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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.
Two people were killed and one person was injured in an Israeli raid on the town of Al-Abbasiya, in southern Lebanon’s Tyre district, Lebanon’s National News Agency is reporting.
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)
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 Michigan woman was arrested and then rushed to the hospital after she stole a bottle of wine and hid it inside a “body cavity,” cops said.
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.
Most of the offences were committed while the accused was working at a hospital near Berlin, the prosecutor’s office says
Most of the offences were committed while the accused was working at a hospital near Berlin, the prosecutor’s office says
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)
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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French prosecutors have requested a seven‑year prison sentence for former president Nicolas Sarkozy in his appeal trial over allegations that his 2007 presidential campaign received illegal funding from Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya — a case that has become one of the most explosive political‑financial scandals of France’…
NYU Langone Health has been slapped with a federal grand jury subpoena from the Justice Department, which is attempting to collect information about the extent of the hospital network’s involvement in providing transgender surgeries for minor patients since 2020.
FILE- Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the appeals courthouse in Paris, France, Monday, March 16, 2026, for his trial over alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
KYIV — Russia's parliament approved a bill that allows President Vladimir Putin to order the invasion of foreign countries during a session on Wednesday.
At least six people have been killed and dozens injured in “one of the longest, massive Russian attacks against Ukraine”, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, despite renewed claims from the Russian and United States presidents that the war may be nearing an end.
Rwanda's former first lady Agathe Habyarimana will appeal last week's court ruling that overturned a 2025 decision to dismiss an investigation into her role in the 1994 genocide.
Property News: Australia's most popular suburbs in every capital city.
Patriots rookie Quintayvious Hutchins was arraigned Wednesday morning in Newton District Court (Mass.) on charges of assault and battery on a family/household member, per court documents cited by masslive.com.
NEW YORK (AP) — Decades after the last “Godfather” movie and more than 10 years since the last “Godfather” novel, the story of the Corleone crime family has a new chapter, presented for the first time from a woman’s point of view.
Members from the National Guard working as part of the Memphis Safe Task Force conduct a community safety patrol at Tom Lee Park, Oct. 12, 2025, in Memphis, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)
A SOCO team arrives at the Senate. A PNP officer said they were called to investigate the "crime scene." He did not elaborate.
The head of the UN’s maritime organisation has said that a “handful” of crew changes had been possible for ships stranded in the Strait of Hormuz meaning tens of thousands remain on board.
MANILA, Philippines — The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Wednesday night clarified that the Marines seen inside the Senate were in fact part of the regular security detail following confusions about their presence following the shooting inside the building.
Alex Murdaugh’s murder convictions were sensationally overturned by the South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday — but he will not be released from prison any time soon.
Kouri Richins was convicted for lacing her husband’s cocktail with five times the lethal dose of fentanyl
Neighbours have described a man who died after a police shooting as "harmless" and "polite".
Former Ukrainian president’s chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, right, is seen during a court hearing in a city court room in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)
LAPU-LAPU CITY — As security forces flooded Cebu for the 48th Asean Leaders’ Summit, the Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) arrested 351 individuals during a weeklong anti-criminality campaign that started on May 3.
Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Zakaria Qatousa, during his funeral in the West Bank town of Deir Qaddis Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
The families and lawyers of five pro-Palestine activist defendants facing trial in a German court have denounced the proceedings as a “sham trial” and called for the recusal of the presiding judge.
Missouri running back Ahmad Hardy, left, is congratulated after his team defeated Mississippi State in an NCAA college football game Nov. 15, 2025, in Columbia, Mo. (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)
Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan criminal court on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in New York. (Steven Hirsch /New York Post via AP, Pool)
Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
Gunshots rang out at the Philippine Senate on Wednesday as security forces entered the building where a politician wanted by the International Criminal Court was taking refuge.
Richard Werstine, wanted in connection with killing of Cold as Life vocalist Rodney Barger, was arrested in Panama
Prominent Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi in a hospital in Tehran, Iran on May 10, 2026. (Narges Foundation Archive via AP)
One of Jeffrey Epstein’s victims testified that she was raped by the late sex offender when he was under house arrest in Florida after dodging prison time for prior sex crimes.
A burst of gunfire rang out Wednesday night in the Philippine Senate, where authorities have tried to arrest a senator who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for a charge of crime against humanity, an Associated Press journalist and other witnesses said.
Rihanna had to shove her husband A$AP Rocky to the floor after shots were fired at her home in March, bombshell new court documents reveal.
The Beersheba District Court sentenced 31-year-old Beersheba resident Eliran Tzur to five years in prison after he admitted and was convicted, as part of a plea agreement, of a series of sexual offenses against 16 minors whom he contacted through WhatsApp groups.
Gavin Newsom has sought to transform California’s massive prison system into a Nordic-style rehabilitation program. Newsom has placed a moratorium on all executions, transferred condemned prisoners to facilities across the state, and dismantled San Quentin State Prison’s death row.
Columbia: The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday overturned the murder convictions and life sentence of disgraced lawyer Alex Murdaugh in the shooting deaths of his wife and younger son.
Justices said decision was due to ‘improper external influences on the jury’ by a court clerk during the trial
Changes to capital gains tax and negative gearing will make the strategy of renting in a preferred area while buying a cheaper property elsewhere less attractive, experts say
Exclusive: Young inmate took own life in Long Bay prison five months after independent inspector warned of ‘ligature points in cells across all areas’
Case attracts widespread attention as example of China balancing enthusiastic adoption of AI with job security
A South Carolina court has overturned the 2023 murder convictions of Alex Murdaugh, a disgraced lawyer who was convicted of killing his wife and son.