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Hong Kong authorities raided two independent bookstores on Wednesday and arrested five people on suspicion of selling seditious publications, marking the third wave of such arrests targeting the city’s independent booksellers in recent months. Officers in police vests seized boxes…
A former cargo ship captain has pleaded guilty to drugging and sexually assaulting a U.S. Merchant Marine Academy cadet during a voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, bringing an historic end to a case that exposed vulnerabilities in the maritime industry’s…
In Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, a group of mothers united by the loss of their sons to police violence are demanding the federal government implement a nationwide policy to support families devastated by state violence. Their plea represents one of…
Meta and YouTube have formally appealed a landmark California jury verdict that held them financially liable for their role in a young woman’s social media addiction and mental health decline, marking the companies’ next step in fighting a ruling that…
Experts say women on death row can face harsher treatment than men, especially during the notorious ‘death watch’ period, with some warning that the process may inflict additional trauma on female prisoners. Christa Gail Pike is scheduled to become the…
A Lake County grand jury in Tennessee returned 19 indictments connected to the Northwest Correctional Complex, revealing a troubling pattern of violence behind bars that includes multiple inmate murders, assaults, sexual abuse, and crimes by correctional staff. The indictments, issued…
A 28-year-old man was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer on Tuesday morning in St. Augustine, Florida, after fleeing from federal immigration agents, authorities said. The deadly encounter occurred shortly before 7 a.m. when agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs…
A Manhattan jury has convicted Isaac Argro of murder for fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend Azsia Johnson as she pushed their three-month-old daughter in a stroller on the Upper East Side nearly four years ago. Argro, 26, was found guilty of…
Investigators in Arizona are warning the public about a scam tied to the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, who was taken from her Tucson home five months ago. The alert comes less than two weeks after 42-year-old Derrick Callella pleaded guilty…
Police in the Northern Territory have published a new batch of images tied to one of Australia’s most infamous murder cases, as investigators make another appeal for information that could help them find the remains of British backpacker Peter Falconio.…
Florida is set to carry out the execution of its oldest death row inmate later today, July 14, with 74-year-old Dennis Sochor due to receive a lethal injection after spending close to four decades awaiting death. If the sentence is…
Los Angeles Rams left tackle Alaric Jackson will not face felony charges following his arrest in June on suspicion of domestic violence, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office confirmed. Instead, Jackson’s case has been assigned to a pre-filing diversion…
In a surprising turn, a Canadian fashion mogul found guilty of sexual assault in Montreal on Monday after accepting a plea deal that halted what was meant to be a 10-day trial. The 84-year-old founder of the now-defunct Nygard International…
Minnesota prosecutors announced Monday that they have obtained critical evidence that had been withheld by federal officials for more than six months in their ongoing investigations into the fatal shootings of two Minneapolis residents during protests against a federal immigration…
A person was killed Monday in a fatal shooting in Biddeford, Maine, involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, according to Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau, who made the announcement on Facebook. The incident occurred at the intersection of Pool…
— A dual U.S.-Iranian technology executive was arrested and charged this week with running a decade-long scheme to illegally supply sophisticated American networking and encryption equipment to Iran’s nuclear and military programs while laundering millions of dollars through the U.S.…