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A federal jury in Virginia convicted an Afghan man, Mohammad Sharifullah , of conspiring to provide material support to a terrorist organization linked to the deadly August 26, 2021 suicide bombing at Kabul airport. The attack killed about 13 U.S. service members and approximately 160 Afghan civilia
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The FBI has concluded that Claudio Neves Valente , the gunman who killed two Brown University students and an MIT professor in December, was driven by long-term grievances he accumulated throughout his life. According to a joint announcement from the FBI's Boston division and federal prosecutors in
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Prosecutors in Los Angeles allege that US singer David Anthony Burke, known as D4vd, stabbed 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez to death after she threatened to expose their relationship and ruin his music career. According to court documents filed on Wednesday, prosecutors claim that Burke met Her
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New Orleans Sheriff Susan Hutson and her chief financial officer, Bianka Brown, were charged on Wednesday with criminal malfeasance, obstruction of justice, and other charges related to the escape of 10 inmates from the Orleans Parish Justice Center in May 2025. The indictment, returned by a special
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Bellarmine Mugabe, the youngest son of Zimbabwe's late former leader Robert Mugabe, has been ordered to be deported from South Africa immediately after pleading guilty to pointing a toy gun and illegally being in the country. According to BBC , a court in Johannesburg also fined him $36,000 (£26,700
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Cheshire Police raided the headquarters of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light (AROPL) in Crewe, Cheshire, arresting ten people on allegations of sexual offenses, forced marriage, and modern slavery. According to BBC News , around 500 officers conducted raids on three properties associated with t
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Jessica Mann , a 40-year-old actress, testified for the third time against Harvey Weinstein in his ongoing rape retrial. According to multiple reports, she detailed how the disgraced movie mogul allegedly trapped her in a New York City hotel room and assaulted her despite her repeated pleas. The tri
Nathan Chasing Horse , the actor known for his role in Dances With Wolves , was sentenced to life in prison by a Nevada judge on Monday. The sentence follows a jury conviction on 13 charges, primarily related to sexual assault of three women, including one who was just 14 years old when the abuse be
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Alphanso Talley, a 27-year-old man with an extensive criminal record, shot and killed Chicago Police Officer John Bartholomew at Swedish Hospital on Saturday. According to multiple reports, Talley was under arrest for an armed robbery that morning when he allegedly hid a gun under his hospital blank
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Italy has extradited Xu Zewei , a 34-year-old Chinese national accused of stealing COVID-19 research, to the United States. According to Italian authorities and multiple news reports, Xu was handed over following his arrest in Milan last July. He is wanted in the U.S. for allegedly conducting cyber-
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Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a 38-year-old U.S. Army Special Forces soldier stationed at Fort Bragg near Fayetteville, North Carolina, pleaded not guilty in New York federal court to charges of using classified information about Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's removal for personal profit through betti
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Four men have been arrested in connection with the 1982 murder of Roxanne Sharp , a 16-year-old girl whose body was found in a wooded area in Covington, Louisiana. The breakthrough came after a podcast titled 'Who Killed Roxanne' helped uncover new leads and prompted witnesses to come forward. The a
Luther Davis, a former University of Alabama football player, pleaded guilty in federal court on Monday to defrauding investors by impersonating NFL players. According to CBS News , Davis used makeup and wigs to disguise himself as Falcons quarterback Michael Penix Jr., former Cleveland Browns tight
Beran A., a 21-year-old Austrian man , has pleaded guilty to planning an ISIS-linked terror attack on Taylor Swift’s concert in Vienna that was foiled by authorities nearly two years ago. The plot led to the cancellation of three performances during Swift's record-setting Eras Tour, devastating fans
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Audias Flores, also known as 'El Jardinero,' a top commander of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), was arrested by Mexican special forces in the western state of Nayarit. The operation involved over 500 troops and took place near the resort city of Puerto Vallarta. According to Mexic
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Jay Bryant pleaded guilty on Monday to aiding in the 2002 murder of Jason Mizell, known as Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC. During his court appearance in Brooklyn, Bryant admitted to helping others enter Mizell's recording studio where the shooting occurred. The case remained unsolved for nearly two deca
Guy Rivera was sentenced to 115 years to life in prison for killing NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller during a traffic stop. Judge Michael Aloise emphasized that Rivera will die behind bars. The sentencing occurred in a packed Queens courtroom filled with uniformed police officers and Diller's family. Th
Australian authorities believe Sharon Granites , a 5-year-old girl from an Indigenous community in central Australia, was abducted over the weekend. Police are searching for Jefferson Lewis , a 47-year-old man believed to be connected to her disappearance. The child was reported missing from her res
Colombia has offered a record $1.4 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Iván Jacob Idrobo Arredondo, alias 'Marlon,' accused of ordering a bus bombing that killed at least 20 people in Cauca region on Saturday. The explosion occurred on the Pan-American Highway in Cajibio municipa
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The New IRA claimed responsibility for a car bomb explosion near Dunmurry Police Station in Belfast on Saturday night. Authorities arrested a 66-year-old man under the Terrorism Act following raids in the area, according to multiple reports. The incident occurred when hijackers forced a delivery dri
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One police officer was killed and another critically injured in a shooting at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital in Chicago on Saturday, according to multiple reports. The suspect, who was transported to the hospital for treatment while in custody, opened fire around 10:50 am , injuring two officers b
Carie Hallford, the former owner of a Colorado funeral home, was sentenced to 30 years in prison for her role in hiding nearly 200 decomposing bodies. The case, which came to light after neighbors complained about a foul odor emanating from the building, exposed widespread fraud and neglect within t
Five individuals—two Romanian men and three boys (two from Romania and one British)—have been charged with the rape of a teenage girl in Gravesend, Kent. According to DailyMail , Kent Police received reports of the incident at a private property on Salisbury Road between March 25 and April 19. The a
The U.S. military conducted a strike on an alleged drug-trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific, killing three people, according to multiple reports from Fox News , HuffPost , and CBS News . The operation was carried out by U.S. Southern Command at the direction of Gen. Francis L. Donovan. The str
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