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Missing high school football coach faces child pornography charges

November 26, 2025 World Justice News 0

Authorities looking for a high school football coach who vanished last week and was considered missing have now announced that he is a wanted man. Travis Turner, 46, of Appalachia, Virginia, faces charges of possessing […]

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Smuggler jailed for 40 years after shipping ballistic missile parts from Iran

October 18, 2025 World Justice News 0

A weapons smuggler who used a fishing boat to ship ballistic missile parts from Iran to Houthi rebels in Yemen has been sentenced to 40 years in a US prison. Pakistani national Muhammad Pahlawan was […]

Jury finds NRA and ex-leader Wayne LaPierre liable for corruption

February 24, 2024 World Justice News 0

The National Rifle Association and two top executives have been found liable in a civil corruption trial and ordered to repay $6.35m (£5m). A New York jury agreed that former leader Wayne LaPierre cost the […]

Virginia mother of child who shot teacher sentenced to 21 months in prison

November 16, 2023 World Justice News 0

The mother of a six-year-old boy who shot his teacher in the US state of Virginia has been sentenced to 21 months in prison on a drug charge linked to the gun used in the […]

Robert Hanssen: Convicted US spy found dead in Colorado prison

June 6, 2023 World Justice News 0

An FBI agent-turned-Russian mole who is notorious as one of the most damaging spies in US history has been found dead in prison. Robert Hanssen was discovered at a maximum-security facility in Florence, Colorado, on […]

Mother of pupil, 6, who shot Virginia teacher in classroom charged

April 10, 2023 World Justice News 0

The mother of a six-year-old boy who shot and wounded a Virginia schoolteacher has been charged in connection with the incident. Deja Taylor was indicted by a Virginia grand jury on charges of felony child […]

Virginia school had three warnings about 6-year-old with gun, says lawyer

January 25, 2023 World Justice News 0

A lawyer for the Virginia teacher shot by her six-year-old student has said school officials had multiple warnings the boy had a gun but failed to take action. Abigail Zwerner, 25, was released from hospital […]

Boy aged six detained after shooting teacher in US

January 7, 2023 World Justice News 0

A six-year-old boy has been detained by police after shooting a teacher in the US state of Virginia, officers say. The shooting happened shortly after 14:00 local time (19:00 GMT) at Richneck Elementary School in […]

Amber Heard files appeal against Johnny Depp libel trial verdict

December 5, 2022 World Justice News 0

Amber Heard has filed an appeal against her ex-husband Johnny Depp’s US libel lawsuit win. Following a trial lasting several weeks earlier in the year, a jury in Virginia found in favour of Depp, ruling that a […]

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Oath Keepers: Two members of far-right militia guilty of US sedition

November 29, 2022 World Justice News 0

The leader of a far-right militia has been found guilty of plotting to stop US President Joe Biden from taking office after the 2020 election. A jury found Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes guilty of […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

Human Rights

Sudan militia chief sentenced to 20 years for war crimes during Darfur conflict

December 10, 2025 0

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced a Sudanese militia leader to 20 years in prison for atrocities committed during a civil war more than two decades ago. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman had been convicted […]