Texas man who claimed intellectual disability has been executed for the killing of a jogger decades ago
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas man who claimed intellectual disability has been executed for the killing of a jogger decades ago.
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The IndependentTeen 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
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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.
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Pope Slams Trump and Harris: Vote For ‘Lesser of Two Evils’
Pope Francis delivered a searing indictment of both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris Friday as he unexpectedly intervened in the presidential election.A reporter from CBS News asked the supreme pontiff what a Catholic voter should do when faced with one candidate who supports abortion rights and the other who advocates deporting millions of migrants. “They are both against life,” the Pope responded, “the one who throws away migrants and the one who kills children.”The Pope touched on two issues th
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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'Obsessed' Dad Accused Of Stalking, Killing His Sheriff's Deputy Daughter Before Fleeing U.S.
Police said text messages Hector Ramon Martinez-Ayala sent his 25-year-old daughter were "more of the nature of a jealous lover than a father.”
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Same-sex marriage was on a roll in Asia. Not anymore
Rainbow flags rippled in the wind as gay and lesbian couples walked down a makeshift aisle in Bangkok’s busy Siam shopping district, holding hands.
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Dr Yaser Jabbar: Child, 11, in wheelchair after surgery - as doctor accused of 'inappropriate' operations
The mother of a young girl treated by a surgeon accused of carrying out "inappropriate and unnecessary" operations has told Sky News her daughter had to use a wheelchair for nearly two years after surgery.
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Woman jailed for stalking victim while pretending to be a man
Adele Rennie, 33, from Kilmarnock, sent the victim an unwanted explicit image, a photo taken outside her workplace and a photo taken in her street.
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‘Evil’: Family shattered by killer pilot
The family of a murdered camper have described her killer’s conduct before and after her death as “wicked, evil and unconscionable”.
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Ex-nurse who posed as man to stalk Tinder match is jailed
Adele Rennie has been jailed for her third catfishing scam, in which she posed as a man to harass a woman online.
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Drug dealers jailed after boy, 15, trafficked
"This result has genuinely made children safer," says Cambridgeshire Police.
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Climate protesters are taking action against Big Oil. UK courts are handing them prison terms akin to rapists and thieves
The sentences are believed to be the longest in the UK’s history for non-violent protest and were delivered under two new laws that supercharged policing powers.
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Bulldogs attack big payout to sleazy volunteer's victim
The Bulldogs say a $5.9 million payout to a child sex abuse survivor is manifestly excessive as they try to overturn a jury's negligence verdict against them.
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Man freed under early prison release scheme allegedly sexually assaulted woman on same day
A man allegedly sexually assaulted a woman on the same day he was released from prison under the government's early release scheme. The former inmate appeared at a magistrate's court on Thursday charged with sexual assault. "While we cannot comment on the details of any single case, those who break their licence conditions or commit further crimes will be punished."
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Jay Blades: The Repair Shop presenter charged with engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour against wife
BBC star appeared in court in Kidderminster on Friday over alleged treatment of his estranged wife Lisa Zbozen
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Man jailed for raping girl, 14, in Rotherham alley 21 years ago, NCA says
Waleed Ali, 42, was investigated by the force’s probe into historic allegations of abuse in the Yorkshire town between 1997 and 2013.
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Paris Hilton Pleads for Adopted Teen Dumped By Christian Parents in Jamaica
The heiress and media personality Paris Hilton was among those voicing support this month for Elijah Goldman, a 17-year-old Michigan boy who was allegedly abandoned in Jamaica for months by his adoptive parents after the troubled-teen boarding school they shipped him off to was shuttered over horrific abuse claims.Elijah arrived home in Traverse City on Sept. 3, seven months after his school closed down. Mark and Spring Goldman, who adopted Elijah from Haiti at the age of 10, never arrived to co