1 hour ago Prosecutors file more attempted murder charges against Minnesota man who killed lawmakers

A Minnesota man accused of killing a top Democratic state lawmaker and wounding another is now facing new and upgraded state charges in a fresh indictment

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8 h. ago Inquiry into rogue surgeon to hold preliminary hearing next month

It will examine whether patients of Sam Eljamel were let down by failures in clinical governance, risk management, and complaints handling.

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9 h. ago Edinburgh crime: Man charged with ‘attempted murder’ after gun fired in Edinburgh housing scheme

Specialist firearms officers attended the scene.

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9 h. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter's alleged hot oil attack on prison officers 'motivated by terrorism', prosecutors will argue

Abedi, 28, was yesterday charged with three counts of attempted murder after prison officers were attacked at his high security jail in April.

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23 h. ago Spiteful trolls blamed me when I escaped the house fire that killed my children... Now I find comfort in the messages they send me from beyond the grave

In the early hours of a December morning, Jade Horton was woken from a deep sleep by the sounds of screaming...

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31 h. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter charged with attempted murder of prison guards

Hasham Abedi, the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber, has been charged with five offences after four prison officers were injured at a maximum security prison

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31 h. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi charged with attempted murder after attacking prison guards

Abedi, who remains in prison, is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on September 18

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31 h. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi charged with three counts of attempted murder after prison officers attacked

Abedi has also been charged with one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of unauthorised possession of a knife or offensive weapon

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31 h. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter charged with three counts of attempted murder

Hashem Abedi charged over incident in which four prison officers were injured at a maximum security prison in AprilThe Manchester Arena plotter Hashem Abedi has been charged with three counts of attempted murder after four prison officers were injured at a maximum security prison.Abedi, 28, is also charged with one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of unauthorised possession of a knife or offensive weapon after an incident at HMP Frankland in Durham on 12 April. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi charged with three counts of attempted murder after four prison officers injured

Hashem Abedi, 28, was ordered to serve a record 55-year minimum term for helping his suicide bomber brother Salman murder 22 people, many of them children, at the Manchester Arena in 2017.

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32 h. ago Hashem Abedi charged with attempted murder after prison officers injured

Abedi, 28, is also charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon after the incident at HMP Frankland

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32 h. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi charged with three counts of attempted murder

The charges come after four prison officers were injured during an attack at HMP Frankland

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32 h. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter charged with attempted murder of four cops

The charges are relation to an attack on April 12 at HMP Frankland in County Durham -Hashem Abedi is alleged to have used makeshift weapons and thrown hot oil on the victims

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33 h. ago Scottish students can now earn a Mickey Mouse Degree at 'Disney University'

Scotland's prestigious universities offer a wide array of courses, from the University of Glasgow's 'Antiquities Trafficking and Art Crime' to modules at the University of Edinburgh exploring witchcraft, but have you ever considered getting a Micky Mouse Degree from "Disney University"? With SQA results announced earlier this month, thousands of Scottish students will be making big decisions about their futures when it comes to further education, and now a “Mickey Mouse Degree” is also an option on the table.

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33 h. ago Edinburgh crime: Man, 39, taken to Edinburgh hospital after late night serious assault on busy street

The man was taken to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for treatment.

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50 h. ago Two men charged over attempted murder of police officer in Omagh

John Caldwell, then a DCI in the PSNI, was shot several times in Northern Ireland in 2023Two men have been charged over the attempted murder of an off-duty police officer in Northern Ireland two years ago, police said.John Caldwell, then a DCI in the PSNI, was shot several times, allegedly by two men, while he was off duty and putting footballs in the boot of his car at a sports complex in Omagh, County Tyrone, in February 2023. Continue reading...

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51 h. ago Army sergeant charged with attempted murder in the shootings of 5 Fort Stewart soldiers

An Army sergeant accused of shooting five fellow soldiers at a Georgia base has been charged by the military with attempted murder

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60 h. ago Forensics gather evidence after fire breaks out at Manchester house

Emergency services are spending a second day at the scene

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61 h. ago Some Democrats want to use gerrymandering. That’s a bad idea | Carlo Invernizzi

When a house is on fire, more fire won’t helpWhen Texas Republicans unveiled yet another contorted congressional map last week – one that would all but erase Austin’s Latino-led seat and increase the Republican party’s federal House tally by up to five seats in total – the outcry from Democrats was immediate and justified. But beyond the Democratic state legislators’ brave effort to stymie the proposal by boycotting the vote, a different refrain has also been heard by leading Democrats in other states: if they do it, why can’t we?Governor Gavin Newsom of California has vowed to “fight fire with fire”, advancing a proposal that would redraw California’s own congressional map to offset Republican gains in Texas. New York’s Kathy Hochul has also embraced the prospect of aggressive gerrymandering in Democratic-controlled states, sidestepping the independent commissions that Democrats themselves had once championed and successfully implemented in both California and New York. Continue re...

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62 h. ago FIREBALLS hit Spain as wildfires spark freak 'fire whirls' and reach Madrid, killing one person as Europe's heatwave hell continues

Extreme heat and strong winds in Spain caused 'fire whirls' on Monday night, as a hellish blaze burned several houses and forced the evacuation of hundreds of people, killing one person in the capital. 

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