Former MLB pitcher Daniel Serafini was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the 2021 shooting of his wife’s parents during a burglary at their home by Lake Tahoe, authorities said. Serafini, 51, was convicted in July 2025 of first-degree murder of his father-in-law, Gary Spohr, attempted murder of his...
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2 Journalists In Belarus Imprisoned As Part Of A Crackdown On Free Speech, Media Groups Say
A court in Belarus has convicted two independent journalists on charges of high treason and handed them long prison sentences, the latest move in the government’s crackdown on dissent and free speech, a media rights group said Friday. Uladzimir Yanukevich, 65, who founded and edited the Intex-Press and BAR24 media outlets, was given a 14-year...
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Edo police arrest 113 suspects in Agbede, Iruekpen crackdown
The Edo State Police Command has arrested 113 suspected kidnappers during a coordinated early-morning security operation in Agbede and Iruekpen, Edo Central. The intelligence-led raid, carried out around 3:00 a.m. on February 26, 2026, targeted identified settlements where ransom payments from kidnapping activities were allegedly received and coordinated. The operation was led by the Commissioner...
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Indonesia Frees And Deports American Who Spent 11 Years In Prison For Bali ‘Suitcase Murder’
ndonesia freed and deported an American man Tuesday after he spent 11 years in prison for the premeditated murder of his then-girlfriend’s mother on the tourist island of Bali. Tommy Schaefer was sentenced to 18 years in prison for the 2014 murder of Sheila von Wiese-Mack, the mother of Heather Mack, during a luxury vacation...
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Nigerian Court Awards Human Rights Activist ₦30M Damages Against Police, Sowore Claims NPF Are Yet To Comply As Abuja Court Restrain Sahara Reporters From Further Publications Against IGP
On February 20, a Lagos Federal High Court ruled that police wrongly declared Omoyele Sowore ‘wanted’ without a warrant after warning him to avoid a protest, awarding him ₦30 million in damages for violations of his dignity, liberty, and movement. The court held Lagos Police Commissioner Moshood Jimoh and Inspector General Kayode Egbetokun accountable for...
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The US Deported A Gay Asylum-Seeker To A Third Country Where Homosexuality Is Illegal
Being gay in Morocco is illegal and punishable by up to three years in prison. But it was the violence from her family that forced Farah, a 21-year-old gay woman, to flee the country. After a long journey to the United States and a third-country deportation by the Trump administration, however, Farah said she is...
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US Makes Plans To Reopen Embassy In Syria After 14 Years
The Trump administration has informed Congress that it intends to proceed with planning for a potential re-opening of the U.S. Embassy in Damascus, Syria, which was shuttered in 2012 during the country’s civil war. A notice to congressional committees earlier this month, which was obtained by The Associated Press, informed lawmakers of the State Department’s...
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Officer Found Not Guilty In Shooting Death Of Unarmed South Carolina Man After High Speed Chase
A jury found a former small town South Carolina police officer not guilty of voluntary manslaughter Friday in the shooting death of an unarmed man after a five-minute high speed chase. Cassandra Dollard faced two to 30 years in prison if she had been found guilty of killing Robert Junior Langley with a gunshot to...
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Federal Judge In Michigan Charged With Drunken Driving After Car Strikes Signs
A federal judge in Michigan suspected of drunken driving uttered a vulgarity at a state trooper and couldn’t explain damage to his car or why his airbags had deployed, according to video of the arrest. U.S. District Judge Thomas Ludington was arrested Oct. 3 after a trooper said he had repeatedly failed to properly blow...