Death toll from plane crash at South Korean airport rises to 151, fire officials say
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Death toll from plane crash at South Korean airport rises to 151, fire officials say.
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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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Pie company fortune heir sentenced to life in prison for best friend’s murder
The heir to a pie company fortune who murdered his best friend on Christmas Eve has been sentenced to life in prison for his “barbaric and cruel” crime. William Bush, 23, was killed by Dylan Thomas, his childhood friend and the grandson of pie company tycoon Sir Stanley Thomas, at their home in Llandaff, Cardiff, on December 24, 2023. Thomas stabbed his friend 37 times – including to the neck, chest, head and back – and people on the street described screams of “horror” from inside the house.
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Florida elementary school principal is arrested after 100 kids found at her home for alcohol-fueled party: cops
An “intoxicated” teacher approached police at the party and was also arrested
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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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TV lifeguard’s move after attacking woman
A lifeguard on the hit reality TV series Bondi Rescue has revealed his next move after he was found guilty of attacking a woman in a ‘fit of alcoholic rage’.
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Warning over common Australia Day act 'overflowing the courts with cases'
This year is expected to be the worst on record, sources tell Yahoo.
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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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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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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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‘Mr. Nobody Against Putin’ Review: A Defiant Teacher Witnesses the Militarization of Russian Schools Amid Ukraine War in Poignant Doc
With the snappy casualness of a “day in the life” vlog, Pavel “Pasha” Talankin, a charismatic Russian teacher who serves as planner and videographer for all of his school’s events, introduces his peculiar small town: Karabash. Known as the most toxic place on Earth due to a copper smelting plant, here the average life expectancy …
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Victim of gas station fire started by police officer’s taser sues for damages
The fire caused burns across 75 percent of Jean Louis Barreto-Baerga’s body
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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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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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Judges who allowed Sara Sharif to remain in her father’s custody to be named next week
Court of Appeal rules identities of three family court judges can be revealed
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Hugh Grant Calls for Police Investigation Into Rupert Murdoch’s U.K. Tabloids After Prince Harry Settlement: ‘The People Who Commanded All This, They’re Still There’
Hugh Grant has called for the U.K. police to open a new criminal investigation into Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers. The actor joins a growing chorus of people who, in the wake of Prince Harry’s historical settlement with the company — which included admissions of guilt into phone hacking at The Sun newspaper — are now calling …
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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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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.
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New Jersey mayor says his city was ‘unlawfully terrorized’ by federal agents during immigrant enforcement action at business
A New Jersey mayor says his city has been “unlawfully terrorized” after federal agents detained multiple people Thursday during what Immigration and Customs Enforcement called “a targeted enforcement operation.”
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MLK Jr.'s Daughter Calls Out Trump's Inauguration Pastor And Those Who Misuse Her Dad's Speech
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Colorado DNA analyst appears on forgery charges as validity of more than 500 cases in doubt
A former Colorado Bureau of Investigation DNA scientist appeared in court Thursday to face criminal charges over data tampering that authorities said raises questions about the validity of more than 500 cases.