3 h. ago RECAP: Our live coverage from Day 1 of the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial

RECAP: Our live coverage from Day 1 of the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial  London Free Press

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8 h. ago Jesse Lingard gives evidence at grandfather’s sexual assault trial

The former Manchester United footballer appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday.

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9 h. ago 'Polish Madeleine' and female acquaintance plead not guilty to 'turning up at the McCann family home after bombarding them with messages'

Polish national, 23-year-old Julia Wandel - who claims to be the couple's missing daughter Madeline - Karen Spragg, 60, of Cardiff pleaded not guilty to stalking the McCann family

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11 h. ago Sex assault trial of five Hockey Canada World Junior players begins Tuesday in London

Sex assault trial of five Hockey Canada World Junior players begins Tuesday in London  Toronto Star

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11 h. ago Sex assault trial of five Hockey Canada world junior players begins today in London

Sex assault trial of five Hockey Canada world junior players begins today in London  Toronto Star

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11 h. ago LIVE: Players plead not guilty, jury selection underway in former world junior hockey players’ sex assault trial

LIVE: Players plead not guilty, jury selection underway in former world junior hockey players’ sex assault trial  CTV News

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64 h. ago Man who fatally shot 23 at El Paso Walmart set to plead guilty to murder nearly 6 years on

Nearly six years after a man fatally shot 23 people in a racist attack targeting Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in Texas near the U.S.-Mexico border, the gunman's criminal case is set to come to a close

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5 d. ago Harvard Medical School morgue manager to plead guilty to stealing heads, brains and bones before SELLING them

Cedric Lodge, 56, managed the Ivy League's morgue for 27 years until he was arrested in 2023 for transporting goods across state lines.

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5 d. ago Athletic Bilbao vs Rangers LIVE as Ally McCoist speaks to 3 players on the pitch as icon gets inside intel

Rangers live for Thursday nights but outlasting their esteemed foes in the raucous San Mames is a career-defining test

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5 d. ago Former morgue manager of Harvard Medical School to plead guilty to stealing and selling body parts

Cedric Lodge was accused of stealing and selling human heads, brains, skin and bones from cadavers as part of a ‘nationwide network’

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6 d. ago Harvey Weinstein asks to be allowed to sleep in hospital not jail during retrial

Lawyers say conditions at Rikers and stress of trial on ailing ex-studio boss may ‘lead to serious health complications’Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers asked a judge on Wednesday to allow the ailing ex-studio boss to spend his nights at a New York City hospital instead of jail for the duration of his #MeToo rape retrial.Weinstein’s lawyers made the request as jury selection resumed for a second day. The 73-year-old disgraced movie mogul arrived in court in a wheelchair, as he has at all of his recent court appearances. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Harvey Weinstein’s New York retrial is about to begin. Here’s where his cases stand

The Hollywood powerhouse, who’s been behind bars on rape and assault charges, faces his third trial this week after a court tossed his New York conviction

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7 d. ago Jury selection to begin in Harvey Weinstein’s retrial in New York

Weinstein is being retried on two charges from his original trial, which ended with a rape conviction but was later overturned The last time a New York City jury sat in judgment of Harvey Weinstein, the ex-movie studio boss was convicted of rape and sentenced to 23 years in prison.Five years later, that landmark #MeToo verdict is gone – wiped away on appeal – and Weinstein is set to go on trial again, beginning Tuesday with jury selection. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago What to know about Harvey Weinstein's #MeToo retrial with jury selection set to get underway

Five years after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and hauled to jail in handcuffs, the disgraced movie mogul returns to a Manhattan courthouse Tuesday for a new trial covering the very same allegations

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9 d. ago ‘That serene Scandinavian facade, yet there’s terror underneath’: artist unveils design for Norwegian national memorial to 22 July attacks

A 12-metre high mosaic will show the reflection of a wading bird native to Utøya island, where Anders Breivik murdered 69 people in 2011Fourteen years ago, the heart of Oslo was reconfigured by hate. On 22 July 2011, Norwegian neo-Nazi Anders Behring Breivik detonated a car bomb outside the office of the then prime minister Jens Stoltenberg, killing eight people and damaging surrounding buildings, before murdering a further 69 people on the nearby island of Utøya.But now the same site is to be reconfigured by hope. Last week, after a multi-round, three-year-long selection process, a jury of curators, politicians, artists and representatives of the victims and survivors of the attacks announced the winning design for a new Norwegian national memorial to be unveiled in time for the 15th anniversary in 2026. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Harvey Weinstein to stand trial this week in redo of #MeToo case

Re-examination puts one of biggest #MeToo victories back in court as backlash against women’s rights unfolds in USHarvey Weinstein goes back on trial in New York this week in a redo of the #MeToo-era case in which the disgraced movie mogul was convicted of sexual criminal assault in the first degree and rape in the third degree, but acquitted on three other counts, including the most serious charge, predatory sexual assault.The legal drama begins with jury selection that is expected to last up to a week. It puts one of the biggest victories of the #MeToo era back in the courtroom just as a backlash against women’s rights – from abortion access to the rise of controversial male influencers like Andrew Tate – unfolds across the US. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Soulja Boy ordered to pay $4 million to former assistant after sexual assault trial

After ordering those compensatory damages, the jury will next decide on punitive damages

Economics

1 week ago Thug bit partner on her arm and offered her friend £500 to drop police complaint

Jack Hitchings, 32, was found guilty of two counts of assault by beating and perverting the course of justice following a trial.

Economics

1 week ago Hollywood director accused of preying on young starlets ordered to pay $1.6 BILLION in shocking sex abuse suit

James Toback, the disgraced filmmaker accused of sexually assaulting dozens of women, was ordered to pay more than a billion dollars after a sexual assault trial in New York.

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2 w. ago Elon Musk 'rattled' as he's trolled during livestream gaming session on private jet

Elon Musk was trolled by other players as he live streamed himself playing Path of Exile 2 from his private jet, with one gamer telling him his daughter was "right" about his poor gaming skills

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