Former U.S. Rep. George Santos pleads guilty to wire fraud, identity theft
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. George Santos pleads guilty to wire fraud, identity theft.
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A major update has emerged in Bruce Lehrmann’s appeal against his brutal defamation suit loss to Network 10 and Lisa Wilkinson.
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A man who police allege is a Sydney crime figure has had a big legal win and can now do one thing.
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Mother charged with murder after death of two sons
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Man jailed for murdering woman he paid for sex
Adam Watson suffocated and strangled Samantha Holden, who was later found dead by her son.
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Drivers caught in horrifying road rage duel in street with chainsaws
Shocking dash-cam captured the terrifying ordeal.
- The Independent
A serial killer is eligible for parole. He drank his victims blood, drew caricatures of them and confessed to multiple murders
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Pope Slams Trump and Harris: Vote For ‘Lesser of Two Evils’
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Man acquitted in ‘sexsomnia’ child sex trial
A Sydney man has been acquitted of child sex charges after his legal team successfully argued that he was asleep during the incidents and suffering from “sexsomnia”.
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Ex-EMS worker accused of molesting teen in back of ambulance on the way to hospital
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Woman jailed for stalking victim while pretending to be a man
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‘Evil’: Family shattered by killer pilot
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Man who abused and murdered mother-of-five while on police bail jailed for life
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Kids’ screams before horror crash
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Rolf Harris’s widow Alwen Hughes dies aged 92
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Same-sex marriage was on a roll in Asia. Not anymore
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Prosecutor’s push to vacate conviction of death row inmate Marcellus Williams denied in Missouri
A Missouri judge on Thursday rejected an effort by the St. Louis prosecutor to vacate the conviction of Marcellus Williams, a death row inmate who has long claimed he’s innocent of the murder for which he’s scheduled to be executed in less than two weeks.