33 h. ago Moscow court sends U.S. citizen awaiting trial to psychiatric hospital

MOSCOW — A U.S. citizen awaiting trial in Moscow has been forcibly admitted to a psychiatric hospital, Russian state media reported Sunday. Joseph Tater, 46, was arrested in August 2024 after being accused of assaulting a police officer during a confrontation with staff at an upmarket hotel in the Russian capital. A Moscow court agreed […]

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6 d. ago Family calls for change after B.C. nurse dies by suicide after attacks on the job

Roseanne Wallace was 33 years old and worked as a psychiatric nurse at Kootenay Boundary Regional Hospital in Trail. Her family said she always wanted to help people.

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7 d. ago Russian authorities move to lift terrorist designation for Taliban

MOSCOW — Russia’s Supreme Court on Monday said it received a petition from the prosecutor general’s office to lift the ban on Afghanistan’s Taliban, who were outlawed two decades ago as a terrorist group. The court said in a statement that it would hold a hearing on the petition, submitted by Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov, […]

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1 week ago 'Miscarriage of justice': Edmonton court overturns another 'not criminally responsible' verdict, finds man confined to hospital for a decade was never mentally ill

For the second time in months, an Alberta court has agreed to free a man who spent a decade in an Edmonton psychiatric hospital, concluding he was there as a result of a “miscarriage of justice.” The Alberta Court of Appeal on March 14 ordered Brandon Ross released from the supervision of the Alberta Review […]

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1 week ago Accused killer Luigi Mangione wants laptop in jail while he awaits trial

The laptop would be configured solely to let him view a vast amount of documents, video and other material in the case, his lawyers said

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3 w. ago ‘QUITE EXCEPTIONAL’: Luigi Mangione lands largest donation from mystery donor

As Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, awaits trial, his defence fund received a hefty addition earlier this week from a mystery donor. The anonymous benefactor pledged $36,500 US to the Luigi Mangione Official Defense Fund on the platform GiveSendGo, which was launched in December to cover the accused […]

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