Topic: Crime & Justice — Neutral reports only
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[2026-05-14 07:12 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Victoria Police say a shot was fired during the home invasion in Pakenham. (ABC News)
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[2026-05-14 07:11 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Kouri Richins put five times the lethal dose of fentanyl in her spouse’s drink, then wrote a children’s book about grief after he died
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[2026-05-14 07:11 UTC+10:00] [Valentine's Day] [Factuality: 100]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: Kouri Richins put five times the lethal dose of fentanyl in her spouse’s drink, then wrote a children’s book about grief after he died
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[2026-05-14 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The US state of Louisiana will hold several primary elections on Thursday, including for the United States Senate, the state’s Supreme Court, and a slate of local offices.
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[2026-05-14 07:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),
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[2026-05-14 06:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 95]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: Democrats have anointed themselves the defenders of democracy and protectors of the rule of law. For years, the liberal media has been more than willing to help push that narrative. But after the state Supreme Court struck down the Virginia gerrymander, the reaction from Democrats was so extreme that even their usual defenders couldn’t ignore how bad it looked.
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[2026-05-14 06:39 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The miscreant Rhamell Burke should never have been on the street to allegedly murder 76-year-old Ross Falzone. People like Burke should have been involuntarily committed ages ago (“NYC failed shove vic,” Frank Conti, May 13).
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[2026-05-14 06:25 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: 9News
Snippet: Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
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[2026-05-14 06:20 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: ABC News
Snippet: Thomas Carrick's parents are launching legal proceedings against the Australian Federal Police. (ABC News: Danielle Bonica)
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[2026-05-14 06:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Utah mom Kouri Richins — who killed her husband and then wrote a book about processing grief for their sons — was sentenced to life behind bars Wednesday after making a defiant, saccharine speech to the judge about how she had been persecuted.
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[2026-05-14 06:11 UTC+10:00] [National] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: Products & ServicesOpen Products & Services section
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[2026-05-14 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The Cavaliers held serve in their second-round series against the Pistons, pulling off two wins on their home court to tie the series and force Games 5 and 6.
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[2026-05-14 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Production for the third and final season of Good Omens had already started when showrunner Neil Gaiman was accused of sexual assault by multiple women. He stepped down from the show, though he is credited with co-writing the finale. It’s a big reason why we’re now presented this scaled-back 90-minute finale instead of a six-episode final season.
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[2026-05-14 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General Opinion] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Crime has increased progressively across the globe in recent years, with criminal syndicates employing more sophisticated methods in their criminal activities, and also in the intimidation of witnesses. Victims and witnesses may be reluctant to give information and evidence because of perceived or actual intimidation or threats against themselves or members of their family.
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[2026-05-14 06:00 UTC+10:00] [General Features] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: In a week filled with drama, investigations into the purchase of Airbus aircraft and related allegations of bribery and corruption took centre stage, leading to the death of former Sri Lankan Airlines Chief Executive Officer Kapila Chandrasena and the questioning of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
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[2026-05-14 05:59 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: “Politico’s Josh Gerstein illustrated precisely” this week how, if Democrats “try to pack the Supreme Court, the media would run cover for the enterprise,” flags National Review’s Charles C.W. Cooke. Gerstein noted Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s advice to Americans to “defend the judicial system against salvos that jeopardize its independence,” but then cited only President Trump’s attacks on the court.
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[2026-05-14 05:54 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The woman accused of opening fire on Rihanna’s Beverly Hills mansion with a high-powered rifle was ruled competent to stand trial on attempted murder charges during a bizarre court appearance in Los Angeles Wednesday.
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[2026-05-14 05:51 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Disgraced ex-Miramax boss Harvey Weinstein complained about chest pains Wednesday — just hours after the jury began deliberating in his third Manhattan sex crimes trial.
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[2026-05-14 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: In a landmark judgment with far-reaching implications for Sri Lanka’s university system, the Supreme Court has delivered one of the strongest judicial pronouncements yet on sexual harassment in academic institutions, workplace dignity, and institutional accountability.
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[2026-05-14 05:50 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Three suspects have been arrested yesterday (13) in connection with the incident of breaking into a house in the Bokutuyaya area of Mamadala South in Ambalantota killing one person and seriously injuring another.
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[2026-05-14 05:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: He is taking over as the world’s largest economy reels from repeated shocks, including inflation fuelled in part by the Iran war
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[2026-05-14 05:42 UTC+10:00] [Columbia] [Factuality: 92]
Source: South China Morning Post
Snippet: He is taking over as the world’s largest economy reels from repeated shocks, including inflation fuelled in part by the Iran war
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[2026-05-14 05:41 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The sole surviving son of disgraced legal scion Alex Murdaugh is furious over the “nightmare” decision to overturn his father’s convictions for murdering his mother and brother.
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[2026-05-14 05:34 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: The newly appointed Consul General-designate of Sri Lanka in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, former Court of Appeal Judge M.T. Mohamed Laffar assumed duties in Jeddah on May 11.
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[2026-05-14 05:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: A private school bus and a SLTB bus collided in the Polgahamulla area of Dickwella yesterday (13) morning, resulting in a bus driver and three schoolchildren sustaining minor injuries, Dickwella Police said. The school bus was transporting schoolchildren from Ambalantota and the SLTB bus was heading towards Kataragama, when the accident occurred.
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[2026-05-14 05:30 UTC+10:00] [Local] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Daily News
Snippet: Unauthorised constructions along the coastline from Habaraduwa town to the Pradeshiya Sabha crematorium in Koggala were removed by the Coast Conservation Authority, under strict police protection yesterday morning (13).
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[2026-05-14 05:27 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Manila Times
Snippet: COLUMBIA, S.C. — Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions and life sentence for the deaths of his wife and son were overturned Wednesday by the South Carolina Supreme Court because the court clerk at his trial suggested he was guilty.
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[2026-05-14 05:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: An incendiary article published by the New York Times, which alleges horrific widespread rape of Palestinians at the hands of Israeli prison guards and soldiers, has been slammed by experts — who say that it lacks legitimate evidence and is the type of cartoonishly evil propaganda that would make “Goebbels blush.”
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[2026-05-14 05:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Neo-Nazi cult leader Michail Chkhikvishvili — whose propaganda inspired real-world bloodshed, including a deadly Nashville school shooting — was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison by a New York federal judge who called his crimes “extraordinarily serious.”
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[2026-05-14 05:19 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Eccentric billionaire Stephen Cloobeck’s friends tried to warn him to break off the relationship with his fiancée long before he was arrested on suspicion of witness tampering and threats involving her criminal case, the California Post has learned.
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[2026-05-14 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: A Jewish community security team passed intelligence to NSW Police about an Islamic fundamentalist network and identified Naveed Akram as a close associate years before his alleged Islamic State-inspired attack in Bondi, a leaked email suggests.
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[2026-05-14 05:00 UTC+10:00] [National / NSW] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Age
Snippet: The NSW prison population has hit record highs with more than 14,000 people in custody, fuelled by a surge in those charged with domestic violence awaiting trial or sentencing.
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[2026-05-14 04:58 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Middle East Eye
Snippet: The first deportations passed almost unnoticed: a few labourers returning unexpectedly to their villages and towns across Pakistan, without luggage or prior warning to their families.
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[2026-05-14 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: An unknown thief snatched the 800-year-old skull believed to be of Saint Zdislava of Lemberk from a display box in a church in the northern Czech Republic and ran away with the relic, the Police of the Czech Republic said in a Tuesday statement.
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[2026-05-14 04:48 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A mom was arrested after she got so plastered and belligerent on an international flight that she punched and bit a flight attendant, a court in the UK has heard.
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[2026-05-14 04:42 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Former Philadelphia Eagles defensive lineman Kevin Johnson was killed inside a homeless encampment earlier this year in a gruesome and horrific manner, officials revealed.
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[2026-05-14 04:35 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: One of the country’s most buzzy murder cases of the decade has resurfaced.
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[2026-05-14 04:33 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Philippine Senate was locked down with military personnel seen entering the building where a senator wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) had sought refuge.
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[2026-05-14 04:32 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: The Jerusalem Post
Snippet: When Palestinian-Syrian journalist Qusai Amameh published a report on the redevelopment of Damascus’ Mount Qasioun - a project involving plans for a five-star hotel and luxury commercial complex overlooking the capital - he expected debate over corruption, transparency, and reconstruction priorities.
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[2026-05-14 04:28 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: A man involved in the overdose death of Friends star Matthew Perry has been sentenced to two years in prison, US media report.
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[2026-05-14 04:24 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 90]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A creep who tried to rape a Central Park sunbather was slapped with a 13-year prison sentence Wednesday as the resilient victim recalled how the attack tore her “from spaces in the city I used to love.”
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[2026-05-14 04:19 UTC+10:00] [Matthew Perry] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Guardian Australia
Snippet: Erik Fleming was sentenced in Los Angeles court after previously pleading guilty over the Friends actor’s 2023 death
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[2026-05-14 04:15 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: The drug addiction counselor who delivered fatal doses of ketamine to actor Matthew Perry was sentenced to two years in prison Wednesday over the beloved “Friends” star’s death.
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[2026-05-14 04:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: BBC News
Snippet: The Metropolitan Police has warned that it is preparing for potential violence and hate speech crimes across two protests in London this Saturday.
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[2026-05-14 04:07 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: A disgraced former Brooklyn Supreme Court justice and a shady real estate developer scammed investors in a $6.5 million scheme and pocketed nearly all the cash, federal prosecutors claim.
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[2026-05-14 03:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: A Florida Highway Patrol car guards the entrance to the “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center Monday, May 11, 2026, in Ochopee, Fla. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)
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[2026-05-14 03:55 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Zero Hedge
Snippet: At least a dozen gunshots rang out inside the Philippine Senate building in Manila earlier on Wednesday as police and marines moved to arrest Senator Ronald "Bato" Dela Rosa on an International Criminal Court warrant for alleged crimes against humanity linked to former President Rodrigo Duterte's brutal war on drugs, a campaign that left more than 6,000 suspected drug dealers dead in operations.
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[2026-05-14 03:40 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: New York Post
Snippet: Utah children’s book author Kouri Richins pulled incredulous faces as her relatives – including her young sons – begged a judge at her sentencing to keep her locked up for the rest of her life for fatally poisoning husband Eric Richins.
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[2026-05-14 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: AP News
Snippet: Alex Murdaugh, convicted of killing his wife, Maggie, and younger son, Paul, in June 2021, listens during a hearing on the motion for a retrial, Jan. 16, 2024, at the Richland County Judicial Center in Columbia, S.C. (Gavin McIntyre/The Post and Courier via AP, Pool, File)
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[2026-05-14 03:38 UTC+10:00] [General] [Factuality: 100]
Source: Al Jazeera
Snippet: The state Supreme Court in South Carolina has overturned the murder conviction against lawyer Alex Murdaugh, whose case has become a source of public fascination in the United States.
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