17 h. ago Search underway for piano teacher to Hollywood kids who slipped out of country after child sex abuse conviction

John Kaleel is accused of fleeing the country on October 8, the same day he was found guilty

Society

28 h. ago From monkey elixir to fentanyl: Tyler Skaggs’s death is merely a chapter in baseball’s 136

As the LA Angels stand trial over the pitcher’s death in the quiet shadow of the World Series fanfare across town, a sport confronts a truth practically as old as the game itselfBefore steroids, before amphetamines and before fentanyl, baseball’s first documented chemical dalliance came from monkey testicles. In August 1889, a worn-down pitcher for the Pittsburgh Alleghenys named James Francis “Pud” Galvin, so nicknamed for his once-devastating ability to reduce hitters to “pudding”, was in need of a spark. He was 32, his right arm a rubbery relic of nearly 5,000 innings pitched, his career on the fade. Then came salvation in a syringe. A French-Mauritian doctor by the name of Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard published a paper – The Effects Produced on Man by the Subcutaneous Injections of a Liquid Obtained from the Testicles of Animals – in which he claimed that a few drops of an extract sourced from dogs and guinea pigs might well make ordinary men stronger and more virile. Galvin, a...

Events

53 h. ago Shock moment road rage thug stops on motorway fast lane to taunt another driver

Shocking footage shows an angry 38-year-old man from Kent getting out of his car on the outside lane of the M40 near Warwick amid busy traffic to shout at the driver behind

Transport

64 h. ago Driver gets out car in middle of motorway in road rage incident

The driver then can be seen on the dashcam footage opening his door and walking next to the central reservation towards the vehicle behind while shouting and holding his arms out.

Transport

66 h. ago Driver forces another vehicle to stop in motorway road rage incident – video

The 38-year-old driver of the truck was caught on camera pulling in front of another vehicle in the third lane before slowing to a complete stop.

Transport

66 h. ago Terrifying moment road rage thug slams on the brakes and stops his pick

Heart-stopping footage shows the yob swerve his Volkswagen pick-up truck in front of another car on lane three of the M40.

Events

2 d. ago Angels outfielder Mike Trout expected to testify in pitcher's wrongful death trial

Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout is expected to testify Tuesday in a trial over whether the MLB team should be held responsible for the drug overdose death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs

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4 d. ago Italian deli owner and four others face manslaughter trial after 14

An Italian deli owner and four others have been put on trial for manslaughter following the tragic death of a 14-year-old British girl who passed away after eating a dessert that had traces of peanuts.  

Politics

4 d. ago What to know about the murder trial of an Illinois sheriff deputy who killed Sonya Massey

An Illinois sheriff's deputy goes on trial this week in the death of Sonya Massey

Events

7 d. ago Couple on trial following death of luxury estate worker 'deeply shocked' at 'brutal' police comment

Nicholas Prest, 71, and his wife Anthea, 70, deny health and safety charges related to the death of groundsman Paul Marsden, 47, at their £2.5m luxury mansion

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9 d. ago A Florida man is on trial for a death of a homeowner during a robbery. But it was cops that shot and killed the victim

Officers yelled at the homeowner to drop a knife before firing three shots — but no knife was ever found at the scene

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9 d. ago Opening statements expected in trial over LA Angels' alleged role in pitcher Skaggs' overdose death

Opening statements are expected soon in the trial for the wrongful death lawsuit against the Los Angeles Angels

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2 w. ago Woman stabbed to death 'by jealous boyfriend' suffered 27 knife wounds, trial hears

Rebekah was also found with suspected defensive wounds from trying to fight off the attack

Events

2 w. ago 3 former New York prison guards charged in beating death of handcuffed inmate go on trial

A prosecutor told a jury that three former upstate New York prison guards on trial in the fatal beating of Black handcuffed inmate were part of a “gang” that took part in an act of of “sheer, unimaginable brutality.”

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2 w. ago Ashling Murphy killer's chilling seven words to wife after school teacher murder

A court heard how Jozef Puska told his wife Lucia Istokova he 'didn't mean to kill that girl' but she was 'scared' to inform the authorities following the shocking murder

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2 w. ago Trial underway over Angels' alleged role in baseball pitcher Tyler Skaggs' overdose death

The Los Angeles Angels are facing a court trial over whether the team is responsible for the drug overdose death of one of its star pitchers

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2 w. ago Pictured: Woman, 28, who smashed her car into man after fit of road rage

Lauren Willis, 28, ploughed her Volkswagen Golf into an Audi driver, hurling him from the windscreen, after a clash near a petrol station in Sittingbourne, Kent.

Transport

2 w. ago Revealed: Notorious gangster Kenneth Noye speaks out for first time as he denies ordering the execution of witness in road rage murder trial

Speaking for the first time on record to a journalist, road rage killer Kenny Noye, 78, said he was not responsible for ordering the hit on Alan Decabral, who was shot dead 25 years ago this Sunday.

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3 w. ago Van driver, 33, who knocked down and killed teacher after they got into fight on roundabout is acquitted of 'road rage' murder

Andrew Robson, 33, was accused of intentionally swerving his Ford Transit at Paul Bowles (pictured), 50, after the 'road rage' spat at the Elk Mill roundabout in Oldham, Greater Manchester.

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3 w. ago Driver who hit dad with van after ‘road rage’ roundabout row NOT GUILTY of murder

Andrew Robson was found not guilty of murdering Paul Bowles

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