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Transgender woman shot, killed in US weeks after assault

May 20, 2019 World Justice News 0

A transgender woman has been fatally shot in Dallas, Texas, according to local police. Muhlaysia Booker, 23, was found dead on a street on Saturday morning, and police are investigating the case as “homicidal violence”. […]

Texas bartender charged for serving gunman before mass shooting

May 7, 2019 World Justice News 0

A Texas bartender who served a man the night he shot his estranged wife and seven others in 2017 has been charged with criminal negligence. Lindsey Glass was arrested in Plano last month, accused of […]

James Byrd Jr: Killer executed for notorious hate crime

April 24, 2019 World Justice News 0

One of three men convicted in the 1998 murder of James Byrd Jr, one of modern America’s worst hate crimes, has been executed in Texas. Byrd, a black man, was beaten, chained to a truck […]

Weather Channel sued for $125m over storm chase death

March 27, 2019 World Justice News 0

A mother has filed a $125m (£95m) lawsuit against the Weather Channel over her son’s death in a car collision in Texas on 28 March 2017. Two of the channels’ storm chasers, Kelley Williamson and […]

Áurea Vázquez Rijos: Beauty queen jailed for husband’s murder

March 19, 2019 World Justice News 0

A Puerto Rican woman has received a life prison sentence for hiring a hitman to murder her wealthy Canadian husband 14 years ago. Áurea Vázquez Rijos, who fled to Europe after the killing, professed her […]

Billie Wayne Coble: Two men arrested at Texas execution

March 2, 2019 World Justice News 0

Two men have been released on bail after allegedly throwing fists and swearing during an execution in Texas. Billie Wayne Coble, 70, was put to death by lethal injection nearly 30 years after murdering his […]

Parents Arrested After Starving Children Found Locked In Dog Crates

February 14, 2019 zoshinuk 0

Two parents in Rhome, Texas, are facing charges of child endangerment after police found four malnourished children, two of whom were locked in dog cages. On Tuesday morning, deputies for the Wise County Sheriff’s Office […]

Jazmine Barnes: Second man charged in drive-by shooting

January 9, 2019 World Justice News 0

Police in Houston have filed capital murder charges against a second man in connection with the drive-by shooting death of a seven-year-old girl. Police say Larry Woodruffe, 24, killed Jazmine Barnes after he fired into […]

Jazmine Barnes shooting: Texas police charge Eric Black Jr with murder

January 6, 2019 World Justice News 0

US police have charged a man in connection with the drive-by shooting of a seven-year-old girl in Texas. Jazmine Barnes was shot dead while in her family’s car near Houston last month. Eric Black Jr, […]

Jazmine Barnes: Texas drive-by gunman kills girl, seven

January 2, 2019 World Justice News 0

A manhunt is under way in Houston, Texas, for a gunman who attacked a young family in a drive-by shooting, killing a seven-year-old girl. Jazmine Barnes, her three sisters and mother, LaPorsha Washington, were driving […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]

Human Rights

Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

June 25, 2026 0

Those who carry out conversion practices – commonly known as “conversion therapy” – could be jailed for up to five years under landmark new plans. The draft Conversion Practices Bill, which criminalises “abusive acts” aiming […]