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...
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Hong Kong Ex-Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Will Be Sentenced Monday After National Security Conviction
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy former media tycoon Jimmy Lai will be sentenced Monday following his conviction in December under a Beijing-imposed national security law. Lai, the 78-year-old founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, could face up to life in prison in the case that has stirred criticism from some foreign governments. The judiciary said Friday...
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US Announces Military Team Sent To Nigeria After Recent Attacks
The U.S. has dispatched a small team of military officers to Nigeria, the general in charge of U.S. Africa Command told reporters in a briefing on Tuesday. General Dagvin R.M. Anderson said the move followed his meeting with Nigeria’s president, Bola Tinubu, in Rome late last year. “That has led to increased collaboration between our...
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Brothers of Renee Good, woman killed by immigration officer, call for action in Congress
The brothers of Renee Good, one of two U.S. citizens killed by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis, called on Congress to do something about the violence on American streets as a result of immigration operations, warning Tuesday that the scenes playing out are “changing many lives, including ours, forever.” Good, a 37-year-old mother of three,...
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2 Arrested In Investigation Of Attempted Sabotage Against Ships Built For German Navy
Two men were arrested Tuesday on suspicion of attempted sabotage against ships being built for the German navy in Hamburg, authorities said. The suspects were detained in the German port city and in an unidentified village in Greece, Hamburg prosecutors said in a statement. They didn’t name the 37-year-old Romanian and 54-year-old Greek suspects, but...
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Virginia Man In ‘Au Pair Affair’ Case Convicted Of Murdering Wife And Another Man In Elaborate Ruse
A Virginia man having an affair with the family’s Brazilian au pair was found guilty Monday of murdering his wife and another man that prosecutors say was lured to the house as a fall guy. Brendan Banfield, a former IRS law enforcement officer, told police he came across Joseph Ryan attacking his wife, Christine Banfield,...