Kentucky, in March 2020 when police carried out a "no-knock" raid and broke down the door to her flat. The officers then returned fire and six shots struck Ms Taylor, killing her.
- The Independent
Woman accused of raking in nearly $1 million by injecting medspa clients with fake Botox
Rebecca Fadanelli paid $50 a vial for the bogus meds, which normally cost $650, according to a federal complaint unsealed Friday
- AFP News
TikTok bandits terrorise, transfix Pakistan riverlands
With a showman's flair and an outlaw's moustache, the Pakistani gangster dials the hotline on his own most wanted notice -- taunting the authorities who put a bounty on his head.But he is wanted for 28 cases including murder, abduction and attacks on police -- with a 10 million rupee ($36,000) price on his head.