Boy, 17, charged with murder over stabbing deaths at Taylor Swift-themed UK dance class

Boy, 17, charged with murder over stabbing deaths at Taylor Swift-themed UK dance class

A 17-year-old male already in custody has been charged with murder over the deaths of three young girls in a frenzied knife attack in Southport, England, which unleashed demonstrations in London with echoes of blame on immigrants. The teen will be remanded in custody and will appear at Liverpool Magistrates Court on Thursday, police said … Read more

Auto Exec Jailed For Dropping Baby From Window Over Fears Motherhood Would Ruin Career

Auto Exec Jailed For Dropping Baby From Window Over Fears Motherhood Would Ruin Career

Ex-Porsche lawyer Katarina Jovanovic has been convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to more than seven years in prison after they dropped their newborn baby from a window. The executive claimed to not know they were pregnant and feared that having the baby could derail their career. I Need A Car That Will Fit My Drums … Read more

Nursing home inspections across New Mexico find at least one violation in 88% of facilities

Nursing home inspections across New Mexico find at least one violation in 88% of facilities

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Recent unannounced inspections of nursing homes across New Mexico found at least one violation in 88% of them, authorities said Wednesday. State health officials said just 11 of the 91 assisted living facilities received a perfect score, while 55 got a 90% rating. Four nursing homes — two each in Albuquerque and … Read more

Now A Sovereign Citizen Is Claiming He Doesn’t Need A Pilot’s License Or Registered Aircraft To Fly

Now A Sovereign Citizen Is Claiming He Doesn’t Need A Pilot’s License Or Registered Aircraft To Fly

Sovereign Citizens are a zany bunch who think the Constitution allows them to live free of laws, including driving without a driver’s licenses or registration. You don’t want to share the roads with such drivers, but a pilot in Alaska is making these same arguments this week about his lack of pilot’s license or aircraft … Read more

9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad cuts plea deal

9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad cuts plea deal

In a file photo Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged Sept. 11 mastermind, is seen shortly after his capture during a raid in Pakistan Saturday March 1, 2003, in this photo obtained by the Associated Press. AP Photo Accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad and two other men charged with plotting the Sept. 11, 2001, terror … Read more

Accused mastermind of 9/11 terror attacks to plead guilty: Pentagon – National

Accused mastermind of 9/11 terror attacks to plead guilty: Pentagon – National

By Ellen Knickmeyer The Associated Press Posted July 31, 2024 6:31 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The man accused of being the main plotter in al-Qaeda’s Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has agreed to plead guilty, the U.S. Defense Department said Wednesday. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two accomplices in … Read more

Data shows violent crime up since 2015. Police say it’s not the full story – National

Data shows violent crime up since 2015. Police say it’s not the full story – National

Newly released data on the rise of violent crime across Canada only tells part of the story, a national police organization says. The volume and severity of police-reported crime has been on “an upward trend that began in 2015,” Statistics Canada said in a report released last week. The violent crime severity index “remained virtually … Read more

Former British TV presenter Huw Edwards pleads guilty to indecent child images

Former British TV presenter Huw Edwards pleads guilty to indecent child images

Former British TV presenter Huw Edwards, the long-time face of the BBC’s flagship news program, has pleaded guilty to three counts of making indecent pictures of children. Edwards was the BBC’s highest-paid journalist and top news anchor until he quit in April following allegations he had paid a young person thousands of pounds for sexually … Read more

South Carolina Supreme Court rules state death penalty including firing squad is legal

South Carolina Supreme Court rules state death penalty including firing squad is legal

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina can execute death row inmates by firing squad, lethal injection or the electric chair, the state’s high court ruled Wednesday, opening the door to restart executions after more than a decade. All five justices agreed with at least part of the ruling. But two of the justices said they felt … Read more

Canadian sentenced to 5 years in prison for terrorism offences in U.K.

Canadian sentenced to 5 years in prison for terrorism offences in U.K.

A Canadian national was sentenced to five years in prison by a British court on Tuesday for participating in a terrorist organization that has been linked to deadly attacks in the U.K. Khaled Hussein, a Canadian citizen and resident of Edmonton, was sentenced alongside Anjem Choudary, a British citizen, in London’s Woolwich Crown Court a … Read more