4 h. ago Chinese national pleads guilty to 2022 deadly stabbing on TTC subway

Vanessa Kurpiewska, 31, did not know the man who attacked her on Dec. 8, 2022

Society

28 h. ago Southern Alberta irrigation district fined $365,000 following 2022 death of diver

A southern Alberta irrigation district has been ordered to pay $365,000 in penalties following the death of a maintenance diver in 2022. The Eastern Irrigation District, based in Brooks, about 165 kilometres southeast of Calgary, had pleaded guilty to one count under the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Code for failing to ensure an intake […]

Economics

30 h. ago Missouri woman charged with mail fraud in plot to sell Graceland is changing her plea to guilty

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Missouri woman said Tuesday she is pleading guilty to a federal charge accusing her of concocting a brazen plot to defraud Elvis Presley’s family by trying to auction off his Graceland mansion and property before a judge halted the mysterious foreclosure sale. During a change of plea hearing, Lisa Jeanine […]

Economics

53 h. ago ‘I wanted revenge’: Man pleads guilty to murder charges in random TTC stabbing

A Chinese national who stabbed two strangers on a TTC train at the High Park Subway station more than two years ago has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and attempted murder.

Events

5 d. ago MANDEL: Woman accusing Michael Thompson of sex assault testifies she feared for her life

The Toronto City Councillor has pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexual assault at a Muskoka cottage in 2022

Events

5 d. ago Former Woodstock mayor pleads not guilty in fourth trial in a year

Just when it didn’t seem possible for Woodstock’s embattled former mayor to be in more hot water, Trevor Birtch was back in a London courtroom Thursday on trial for charges related to his complicated love life.

Economics

6 d. ago Indigenous healer admits to sexually assaulting 12 women in Saskatchewan

A Saskatchewan man who said he was an Indigenous healer has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting 12 women.

Events

6 d. ago Panama says it recaptured Chinese woman who escaped hotel holding hundreds of U.S. deportees

PANAMA CITY — Panamanian authorities said they recaptured a woman who had escaped confinement from a Panama hotel where she and nearly 300 deportees from the United States were being held as they awaited repatriation to their countries on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, Panama’s National Immigration Service said they were searching for a Chinese […]

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7 d. ago White man who pleaded guilty to shooting Black teen who rang wrong doorbell dies

MISSION, Kan. — An 86-year-old Missouri man has died just days after pleading guilty to a lesser charge in the 2023 shooting of Ralph Yarl, a Black honour student who rang the white man’s doorbell by mistake, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Andrew Lester of Kansas City was charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action in […]

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8 d. ago MANDEL: Girl on trial for murder in swarming pleads guilty to manslaughter

The girl, 16 at the time, admits being involved in the last 23 seconds of the 3-minute-and-20-second assault on Kenneth Lee

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