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The man accused of killing his 11-month-old daughter and his partner is recovering in hospital in police custody, his lawyer says, amid plans to have the case referred to the mental health court.
Israeli military action in Lebanon has killed more than 1,000 people and displaced nearly 1.5 million citizens. Source: Getty / picture alliance/dpa
A Florida student allegedly went on a stabbing spree at his middle school Tuesday morning, injuring two peers and a staffer, according to authorities.
President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice just got a leader to oversee its newly created unit to prosecute fraud, and it so happens he’s from California, which has been making headlines for its alleged fraud cases.
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Three people have been killed and 18 have been wounded in an Israeli air strike targeting the town of Habboush, in the Nabatieh district of southern Lebanon, the country’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) is reporting.
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First to refuse both military and alternative service on pacifist grounds in South Korea, Kim Min-hyung awaits criminal prosecution, a likely 18-month jail term, and the consequences that may follow
A Massachusetts cop who was mysteriously placed on leave earlier this month has been accused of years-long sexual and physical abuse of a minor she and her husband were caring for, according to bombshell court documents.
The US transport safety board cautioned against ‘pointing fingers at controllers’. Two pilots were killed in Sunday’s crash
Aircraft maintenance workers arrive to inspect the wreckage of an Air Canada Express jet, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, just off the runway where it had collided with a Port Authority fire truck Sunday night at LaGuardia Airport in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Man and woman assisting with inquiries after search warrant on Wednesday morning, NSW police say
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was asked about the city’s immigration policies on Tuesday when addressing the death of Sheridan Gorman, who was allegedly killed by an illegal immigrant.
The chilling murder of college student Sheridan Gorman was the most avoidable tragedy.
A San Francisco home that was the site of a grisly quadruple murder-suicide just months ago has officially hit the market — and it’s priced to move at $1.49 million.
A 24-year-old accused of pelting police with quarter sticks of dynamite ran from cameras and covered his face as he left a court appearance in Los Angeles.
Topic:Funerals and Memorial Services
The office of FBI Director Kash Patel ripped Gov. Gavin Newsom over accusations he misrepresented crime data to show that Democratic policies drove a decline in the nationwide murder rate.
The Mamdani administration is trying to “responsibly” shrink New York City’s jail population as decrepit Rikers Island fills up and the Department of Correction faces a dire staffing crunch, officials said Tuesday.
Los Angeles radical defund the police lawmaker Eunisses Hernandez is attempting to seize control of the LAPD’s budget.
A deadly burst of gunfire shattered a quiet Northeast Fresno neighborhood early Monday, leaving two teenagers dead and two others wounded in yet another bout of California violence.
A photo of opposition Sen. and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe is placed at his seat in Congress in Bogota, Colombia, Aug. 11, 2025, after his death more than two months after being shot during a political rally. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)
Property News: Australia's most expensive streets, and how much it costs to live in them.
After Anthropic refused to let its AI to be used in autonomous weapons systems, Trump ordered US agencies to quit using it
A Manhattan lawyer who stole $4.4 million intended for COVID protective gear — allegedly to fund a romance with his then-CEO girlfriend — tearfully admitted to the craven crime Tuesday.
An accused drunk driver charged with killing a 60-year-old Long Island woman in a 2022 head-on crash was hit with manslaughter charges after being extradited from his native Poland, prosecutors said.
The jilted ex-boyfriend of a Long Island coed who was left partially blind in a 2021 acid attack was busted Tuesday for masterminding the cowardly scheme — as prosecutors said he hired the wannabe rapper who allegedly carried out the crime.
Lovestruck fans didn’t just slide into Jeremy Meeks’ DMs over the past few years — they showed up to jail.
WASHINGTON — A critical Supreme Court decision on whether the Trump administration can turn away asylum seekers at the border could come down to a very niche grammatical spat.
NSW police allege the boy ‘held a mixed ideology and outlined plans for acts of violence’
Two more people have been arrested over the horrifying alleged kidnapping and murder of 85-year-old Chris Baghsarian, taken from his bed in a case of mistaken identity.
Detectives investigating the alleged kidnapping and murder of 85-year-old Chris Baghsarian have arrested two people. (Supplied: NSW Police)
Timothy Holmes, 31, was charged with threatening to “shoot up a synagogue,” the US Justice Department said on Monday.
A New Mexico state court jury on Tuesday held Meta liable for nearly $400 million in civil damages after a trial where the state attorney general accused the Facebook and Instagram operator of safeguarding kids who use its apps from child predators.
Topic:Road Accidents and Incidents
The White House is defending US authority to turn away asylum seekers when officials judge the border to be too overburdened
A man has been arrested over two bank robberies that allegedly took place almost 30 years ago. (Supplied: NSW Police)
Sri Lanka continued their impressive run with a convincing 3-0 victory over Saudi Arabia at the 2026 Junior Davis Cup – Asia/Oceania Pre-Qualifying Event held at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) courts in Colombo yesterday.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni conceded defeat on Monday in a referendum on justice reform, but despite the major blow to her far-right leadership, she insisted she was going nowhere.
Minister tells security conference many people could have been killed in Invasion Day incident; Treasury working ‘full tilt’ on budget measures. Follow updates live
The seal of the Dept of Justice is shown on the podium, Aug. 1, 2023, at an office of the Department of Justice in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
The 42nd Mercantile Badminton Association (MBA) Novices Badminton Championship successfully concluded on Sunday, bringing the curtain down on a week of competitive action held at the MBA courts.
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty on Monday vowed to fight for ’accountability that the federal government is desperate to avoid’
A professional cornhole player who’s also a quadruple amputee has been accused of fatally shooting a passenger in the front seat of a car he was driving during an argument, Maryland authorities say.
At least 15 fighters belonging to the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMF) in Iraq were killed in an air strike on the country at dawn on Tuesday, the group said in a statement.
The Court of Appeal has dismissed a writ application filed by SriLankan Airlines Limited challenging a determination by the Labour Assistant Commissioner over salary reductions implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Former SriLankan Airlines Chairman Nishantha Wickramasinghe was arrested yesterday (24) by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) over alleged corruption charges involving a loss of over Rs. 2 million to the government.
A resident of the Karagoda Uyangoda area in the Kamburupitiya Police division, who allegedly conducted drug trafficking using the ez Cash method, was arrested on Monday (23). Police recovered 13.1 grams of heroin and a mobile phone suspected to have been used for illegal transactions during the operation.
A bribery case filed by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) against two accused including Member of Parliament Chamara Sampath Dissanayake was yesterday fixed for pre-trial conference on April 30 by the Colombo High Court.
A medical doctor who allegedly sold pills prescribed for severe neurological deficiencies to youths addicted to narcotics has been arrested in Daulagala, Kandy.