43 m. ago Closing arguments: Is Karen Read's murder trial a tale of love gone wrong or a police coverup?

Lawyers in the second murder trial of Karen Read are set to give their closing arguments after weeks of testimony

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46 m. ago Experience: ‘I live as William Morris for three months a year’

It’s made me feel it’s OK to be an artist with a social purpose, though my wife hates the beardI have spent the first three months of the past six years trying to become the 19th-century designer and activist William Morris. I grow my hair and beard to look like him, while immersing myself in his work.On 24 March – his birthday – I dress as Morris and finish the quarter with some kind of absurd performance to highlight pressing social issues that he was concerned about, and that I want more people to focus on today. Continue reading...

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46 m. ago South African woman’s murder prompts anger at country’s high level of femicide

Olorato Mongale, allegedly killed by man she went on date with, is latest victim of violence against womenA wave of anger and frustration has gripped South Africa after the murder of 30-year-old Olorato Mongale, allegedly by a man she went on a date with. It is the latest in a series of high-profile cases of violence against women and children in the country.Friends of Mongale, a former journalist who had been studying for a master’s degree in ICT policy, raised the alarm when she stopped checking in with them while on a date in Johannesburg on 25 May. Her body was found that day. Continue reading...

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81 m. ago Death row inmate executed for 1999 brutal murder of elderly woman says he's "not evil"

John Fitzgerald Hanson, 61, was sentenced to death after he was convicted of carjacking, kidnapping and killing a Tulsa woman in 1999, but his exection was expedited by the Trump administration

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82 m. ago Murder of Arizona pastor was motivated by religion, investigators say

Adam Christopher Sheafe, 50, was arrested in connection with the murder of William Schonemann, a pastor who was killed at his home in April

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4 h. ago Luxury hot chocolate cafe Knoops confirms Cardiff opening date

The menu's based on chocolate percentages ranging from 28% white to 100% dark

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5 h. ago Moment 'killer' attacks police officers with samurai sword as they try to arrest him after schoolboy was slashed to death in street

This is the horrifying moment police officers were attacked by a man with a sword, in footage which was shown to the jury at the Daniel Anjorin murder trial. 

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5 h. ago Lori Vallow Daybell is convicted in her second murder conspiracy case in Arizona

A jury in Phoenix has convicted Lori Vallow Daybell of conspiring to kill her niece’s ex-husband in 2019

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7 h. ago Lewis Hamilton has ‘zero doubts’ that he will be in F1 for several more seasons

Hamilton: ‘There is no question as to where my head is at’40-year-old is 115 points off lead in world championshipLewis Hamilton insisted he will be in Formula One for several years as he moved to defend the disappointing start to his Ferrari career. Hamilton described the recent Spanish Grand Prix – where he was ordered by Ferrari to move aside for teammate Charles Leclerc and was then passed by Sauber driver Nico Hülkenberg in the closing laps – as one of the worst races he has ever experienced.Hamilton is 23 points behind Leclerc, and 115 adrift of the championship leader, Oscar Piastri, before this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix. But speaking on the eve of the race in Montreal, the 40-year-old, who is in the first of a two-season deal with Ferrari, said: “I have literally only just started with this team. I am here for several years and I am in it for the long haul. Continue reading...

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9 h. ago Father played with his phone as police quizzed him over baby's brain injuries, murder trial hears

Thomas Holford, now 24, is accused of killing Everleigh Stroud following an incident at a home in Ramsgate, Kent on April 21, 2021.

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10 h. ago 'I told my friend I'd always fancied her but now she's gone cold on me'

Resident agony aunt Coleen Nolan has advice for a reader who's feeling confused after admitting his feelings for his mate but she didn't react in the best way

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10 h. ago Uncontested: Dazn’s $1bn story reveals why the Club World Cup is really here

Saudi-backed streaming superpower’s TV deal for Fifa’s global project is next expansionist step towards a world super league“And what exactly are you doing here, sir?” To be fair, the border guard at Miami international airport made an excellent point. As ice-breakers go, frowning over the passports and visa tickers of the long-haul crowd on matchday minus four of the Fifa Club World Cup, the border guard was at least in tune with the zeitgeist. What is football doing here?What are Lionel Messi, Trent Alexander-Arnold and the massed engines of the football-industrial complex doing hovering like an alien landing party over this fun, sinking sandbank of a city, a strip of land where the ocean seems to be punching a mulchy green hole in the asphalt every few miles, a place that from the air seems to be made entirely from deep-fried crumb, tropical weed and traffic? Continue reading...

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11 h. ago Hunt for man wanted in connection with Brandon Porter Kershaw murder investigation continues 16 days after appeal issued

Officers are still trying to track down Tino Williams

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12 h. ago UK households issued warning to keep windows and doors shut from 10am to 3pm

The UK has been basking in hot weather with several heatwaves so far this year but that's bad news for hay fever sufferers - as trees, grass and weed pollens are all in season at the time

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13 h. ago Republicans fear the Mexican flag at the LA protests. But I see it as a symbol of our power | Daniel Peña

The flag serves as a reminder of a fundamental truth about Mexican Americans: we are from here; we are also from thereRepublicans are using images of Ice protesters waving Mexican flags atop burning Waymo cars to foment fear among Americans. Like this photograph that Elon Musk tweeted on Sunday: a shirtless protester wielding the Tricolor atop a vandalized robotaxi as flames billow toward the weak sunlight backlighting the flag. His dark curls fall to his bare shoulders. He stares into the camera.Frankly, the image belongs in a museum. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Why are people so triggered by the Mexican flag at the LA protests? | Daniel Peña

The flag serves as a reminder of a fundamental truth about Mexican Americans: we are from here; we are also from thereRepublicans are using images of Ice protesters waving Mexican flags atop burning Waymo cars to foment fear among Americans. Like this photograph that Elon Musk tweeted on Sunday: a shirtless protester wielding the Tricolor atop a vandalized robotaxi as flames billow toward the weak sunlight backlighting the flag. His dark curls fall to his bare shoulders. He stares into the camera.Frankly, the image belongs in a museum. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago David Walliams branded 'unacceptable' by BBC after doing 'Nazi salutes' during filming

The comic's highly-offensive gestures were said to have left fellow funnymen Rob Brydon and Lee Mack feeling awkward during the filming of a popular Beeb Christmas special

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13 h. ago Death row inmate's strange final act of defiance before he was executed for raping and murdering young mom

Anthony Wainwright, 54, had been so terrified of dying in the days leading up to his execution that Reverand Jeff Hood flew from Arkansas to Florida to be by his side in his final hours.

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13 h. ago I stayed overnight in a surreal Welsh Village with no residents and this is what happened after dark

Want Wales without the crowds? Stay overnight in this eccentric, empty village by the sea

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13 h. ago Unsolved murder revisited after 34 years as police seek new leads

More than 700 people were questioned as part of the investigation in the murder of 29-year-old Lynne Trenholm

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