5 h. ago Married couple found dead in home by daughter committed murder

An inquest into their deaths concluded on Thursday

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6 h. ago Trump pardons founder of Binance, world’s largest crypto exchange

Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to failing to stop money laundering in 2023 and was sentenced to four monthsDonald Trump issued a pardon for the founder of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Thursday.“President Trump exercised his constitutional authority by issuing a pardon for Mr. Zhao, who was prosecuted by the Biden Administration in their war on cryptocurrency,” a White House statement said. “The war on crypto is over.” Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Doctor's husband pleads GUILTY to murdering daughter, 2, in hot car while he watched adult videos... as he maintains stony silence at court

Christopher Scholtes, 37, is charged with the first-degree murder of toddler Parker after leaving her to nap on a 90F day in Marana, Arizona, on July 9 last year.

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13 h. ago I cannot stop playing this preposterous game about falling down a mountain

A week with Baby Steps has made me feel like I’m losing my grip. It this game stupid, or am I the stupid one for playing it?Instead of doing anything normal with my life for the past week, I have been on a horrible hiking holiday with the worst man in the world. In Baby Steps, you play as a useless imbecile called Nate who has done basically nothing with his 35 years on this planet except sit in his parents’ basement and watch anime re-runs. One day he is transported, in his adult onesie, to the foot of a surreal mountain decorated with phallic imagery, and you must get him to the top by controlling his feet individually, lifting them carefully with the controller’s triggers and placing them with the analogue stick.This is ludicrously difficult. Sometimes you’re marching up an easy slope, but you’re often edging over narrow planks, scrambling up dunes with tiny steps, or grasping rocky ledges with his toes. Over and over Nate trips and tumbles, whining piteously as he slides down a ...

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28 h. ago Ghost Adventures star Aaron Goodwin ‘won’t be watching’ new episode in which wife’s plot to murder him is revealed

Victoria Goodwin pleaded guilty to conspiring to murder the TV star earlier this year

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32 h. ago Prison officer pleads guilty over illicit calls to brutal machete attacker inmate

Heather Pinchbeck, 28, was working at HMP Dovegate in Staffordshire when she made the illicit calls to 31-year-old Joseph Hardy, who is serving a 14-year stretch for GBH

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33 h. ago Parents of woman, 24, murdered in her home hail 'major step forward' on stalking laws

Clive and Sue Ruggles, whose daughter Alice Ruggles was murdered in 2016 by her ex-boyfriend, have welcomed a new judge-led review into stalking laws

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34 h. ago Female prison officer pleads guilty to making illicit phone calls to 'violent inmate who severed man's leg with a machete'

Heather Pinchbeck, 28, who has since left the service, was charged with one count of making illegal mobile communication with a prisoner who she met while on duty.

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35 h. ago Female prison officer pleads guilty to illicit calls with inmate who severed man’s leg

Pinchbeck is was in communication with Joseph Hardy, 31, who was jailed for 14 years in 2017 after pleading guilty to wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm

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53 h. ago California man agrees to plead guilty to acting as Beijing's agent

A California man has agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government in Southern California while working as a campaign advisor to for a local politician

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59 h. ago Depraved killer who murdered Scots dad while on bail jailed for 18 years

Brandon McLachlan pleaded guilty to stabbing Jamie Lucas to death while out on bail.

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3 d. ago Man who sent 'So I raped you' message awaits sentencing for 2013 campus assault

A man who sent a Facebook message that said, “So I raped you” to a woman he later pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting on a Pennysylvania college campus awaits sentencing on Monday

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5 d. ago Trump says he has commuted sentence of George Santos in federal fraud case

Former Republican US representative was sentenced in April after admitting to deceiving donors and stealing identities of 11 peopleDonald Trump announced on Friday he had commuted the sentence of George Santos, the disgraced former New York representative and serial fabulist who had been sentenced to more than seven years in prison after a short-lived political career marked by outlandish fabrications and fraudulent scheming.The New York Republican was sentenced in April after pleading guilty last year to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Alexander Acosta said putting Epstein on trial would’ve been a gamble, transcript shows

Former prosecutor testified before House committee on hurdles that prosecution of convicted sex offender would have facedAlexander Acosta, the former US attorney for the southern district of Florida who negotiated a plea deal in 2008 with Jeffrey Epstein, testified before the House oversight committee last month that going to trial would have been a “crapshoot” due to lack of cooperation from victims.In a transcript of the six-hour interview released on Friday, the former prosecutor, who later served in the first Trump administration, described the evidentiary hurdles Epstein’s federal prosecution would have faced, and why his office turned the case over to Florida state prosecutors that resulted in the disgraced financier pleading guilty to charges of soliciting sex from a minor. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Teen referee believes disgraced David Coote may have 'tried to groom him'

It comes after Coote pleaded guilty this week of making a 'category A' indecent image of a child, for which he could face 10 years behind bars.

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6 d. ago John Bolton pleads not guilty to charges of mishandling classified information – live

Former Trump adviser makes first court appearance over 18-count indictment handed down by federal grand jury in MarylandEx-Trump adviser John Bolton surrenders after indictmentThe US Senate failed on Thursday to re-open the government and to vote to fund the military during the federal government shutdown, ensuring that the standoff will stretch into next week.The Senate vote on a short-term Republican funding bill failed for the 10th time with just 51 votes. A second vote on Pentagon funding in the afternoon similarly failed in a floor vote, meaning the process to begin fully funding military operations also becomes a non-starter. After the votes, senators are expected to leave Washington for the weekend, almost guaranteeing the shutdown lasts until at least Monday. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Man pleads guilty to burglary of Damien Hirst studio in west London

Liam Middleton-Gomm, 36, stole paintings, electronic items, clothing and a pram at Turner Prize-winning artist’s studio

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6 d. ago Suspected arsonists at Keir Starmer properties appear at Old Bailey to plead not guilty

Defendants are set to stand trial over the alleged arson campaign in April next year

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6 d. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter pleads not guilty to 'terrorist' attack on prison officers

Hashem Abedi appeared at the Old Bailey by video link

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6 d. ago Manchester bomber Hashem Abedi pleads not guilty to attempting to murder guards in prison

Hashem Abedi was handcuffed as he said he had been forced by prison guards to attend the Old Bailey hearing

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