23 h. ago I went viral for telling a court aged 7 that my mom drowned my sister. I've kept my secret for 17 years... now I'm ending my silence

At just seven years old, AJ Hutto took the stand in a tension-filled Florida courtroom and told a jury he saw his mother drown his sister in their pool - leading to her getting life without parole.

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46 h. ago Huddersfield 'murder': Man arrested after boy, 16, has 'throat slashed' in fatal street attack

Alfie Franco, aged 20, is set to appear in Leeds Magistrates' Court today charged with the murder of a 16-year-old boy in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

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4 d. ago ‘No agenda’ in Guardian investigation of Noel Clarke, high court hears

Actor accuses newspaper of libel in articles about his alleged sexual misconductThere was “no agenda” in the Guardian’s investigation of sexual misconduct allegations against Noel Clarke, the high court has heard.In her second day in the witness box, Lucy Osborne, an investigative correspondent at the Guardian, defended the publication’s reporting in the face of questioning from the former Doctor Who star’s barrister, Philip Williams. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Judge Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race in massive blow to Trump and Musk agenda

Closely watched race for a seat on the state’s highest court served as a proxy battle over the nation’s political future

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5 d. ago Susan Crawford wins Wisconsin Supreme Court race in massive blow to Trump and Musk agenda

Closely watched race for a seat on the state’s highest court served as a proxy battle over the nation’s political future

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5 d. ago Judge holds ICE agent in contempt for detaining suspect in the middle of his trial

‘I can't think of any greater injustice than a man who is taken away from his trial in the middle of it by the government,’ Wilson Martell-Lebron’s defense attorney tells The Independent

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5 d. ago Airport security check uncovers £1m cocaine stash hidden in electric wheelchair

The wheelchair contained 11 packages, weighing 12kg, concealed in the seat and backrest.

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7 d. ago Musk hands out $1m checks to voters amid Wisconsin supreme court election race

Musk denied he was buying votes but said the court election outcome would be critical to Trump’s agenda and ‘the future of civilization’Elon Musk gave out $1m checks on Sunday to two Wisconsin voters, declaring them spokespeople for his political group, ahead of a Wisconsin supreme court election that the tech billionaire cast as critical to Donald Trump’s agenda and “the future of civilization”.“It’s a super big deal,” he told a roughly 2,000-person crowd in Green Bay on Sunday night, taking the stage in a yellow cheesehead hat. “I’m not phoning it in. I’m here in person.” Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Elon Musk hands out $1m checks to voters amid Wisconsin supreme court election race

Musk denied he was buying votes but said the court election outcome would be critical to Trump’s agenda and ‘the future of civilization’Elon Musk gave out $1m checks on Sunday to two Wisconsin voters, declaring them spokespeople for his political group, ahead of a Wisconsin supreme court election that the tech billionaire cast as critical to Donald Trump’s agenda and “the future of civilization”.“It’s a super big deal,” he told a roughly 2,000-person crowd in Green Bay on Sunday night, taking the stage in a yellow cheesehead hat. “I’m not phoning it in. I’m here in person.” Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Appeals court rules Trump can fire board members of independent labor agencies

An appeals court has ruled that President Donald Trump can fire two board members of independent labor agencies from their respective posts in the federal government

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9 d. ago Estate agent who secretly sold her millionaire ex's Lamborghini 'gift' after whirlwind romance then blew the lot on holidays and partying is hit with £300k court bill

Erin Giumba, a 28-year-old estate agent from London , enjoyed a 'brief but intense relationship' with entrepreneur and part-time model Ernest Siow - during which time he bought a roaring £260k supercar.

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1 week ago ‘I got food poisoning in Vietnam — I wasn’t expecting it to trigger a chronic illness’

British TikToker Ella Rhian went viral after telling her followers about the unlikely origin of her Inflammatory Bowel Disease. 14 million views later, she tells Caitlin Hornik about the shocking diagnosis

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1 week ago Reason captains are asking cruise passengers to shut their curtains

A TikTok has gone viral after a passenger recorded an announcement onboard a cruise ship, telling passengers to close their curtains and turn off their lights in case of a pirate attack

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1 week ago Supreme Court takes up $8 billion phone and internet subsidy for rural and low

The Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a major legal fight over the $8 billion a year the federal government spends to subsidize phone and internet services in schools, libraries and rural areas, in a new test of federal regulatory power

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1 week ago Hawk Tuah girl Haliey Welch returns with 'legendary comeback post' addressing rumours

Haliey Welch went viral in June last year after telling people to ‘Hawk Tuah - spit on that thang’ and she disappeared after launching a meme coin that infuriated investors, but she’s back

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2 w. ago Trump says his administration won’t defy judges after multiple setbacks to his agenda in numerous court cases

Trump previously called for a District of Columbia federal judge who ruled against the administration to be impeached, prompting a rare rebuke from Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts

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2 w. ago Players accuse tennis governing bodies of running ‘cartel’ in lawsuit

Players allege earnings are kept artificially lowRanking system and doping policies also under attackThe player advocacy organization founded by Novak Djokovic and Vasek Pospisil has launched a lawsuit against the governing bodies of professional tennis, marking an escalation in its battle to secure better rights for players.The six-year-old Professional Tennis Players Association (PTPA), which has struggled to drive change from outside the system, is now pursuing legal action against the ATP Tour, WTA Tour, International Tennis Federation (ITF) and International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA). The 163-page complaint, filed in the US district court for the southern district of New York, lists 12 current and former players as plaintiffs, including Pospisil, Nick Kyrgios and Sorana Cîrstea. It alleges that the governing bodies have systematically suppressed competition, manipulated prize money structures and imposed restrictive ranking systems that prevent players from seeking alterna...

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2 w. ago Trump axes Secret Service protection for Hunter Biden and sister Ashley

Trump has slammed the protection given to Hunter Biden as ‘ridiculous’

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2 w. ago Spice Girl Geri Horner is Kate Middleton's secret style sister...as long as it's all white

One is a regal, polished princess with a wardrobe that embodies timeless sophistication. The other is pop royalty who in her Spice Girls heyday was best known for her iconic Union Jack mini dress.

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3 w. ago Survivor who ignited US Catholic church’s reckoning with abuse killed in Louisiana

Scott Anthony Gastal, who at age 11 had testified in court in the 1980s that his priest had raped him, was beaten to deathThe clergy abuse survivor who effectively ignited the US Catholic church’s reckoning with clerical molestation when – at age 11 – he testified in the 1980s that his priest had raped him was recently beaten to death in south-west Louisiana.Scott Anthony Gastal, whose later life was marked by legal struggles after enduring child sexual abuse at the hands of notorious clergy predator Gilbert Gauthe, was 50. Continue reading...

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