39 m. ago Lawmaker dad got daughter drunk in Vegas and took her to strip club for her 21st...then did unspeakable back at hotel

John Jessup, 50, a former Hancock County Commissioner and councilman in Indiana, is facing six to 15 years in prison after admitting to an unspeakable act upon his daughter in Las Vegas.

Society

47 m. ago Pope Francis funeral LIVE: Basilica closed to mourners as world leaders gather in Rome for historic service

World leaders including US President Donald Trump, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer will be in attendance

Politics

57 m. ago ICE is reversing termination of legal status for international students around US, lawyer says

A government lawyer said the federal government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students after many filed court challenges around the U.S. Judges around the country had already issued temporary orders restoring the students’ records in a federal database of international students maintained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE

Society

78 m. ago Unite 'poised to retreat' over Birmingham bin strike despite no new pay offer on the table...so what's REALLY behind the union's change of heart?

Sharon Graham, general secretary of Unite, declared this week that a deal with the city council 'could be in touching distance', in a marked change of tone after seven weeks of strikes.

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91 m. ago Fabulist George Santos weeps as he is handed staggering jail sentence for campaign fraud scandal

Former lawmaker George Santos has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his proclivity to spin webs of lies that eventually saw him steal identities and commit fraud.

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95 m. ago Disgraced lawmaker George Santos sentenced to seven years in jail for fraud and identity theft

Santos pleaded guilty to aggravated identity theft and wire fraud in August

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95 m. ago Woman killed man in unprovoked attack after asking to be sent back to hospital

Christina Howell stabbed Hubert Brown to death in a racist and unprovoked attack, the sentencing judge said.

Events

99 m. ago New Syrian foreign minister attends UN Security Council in first US appearance since Assad's fall

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani attended a U.N. Security Council briefing after raising his country’s new flag at the international body

Politics

1 hour ago Gregg Wallace reveals struggles with 'suicidal thoughts' after MasterChef scandal

Gregg Wallace revealed he struggled with suicidal thoughts after he was axed from MasterChef amid accusations of inappropriate behaviour on set

Events

2 h. ago Lawmaker dad got daughter, 24, drunk in Vegas and took her to strip club...then did the unspeakable back at hotel

John Jessup, 50, a former Hancock County Commissioner and councilman in Indiana, is facing up to 15 years in prison after admitting to an unspeakable act upon his daughter in Las Vegas.

Society

2 h. ago Fire plea after Birmingham resident burns recycling inside home amid bin strike

Rubbish has been piling up in the streets since hundreds of bin workers walked out on March 11 in a dispute with Birmingham City Council.

Events

2 h. ago North Lanarkshire Council urging people to mark May's National Walking Month

Walking is a great way to become more active as it is free, low impact, requires no special equipment and pace and distance can easily be increased.

Politics

2 h. ago Louis van Gaal's 'punch' on Ryan Giggs during meeting to decide Man United players to axe

Louis van Gaal was named Manchester United manager in 2014, with Ryan Giggs appointed as his assistant, but the Welshman was left stunned by his greeting in Holland

Sport

2 h. ago 'Excessive' Battersea riverside tower block plans rejected by councillors

Councillors voted unanimously to refuse planning permission for the development at a Wandsworth council planning meeting held on Thursday

Science

2 h. ago Pair jailed over bid to smuggle £1.5m of drugs into UK in crates of watermelons

Scott McSeveney and Steven Lawson, both from Shotts, were both sentenced at the High Court in Glasgow on Friday.

Events

2 h. ago Cyclists who kill pedestrians could face life in prison under major law change

Ministers are planning to overhaul outdated legislation which means cycling offenders can be sent to prison for no more than two years - bringing offences in line with motoring laws

Events

3 h. ago Brazil’s former president arrested and ordered to begin prison sentence

Fernando Collor, who led the country from 1990 to 1992, was sentenced in 2023 after being convicted for corruptionBrazil’s former president, Fernando Collor, has been arrested early and ordered to begin serving a prison sentence stemming from his 2023 conviction for corruption.Collor was convicted of receiving 20m reais ($3.5m) to facilitate contracts between BR Distribuidora, a fuel distributor formerly controlled by the state-owned oil company Petrobras, and construction firm UTC Engenharia for the construction of fuel distribution bases. In return, he offered political support for the appointment of executives at BR Distribuidora when it was still state-owned. Continue reading...

Events

3 h. ago More than 100,000 work days lost through sickness absence at Swansea Council last year

Mental health issues such as stress, an ageing workforce, and increased reporting of sickness absence were said to be the main reasons

Politics

3 h. ago Louis van Gaal punched Ryan Giggs as pair met to discuss which Man Utd players to axe

Ryan Giggs became Louis van Gaal's assistant coach during his time at Manchester United and the Dutch manager instantly took the club icon by surprise

Sport

3 h. ago 3 men sentenced to over a century in prison after plot to kill a ringleader in UK's biggest heist

Three men who plotted to kill a former cage fighter, who years before had been convicted of being one of the ringleaders in the U.K.’s biggest-ever heist, have been sentenced to a collective term of over a century in prison

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