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This image made from bodycamera video released by the Childersburg (Ala.) Police Department and provided by attorney Harry Daniels shows Michael Jennings, left, watering flowers in Childersburg, Ala., May 22, 2022. (Childersburg Police Department via AP, File)
Police launch manhunt after man shot at Melbourne shopping strip
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· Emily McPherson
[Brahma Chellaney] US shows China how to seize Taiwan
Since returning to office last year, US President Donald Trump has ordered military strikes from the Caribbean and eastern Pacific to Africa and the Middle East, targeting alleged drug-smuggling boats and suspected terrorist groups. He has attacked Venezuela and kidnapped its leader, Nicolas Maduro. And he has joine…
· Korea Herald
Here’s what happens next for Kouri Richins, the black widow children’s book author
Kouri Richins, the Utah children’s book author is facing life in prison after she was convicted of murdering her husband — but that’s not the end of her legal woes.
· Priscilla DeGregory
Woman who published book about grief after husband’s death found guilty in his killing
Defendant Kouri Richins, left, accused of poisoning her husband in March 2022, listens to closing arguments in Third District Court, Monday, March 16, 2026, in Park City, Utah. (David Jackson/Pool Photo via AP)
Judge orders Texas to extend school voucher deadline in response to lawsuit from Islamic schools
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Texas to extend the application deadline for private school vouchers until March 31 due to the state’s exclusion of Islamic schools from the program.
CCTV released, police seek three more men over Sydney grandfather’s death
NSW Police have released CCTV footage of three more men as they appeal for public assistance into the kidnapping and murder of Sydney grandfather Chris Baghsarian last month.
· Jamie Berry
Dillon Brooks’ erratic driving could cause ‘catastrophic collision’ weeks before DUI arrest: Police report
Just weeks before Dillon Brooks was arrested for DUI earlier this month, cops in Arizona expressed serious concern about the NBA player’s driving.
· Edward Lewis
MTA sues Trump administration over subway funding
Metropolitan Transportation Authority workers are seen during a media tour of subway tunnels built in the 1970s that will be part of the Second Ave Subway expansion project, Nov. 23, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Vatican City appeals court overturns conviction against Cardinal Angelo Becciu in ‘trial of the century’
ROME — The Vatican appeals tribunal declared a mistrial Tuesday in the Holy See’s big “trial of the century,” a stunning blow to both Pope Francis’ legacy and Vatican prosecutors who had put a cardinal and several other people on trial over alleged financial crimes.
· Associated Press
SLBFE reimburses foreign job fraud victims Rs.194.5 Mn in five months - DailyNews
The Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) said that they filed legal action against individuals and unlicensed job agencies who engaged in fraudulent foreign job activities during the past five months from October of last year up to February of this year, 2026 and recovered Rs.194.5 million on behalf of the…
· Gayan Abeykoon
Suspects in brutal antisemitic attack on Israeli-American diners shared chilling clips with assault rifles
The three suspects accused of brutally assaulting two Israeli-Americans at a diner in San Jose in an alleged antisemitic attack posted chilling photos and videos of themselves with high-powered guns.
· Zain Khan
Chief Justice Roberts calls for personal criticism of judges to stop
John Roberts, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, speaks during lecture to the Georgetown Law School graduating class of 2025, in Washington, May 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
· Mark Sherman
New CCTV images released over kidnapping and murder of Chris Baghsarian
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· Richard Wood
Oregon man allegedly confesses to killing 11-month-old son — after spinning phony tale of boy’s disappearance
An Oregon man allegedly confessed to killing his 11-month-old son – after initially spinning a phony tale for police about how the boy went missing.
· Georgia Worrell
New CCTV released over alleged Chris Baghsarian murder
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett confirms security team member killed by Dallas police in standoff
Primary candidate for U.S. Senate Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, speaks during a campaign event in Richardson, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
· Ayden Runnels The Texas Tribune
Tennessee family's lawsuit over use of force by police and paramedics dismissed
Karen Goodwin holds a photograph of her son, Austin Hunter Turner, Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, in Bristol, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)
· Kristin M Hall
'Lacks rationality': Japanese court rules on women's right to sterilisation
Plaintiffs Hisui Tatsuta, Kazane Kajiya, Reino Sato and "Chifumi" each had different reasons for wanting to undergo sterilisation procedures. (Supplied: Maki Amemori)
‘I don’t distance myself from the IRA’: Gerry Adams brings his ‘dead true’ denials to court | Esther Addley
Former politician tells court he was never a member of the IRA in case brought by survivors of republican bombings
· Estheraddley
'A slow burning disaster': National court transcript service calls in administrators
VIQ Solutions were responsible for court transcripts around the country, including the Federal Circuit and Family Court. (ABC News: Millie Roberts, Patrick Thomas)
· Heidi Davoren
Jurors must decide whether ex-FirstEnergy executives paid $4.3 million bribe
Defense attorney Carole Rendon, for former FirstEnergy CEO Chuck Jones, delivers her closing arguments in Jones’ trial in Summit County Common Pleas Judge Susan Baker Ross’s courtroom in Akron on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (Mike Cardew/Akron Beacon Journal via AP, Pool)
· Patrick Aftoora Orsagos
A federal judge brings RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine crusade to a halt
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. enters the House Chamber before President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
· Ali Swenson
One airlifted to hospital after Georgia VA clinic shooting, police say
JASPER, Ga. (AP) — Police in Georgia said they were responding to a shooting Tuesday at a VA clinic, and at least one person was airlifted to the hospital.
· Emilie Megnien
Frontier Airlines calls police to enforce $99 fee after passengers miss flight due to long TSA lines
A group of passengers at the Orlando Airport are claiming that the check-in counter line for their Frontier Airlines flight caused them to miss their January 16 flights, as reported by A View from the Wing.
· Allison Lax
Belgian court orders trial of former diplomat in Patrice Lumumba killing
Portrait of independence leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo Patrice Lumumba during a press conference in Leopoldville (today Kinshasa), Congo, on June 16, 1960. (AP Photo, File)
Cocaine, ‘The White Party’ and a boys’ club: Former employees speak about the Catalano work culture
Years before Antony Catalano made headlines, charged with assault, false imprisonment and making threats to kill a woman, he oversaw a “boy’s club” culture at real estate listing company Domain, in which female colleagues were routinely referred to as “doll” and “babe” and cocaine was flagrantly abused at work events.
· Lucy Macken, Kishor Napier-Raman
Northern Ireland’s Gerry Adams tells bombings trial he was never in IRA
The ex-Sinn Fein leader is being sued in a civil case at London’s High Court by 3 people injured in UK bombings during the 1970s and 1990s
· Reuters
Alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer on crutches after mystery ‘health issues’ in prison: lawyer
The Long Island architect accused of killing seven sex workers in the Gilgo Beach murders is hobbling around in crutches behind bars with mysterious “health issues,” his lawyer said Tuesday.
· Brandon Cruz, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
Michael Kay puzzled by Aaron Judge’s interesting World Series dig after WBC win
It didn’t take long for Aaron Judge’s WBC comments to reverberate through the Bronx.
· Cooper Albers
Two men appear in Nairobi court charged with illegally trading in ants
A Chinese national and his Kenyan co-accused have been charged before a Nairobi court over the alleged illegal trade in live ants.
· AfricaNews
Man once eyed in disappearance of missing California teen now charged with murder
STOCKTON, Calif. — California authorities have arrested a 28-year-old man in connection with the 2019 disappearance of 17-year-old Victoria Marquina, a high schooler from Sutter Creek.
· Fox News
Ex-Belgian diplomat ordered to stand trial over murder of Congo’s Lumumba
A 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat has been ordered by a Brussels court to stand trial over the assassination of Congo’s first prime minister and anti-colonial icon, Patrice Lumumba, in 1961.
· Edna Mohamed
Bank of America settles Epstein victims' lawsuit for an undisclosed amount
This photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP, File)
· Larry Neumeister
Florida Republican student group sues university after suspension over Nazi salute post
The University of Florida campus group says the suspension over an off-campus post violated free speech
· Richardluscombe
Details of Alabama hoops star Aden Holloway’s arrest emerge: Two pounds of pot and a two-word excuse
For someone that “only smokes,” a little over two pounds of marijuana was found by police in Aden Holloway’s apartment on Monday morning.
· Bridget Reilly
Interior Ministry Issues Arrest Warrant for Meduza Editor-in-Chief
Russia’s Interior Ministry has issued an arrest warrant for Ivan Kolpakov, the editor-in-chief of the exiled news outlet Meduza.
· The Moscow Times
Trump is showing China how to seize Taiwan
TOKYO — Since returning to office last year, United States President Donald Trump has ordered military strikes from the Caribbean and eastern Pacific to Africa and the Middle East, targeting alleged drug-smuggling boats and suspected terrorist groups. He has attacked Venezuela and kidnapped its leader Nicolás Maduro…
· Brahma Chellaney
Alleged Bondi Beach killer's mother received death threats, court told
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· The Manila Times
Belgian ex-diplomat to stand trial over Patrice Lumumba death
A 93-year-old former Belgian diplomat was ordered on Tuesday to stand trial over the 1961 killing of Congolese independence icon Patrice Lumumba, in a decision hailed as a major step towards confronting the country's colonial past.
· AfricaNews
2 men found with hundreds of ants are charged with illegal animal trade in Kenya
Kenyan wildlife officers sort live queen garden ants being exhibited in court as Zhang Kequn, a Chinese national and Charles Mwangi, a Kenyan citizen, face charges for smuggling them through Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, March 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Kasuku)
· Desmond Tiro
Being in Sinn Féin not the same as being in the IRA, Gerry Adams tells high court
Party’s former leader, who is being sued for symbolic damages, says opponents have repeatedly tried to conflate Sinn Féin and IRA
· Haroonsiddique
FSB Arrests Krasnodar Region Health Minister for Alleged Fraud
Russia’s FSB security service has arrested the health minister of the southern Krasnodar region on suspicion of fraud, the state-run news agency TASS reported Tuesday.
· The Moscow Times
Trevor Paglen Selected as the 2026 LG Guggenheim Award Recipient
SEOUL, South Korea, March 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- LG and Guggenheim New York proudly announce Trevor Paglen as the 2026 LG Guggenheim Award recipient. Paglen is the fourth artist to be recognized as part of the LG Guggenheim Art and Technology Initiative, a five-year, multifaceted collaboration designed to research…
· PRNEWSWIRE
Belgian court sends ex-diplomat, 93, to trial over 1961 murder of Congo leader
Étienne Davignon is charged with participation in war crimes in relation to killing of then PM Patrice Lumumba
· Jennifer Rankin
Man charged in pipe bomb case says he should be covered by Trump's blanket pardons
This image from video contained in a Justice Department court filing shows Brian J. Cole Jr., being interrogated by FBI investigators in Woodbridge, Va., Dec. 4, 2025. (Justice Department via AP)
· Michael Kunzelman
French Rugby Federation files lawsuit after cyberattack targets license owners
Antoine Dupont of France holds the trophy aloft after clinching the title after winning the Six Nations rugby union match between France and England in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Vatican appeals court declares mistrial in 'trial of the century'
ROME (AP) — The Vatican appeals tribunal declared a mistrial Tuesday in the Holy See’s big “trial of the century,” a stunning blow to both Pope Francis’ legacy and Vatican prosecutors who had put a cardinal and several other people on trial over alleged financial crimes.
· Nicole Winfield
The IRS may owe you a pandemic tax refund: How to check if you’re eligible
Millions of Americans may be eligible for a tax refund thanks to a recent court decision that found taxpayers should not have been charged late penalties during the COVID-19 pandemic.
· Taylor Herzlich