5 h. ago Father of New Zealand woman held in US by Ice along with six

Rod Price recounts ‘frantic’ call he received from Sarah Shaw after her detention at US border while returning from CanadaThe father of a New Zealand woman who has been held in a US immigration detention centre for three weeks with her six-year-old son is hopeful the pair will be released by the end of the week.US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detained Sarah Shaw and her youngest son after they attempted to re-enter the US from Canada on 24 July. Continue reading...

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55 h. ago Let Josef Fritzl out of prison for coffee in a cafe, rapist father's lawyer says 'amid hopes of his early release'

Fritzl's lawyer Astrid Wagner has confirmed she has lodged a petition for the pensioner to be granted day visits outside prison for so-called 'social training'.

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65 h. ago Josef Fritzl lawyer wants him freed from jail for 'social training' and coffee

The Lawyer for the twisted rapist father who imprisoned his own daughter for more than two decades has asked Austrian authorities for the fiend to be allowed out

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3 d. ago Voices: Faith keeps you going, Kemi, but it doesn’t grant wishes

Kemi Badenoch says she lost her faith after following the Josef Fritzl case. It misses the point in what God is, writes Kat Brown – less a benevolent wishing tree with an accompanying book, more a source of inner strength

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3 d. ago Father of Diddy defense lawyer claims music mogul would support Trump if pardoned

Podcast host and celebrity lawyer Mark Geragos denied that the support would be out of a sense of ‘fealty’

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7 d. ago Kemi Badenoch reveals Josef Fritzl case made her lose her faith in God

In an interview, Mrs Badenoch said she was 'never that religious' while growing up but 'believed in God' and would define herself as a 'Christian apologist'.

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7 d. ago Austrian rapist Josef Fritzl case led Tory leader to ‘reject God’

Kemi Badenoch said reports that Fritzl had imprisoned and repeatedly raped his daughter led her to losing her faith.

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7 d. ago Kemi Badenoch reveals a horror that made her lose her faith in God

In an interview, Mrs Badenoch said she was 'never that religious' while growing up but 'believed in God' and would define herself as a 'Christian apologist'.

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7 d. ago Tory leader Kemi Badenoch says Josef Fritzl case made her ‘reject God’

Badenoch said the Fritzl case was like ‘someone blew out a candle’ when it came to her faith

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7 d. ago Kemi Badenoch says case of vile Austrian sex offender 'killed' her belief in God

Kemi Badenoch said her belief in God changed in 2008 when she read the vile story of Josef Fritzl, who locked and repeatedly raped his daughter Elisabeth in a cellar for 24 years

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1 week ago Inside the neighborhood patrols watching for Ice: ‘They thought they could scare us – but this is LA’

Volunteers with Union del Barrio look for immigration officers and post videos and alerts, warning people to seek shelterDawn broke on a foggy morning on Terminal Island, an artificial slice of land that rests where the city of Los Angeles meets the Pacific Ocean. Sea lions barked in the distance as sleek, white SUVs drove through a checkpoint into a federal prison. Chavo Romero, his hair pulled back in a ponytail, sipped coffee as he watched them.He awoke before daybreak, taking the day off from his public health job to drive here in the dark. Romero is part of a coalition of trained volunteers called Union del Barrio, who patrol the barrios, or neighbourhoods, to look for immigration enforcement, “La Migra.” When they spot Ice activity, they post videos that go viral, alerting people to seek shelter. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Legal cases could prise open Epstein cache despite Trump’s blocking effort

Cases winding through courts offer hope that documents could be released even if justice department declinesOn the campaign trail, Donald Trump vowed that his administration would release a tranche of documents in the criminal investigation into disgraced late financier Jeffrey Epstein.But since Trump returned to the White House, his promises have fallen flat, with few documents released – and backtracking about releasing more records. The lack of disclosure has prompted not only dissatisfaction among those seeking information about Epstein’s crimes, but political flak Trump can’t seem to deflect, especially about his own relations with the convicted sex trafficker. Continue reading...

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