60 m. ago Cops probe daytime sex attack on teenager in woodland near Scots high school

The man is described as white, with short hair and was wearing a light and dark coloured jacket and had a face covering.

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71 m. ago Man arrested in Charlie Kirk's killing had no known criminal history, had become 'more political'

Family members of the young Utah man accused of shooting Charlie Kirk told authorities he had recently become more political and believed Kirk was spreading hate

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72 m. ago ICE agent shoots dead man who tried to run him over during operation ‘Midway Blitz’

The incident occurred Friday as officials attempted to apprehend Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, who resisted arrest and drove his car at law enforcement officers, the DHS said

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86 m. ago Emotional Utah Gov. Spencer Cox takes over presser on arrest of Charlie Kirk shooting suspect: ‘Log off, touch grass’

The mild-mannered Utah executive was once a Trump foe who now champions the president and has long preached civility in a time when politics has gone combative. His message is drawing notice

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2 h. ago US immigration officers kill man attempting to flee vehicle stop near Chicago

Fatal shooting occurred during protest outside the Ice processing center in Broadview, IllinoisA man was fatally shot during a vehicle stop on the outskirts of Chicago by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers after attempting to flee the scene, according to officials, and another officer was injured during the altercation.Ice released the following statement after the shooting: “This morning in Chicago, Ice officers were conducting targeted local enforcement activity during a vehicle stop, the suspect resisted and attempted to drive his vehicle into the arrest team, striking an officer and subsequently dragging him as he fled the scene, fearing for his life, the officer discharged his firearm and struck the subject. Both the officer and subject immediately received medical treatment and were transferred to a local hospital.” Continue reading...

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2 h. ago US immigration officers kill man trying to flee vehicle stop near Chicago

Fatal shooting occurred during protest outside the Ice processing center in Broadview, IllinoisA man was fatally shot during a vehicle stop on the outskirts of Chicago by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers after attempting to flee the scene, according to officials, and another officer was injured during the altercation.Ice released the following statement after the shooting: “This morning in Chicago, Ice officers were conducting targeted local enforcement activity during a vehicle stop, the suspect resisted and attempted to drive his vehicle into the arrest team, striking an officer and subsequently dragging him as he fled the scene, fearing for his life, the officer discharged his firearm and struck the subject. Both the officer and subject immediately received medical treatment and were transferred to a local hospital.” Continue reading...

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2 h. ago A video, a pastor and a tense meeting: timeline of Charlie Kirk suspect’s arrest

Surveillance footage of person suspected of fatally shooting the rightwing activist set in motion a rapid series of eventsCharlie Kirk shooting – live updatesFuzzy video footage of Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer racing across a rooftop at Utah Valley University, dropping to the ground and sprinting away in the moments following the conservative activist’s death on Wednesday, was taken from so far away that it could not possibly have revealed his identity.“You started off with a clip that made him look like an ant,” Donald Trump told Fox News in a Friday morning interview as the US president discussed the killing of the rightwing activist at a campus speaking engagement attended by thousands of students. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago How Charlie Kirk suspect used video game references as roommate exposed Discord chat

The suspect arrested in connection with the shooting of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk has been named as 22 year old Tyler Robinson, who was turned in by his father

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2 h. ago Tyler Robinson could face death penalty after Charlie Kirk capital murder arrest

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for the gunman responsible for the death of MAGA ally Charlie Kirk as suspect Tyler Robinson faces charges of aggravated murder and more

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2 h. ago Two Arkansas women disappeared in July and were found murdered. Cops say they just arrested the killer

Denise Rhodes and Robyn DeSort, both from the Bauxite area in Saline County, vanished in mid-July

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2 h. ago Man arrested in Greater Manchester over allegations of race fixing

Officers swopped in a village in Bury this morning

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2 h. ago Hamilton College targets historic gong at Independent Schools of the Year Awards

The Lanarkshire school is th eonly one in Scotland vying for the prestigious honour.

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2 h. ago Child dies from measles complication years AFTER recovering from virus

An unidentified, school-age child from Los Angeles County, California, has died from a rare complication of the measles virus years after they were initially infected as an infant.

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2 h. ago Decorator carried out chilling attack on partner during weekend away

A judge said it was clear than when in drink Jason Beech is a 'violent man who cannot control his temper'

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2 h. ago Horror moment man pounces from bushes to slash ex's throat captured on doorbell camera

Rosie Niessen, 28, was leaving for her job as a prison officer when Simon Scrimshaw, then 50, attacked her from behind with a Stanley knife.

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2 h. ago Every bus cancelled including school services as 2,000 Bee Network drivers prepare to strike

Travellers are being urged to plan ahead as transport is expected to busier than normal

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2 h. ago The Guardian view on Bolsonaro’s coup conviction: a landmark for Brazilian democracy – but this fight isn’t over | Editorial

Though the far-right former president has been held accountable for overseeing the plot, supporters at home and abroad still rally to his causeA populist president refused to accept his defeat at the ballot box, insisting that the election had been stolen. A far-right mob stormed the country’s institutions in his support. Yet democracy prevailed. And then, on Thursday, Brazil’s supreme court sentenced the former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison for leading a criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2022 elections and “annihilate” democracy through a coup. The sprawling plot was both modern and crudely old school – extending from an online disinformation campaign to undermine faith in the voting system, to aborted plans to assassinate the newly elected president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as Lula, and the supreme court justice investigating Bolsonaro. It culminated in the riots in Brasília in January 2023.Four of the five judges on the panel found Bolsonaro guilty...

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3 h. ago Charlie Kirk suspect's motive revealed as vile political messages surface after his arrest

Engravings found on the bullets used by Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin Tyler Robinson, 22, reveal disturbing political messages.

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3 h. ago The US is on the brink of another era of political violence – and Donald Trump ‘couldn’t care less’ | Jonathan Freedland

In their humane responses to the killing of Charlie Kirk, Democrats are observing the old norms. Things are different now: anger and division ruleSign up for our new weekly newsletter Matters of Opinion, where our columnists and writers will reflect on what they’ve been debating, thinking about, reading and moreThe killing of Charlie Kirk has left the US and those who care about it on edge. The arrest of a suspect, Tyler Robinson, has hardly settled the nerves, not when the revelation of any supposed political allegiances could touch off a fresh round of recriminations. The fear is that the country is about to descend into a new era of political violence, becoming a place where differences are settled not with words and argument but by guns and blood. After all, it has plumbed those depths before.The US was born in violence, fought a civil war less than a century after its founding and in living memory seemed to be on the brink of another one – with a spate of assassinations in the ...

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3 h. ago Cocaine kingpin who posed for surfing snaps while his hapless minions were chased onto beach and arrested over £18m drugs plot is jailed for 16 years

Alex Fowlie, 35, of Chichester bragged to accomplices there was 'zero f*****g risk' as he helped engineer a plan to bring £18.4million of drugs from South America into the UK.

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