2 h. ago Drug dealer 'kills gran, daughter, and grandkids' after posting 7am drunk pic

Axel Adrián Araneda allegedly hit the family's Ford EcoSport at over 100mph while driving drunk, a court heard. All four inside the car were killed instantly or shortly afterwards

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49 h. ago Eight arrested over 'murder bid' as woman fights for life with serious head injury

A woman in her 60s sustained a serious head injury and remains in a critical condition in hospital

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3 d. ago Police arrest man in attempted murder probe as woman fights for her life

A woman in her 60s sustained serious head injuries

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3 d. ago Woman fighting for her life as police launch attempted murder probe

A man in hiw 30s has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

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4 d. ago Netflix’s Selena doc sensitively focuses on her incredible life over her tragic death

The 23-year-old ‘Queen of Tejano music’ was murdered just as her music was set to cross over and revealing new film Selena y Los Dinos: A Family’s Legacy finds new ways to celebrate herThe tragic circumstances surrounding Selena Quintanilla’s death are well documented. In 1995, while on the verge of US pop crossover success, the 23-year-old Queen of Tejano Music was murdered by one of her employees, Yolanda Saldívar.Selena’s life story has already been told in multiple ways, including through a movie, a musical and a podcast series. However, the touching Netflix documentary Selena y Los Dinos: A Family’s Legacy is the most empathetic and personal look at her life and career to date. Working alongside Selena’s family, who generously opened their archive of rare photos and home videos and sat for extensive interviews, director Isabel Castro uses intimate recollections and vivid primary sources to trace the artist’s ascent. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Responsible Child true story: Is Rafael McCullin a real person?

The harrowing film is based on a real-life murder case.

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5 d. ago Mum of girl killed in suspected drug overdose wants daughter remembered as 'angel'

Olivia, 11, passed away in hospital on Monday after falling ill at her home in Helensburgh, near Glasgow, and her devastated mum, Samantha Curley, has now paid tribute to her

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7 d. ago Prisoner sues for his 'human right' to eat Vegemite, claiming it is 'his culture as an Australian'

Andre McKechnie, 54, serving a life sentence for murder, took his battle to the Supreme Court of Victoria, according to documents released on Tuesday.

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7 d. ago Probe launched into death of double murderer William MacDowell who died in jail

William MacDowell died a year after being given a life sentence for the murders of his lover and her young son in November 1976.

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8 d. ago Child among six dead after atmospheric river storm drenches California

Lingering thunderstorms pose risk of mudslides in areas around Los Angeles recently ravaged by wildfiresA powerful atmospheric river weather system has mostly moved through California but not before causing at least six deaths and dousing much of the state.Among the dead was a seven-year-old girl who was swept into the ocean by waves estimated up to 20ft at a state beach on Friday. The girl’s father, 39-year-old Yuji Hu, of Calgary, Alberta, was killed while trying to save his daughter. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Couple killed in flood were days short of 54th wedding anniversary, grieving daughter tells inquest

A loving couple who died together on a flooded road were just days short of celebrating their 54th wedding anniversary, an inquest heard.

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9 d. ago Jealous husband 'murders wife with pair of scissors as she begged for her life'

Brian Jutson was sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murder of his wife, Sherry, who he stabbed more than 30 times with a pair of scissors. Jutson confessed to the crime

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1 week ago Hero LNER worker Samir Zitouni who 'saved lives' in Huntingdon horror released from hospital

Samir Zitouni, 48, a member of LNER train staff, has been hailed a hero after helping to save multiple lives in the horrifying Huntingdon train stabbing attack on November 1

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1 week ago Moment knifeman who killed Porsche driver in 'Wild West' attack is tackled by police

Awad Abdel Samad, 24, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 27 years for murder on Thursday

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1 week ago Oklahoma death row inmate’s life spared moments before scheduled lethal injection

Republican Kevin Stitt commuted Tremane Wood’s death sentence to life in prison for 2002 murder of Ronnie WipfAfter a controversial trial, an Oklahoma man makes a final plea to avoid executionTremane Wood, the 46-year-old death row inmate who faced execution today in Oklahoma, has had his life spared just minutes before he was set to receive a lethal injection.Kevin Stitt, the state’s Republican governor, accepted the Oklahoma pardon and parole board’s recommendation that Wood’s sentence be commuted to life in prison without parole. It is just the second time during Stitt’s nearly seven years as governor that he has granted clemency. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Oklahoma inmate’s life spared moments before scheduled lethal injection

Republican Kevin Stitt commuted Tremane Wood’s death sentence to life in prison for 2002 murder of Ronnie WipfAfter a controversial trial, an Oklahoma man makes a final plea to avoid executionTremane Wood, the 46-year-old death row inmate who faced execution on Thursday in Oklahoma, has had his life spared just minutes before he was set to receive a lethal injection.Kevin Stitt, the state’s Republican governor, accepted the Oklahoma pardon and parole board’s recommendation that Wood’s sentence be commuted to life in prison without parole. It is just the second time during Stitt’s nearly seven years as governor that he has granted clemency. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Killer faces life sentence for murder of man left to decompose in bathtub in north London

Dante Forrest, 36, will be sentenced on November 18 after killing Marvin Dickson, 40

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1 week ago Oklahoma governor spares life of death row inmate just before scheduled lethal injection

Republican Kevin Stitt commuted Tremane Wood’s death sentence to life in prison for 2002 murder of Ronnie WipfAfter a controversial trial, an Oklahoma man makes a final plea to avoid executionTremane Wood, the 46-year-old death row inmate who faced execution today in Oklahoma, has had his life spared just minutes before he was set to receive a lethal injection.Kevin Stitt, the state’s Republican governor, accepted the Oklahoma pardon and parole board’s recommendation that Wood’s sentence be commuted to life in prison without parole. It is just the second time during Stitt’s nearly seven years as governor that he has granted clemency. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Sara Sharif: How one trial laid bare the brutally short life of a 10

From one abusive household, to foster care to the home where she would die - the 10-year-old never stood a chance against her controlling and tyrannical father

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1 week ago He killed his daughter, 2, in a hot car then committed suicide on day he was due to be jailed. The method he chose is truly shocking

Christopher Scholtes was found dead about 5.20am on Wednesday at the $1 million home in Phoenix he shared with his wife Dr Erika Scholtes, having taken his own life rather than go to prison.

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