Colombian President Gustavo Petro has accused the US of committing “murder” after striking what President Donald Trump has called a “drug-carrying submarine”. Writing on social media, Trump said two people were killed in the US attack on the vessel, which he said US intelligence confirmed was “loaded up with mostly Fentanyl, and other illegal narcotics”. Petro responded on X, saying: …
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What should have been an ordinary TwitchCon meet-and-greet turned into one of the platform’s most talked-about controversies. During a session in San Diego, popular Twitch streamer and cosplayer Emiru, whose real name is Emily Schunk, was attacked by a male attendee who appeared to grab and attempt to kiss her neck without consent. The Shocking Moment On Stage Security quickly …
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As a reporter, you see a lot of strange things. You witness the most dramatic and traumatic parts of other people’s lives. You count on being able to control how it all affects you. But you never expect investigating someone else’s past will lead you back into your own. And that’s exactly what happened to me, reporting on the case …
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Four decades after prosecutors sent the wrong men to prison for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old girl from Long Island, New York, DNA obtained from a discarded straw has led to the indictment of a new suspect. A Nassau county grand jury on Tuesday indicted Richard Bilodeau, 63, of Center Moriches, on two counts of murder in the …
Read More »MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — Four decades after prosecutors sent the wrong men to prison for the rape and murder of a 16-year-old Long Island girl, DNA obtained from a discarded straw has led to the indictment of a new suspect. Richard Bilodeau, 63, of Center Moriches, was arraigned Wednesday on two counts of murder in the death of Theresa Fusco. …
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A death row inmate in Missouri is set to be executed Tuesday after the state’s governor denied his clemency petition. Lance Shockley, 48, was convicted of first-degree murder for fatally shooting a Missouri state trooper in 2005, court records show. Shockley has maintained his innocence for the last 20 years, as his lawyers argued in multiple rounds of appeals that …
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British police have arrested two men on suspicion of murder after the former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins was stabbed to death at a prison in northern England, where he was serving a 29-year sentence for child sex offenses. Emergency services were called to HMP Wakefield in West Yorkshire on Saturday morning after Watkins, 48, was attacked with a knife. He …
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ANGLETON, Texas (AP) — A Texas mother who shot her four children over the weekend, killing two of them, faces murder charges, authorities said Sunday. The 31-year-old mother is being charged with two counts of murder and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, Brazoria County Sheriff Bo Stallman told reporters. She is being held on a $14 …
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Read More »The Situation on Wednesday asked what a government shutdown has to accomplish in order for it to be considered worth the pain it will inflict. Today I want to reflect on the notice sent to Congress this week that the United States is in an armed conflict with various Venezuelan gangs. Over at Just Security, Marty Lederman has this very …
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