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Frank Cali, reputed head of New York’s Gambino family, is shot dead in New York

March 14, 2019 World Justice News 0

The reputed head of New York’s Gambino crime family, Frank Cali, has been killed outside his home, the city’s police have told US media. Cali, 53, was shot several times in the Todt Hill district […]

R. Kelly ‘sexual abuse’ tape given to US authorities

March 11, 2019 World Justice News 0

A US man has claimed to have found a video tape allegedly showing R. Kelly “sexually abusing underage African-American girls.” Gary Dennis told reporters that he handed the tape to authorities after discovering it at […]

Anthony Weiner leaves prison for halfway house in Brooklyn

February 18, 2019 World Justice News 0

Ex-New York congressman Anthony Weiner has been released from federal prison after serving about 15 months for sending explicit messages to a minor. Weiner has been transferred to a halfway house in Brooklyn where he […]

Mexico border wall: Trump faces fight in the courts

February 16, 2019 World Justice News 0

President Trump faces legal challenges to his decision to use emergency powers to build a wall on the US border with Mexico. California and New York said they would take legal action to challenge his […]

Drug lord ‘El Chapo’ found guilty in US

February 12, 2019 World Justice News 0

Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has been found guilty on all 10 counts at his drug-trafficking trial at a federal court in New York. Guzmán, 61, was convicted on numerous counts including the […]

New York white supremacist sword attacker pleads guilty

January 23, 2019 World Justice News 0

A former US soldier has pleaded guilty to the random sword murder of a black man, in New York’s first ever terrorism conviction of a white supremacist. James Harris Jackson admitted killing 66-year-old Timothy Caughman […]

Trump ex-lawyer Michael Cohen’s help with Russia probe revealed

December 8, 2018 World Justice News 0

President Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer has given substantial help on how Russian nationals tried to affect the 2016 election, a legal memo has revealed. Michael Cohen’s help is detailed in the memo from Robert Mueller, who […]

Panama Papers: Four charged in US with fraud and tax evasion

December 4, 2018 World Justice News 0

Four men have been charged in the US with fraud and tax evasion in connection with investigations prompted by the leaked Panama Papers. Justice officials said the four were involved in a “decades-long criminal scheme […]

US mail bombs: Person held after campaign against Trump critics

October 26, 2018 World Justice News 0

A person has been arrested in connection with a mail-bombing campaign aimed at Trump critics, US officials say. Twelve packages have been sent to figures such as former president Barack Obama and actor Robert de […]

New York silicone death: Briton Donna Francis ‘should be deported’

October 25, 2018 World Justice News 0

A woman accused of killing a patient who had silicone injections in her buttocks in New York should be deported to the United States, a judge has said. Kelly Mayhew, 34, died in 2015 after […]

Human Rights

Double murderer awarded £7,500 compensation over human rights breaches

January 2, 2026 0

A double murderer has been awarded £7,500 compensation by the High Court over breaches of his human rights. Fuad Awale, who is serving a life sentence for shooting two teenagers in the head in 2011, […]

Human Rights

US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

December 10, 2025 0

All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]

Australia

Children locked out of social media apps after Australia’s world-first ban

December 10, 2025 0

Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue […]