43 h. ago R Kelly files request for release from prison citing murder plot against him

Singer’s lawyer said Aryan Brotherhood and prison officials were plotting to kill him, and asked for home confinement Attorneys for R&B singer R Kelly have filed an urgent request for his release from federal prison, citing a serious threat to his life. The motion asks that the 58-year-old be placed under home detention due to what they describe as an orchestrated plan to have him killed behind bars.In a filing submitted on Tuesday, Kelly’s legal team claims that his safety is at risk. The motion alleges that three officials from the Bureau of Prisons attempted to recruit another inmate to murder the singer. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Mexican police kill 4 gunmen, cross into Guatemala in dramatic border shootout

Officials say Mexican state police killed four alleged gunmen near the border with Guatemala, then pursued more suspects into that country in three armored police vehicles

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4 d. ago Mom of boy who allegedly got nude Snapchat from teacher says school officials branded him a ‘liar’

Oliver Fell, 28, was charged with lewd contact with a student by an authority figure and tramission of harmful material to a minor.

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2 w. ago Gerry Adams awarded 100,000 euro in damages after suing BBC for libel

Mr Adams said that a BBC programme defamed him by alleging he sanctioned the killing of former a Sinn Fein official.

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3 w. ago Bonnie Blue 'arrested' as sister shares worrying update on infamous adult star

Infamous adult star Bonnie Blue, who hit headlines with her wild sexual exploits including sleeping with 1,057 men in 24 hours, has allegedly been arrested, according to a post on her official Instagram account

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3 w. ago Gerry Adams had reputation as ‘warmonger’, victims’ campaigner tells court

Mr Adams is suing the BBC over a claim made by a source in a documentary that alleged he had sanctioned the killing of a former Sinn Fein official.

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3 w. ago New Orleans jail maintenance worker arrested on allegations he helped 10 inmates escape

Investigators arrested Sterling Williams, who allegedly admitted he turned water off to toilet covering hole in wallA maintenance worker at New Orleans’s jail has been arrested on allegations that he turned water off to a toilet covering a hole in the wall that 10 men who escaped from the facility early Friday used for their getaway.Investigators arrested 33-year-old jail maintenance worker Sterling Williams after he allegedly admitted to officials that one of the men “advised him to turn the water off in the cell” before the men slipped away through the hole in the wall at the Orleans Justice Center (OJC), the Louisiana attorney general’s office said in a statement. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago ICE says couple drove on the ‘wrong side of the road’ to cause a collision with agents as they conducted searches in the area

The couple, 28, and 34, ‘deliberately blocked and impeded immigration agents during the performance of their official duties’, officials allege

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4 w. ago Fifa breaching own human rights rules over Saudi Arabian World Cup, lawyers say

Fifa ‘under an obligation’ to see ‘human rights are upheld’Group including ex-Fifa adviser makes official complaintA group of leading lawyers has submitted an official complaint to Fifa, alleging the governing body has failed to follow its own human rights rules in relation to the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia. The 30-page complaint has been filed via Fifa’s official grievance mechanism and calls for immediate action in five areas.The complaint has been authored by Fifa’s former anti-corruption adviser Mark Pieth, the Swiss lawyer Stefan Wehrenberg and the British barrister Rodney Dixon, who submitted a report to Fifa a year ago warning of the risks of awarding the tournament to the Gulf state. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Fifa breaching own human rights rules over Saudi Arabia World Cup, lawyers say

Fifa ‘under an obligation’ to see ‘human rights are upheld’Group including ex-Fifa adviser makes official complaintA group of leading lawyers has submitted an official complaint to Fifa, alleging the governing body has failed to follow its own human rights rules in relation to the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia. The 30-page complaint has been filed via Fifa’s official grievance mechanism and calls for immediate action in five areas.The complaint has been authored by Fifa’s former anti-corruption adviser Mark Pieth, the Swiss lawyer Stefan Wehrenberg and the British barrister Rodney Dixon, who submitted a report to Fifa a year ago warning of the risks of awarding the tournament to the Gulf state. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Gabbard fires top officials for alleged leaking after assessment on Venezuela contradicts Trump

Office of the Director of National Intelligence staffer denies that report’s conclusion played a role in officials’ firings

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last month BBC reporter tells court she took ‘utmost care’ with Gerry Adams allegation

Mr Adams is suing the BBC over what he has called a ‘grievous smear’ that alleged he sanctioned the killing of a former Sinn Fein official.

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last month BBC reporter took ‘utmost care’ with Gerry Adams allegation, court told

Mr Adams is suing the BBC over what he has called a ‘grievous smear’ that alleged he sanctioned the killing of a former Sinn Fein official.

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