Reported cases of human trafficking increased by 12 per cent last financial year, Australian Federal Police data reveals. That included 109 reports of human trafficking, 91 of forced marriage, 69 of forced labour, 59 of sexual exploitation, four of slavery and one report of organ trafficking. The AFP attributed the significant rise in reporting in … Read more
Justin Timberlake’s drinking buddy was reportedly allowed by police to drive the pop star’s car home after he was arrested on charges of driving while under the influence. The 43-year-old’s friends are said to have intervened after he was pulled over on June 18 for running a stop sign and swerving into the wrong lane … Read more
A man who stabbed a sleeping 17-year-old to death because he believed he had raped his sister will spend at least the next decade in jail. Ned Gronow was stabbed 12 times as he slept in his northern NSW home in the early hours of June 25, 2022. Gronow’s mother, who was also sleeping nearby, … Read more
PASADENA, Calif. — Former longtime “General Hospital” actor Haley Pullos was sentenced to five years of probation Monday after pleading guilty to felony drunken driving and serving three months in jail. Pullos, 26, was also sentenced in a Los Angeles County court in Pasadena to 200 hours of community service. The judge ordered her to … Read more
One of the men convicted of abducting and raping Sydney bank teller Janine Balding before her murder in the late 1980s has been returned to jail, where a magistrate says he best belongs. Wayne Wilmot, 51, was placed under strict conditions when he left jail earlier in 2024, including requirements that he be subject to … Read more
SANTA FE, N.M. — A special prosecutor is opposing a request by a former movie armorer that she be released from prison while seeking a new trial and appeal of her involuntary manslaughter conviction in a 2021 shooting on the set of the film “Rust.” Kari Morrissey wrote in a response brief filed Friday that … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size British police arrested a 17-year-old male after at least eight people were stabbed in a town in northwest England on Monday, with witnesses telling local media that they had seen bleeding young children being treated by paramedics at the scene. Merseyside Police said armed police had arrested the suspect and seized a … Read more
Andrew Left, founder and CEO of Citron Research Adam Jeffery | CNBC The activist short seller Andrew Left surrendered in Los Angeles on Monday to face federal criminal securities fraud charges, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office there said. Left, 54, is scheduled to appear before Magistrate Judge Rozella Oliver in U.S. District Court … Read more
An aerial view of homes in a housing development on September 08, 2023 in Santa Clarita, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images As renewable energy generation expands across the U.S., the federal government is becoming more concerned about vulnerabilities in new systems being a target for cyberattacks. The FBI recently warned … Read more
Donna Thornell cannot stand to hear the words, “you never know what’s going on behind closed doors”. Thornell could see what was happening to her daughter Kristy Armstrong in the lead-up to her domestic violence death in 2023. Once a fun-loving mum, Armstrong grew anxious as her ex-husband lashed out, smashed her possessions, withheld money … Read more
