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MELBOURNE — Australian mushroom killer Erin Patterson's lawyers said Wednesday the jury was not properly sequestered in her trial as they sought to overturn her conviction in a triple-murder case that sparked a worldwide media frenzy.
A man in his 30s has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to murder a couple at a motel in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province, police said Wednesday.
A 17-year-old driver has been handed multiple charges after being caught allegedly drink driving with seven passengers at the Gold Coast.
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- An appeals court on Wednesday increased former National Intelligence Service (NIS) Director Cho Tae-yong's sentence to 2 1/2 years in prison on charges linked to former President Yoon Suk Yeol's 2024 martial law bid.
The US imposed sanctions Tuesday on the International Criminal Court's president and a senior trial lawyer at the court, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
A member of Tupac Shakur's entourage was combative in testimony during the second day of the rapper's murder trial, decrying being forced to take the stand and identify those responsible for Shakur's death.
(2nd LD) Lee proposes dialogue with N. Korea to officially end Korean War, halt Pyongyang's nuclear program
Oakland, California – Meta knowingly hooked and exploited children, a U.S. federal court heard Tuesday in a trial against the social media giant on charges that it deliberately made Instagram and Facebook addictive to young users.
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- A man has been booked for allegedly sexually assaulting a part-timer at his home after hiring her for makeup services via online secondhand marketplace Karrot, police said Wednesday.
The 31-year-old previously pleaded guilty to role in laundering illicit funds for outfit with ties to Mexican cartels
The 31-year-old previously pleaded guilty to role in laundering illicit funds for outfit with ties to Mexican cartels
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Niel Lake, Tristan Stanley and Tony David, who were all impacted by the tainted blood scandal, have been waiting decades for justice. (Australian Story: Greg Nelson)
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The Comanchero outlaw bikie gang is suspected of seeking to build a construction empire in Victoria via union-backed front companies and by infiltrating CFMEU ranks, according to law enforcement intelligence aired at a Queensland inquiry.
ICC. Exterior view of the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, on December 9, 2025.
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A former US Department of Justice attorney has said the Trump administration's probes of US universities over accusations of antisemitism lacked evidence and had predetermined outcomes.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions against International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane of Japan and another senior official as part of its campaign against the body that it accuses of being "politicized."
Russian-led plot was exposed when participants sent trial packages carrying GPS trackers through Ukrainian and German post. What we know on day 1,638
Hakeem Jeffries has developed a habit of saying out loud what his party once preferred to keep vague.
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Yonhap) -- Renowned veteran actor Hwang Jung-min will face a formal civil trial against a woman who claims to have had a private relationship with him after rejecting a court-ordered mediation, judicial officials said Wednesday.
The woman at the centre of the sexual assault allegations engulfing the Sydney Swans has completed a formal statement to police about what occurred in the East Melbourne hotel room on Monday morning.
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Murder trial of Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis, 63, former South Side Compton Crips gang leader, opens in Las Vegas
Derek Chauvin's legal team filed a new court petition Tuesday morning seeking to dismiss the charges against the former Minneapolis police officer and vacate his convictions, arguing that the case that sent him to prison for the death of George Floyd rested on a foundation that never had legal standing to begin with.
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Sydney has suspended Riley Bice, Nick Blakey, Isaac Heeney, James Jordon and Chad Warner for the remainder of the 2026 AFL season.
Victorian court of appeal to consider whether triple murder and attempted murder guilty verdicts should be quashed
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Three sanitation workers were killed early Wednesday when a dump truck collided with their garbage truck at an intersection in Yeongcheon, North Gyeongsang Province, police said.
Convicted murderer Erin Patterson is today seeking to have her conviction overturned, while Crown prosecutors will seek to have her sentence increased and the prospect of parole removed.
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Dr. David Morens, the longtime senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, pleaded guilty in Greenbelt federal court on Tuesday to conspiracy to commit offenses and to defraud the United States (18 U.S.C. § 371). The plea caps a records scandal that began with hi…
Police report shows Brian Hickerson and his brother, Zach Hickerson, were at Greenville, South Carolina, residence
Opening statements are set to kick off Tuesday in a pivotal trial for Meta Platforms in a California federal court, where states are seeking billions of dollars in damages for social media harms to children. (AP Video: Terry Chea)
The Mossawa Center for Arab Citizens in Israel demanded on Tuesday that an immediate investigation be opened into police conduct during a Saturday night raid on a private wedding at the home of the Mustafa al-Afan family in Umm al-Fahm.
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Police were called to a house in Beenleigh on Tuesday afternoon. (Supplied)
Minnesota’s attorney general is suing the governor of Texas to force the extradition of a federal agent charged with shooting and wounding a man during President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Tuesday new sanctions against International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane and Senior Trial Lawyer Abdoulaye Seye as tensions flare between the court and the Trump administration.
Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen lashed out at the Trump administration on Tuesday after Washington sanctioned two senior officials at the International Criminal Court over probes targeting alleged Israeli crimes in Gaza.
Lawyers for Meta have been defending the company this year against several major lawsuits.
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — The powerful earthquake that killed hundreds of people in western Colombia caused $9.57 billion in economic losses, President Abelardo de la Espriella said on Tuesday, issuing a preliminary estimate.
OAKLAND — Meta knowingly hooked and exploited children, a federal court heard Tuesday in the trial of the social media giant on charges that it deliberately made Instagram and Facebook addictive to young users.
Dear Comcast customers: The internet gateway in your living room is now a motion sensor. It's free of charge, and the data can go to law enforcement without further notice. What's more, researchers have already shown that these same signals can identify exactly who is in the room.
Bolivia has arrested a prominent adviser to several right-wing political leaders in Latin America on suspicion of plotting a murder.