10 h. ago Chilling last post of Kentucky cheerleader, 21, who 'hid dead newborn in a trash bag in closet'

Laken Snelling, 21, was arrested on Saturday and charged with abuse of a corpse, tampering with physical evidence and concealing the birth of an infant.

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14 h. ago Beauty queen, 21, arrested after 'hiding dead newborn baby in a closet'

University of Kentucky student Laken Snelling was taken into police custody after a disturbing discovery of a newborn baby in a state where abortion has been prohibited since 2022

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20 h. ago Beauty queen, 20, dies in horror motorbike crash on one of world's most dangerous roads

Alondra Marianela Hernández Pérez, 20, was on her way to work when she suddenly lost control of her bike and crashed on the notorious San Marcos-Quetzaltenango road

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3 d. ago Revealed: The fall of woman who was Miss UK as video shows her moment of madness in upscale restaurant... and her victim speaks out

There was a time when the Captain's Club Hotel in Christchurch, Dorset, might have welcomed the likes of former beauty queen Samantha Williamson (pictured, as Miss UK in 2003).

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3 d. ago Ordinary people outside hotels raging at ordinary people inside them: that’s the tragedy of this refugee controversy | Rowan Williams

Anyone who has met refugees sees the ordinariness of their hopes and dreams. If we reject their humanity, how can we be proud of ourselves?No one in their right mind thinks accommodating asylum seekers in hotels is a good idea. No one in their right mind thinks we should just live with undocumented, life-threatening migration routes into the UK. And no one in their right mind thinks the experiences endured by most migrants could be a rational choice for anyone. Forget for a moment the ludicrous, inflammatory posturing of many who should know better; we ought to be able to begin from these shared acknowledgments.Using hotels for housing vulnerable migrants is the equivalent of what prison reform campaigners have long called warehousing – make sure a problematic group is simply corralled somewhere more or less secure, and hope their issues will somehow sort themselves out. The chaos and under-resourcing of the legal processes involved and the shocking levels of delay mean that the con...

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4 d. ago Moment drunk former Miss UK model sexually assaults man as he celebrates cancer all

There was a time when the Captain's Club Hotel in Christchurch, Dorset, might have welcomed the likes of former beauty queen Samantha Williamson (pictured, as Miss UK in 2003).

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1 week ago El Chapo whines about 'lack of sun' in prison as he longs for beauty queen wife

The former Mexican drug lord has many concerns about his time spent in an isolated prison cell, having filed an amended federal complaint as he misses the sun and his wife

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1 week ago Ghislaine Maxwell’s transfer to a ‘country club’ prison is outrageous | Margaret Sullivan

The Maxwell prison transfer is just another element of the many-ringed circus act that is American politics these daysIn any other era, the shockingly cushy treatment for the convicted sexual offender Ghislaine Maxwell would be a weeks-long scandal.The longtime associate of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein sat down with a justice department attorney last month and then, before long, was transferred to a minimum-security prison in Texas known for its arts and crafts programs and inmates’ ability to move around the grounds.Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist writing on media, politics and culture Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Beauty queen Molly Martens who killed her husband alongside FBI agent father planned to buy 'black market sperm' and get pregnant without him knowing a year before bludgeoning him

Husband killer Molly Martens had a secret plan to buy 'black market sperm' on the internet so she could get pregnant, according to the Irish Times .

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2 w. ago Miss Universe contestant killed in freak £70k Porsche accident with huge animal

A famous Russian model and beauty queen has died after being in a coma for a month when her luxury car crashed into the legs of a huge animal – with tributes pouring in for her 'beauty'

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2 w. ago Rita Wrote a Letter: Paul Kelly’s sequel to How to Make Gravy is an affectionate goodbye to Joe

Almost 30 years after Kelly released his Christmas classic, we finally learn what became of his cast of characters Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email“She’s the one to save me,” errant protagonist Joe declares of Rita, his long-suffering partner and unpaid therapist, in the prison letter that forms the lyrics of Paul Kelly’s 1996 single How to Make Gravy.The perennial Christmas classic was recently voted the ninth-best Australian song of all time. Almost 30 years after he wrote it, Kelly has released a sequel, Rita Wrote a Letter, in which we finally learn what became of Rita while Joe was in jail: she wised up and moved on.Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Parents occupy community centre with buggy blockade in protest over cost of childcare

Families and youth workers occupy recently closed centre run by Living Under One Sun in Tottenham in protest over lack of affordable childcare and school holiday support

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3 w. ago Beauty queen, 35, was abducted, hog tied and weighed down with rocks before suffering nightmarish death

Acquene Arradaza, 35, was snatched by three armed men while shopping at a grocery store on July 31. The alleged abduction was reported by relatives on the same day.

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3 w. ago Beauty queen's body found drifting in water after being hogtied in grim killing

Acquene Arradaza was seen on CCTV being forcibly bundled into a black Toyota Wigo before her decomposing body resurfaced on a shoreline in Philippines last week

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3 w. ago The Tennessee execution that ‘went horribly wrong’: how Byron Black’s killing unfolded

Witnesses say disabled death-row man was in distress upon gurney, while lawyer calls execution ‘100% botched’For attorney Kelley Henry, the visible blood was the first indication that the execution of her client was going wrong.At 10.15am on Tuesday inside the Riverbend maximum security prison in Nashville, the longtime Tennessee death row lawyer watched as staff attempted to place an IV into the right arm of Byron Black. Black was locked on to a gurney with crisscrossing black straps over his chest, stomach and legs, and Henry saw blood ooze from the injection site. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Tim Dowling: my wife takes the dog to be spayed. It’s best I don’t go with her

On her return, the dog staggers in dressed in a snug onesie, like pyjamas for a very long toddler, or a canine prison uniform, too groggy to climb on the bedThe new dog – now just “the dog”, I guess – has an appointment to be spayed. Thanks to a number of unforeseen events the procedure has already been cancelled once, and my wife is keen not to miss our Friday morning slot. When it’s time to leave she comes out to my office shed with the dog following.“We’re off,” she says. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Grim photo shows nightmarish conditions Bryan Kohberger faces after being moved to notorious J

The quadruple killer, 30, was moved to long-term isolation in a notoriously restrictive block of the Idaho prison where he will spend the rest of his life.

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