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Newest first · UTC+11:00Block landscaper’s legal fight with wealthy Smorgon dynasty
A Melbourne celebrity landscaper is being chased in court for allegedly failing to repay $2.6 million to members of the ultra-wealthy Smorgon dynasty.
· Sarah Danckert
Trump sacks Pam Bondi, replaces with ex-personal lawyer
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday and named his former personal lawyer to serve as the acting chief of the Justice Department.
· Agence France-Presse
Trump’s ritzy ballroom gets long-awaited approval by DC planning commission — despite court challenge
The National Capital Planning Commission voted to approve President Trump’s ballroom design despite a public comment period that requested changes to the project, including reducing the structure’s size.
· Emily Goodin
Massachusetts State Police recruit's death leads to rare charges
People display signs with with a likeness of Massachusetts State Police recruit Enrique Delgado-Garcia, who died following a State Police Academy training exercise, at a protest outside the State Police Academy graduation ceremony, Oct. 9, 2024, at the DCU Center, in Worcester, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
· Michael Casey
‘Person of interest’ in senseless NYC shooting death of 7-month-old to face murder charge: cops
The toddler brother of the 7-month-old Brooklyn girl killed while sitting in her stroller was hit by the same bullet that took his sibling’s life — as cops reveal that a person of interest in the case will be hit with murder charges.
· Larry Celona, Joe Marino, Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
'Day of justice': alleged terror prepper mulled Bondi
Auto news: Public electric car charging cables cut and stolen at shopping centre
· Aaron Bunch
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Crime 101’ on Amazon Prime Video, a Tight, Intriguing L.A. Crime-Thriller with Chris Hemsworth Leading a Stellar Cast
The title Crime 101 (now streaming on Amazon Prime Video) implies something stripped-down and basic, and in a sense, it is – we’ve seen plenty of intricate cops-and-robbers neo-noir action-dramas like this. But films of this ilk are increasingly rare, and when you get one as rock-solid as this, it’s worth noting, an…
· John Serba
Texas Dem toured for years with bandmate who was a registered sex offender for indecent contact with 8-year-old girl
WASHINGTON — A two-time Latin Grammy winner and House Democratic candidate hoping to flip a GOP-held district in Texas has performed more than a dozen times with a registered sex offender who was sentenced to prison for indecent contact with an eight-year-old girl.
· Josh Christenson
More Michigan prisoners than ever are getting educations, job training
In Michigan prison classrooms and workshops, the numbers are climbing: More inmates than ever are earning high school diplomas, technical certificates and college credits, signaling a shift in how the state approaches incarceration.
· Janelle D James Bridge Michigan
Dan Hurley reveals how wife prevented UConn disaster in March Madness upset
UConn men’s basketball coach Dan Hurley said his wife, Andrea, is a “New Jersey boss lady” for holding back Huskies players from storming the court so they wouldn’t get a technical foul after Braylon Mullins’s go-ahead 3-pointer in a 73-72 victory over top-seeded Duke, which secured them a spot in the Final Four.
· Jenna Lemoncelli
Islamic State-linked rebels kill over 30 in eastern Congo village attack
GOMA, Congo (AP) — Rebels affiliated with the Islamic State group killed over 30 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, local officials said Thursday.
· Justin Kabumba
Live updates: Pam Bondi is out as attorney general, Trump says
Pam Bondi is out as US Attorney General, ending the tenure of a loyalist who upended the Justice Department’s culture of independence from the White House.
Gun-wielding rapist and convicted murderer fatally shot by cop in the Bronx
An armed rapist was fatally shot in the head by an NYPD officer after he repeatedly threatened “I have a gun” as they tried to take him into custody in the Bronx early Thursday, police said.
· Joe Marino, Emily Crane
Bodycam footage shows Tiger Woods’s shock after crash: ‘I’m being arrested?’
Golfer has pled not guilty to DUI charges
· Tomlutz
ICC prosecutor may resume work after misconduct inquiry, judges say
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The embattled chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court can potentially resume his duties, a three-judge panel said, after rejecting a United Nations investigation of alleged sexual misconduct with a female aide, according to conclusions viewed by The Associated Press.
· Associated Press
Watch Tiger Woods’ sobriety test after he admits to taking ‘a few pills’ during DUI arrest
Following Tiger Woods’ car accident and subsequent DUI arrest last week, a video of his sobriety test was released by police on Thursday.
· Noah Nussbaum
Hiccuping Tiger Woods fails sobriety test, questions DUI arrest in new police video
A newly released police video captures Tiger Woods failing his sobriety test and questioning his DUI arrest, all while fighting a nasty case of the hiccups.
· Connor Surmonte
UAE extends condolences after severe floods kill 45 in Afghanistan and Pakistan | The National
The UAE has expressed its solidarity with Afghanistan and Pakistan after floods killed 45 people and injured dozens more in the two countries.
· The National
Mahmoud Khalil's lawyers seek Judge Emil Bove's removal in deportation case
Attorney Emil Bove returns to the courtroom after a break at Manhattan criminal court, April 16, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, Pool, File)
· Michael R Sisak
South Florida vice mayor's death investigated as domestic violence
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — The death of a South Florida vice mayor is being investigated as a domestic violence incident and her husband is in custody, police said.
Backstreet Boys’ Brian Littrell uses homophobic slur in new video filed in court as part of trespassing dispute
Brian Littrell called his neighbor “gay” and a “p—y” during a heated beach trespassing dispute last month, and the whole incident was caught on camera.
· Connor Surmonte
Jerk judge told his subordinate, ‘I’m much smarter than you’ — as court issues stinging rebuke
An innocent IT worker who got on the wrong side of an obnoxious Texas judge will not face any punishment over the incident, as further examples of the judge’s apparent obnoxious behavior came to light.
· Anthony Blair
Judge rules against Indian citizen's deportation after Pennsylvania murder conviction is overturned
Subramanyam Vedam walks outside the Centre County Courthouse, Feb. 6, 2025, in Bellefonte, Pa. (Geoff Rushton/StateCollege.com via AP, File)
· Mark Scolforo
Judges say ICC prosecutor in sexual misconduct inquiry can potentially resume work
Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan talks before convening the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool, File)
· Molly Quell
LA’s converter theft crisis laid bare as authorities seize $500K in stolen parts
Four suspects were busted after Baldwin Park police uncovered a staggering $500,000-plus cache of stolen catalytic converters in a massive Norwalk takedown, capping a months-long probe launched amid a surge in thefts across Los Angeles.
· Zain Khan
PNP urged to reconsider change in Maguindanao police leadership
COTABATO CITY — Local businessmen led by a retired general-turned-trader have lamented the sudden change of guard in the provincial police office of Maguindanao del Sur, describing it as “unfair” and “untimely” in the current peace and order challenges besetting the province.
· Ali Macabalang
Halle Berry Helps Elevate ‘Crime 101’ Into Something More Than Just A ‘Heat’ Knockoff
The new movie Crime 101, which just arrived on Prime Video after an underwhelming (and ultimately unprofitable) theatrical run earlier this year, has been discussed primarily in terms of Michael Mann, particularly his seminal crime drama Heat. That makes sense; writer-director Bart Layton obviously reveres Heat, and…
· Jesse Hassenger
Award-winning Iranian human rights lawyer arrested in Tehran, says her daughter
Activists accuse Iran’s regime of crackdown on civil society as whereabouts of Nasrin Sotoudeh are unknown
· Maryam Foumani
‘The View’s Sunny Hostin, Whoopi Goldberg Joke Jen Shah Is Going To Be On A New Show Called ‘House Arrest’: “So Many Of These Housewives Have Spent Time In Prison”
The View hosts Sunny Hostin and Whoopi Goldberg took shots at former Real Housewives of Salt Lake City star Jen Shah after the Bravolebrity sat down for a tell-all interview about her time in prison with Jeffrey Epstein’s accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell and disgraced entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes.
· Radhamely De Leon
Iranian Nobel laureate suffers suspected heart attack in prison, family says
Topic:Unrest, Conflict and War
Stephen Colbert on Trump attending birthright citizenship hearing: ‘That’s mob-boss-level intimidation’
Late-night hosts discussed Trump becoming first sitting president to attend supreme court oral arguments, for a bombshell case on birthright citizenship
· Guardian staff
60-year-old cigarette helps solve grisly Bay Area cold-case murder
A grisly 1966 murder in the affluent town of San Rafael — which sent shockwaves through the community — was finally solved 60 years later, all thanks to modern-day DNA testing.
· Zain Khan
FBI team arrives in Cuba to probe fatal shooting of US-flagged speedboat
Weapons that Cuban authorities say were recovered from a speedboat in Cuban waters following a confrontation that left four people dead are displayed during a media presentation in Havana, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
· Andrea Rodr Guez
Uganda: Four children killed in knife attack at Kampala kindergarten
A man killed four children in a knife attack at a kindergarten in the Ugandan capital of Kampala on Thursday, according to police.
· AfricaNews
Trump discussed possibly firing Bondi, picking Zeldin, AP sources say
President Donald Trump walks from the Blue Room to speak about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
· Alanna Durkin Richer
Tehran-Karaj bridge hit again by US-Israeli strike while medics attend to injured
Two people were killed and several more injured in a US-Israeli strike on a bridge in Karaj, a city near Tehran.
· Middleeasteye
Trump tells Pam Bondi her time is running out as attorney general
President Trump told Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday that she would soon be out as head of the Department of Justice, a source with knowledge of the conversation told The Post on Thursday.
· Caitlin Doornbos, Josh Christenson
European Parliament member Rima Hassan taken into French police custody
European Parliament member Rima Hassan has been detained in France on suspicion of “apology for terrorism”, French media outlets are reporting, in a move members of her left-wing La France Insoumise (LFI) party say aims to silence Palestine supporters.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Colorado court orders resentencing for election conspiracist Tina Peters
Tina Peters, former Mesa County, Colo., clerk, listens during her trial, March 3, 2023, in Grand Junction, Colo. (Scott Crabtree/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel via AP, Pool, File)
· Colleen Slevin
French-Palestinian MEP in custody for 'apology for terrorism' in post on X
French-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan was taken into police custody in France on Thursday for an "apology for terrorism" after a post about Palestinian resistance, according to French media outlets.
· Middleeasteye
Dramatic video shows fleeing NYC suspects crash moped after 7-month-old killed by stray bullet
Dramatic new surveillance video shows the moment two suspects wanted over the tragic fatal shooting of a 7-month-old baby girl in Brooklyn crashed their getaway moped as they frantically fled the scene.
· Emily Crane
French-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan in custody for 'apology for terrorism'
French-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan was taken into police custody in France on Thursday for "apology for terrorism" after a post about Palestinian resistance, according to French media outlets.
· Middleeasteye
Indonesia delays extradition of Scottish crime boss from Bali
A Scottish man identified as Steven Lyons, who is described as a senior figure in an international crime syndicate, center, is escorted by police officers at the regional police headquarters in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo)
· Firdia Lisnawati
German artist sentenced in Russia for mocking Putin
MOSCOW (AP) — A German artist who created carnival displays mocking Russian President Vladimir Putin was sentenced in absentia on Thursday to 8 1/2 years in prison by a court In Moscow.
French-Lebanese artist Ali Cherri files war crimes complaint over Israeli strike in Beirut
PARIS (AP) — A complaint filed Thursday in France seeks a war crimes investigation into an Israeli strike on a Beirut apartment building in November 2024 said to have killed seven civilians including the parents of a French-Lebanese artist, a human rights group said.
· Thomas Adamson
ICC bureau votes to pursue misconduct case against Karim Khan
A majority of members on the governing body of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday backed a motion stating that Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan may have committed some form of misconduct, diplomatic sources with knowledge of the matter told Middle East Eye.
· Middleeasteye
Most wanted for rape in Quezon City nabbed - PNP
MANILA, Philippines - A district-level Most Wanted Person was arrested during an operation conducted on March 31 along Malvar Street, Barangay Bagumbuhay, Project 4, Quezon City, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said on Thursday.
· Izel Abanilla
Shocking twist in Dak Prescott and Sarah Jane Ramos’ custody drama after NFL star drags ex to court
Dak Prescott and Sarah Jane Ramos have agreed to settle their custody issues amicably after the NFL star dragged his ex-fiancée to court, Page Six has learned.
· Bernie Zilio
Artist files war crime case in Paris over Israeli strike that killed parents in Lebanon
Lebanese-French man Ali Cherri demands investigation into Beirut bombing as possible war crime against civilians
· William Christou