French prosecutors say Telegram messaging app CEO has been freed from custody, awaits court appearance
PARIAS (AP) — French prosecutors say Telegram messaging app CEO has been freed from custody, awaits court appearance.
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The IndependentMiss Switzerland finalist ‘strangled, dismembered and pureed in blender by husband’
Tributes paid to ‘beautiful, kind-hearted’ mother after remains found at her home
- The Independent
Teen shot in the face by Colorado councilman after seeking permission to take homecoming photos on property
Brent Metz, a 38-year-old member of Mountain View Town Council, allegedly shot through the windshield of the teens’ car
- Sky News
Three men appear in court accused of killing two women and feeding their bodies to pigs
Three men have appeared in court in South Africa accused of killing two women and feeding their bodies to pigs on the farm where they work. Farm owner Zachariah Johannes Olivier, 60, supervisor Adrian Rudolph de Wet, 19, and employee William Musora, 45, face two counts of premeditated murder, one count of attempted murder and possession of an unlicensed firearm. Musora, a Zimbabwean national, also faces charges of being in South Africa illegally.
- Australian Associated Press
Mother charged with murder after death of two sons
A mother has been charged with murder after her two boys were found dead in a Blue Mountains home.
- The Independent
Florida teen arrested for ‘murdering his mother’, one year after he was accused of shooting his dad dead
The teen was charged in connection to the shooting death of his father in 2023
- NewsWire
Alleged ‘coward punch’ attacker’s 100m rule
An alleged “coward punch” attacker accused of a brutal early morning party strip assault has been shackled by one rule.
- Yahoo Lifestyle
Aussies divided over 'crazy' sight in Bunnings aisle: 'It's ridiculous'
Bunnings' Christmas display in September has divided Aussies, with one labelling the move as 'crazy'. Read more.
- Sky News
Jon Bon Jovi helps 'distraught' woman to step away from ledge of Nashville bridge
Rock legend Jon Bon Jovi has been captured on camera helping to persuade a "distraught" woman to step away from the ledge of a bridge in Nashville. The US singer was reportedly filming a video for his band's track "The People's House" on the John Seigenthaler Pedestrian Bridge when the woman was spotted on the other side of the railings. CCTV footage, shared by local police, shows the Bon Jovi frontman and woman walking down the middle of the bridge on Tuesday evening.
- Australian Associated Press
Handyman jailed for 27 years for killing elderly woman
Stuart Paul Anderson will spend decades behind bars after a jury found him guilty of murdering a 77-year-old woman in her own home.
- BBC
Man jailed for murdering woman he paid for sex
Adam Watson suffocated and strangled Samantha Holden, who was later found dead by her son.
- NewsWire
Alleged Sydney crime figure’s big legal win
A man who police allege is a Sydney crime figure has had a big legal win and can now do one thing.
- The Independent
A serial killer is eligible for parole. He drank his victims blood, drew caricatures of them and confessed to multiple murders
Hadden Clark may not be as well known as Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer, but the serial killer – who admitted to drinking the blood of his victims, drew caricatures of his victims and confessed his crimes to his cellmate because he looked like Jesus – is just as terrifying. Andrea Cavallier reports
- Australian Associated Press
'Beyond comprehension': cop killed on memorial ride
A police officer visiting NSW from Queensland has died after his motorbike went down an embankment during a commemorative ride.
- The Independent
Intoxicated mom, arrested after 3-year-old’s death in hot car, had lost her sons to drunk-driver
Sandra Hernandez-Cazares, 42, of Anaheim, was charged with one felony count of involuntary manslaughter and child abuse causing great bodily injury
- Australian Associated Press
Gangland figure Mick Gatto facing extortion charges
Police are taking over extortion and blackmail charges first lodged by a restaurateur against underworld figure Mick Gatto.
- Evening Standard
Met Police officers who ‘handcuffed black schoolboy, 14, in mistaken identity search’ could be sacked
De-Shaun Joseph feared ‘he might die’ after being mistaken for a knifepoint street robber in Croydon
- CNN
An alleged Chinese agent went undetected in New York state government for years. Why it may have taken so long for authorities to act
Following Linda Sun’s firing in 2023 and a host of charges filed against her and her husband in an indictment unsealed this month, the New York state government is grappling with having employed an alleged agent for the Chinese government – and raising questions on why it took so long to bring charges.
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Rolf Harris’s widow Alwen Hughes dies aged 92
Hughes, a Welsh sculptress and jeweller, married Harris in 1958 and remained with her husband after he was convicted of indecent assault on girls.
- Australian Associated Press
Malaysia police rescue 400 minors over charity 'abuse'
Malaysian police say 402 children have been rescued after raids on 20 welfare homes linked to an Islamic business group in which minors were allegedly abused.
- CNN
How an empty apartment complex in Colorado became a national battleground over immigration
1568 Nome Street sits empty these days, with windows and doors boarded up and signs warning of danger posted outside. No one lives here anymore – the city of Aurora, Colorado, evicted several hundred tenants and shuttered the apartment complex last month, citing numerous code violations. But presidential candidate Donald Trump keeps bringing it up.