49 h. ago Girlfriend charged with murder nearly two decades after dismembered remains of woman found

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis called the case one of the most gruesome she’s ever seen

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50 h. ago Woman who refused to eat for the first decade of her life choked on her own vomit, inquest hears

Tia-Mae McCarthy, 21, from Fordingbridge, Hampshire, baffled doctors as a child with her refusal to eat, surviving on tube feeds until she was a teenager.

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56 h. ago Frankly by Nicola Sturgeon: The secret to happiness? It’s not politics

Frankly is Nicola Sturgeon’s bid to “reveal the person behind the politician”. As she puts it, “The seemingly confident, combative woman who dominated Scottish politics for more than a decade, unnerved the Westminster establishment, helped lead Scotland to the verge of independence and steered it through a global pandemic, is painfully shy, an introvert.”

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4 d. ago I'm a fashion editor and these are the 6 trends every woman over 50 needs to look decades younger

New collections have already landed in your favourite stores meaning that now - not once the weather turns and key items have sold out - is the time to shop.

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6 d. ago ‘I live for a chance to leave Iraq’: how I survived torture and slavery at the hands of Islamic State

A decade on from being freed, a Yazidi woman tells how she endured being abducted by militants when she was aged nineMy childhood living in a village in northern Iraq near the city of Mosul was rich in happiness despite the lack of resources. I was fond of my school and friends and enjoyed a warm family life filled with laughter. That all vanished when Islamic State forces invaded our area.When we heard of their approach [IS took control of large areas of northern Iraq and its second biggest city, Mosul, in 2014], we tried to escape but were surrounded by five IS vehicles. The men were separated and they took my father and one of my cousins and shot them in front of us. Continue reading...

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1 week ago UK’s first female archbishop tells of how she hid her sexuality for decades

New archbishop of Wales says faith kept her going through decades-long struggle for acceptance as a woman and lesbian in the Anglican churchThe new archbishop of Wales, the Most Rev Cherry Vann, has told of how she kept her sexuality secret for decades as part of her struggle to be accepted as a female minister in the Anglican communion.Speaking to the Guardian on Thursday, the day after her appointment, Vann, 66, said that without the strong belief that God had called her to the priesthood she “would not have survived” her journey through the ranks of the church. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Family of Kenyan woman allegedly murdered by UK soldiers criticise defence secretary

Niece of Agnes Wanjiru says she thinks John Healey is ‘taking us for a ride’The niece of a Kenyan woman who was murdered more than a decade ago, allegedly by British soldiers, has said her family now believe the defence secretary “just made a promise for his political gain” when he met them in April.John Healey told the family of Agnes Wanjiru of his “determination to see a resolution” in the case of her murder, pledging the UK’s full support for the investigation. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Slender Man case: woman who stabbed classmate to be released from psychiatric hospital

Morgan Geyser, who pleaded guilty to 2014 attack when she was 12 years old, granted conditional releaseA 22-year-old woman who stabbed a classmate a decade ago believing that the act would earn her the right to be servant of Slender Man, a fictional supernatural character, is set to be released from a Wisconsin psychiatric hospital.Waukesha county circuit Judge Scott Wagner agreed on Thursday to the conditional release of Morgan Geyser from Winnebago mental health institute, a psychiatric hospital where she has spent the last seven years. Continue reading...

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