Gareth Ward, an Australian politician convicted of rape is fighting – from his jail cell – to remain a member of the New South Wales (NSW) state parliament. Ward was last month found guilty of sexually assaulting two young men, aged 18 and 24, at his home between 2013 and 2015, and is now in...
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South African Farm Worker Says He Was Forced To Feed Women To Pigs
A white South African farm worker accused of killing two black women says he was forced to feed their bodies to pigs, according to lawyers. Adrian de Wet is one of three men facing murder charges after Maria Makgato, 45, and Lucia Ndlovu, 34, were killed while allegedly looking for food on a farm near...
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Haitian Police Arrest A Former Senator Accused Of Working With Gangs To Attack A Peaceful Community.
Police in Haiti have arrested a former senator charged with conspiring against the state and financing criminal organizations for allegedly supporting gang members. Nenel Cassy was arrested Saturday at a restaurant in Petionville, a wealthy district of the capital, Port-au Prince, Haiti’s National Police said in a post on Facebook. The police shared photos of...
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Israeli Government Votes To Dismiss Attorney General, Escalating Standoff With Judiciary
The Israeli Cabinet on Monday voted unanimously to fire the attorney general, escalating a long-running standoff between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the judiciary that critics see as a threat to the country’s democratic institutions. The Supreme Court froze the move while it considers the legality. Netanyahu and his supporters accuse Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara of exceeding her...
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Funeral Home Owner Who Sent Families Fake Ashes Pleads Guilty To Fraud
A Colorado funeral home owner accused of stashing nearly 200 decomposing bodies in a room-temperature building admitted in federal court Monday that she cheated customers and defrauded the federal government out of nearly $900,000. Carie Hallford, who ran Return to Nature Funeral Home with her husband Jon Hallford, pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud....
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France And Saudis Vow To Keep Up Momentum For ‘Two-State Solution’ To Israel-Palestinian Conflict
After decades of inaction and frozen negotiations, the issue of an independent Palestinian state living in peace with Israel returned to the spotlight at a high-level U.N. conference — and France and Saudi Arabia, which spearheaded the effort, are determined to keep up the momentum. But hurdles for a two-state solution that would see Israel...
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3rd Person Arrested For Allegedly Helping A Tennessee Fugitive Wanted In Family’s Killings
Police in Tennessee have charged a 23-year-old woman with assisting a man wanted in the killings of the parents, grandmother and uncle of an infant found alive miles away from the crime scene. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said Dearrah Sanders of Jackson, Tennessee, was arrested on Monday and charged with being an accessory after the killings....
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Chargers Linebacker Denzel Perryman Is Released From Jail And Won’t Face Criminal Charges
Los Angeles Chargers linebacker Denzel Perryman was released from jail Monday afternoon and will not face criminal charges after he was arrested Friday evening on weapons charges during a traffic stop for vehicle code violations, jail records show. During the traffic stop, officials discovered five firearms, including two assault weapons, in Perryman’s car, the Los Angeles County...
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Brazil’s Supreme Court Orders House Arrest For Former President Bolsonaro, A Trump Ally
Brazil’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered the house arrest for former President Jair Bolsonaro, on trial for allegedly masterminding a coup plot to remain in office despite his defeat in the 2022 election — a case that has gripped the South American country as it faces a trade war with the Trump administration. Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who...
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32 Bodies Found In Clandestine Graves In Central Mexico
Authorities in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato said 32 bodies were found on a property in the municipality of Irapuato and nearly half of them have been identified. On Monday, via X, the Guanajuato state prosecutor’s office said that the bodies were found in clandestine graves on the property in the community of La...