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US authorities have charged Lawrence Bishnoi, the imprisoned leader of an Indian criminal gang, and his childhood friend Satinderjeet Singh with orchestrating the assassination of prominent Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada. The charges are part of a broader law enforcement operation invo
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Donald Trump has been ordered by a federal judge to pay $5.8 million to E Jean Carroll after being found liable for sexually abusing and defaming her. The payment includes the original $5 million award plus interest, as ruled by Judge Lewis Kaplan on Wednesday. The funds have been held in escrow sin
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Dharmesh Patel, a 45-year-old radiologist from Pasadena, had all charges of attempted murder dismissed after completing a two-year mental health diversion program in California. According to multiple reports, Patel drove his Tesla off a 250-foot cliff along the Pacific Coast Highway near Devil's Sli
An ICE agent fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during a vehicle stop in Houston, Texas. According to ICE , Araujo, described as a Mexican national living illegally in the U.S., attempted to evade arrest by ramming an ICE vehicle and refusing verbal commands. The incident occurred at about 6:50 a.m
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Anastasiia Berezovska, a Ukrainian woman suspected of planting a bomb that targeted Vadym Yermolaiev, a wealthy Ukrainian-born businessman now holding Cypriot citizenship, and his family in Monaco on June 29th, was found shot dead near Kyiv on July 6. The bombing injured Yermolaiev seriously, his pa
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Prosecutors in Utah are presenting their case against Tyler Robinson, accused of murdering conservative activist Charlie Kirk during a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025. The state is seeking the death penalty against Robinson, who faces charges including aggrava
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Two Tennessee National Guard members assigned to a federal crime-fighting task force in Memphis fatally shot Tyrin Johnson, 20 , during a downtown pursuit early Sunday morning. Authorities reported that Johnson turned toward the guardsmen with a gun before being shot. The incident occurred around 4
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At least eight people, including four children aged between six and fourteen years old, were shot and injured late on July 4th in New York City's Coney Island neighborhood. According to multiple reports, police responded to a shooting around 10:37 p.m. near the Coney Island boardwalk on West 31st St
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Paul Pelosi, husband of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, is facing potential misdemeanor hit-and-run charges after allegedly striking an unoccupied parked vehicle in Yountville, California's Napa Valley. According to multiple reports from The Guardian , NPR , and other outlets, the incident occurr
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Two Romanian men, Nandito Badea and George Stana, were sentenced to eight and 12 years in prison respectively for the stabbing of Iranian journalist Pouria Zeraati outside his home in Wimbledon, London. The attack was described as a targeted assault carried out on behalf of the Iranian regime. Accor
Michael David Butler, a 44-year-old DoorDash driver , has been charged with manslaughter after his Tesla Model 3 crashed into a suburban home in Katy, Texas on June 19th. The crash killed Martha Avila, a 76-year-old grandmother , who was inside the home at the time. According to court documents and
Two 16-year-old boys have been charged in the fatal shooting of Penn State student Billy Schmidt during an apparent robbery near his home in South Philadelphia. Kaiseem Smith surrendered to police on Thursday, while Azzubair Outen-Fleming was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Colorado Springs earlier thi
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Former U.S. Olympian canoeist David Hearn, 67, has been indicted on a felony charge of destruction of property for allegedly vandalizing the newly renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington D.C., according to court records reported by multiple outlets. The indictment accuses Hearn of '
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Earl Decastro, a 47-year-old Orange County resident, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter nearly one year after an illegal fireworks display at his Buena Park home resulted in the death of eight-year-old Jasmine Nguyen. According to prosecutors from multiple sources, Decastro purchased bot
Seven individuals were sentenced Wednesday over their involvement in a shooting outside an immigration detention center in Texas last July that injured a police officer and led to charges of providing material support for terrorism. The defendants, who were sentenced in Fort Worth courtrooms, pleade
Four family members were arrested after authorities rescued 16 children from a dilapidated home in rural Hamden, Ohio. The children, ranging in age from 18 months to 18 years old , had been living in deplorable conditions with human waste all around and confined to just one room for much of the past
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A Russian couple was arrested Wednesday after climbing to the top of the Empire State Building's antenna in what appeared to be an elaborate marriage proposal. The climbers, identified as Angela Nikolau , 33, and Ivan Beerkus (also known as Ivan Kuznetsov), 32, scaled the 1,454-foot structure withou
The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) has launched an investigation into two police officers involved in the case of Henry Nowak, who died after being stabbed by Vickrum Digwa in Southampton on December 3, 2025. The IOPC is looking into potential gross misconduct by the officers, includin
The U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions on two Mexican nationals and nine entities tied to a cartel-linked fuel smuggling scheme that moves fuel from the United States into Mexico without paying hefty taxes, according to reports from Reuters , Los Angeles Times , and CBS News . The scheme is linked to M
The FBI is continuing its investigation into the disappearance of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie as a kidnapping-for-ransom case, despite determining that several ransom notes are fake. According to multiple sources, federal investigators have discounted three widely reported messages related to the case
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Shabir Ahmed, the ringleader of the notorious Rochdale grooming gang, has been released from prison after serving 14 years for multiple rape and sexual offences against young girls. According to The Guardian , Ahmed was deemed a 'very high risk' to children just three years ago. Despite being consid
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Four Venezuelan nationals were arrested for their alleged involvement in a sophisticated ATM 'jackpotting' scheme that netted over $529,000 across Connecticut. According to federal prosecutors, the men targeted at least nine ATMs along Interstate 95 between August 8 and August 18, 2025. The group
Hollywood director Carl Erik Rinsch was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison for defrauding Netflix out of $11 million intended for an unfinished sci-fi series called White Horse . According to prosecutors and trial testimony reported by The Guardian , CBS News, and Sky News, Rinsch diverted
Guo Wengui , a self-exiled Chinese billionaire once among China's wealthiest men, was sentenced to 30 years in prison by a U.S. federal court for orchestrating a massive financial fraud scheme that defrauded over 1,000 investors worldwide of more than $1 billion. The sentencing came after Guo, also
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