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The U.S. military conducted a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three people according to most reports. The attack left six survivors, though their fate remains uncertain as the Coast Guard was notified for search and rescue operations. This latest strike
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Jamie Varley, a 37-year-old secondary school teacher from Blackpool, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for sexually abusing and murdering his adopted baby boy, Preston Davey. His partner, John McGowan-Fazakerley, received a 25-year sentence for child cruelty and allow
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A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a three-year-old boy sustained serious injuries in a crocodile enclosure at Johnsons of Old Hurst Zoo in Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire. According to Cambridgeshire Police , officers responded to reports of an incident at the zoo around
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A UK Border Force officer and a Hong Kong trade official were jailed for spying on Chinese dissidents in Britain under the National Security Act. Peter Wai, who conducted surveillance operations on dissidents, was sentenced to 10 years, while his handler, Bill Yuen, received an eight-year term. The
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Merlin Lu, a 21-year-old man from Naperville, has been charged with four felonies and four misdemeanors after admitting to burning a cross in Chicago's Grant Park on June 9. According to police statements released Wednesday night, the charges include hate crime and arson. Lu told WMAQ-TV before his
Authorities in Lexington, South Carolina have found a body matching the description of missing personal trainer Elena Katherine Moore, 39. According to multiple reports, the unidentified body was discovered Wednesday afternoon following a tip from the public. The Lexington Police Department announce
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Vietnamese authorities have dismantled a major cat meat crime ring in Ho Chi Minh City, rescuing more than 500 cats from illegal slaughter. According to multiple reports, the operation led to nine arrests and reunited over 40 cats with their owners. The bust followed an investigation into pet thefts
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Rex Heuermann, known as the Gilgo Beach serial killer , was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Wednesday for murdering eight women between 1993 and 2010. According to multiple reports, most of his victims were sex workers whose remains were found along Long Island's Gilgo Beach. The sente
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A former healthcare worker at the London Clinic , where Princess of Wales Kate had abdominal surgery, has been cautioned for illegally accessing and attempting to sell her private medical records. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) launched a criminal investigation in March 2024 after the c
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Luigi Mangione's legal team withdrew a psychiatric defense just one day after announcing it for his upcoming state trial in the December 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The defense had planned to argue that Mangione was suffering from an extreme emotional disturbance at the time
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LAPD officers fatally shot a family's golden Saint Bernard doodle named Jameson after responding to a noise complaint at an apartment in Canoga Park, California. The incident occurred shortly after the New York Knicks won their NBA championship on Saturday night. The LAPD received a call about a scr
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The FBI disrupted an alleged plot targeting Sunday's UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House, resulting in multiple arrests. According to FBI Director Kash Patel , law enforcement officials thwarted 'planned attacks' meant to target the cage-fighting show staged for President Donald Trump's birthda
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Roman Lavrynovych, a 22-year-old Ukrainian man, was sentenced to seven years in prison on Friday for carrying out arson attacks on properties connected to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Stanislav Carpiuc, a 27-year-old Romanian national, received a two-year sentence for his role in the conspir
Timothy Hudson, the 16-year-old accused of killing his stepsister Anna Kepner aboard a Carnival cruise ship in November 2025, will be held without bail pending trial after a federal judge revoked his release. U.S. Magistrate Judge Edwin G. Torres ruled that no conditions could reasonably assure the
Marius Borg Høiby, the eldest son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit , was sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted of two counts of rape and 32 other offenses. The verdict from Oslo District Court came nearly three months after a six-week trial that concluded in March. The 29-yea
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UK Minister Hilary Benn condemned anti-immigration violence in Northern Ireland as 'racist thuggery' after two nights of riots targeting ethnic minorities. Police used water cannons and plastic bullets to control crowds seeking to reach a hotel housing asylum seekers, following a knife attack by a S
Blake Lively secured a partial victory in her legal battle with Justin Baldoni as a federal judge awarded her legal fees but denied additional damages. U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman ruled on Friday that Lively could recover attorney and litigation fees related to defending against Baldoni's previo
The New Hampshire Supreme Court has reversed a murder conviction against Adam Montgomery, who was accused of killing his 5-year-old daughter Harmony. The court ruled that combining the second-degree murder charge with an assault charge jeopardized Montgomery's right to a fair trial. Montgomery was s
Vance Boelter, a 58-year-old Minnesota man, pleaded guilty to six federal charges on Thursday for his role in the June 14, 2025 attacks that killed former House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. According to multiple reports, Boelter also wounded state Senator John Hoffman and his wife Y
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Police have identified a suspect and are seeking a second shooter in connection with a shooting at Toledo's Old West End Festival that injured 12 people. Ka Nye Taylor, 20, was named as the primary suspect wanted on 11 counts of felonious assault. Authorities released a photo of the second suspected
Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment Wednesday charging eight pro-Palestinian activists with conspiring to intimidate University of Michigan officials and force the school to cut financial ties to Israel. According to multiple reports, the alleged campaign included vandalism against businesses
The FBI served a search warrant at the GKN Aerospace facility in Garden Grove, California, on Wednesday. The action follows a chemical tank incident last month that forced over 50,000 residents to evacuate due to fears of a catastrophic explosion. A federal judge approved the warrant, authorizing ag
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Richard Dillon, a Florida man, has filed a lawsuit against the Jacksonville Beach Police Department and other agencies after being wrongfully arrested based on an error by AI facial recognition software. According to CBS News , Dillon was accused of attempting to lure a child from a McDonald's in Ja
Billy Schmidt, a 22-year-old Penn State journalism student, was fatally shot during an attempted robbery in South Philadelphia early Saturday morning. Police are searching for two suspects who stole his phone and fired once, hitting him in the chest near 20th Street and Durfor Street. The victim's f
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