Jury finds ex-politician guilty of murder in 2022 killing of Las Vegas investigative reporter
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jury finds ex-politician guilty of murder in 2022 killing of Las Vegas investigative reporter.
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There's a booming market growing in popularity with now another opportunity on offer to grab a slice of Australian motoring history.
- The Independent
Boyfriend accused of fatally stabbing teen partner with sword after ‘hitting didn’t work’
Shane Curry was found curled up with the lifeless body of Nevaeh Goddard with a sword and kitchen knife in the room, police said
- Sky News
Man jailed 21 years on from raping 14-year-old girl in alley - after victim came forward to Rotherham sex abuse probe
A man has been jailed after raping a 14-year-old girl in an alleyway in Rotherham 21 years ago. Waleed Ali, 42, was sentenced to five years in prison after jurors found him guilty of raping a girl under 16 at Sheffield Crown Court on Friday, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said. Ali, of Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire, was arrested and interviewed in September 2021 after a woman told Operation Stovewood officers she had been attacked when she was 14 years old and had not reported it before.
- CNN
A father was killed in a Missouri bar brawl. His twin daughters’ podcast helped lead to an arrest 35 years later
On October 13, 1989, Jimmie Wade Martin went for a drink at his neighborhood bar in Bonne Terre, Missouri. His bloodied body was later found nearby, but no assailant was ever convicted. So years later, his twin daughters began investigating the case themselves.
- BBC
Organised crime group sentenced after drugs bust
Twelve members of a gang are sentenced for flooding a town with Class A drugs.
- NewsWire
Chaos as truck crashes into iconic train
Passengers have been pulled off The Ghan after a truck smashed into the iconic train near Alice Springs.
- BBC
Kidnapped and trafficked twice - a sex worker's life in Sierra Leone
BBC Africa Eye focuses on the horrors of the lives of sex workers in the West African state.
- NewsWire
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”.
- Australian Associated Press
Hundreds of child sex offenders tracked in airports
Authorities closely followed hundreds of convicted and suspected child sex offenders through airports and warned other countries of their travel plans.
- BBC
Police close home over child exploitation concerns
It follows concerns from neighbours about violence, anti-social behaviour and child exploitation.
- CNN
A doctor cared for generations of families. Now dozens of women say he also abused them
The doctor lost his medical license but, after a criminal investigation did not lead to charges, former patients got together to sue him.
- The Independent
Former employee of Trump shooting suspect recalls police standoff and penchant for ‘stupid’ behavior
EXCLUSIVE: “I don’t know what he was thinking,” Tina Cooper told The Independent of former employer Ryan Wesley Routh, who is accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump. She’d worked for Routh in 2002 when he’d been arrested after a three-hour long police standoff
- NewsWire
‘Pathetic’: Albo lashed as housing fight looms
The Prime Minister has been accused of “pathetic and childish” behaviour when it comes to the nation’s housing crisis.
- Sky video
Donald Trump: What we know about the gunman after shots heard at golf course - as FBI investigate 'apparent assassination attempt'
The suspect who has been arrested in connection with an "apparent assassination attempt" on Donald Trump has been named.
- NewsWire
Horror as shot fired in road rage incident
Brave bystanders jumped into action after a shot was allegedly fired in a road rage incident, while an investigation remains ongoing.
- BBC
A stolen skull, a severed statue and an Australian city divided
Hobart is grappling with the legacy of a surgeon who allegedly mutilated an Aboriginal man's remains.
- BBC
'Catastrophe' as deadly floods hit Central and Eastern Europe
Torrential rain from Storm Boris has swelled rivers across central and eastern Europe, with one person confirmed to have drowned in Poland.
- CNN
Shanghai slammed by Typhoon Bebinca, strongest storm to hit in seven decades
Shanghai was brought to a standstill on Monday morning by what authorities say was the strongest typhoon to directly hit the Chinese financial hub in more than seven decades, with flights, trains and highways suspended during a national holiday.
- BBC
Four charged after suspected cocaine found on boat
The group were arrested on Friday after Border Force officers intercepted the vessel.
- Australian Associated Press
'Unexceptional': CFMEU organiser's rant reveals all
Violence and intimidation were so prevalent in the construction arm of the CFMEU's Victorian branch that aggressive threats caught on video were 'commonplace'.