The mayor of New York City has been charged with taking bribes and illegal campaign contributions from foreign nationals. Eric Adams “solicited and demanded” bribes, including free and heavily discounted luxury travel benefits from a […]
A former police officer has been handed more than £1m in compensation after it was ruled she had been discriminated against. Katrina Hibbert was a safeguarding sergeant with Thames Valley Police (TVP), working with victims […]
Seventeen people have been killed in a mass shooting in a remote South African town with a manhunt under way to find the perpetrators, police say. Two homesteads in the town of Lusikisiki in the […]
A father who sent his 17-year-old son to kill rapper PnB Rock has been sentenced to 31 years to life in prison. PnB, real name Rakim Hasheem Allen, was shot dead in front of his […]
Police are hunting for “multiple suspects” after four people died from gunshot wounds and 18 were injured at a popular entertainment district in Alabama. Police said they believe the shooting in the city of Birmingham […]
Travis King, the US soldier who fled from South to North Korea last year before being returned home, has been sentenced to one year of confinement and dishonourably discharged from the military. He faced charges […]
Women’s rights advocates are demanding the immediate implementation of a nearly 30-year-old gender equity bill which Ghana’s president signed into law on Thursday. This ends a process which began in 1998, with the bill shuffling […]
South Carolina has executed its first death row inmate in 13 years, administering a lethal injection to Freddie Owens. Owens, 46, was found guilty by a jury of killing shop worker Irene Graves during an […]
A British businessman, who was a former contractor for South Africa’s ailing power utility Eskom, has been extradited from the UK to face charges of corruption and fraud. Michael Lomas is accused of taking kickbacks […]
A Kentucky sheriff has been arrested after fatally shooting a judge in his chambers, police say. District Judge Kevin Mullins died at the scene after being shot multiple times in the Letcher County Courthouse, Kentucky […]
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