3 h. ago Man charged with intoxication manslaughter in Texas crash involving 17 vehicles that killed 5 people

Authorities say a man has been charged with intoxication manslaughter after five people were killed and several injured in a late-night wreck in Austin, Texas, that involved over a dozen vehicles on Interstate 35

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35 h. ago The end of the Ayoreo? The race to find proof that Paraguay’s uncontacted people exist

A vast ranch in the country’s Chaco region is quietly deforesting a huge swath of land. Indigenous people say this could be deadly for their isolated relatives but others say there is no evidence that anyone lives thereJosé Iquebi was hunting wild pigs in the forest when he was kidnapped at gunpoint by men on horseback. They lassoed him, locked him in a cage, and transported him hundreds of miles downriver to Paraguay’s capital, Asunción. His captors charged people money to stare and take photographs. He was about 12 years old.“They treated us like animals,” recalls Iquebi, now 84. It would be decades before he saw his nomadic Ayoreo community again. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago 20 people charged in Nevada prison brawl in which three inmates were killed

Nevada prosecutors say 20 people in all have been charged in connection with a brawl at a maximum-security prison in eastern Nevada last year in which three inmates were killed and others were injured

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3 d. ago Boy, 5, 'incinerated' inside oxygen chamber as it explodes at medical centre

Thomas Cooper died at the Oxford Center in Detroit after a pressurised oxygen chamber blew up and left him "incinerated" with four people now charged by police

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4 d. ago Man arrested and charged months after three people die in horror motorbike smash

Andrew Lartey and passenger Georgia Tate died in the crash involving their Kawasaki ZX1400 motorbike, while the rider of a second vehicle who died was named as Jason Gibbon.

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7 d. ago Charges of hazing and manslaughter being considered following death of Southern University student

Louisiana authorities investigating the death of a 20-year-old Southern University student say they expect multiple people to face charges in relation to the case

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9 d. ago Man treated 'like a dog' before murder in upstate New York, prosecutor says

Prosecutors in upstate New York say seven people were indicted on first-degree murder charges in the killing of a 24-year-old man who was subjected to weeks of torture

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9 d. ago 7 stand trial over cyber death threats against Paris Olympics artistic director

The trial of seven people charged in connection with alleged cyberbullying targeting the artistic director of last summer’s Paris Olympics’ opening and closing ceremonies has started in a Paris court

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9 d. ago The city overrun by rats where rodents the size of cats lurk in bins, swarms take over train stations... and the Labour council which has started charging people a 'rat tax' to get rid of them

Residents of the Midlands city have said ongoing bin strikes, an increase in fly-tipping and HS2 building work has sparked an invasion of pesky rats and mice, as they continue to find rats at every corner.

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9 d. ago Florida attorney general opens criminal investigation into Andrew Tate and brother

Inquiry launched after pair was able to fly into state despite facing trial in Romania on rape and trafficking chargesThe attorney general of Florida has opened a criminal investigation of Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan after the pair were able to fly into the state last week despite facing trial in Romania on charges of rape, sex with a minor, people trafficking and money laundering.James Uthmeier, appointed to be the state attorney general by Florida governor Ron DeSantis, said on Tuesday he had begun an “active criminal investigation” of the brothers and was prepared to use the “full force of law” in his examination of their conduct. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Why owning an EV only beats petrol if you can charge at home

The AA's latest EV charging report has found that almost all the issues that put people off charging an EV can be solved with a simple phone call.

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1 week ago Tortured death of trans man in western New York echoes notorious 90s killing

Seven people have been arrested over ‘horrific’ death of Sam Nordquist, 24. A similar case in Wyoming once helped fuel the LGBTQ+ rights movementA body discarded in a field. Cold weather. Signs of torture.So far, seven people have been charged with the murder of Sam Nordquist, a 24-year-old Black transgender man who was tortured and murdered in western New York state last month. It was a case that Capt Kelly Swift of the state police’s bureau of criminal investigation said was “one of the most horrific crimes I have ever investigated”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The bizarre way counterfeiters are duping people into buying fake Apple chargers

A separate test deteminded the strength of the plug pins on the adapters, with 71% failing

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2 w. ago Two charged after people 'threatened with knife' near Manchester universities

The charges come after a series of incidents across the city centre

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2 w. ago Martin Lewis challenges Ofgem boss over higher standing charges for people in Scotland

OFgem CEO Jonathan Brearley explained new plans to lower bills for people in Scotland on The Martin Lewis Money Show Live.

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2 w. ago Five people charged after 'disturbance' involving 'group carrying weapons' in Helensburgh

Police arrested five people following a disturbance, which was said to have involved a group carrying weapons, in a Helensburgh street on Saturday evening.

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2 w. ago France mass stabbing: Attacker 'screaming God is great' knifes multiple police in Mulhouse

According to our information, a passerby was targeted by several stab wounds. Other people, including a city agent in charge of parking, as well as two municipal police officers, were also injured

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3 w. ago ‘I’m collaborating’: how New York City’s mayor gave in to Trump’s migrant crackdown

Eric Adams, mayor of the US’s largest city, is caught up in a swirl of indictments, immigrants, Rikers and Donald TrumpThis Valentine’s Day, a new political power couple said their vows on the plush white couches of Fox & Friends in midtown Manhattan: Donald Trump’s “border czar”, Tom Homan, and the New York City mayor, Eric Adams.The pair appeared on the conservative TV show to discuss an agreement they had reached the day before. Their deal reversed longstanding New York City policy by letting federal immigration agents back onto Rikers Island, the city’s jail complex that largely holds people who have been charged but not yet convicted of crimes. The surprise agreement came as the newly installed leaders of Trump’s Department of Justice were making an extraordinary push to dismiss criminal corruption charges that the agency had been pursuing against Adams.Weeks after the election, the mayor, who had once declared that the city would ‘ALWAYS stand up to’ Trump and that immigra...

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3 w. ago Charges dropped against three people after Liam Payne's death

Three people have had criminal negligence charges dropped in connection with the death of former One Direction singer Liam Payne

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3 w. ago An Argentine court drops charges against 3 people tied to the death of singer Liam Payne

A court in Argentina has dropped charges of criminal negligence against three of the five people indicted in connection with the death of Liam Payne, the former One Direction singer who fell from a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires last October

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