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Elon Musk’s biographer called him a “sociopath” after the MAGA billionaire’s 2024 visit to the Auschwitz death camp was dismissed by someone else at the event as nothing more than a “photo-op.” Musk, who has emerged as one of Donald Trump’s top allies, has faced renewed allegations of antisemitism since he made an evocative gesture while speaking after the new president’s inauguration. Some said the gesture bore an uncanny resemblance to a Nazi salute. The X owner’s visit to Auschwitz in January
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Miffed Britain Won't Use 'Gulf Of America' Term
The Georgia congresswoman said on social media that "we have to force this to happen and we should!"
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Grandma and mom abused 13-year-old to death — forcing her into feces-covered cage as ‘discipline,’ cops say
Virginia Lujan, 55, and Jami Hodges, 33, both admitted that the girl was kept in the ‘cage’ to keep control of her, police said
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Man jailed for 19 years for decade of abuse
Police describe the man as a dangerous sexual predator and praised the victims for coming forward.
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Trump pardons DC officers convicted in death and cover up
President Donald Trump has issued a “full and unconditional pardon” to Washington, DC, police lieutenant Andrew Zabavsky and officer Terence Sutton for their roles in the death of 20-year-old Karon Hylton-Brown, a case that drew protests on the heels of the murder of George Floyd.
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Former actor guilty of assaulting ex-partner the day after early prison release
Heavily tattooed Jason Hoganson, 53, was photographed raising a thumb as he was released from HMP Durham on September 10 last year.
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Joey Barton kicked wife in head during drunken row at home, court told
As a friend tried to intervene, Barton ‘threw’ him off and said ‘don’t disrespect me’, the trial heard.
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A Chicago elementary school turned away agents they feared were from ICE. They turned out to be from the Secret Service
Fearing federal agents asking to search a Chicago elementary school Friday morning were from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, school officials denied them entry. But it turned out they were US Secret Service agents pursuing an investigation.
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Missing Three-Year-Old Girl Reunited With Family After Help From Police
A three-year-old girl was reunited with her family by Queensland Police officers after she was spotted wandering around a street on her own in Capalaba, south-east of Brisbane, on Wednesday, January 22.Queensland Police said in a statement the general duties officers were alerted to the little girl lost on Moreton Bay Road by members of the public just before 12 pm.Footage captured from an officer’s body worn camera shows the three-year-old enjoying a couple of fist bumps before she went on an adventure in the police car ahead of being reunited with her family.“No day is the same as a Queensland police officer, we deal with jobs big and small,” Senior Sergeant David Candale said. “Our officers were all too happy to help deliver the girl back home.” Credit: Queensland Police via Storyful
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Mother due to be sentenced over the deaths of her four sons in fire
Deveca Rose’s four children died in a fire after she left them alone to go to the shops.
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Trump is targeting the immigrants who will be called on to rebuild LA
On the outskirts of Altadena, where one of the most destructive firestorms in Los Angeles history had just receded, a group of volunteers worked last week to gather fallen tree branches and leaves — removing fuel for potential future fires, bagging them up and taking them away.
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Kimberlee Singler: US woman charged with murdering her children loses fight against extradition from UK
A US mother charged with murdering two of her young children has lost her fight to avoid extradition from the UK. Kimberlee Singler's nine-year-old daughter Elianna Wentz and seven-year-old son Aden Wentz were found dead in a property in Colorado after being shot in the head and stabbed in the neck on 19 December 2023, prosecutors said. Singler's 11-year-old daughter was also at the scene with an injury after she was slashed with a knife.
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‘Sadistic’ child killer likely to die behind bars after dance class murders
Axel Rudakubana was not present in the courtroom as he received one of the highest minimum terms on record.
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Suspect who posed as a child care worker is arrested after ‘raping teen waiting for the bus’
Derrick Dwayne Thompson, 57, drove a black Chevrolet Suburban advertising a fake childcare business
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Father of Bollywood stabbing suspect says he plans to fight ‘false arrest’
Bangladeshi father claims son not the man seen in surveillance footage released by police after attack on Saif Ali Khan
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Suspect drove around with dead girlfriend for nearly two hours after ‘accidentally’ killing her, police say
Julio Vasquez allegedly told police he was ‘testing’ Gissell Perez when the gun went off during an argument
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Huge update after alleged cop bashing
There has been a major development in the investigation into an alleged attack that left an off-duty police officer seriously injured.
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Three teenagers killed after car hits tree in Wakefield
Police said two other passengers were taken to hospital, one of whom remains in a life-threatening condition.
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MLK Jr.'s Daughter Calls Out Trump's Inauguration Pastor And Those Who Misuse Her Dad's Speech
Bernice A. King urged people to get her "Daddy's Dream right." Here's why experts think this part of the civil rights leader's famed speech often gets misrepresented.
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Search continues for missing mum six months after she was last seen
The search is continuing for a missing mother from Cardiff six months after she was last seen. The last confirmed sighting of Charlene Hobbs was in a photograph taken on a mobile phone at a property in the Adamsdown area of the city on 24 July. On the previous day, she was seen on CCTV at Morrisons Local in Adamsdown.