Jimmy Lai (now 78) on Feb 9, 2026, was handed a 20-year sentences by Hong Kong’s High Court. Hong Kong’s High Court convicted pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai on December for conspiracy to collude with foreign forces (under the NSL) and conspiracy to publish seditious material (under the Crimes Ordinance), following his Dec 2025 guilty verdict...
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Two Inmates Escape From A South Georgia Jail
Two inmates facing charges that include murder escaped from a Georgia jail Sunday night. Ricky Martin, 20, and Kentravious Holmes, 21, were detained at the Sumter County Jail in Americus, Georgia, approximately 139 miles (234 km) south of Atlanta. They were in custody for charges including murder, aggravated assault and aggravated battery, according to the...
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Falcons Rookie Pearce Arrested After What Police Said Was A Domestic Dispute With WNBA Player
Atlanta Falcons rookie star James Pearce Jr. was arrested near Miami on Saturday night after fleeing officers and then crashing his car following what police said was a domestic dispute with WNBA player Rickea Jackson. Pearce, the first-round pick who led the Falcons in sacks and was third in NFL defensive rookie of the year...
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Arguments To Begin In Landmark Social Media Addiction Trial Set In Los Angeles
The world’s biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms. Opening arguments for the first, in Los Angeles County Superior Court, begin this week. Instagram’s parent company Meta and Google’s YouTube will face claims that their platforms deliberately addict...
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FBI Concluded Jeffrey Epstein Wasn’t Running A Sex Trafficking Ring For Powerful Men, Files Show
The FBI pored over Jeffrey Epstein’s bank records and emails. It searched his homes. It spent years interviewing his victims and examining his connections to some of the world’s most influential people. But while investigators collected ample proof that Epstein sexually abused underage girls, they found scant evidence the well-connected financier led a sex trafficking...
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Colorado Funeral Home Owner Who Abused Nearly 200 Corpses Gets 40 Years, Decried As A ‘Monster’
A Colorado funeral home owner who stashed 189 decomposing bodies in a building over four years and gave grieving families fake ashes was sentenced to 40 years in state prison Friday. During the sentencing hearing, family members told Judge Eric Bentley they have had recurring nightmares about decomposing flesh and maggots since learning what happened...
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Actor Timothy Busfield Indicted In New Mexico On 4 Counts Of Sexual Contact With A Child
“West Wing” and “Field of Dreams” actor Timothy Busfield has been indicted by a grand jury on four counts of criminal sexual contact with a child under age 13, a New Mexico prosecutor announced Friday. The allegations are tied to Busfield’s work as a director on the set of the TV series “The Cleaning Lady”...
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A Deputy Chief Of Russian Military Intelligence Was Shot And Wounded In Moscow
A deputy chief of Russian military intelligence was shot and wounded in Moscow on Friday in an attack that follows a series of assassinations of senior military officers that Russia has blamed on Ukraine. Lt. Gen. Vladimir Alekseyev, 64 was shot several time by an unidentified assailant at an apartment building in Moscow’s northwest and...
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A 76-Year-Old British Man Sentenced To Nearly 24 Years For Drugging And Abusing Boys At Summer Camp
A 76-year-old retired British veterinarian was sentenced on Friday to 23 years and 10 months in prison on charges of child abuse after lacing candy he gave his victims with sedatives at a summer camp in England last year. Jon Ruben was arrested in July after eight boys between the ages of 8 and 11...