91 m. ago Boy, 5, dies after drinking apple juice 'laced with meth' as mum charged for his death

Heather Opsincs, 37, was arrested and charged with aggravated manslaughter last week following the death of her five-year-old son, who died after drinking apple juice that contained methamphetamine, according to a police affidavit

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1 hour ago Upstate New York officer won't face criminal charges after fatally shooting a 13

An upstate New York police officer will not face criminal charges in the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old boy who pointed what turned out to be a BB gun last June

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2 h. ago Trump news at a glance: sweeping tariffs announced; Musk could be nearing end of role

Trump announces ‘reciprocal’ tariffs on largest US trading partners; Elon Musk may leave government role at end of 130-day cap. Here’s your roundup of key US politics stories from 2 April 2025Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on some of its largest trading partners on Wednesday, upending decades of US trade policy and threatening to unleash a global trade war on what he has dubbed “liberation day”.Trump said he will impose a 10% universal tariff on all imported foreign goods in addition to “reciprocal tariffs” on a few dozen countries, charging additional duties onto countries that Trump claims have “cheated” America. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago SafeSport knew of allegations against former cop before hiring him as investigator

People at the U.S. Center for SafeSport knew a former police officer was the subject of an internal investigation for sex crimes at his former job but hired him anyway

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5 h. ago New London police charge Essex woman with negligent homicide in November fatal crash

New London police charge Essex woman with negligent homicide in November fatal crash  CT Insider

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6 h. ago Seven tigers seized from Nevada residence of exotic animal dealer

The operation took most of Wednesday due to the need to sedate the tigers and remove them from the property, authorities said

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6 h. ago Pet funeral company accused of dumping dogs by the side of the road instead of cremating them

One pet parent who discovered the remains of his animal had been left on the side of the road was given ashes but isn’t sure if the remains belong to a pet or human

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7 h. ago Perv teacher filmed sex with student, 15, after taking her mum out for lunch

Middle school teacher from Florida, Christopher Withers, offered to play the role of "mentor" in the young girl's life after her father died but instead started up a sexual relationship with her

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7 h. ago Perilous and chaotic, Trump’s ‘liberation day’ imperils the world’s broken economy – and him | Martin Kettle

While the president has identified the need to do things differently, his strategy risks a slump, hitting the very Americans he claims to championIt would be “liberation day” in the US, the White House announced. Well, we shall see. Yet even if one puts the noise and nastiness that accompany a Donald Trump announcement to one side – in this case tonight’s pronouncement that there will be an executive order announcing “reciprocal tariffs on countries throughout the world”, a 10% tariff on the UK and 20% on the EU – the significance of the theatre is hard to miss. Whether they presage the US’s liberation, or instead the disintegration of the global trading order, Trump’s tariffs add up to an attempt to transform a badly broken economic model. And that is something that affects us all.Trump’s announcement was awash with insult and rambling nonsense. The rest of the world had looted, raped and pillaged, had scavenged and ransacked America – shocking claims if they had come from any othe...

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7 h. ago Donald Trump reveals tariffs UK and others will be charged in war on 'foreign cheaters'

United States President Donald Trump has revealed a list of tariffs on what he is branding 'Liberation Day' which opponents fear will have a crippling effect on the world economy

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8 h. ago Dad accidentally kills teen son while ‘actively mudding’ at an off

Jack Cody West, 47, has been charged with manslaughter after he allegedly ran over his 19-year-old son Blake

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8 h. ago Teacher, 36, who groomed schoolgirls by touching them and sending lewd messages is banned from the classroom

Luke Berry, 36, was working at Joyce Frankland Academy in Essex when he committed two sexual offences against girls aged under 18.

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9 h. ago Arrest made in mysterious murder of bloodied man found stabbed on stranger’s sofa

Jose Velasquez-Martinez, 27, was charged with fatal stabbing of Brandon Probst, who was found injured in stranger’s home

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9 h. ago Influencer looks suitably ashamed as she's perp walked for 'having sex with her chihuahua'

Logan Guminski, 27, hung her head in shame as she was perp walked following her arrest for allegedly having sex with her Chihuahua.

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10 h. ago ASK COLEEN 'I'm worried my daughter is 30 and still single and she will never find a man'

Coleen Nolan speaks to an anxious mother who fears her daughter will never settle down and be happy

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10 h. ago Emmerdale fans predict Steph will continue to 'spiral' after horrific truth outed

Steph learned of Anthony Fox's harrowing crimes only recently after Ruby's admission of murder

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11 h. ago Gang of four boys aged 15 to 17 who 'raped woman in alleyway' are accompanied to court by their mothers

A gang of teenage boys charged with raping a woman in a town centre alleyway appeared before a district judge today, after being accompanied into court by their mothers.

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11 h. ago Suspect who killed Walgreens worker ‘had grudge against big pharmacies’, police say

Narciso Gallardo Fernandez, 30, was arrested and charged with murder after he was captured on surveillance footage from inside the store waving a gun around

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11 h. ago Mum 'mauled by pack of 24 starving dogs' died after attack 'drained her of blood'

Jessica Hoff is facing charges after her vulnerable mum, LaVonne Hoff, 76, was found dead in her Colorado home in February when she was left alone with multiple dog on the loose

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11 h. ago Fugitive leader of violent Ecuadorian drug gang is indicted in New York City

The fugitive leader of a violent Ecuadorian gang has been indicted in New York City on charges he imported thousands of pounds of cocaine into the United States

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