4 h. ago Houthi rebels say alleged U.S. airstrike that hit Yemen prison kills 68

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Monday alleged a U.S. airstrike hit a prison holding African migrants, killing at least 68 people and wounding 47 others. The U.S. military had no immediate comment. The strike in Yemen’s Saada governorate, a stronghold for the Houthis, is the latest incident in the country’s […]

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3 d. ago Three men sentenced to century in prison after plot to kill ringleader in UK’s biggest heist

LONDON — Three men who plotted to kill a former cage fighter, who years before had been convicted of being one of the ringleaders in the U.K.’s biggest-ever heist, were sentenced Friday to a collective term of over a century in prison. The sentencing of the three men at London’s Central Criminal Court, which is […]

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2 w. ago B.C. Court upholds murder conviction for Vancouver Island prison escapee

VANCOUVER — The British Columbia Court of Appeal has upheld the first-degree murder conviction of James Busch, who escaped from a Vancouver Island prison in 2019 with another inmate, then killed a man who lived near the institution. Busch and fellow inmate Zachary Armitage escaped from William Head Institution, a minimum security prison, on July […]

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2 w. ago Quebecer who killed wife, children must stay in men’s prison despite identifying as female

Mohamed Al Ballouz, who transitioned while in custody, had asked to be incarcerated at the Joliette Institution for Women

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2 w. ago Quebec killer ordered to remain in men’s prison despite identifying as female

Mohamed Al Ballouz, who now uses the name Levana, was sentenced in December to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 25 years.

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3 w. ago Manitoba woman sentenced to 10 years for fatally stabbing community role model

A Manitoba judge has sentenced a woman to 10 years in prison in the stabbing death of her ex-boyfriend, whose killing left a "significant" impact on many.

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3 w. ago Man facing murder charge after inmate at Toronto prison killed: police

An inmate died in hospital a few days after being assaulted by another inmate at a jail in Toronto last Monday, according to police.

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