14 h. ago Two firefighters arrested on hate crime charges for ‘chasing employee with a noose’

The incident happened in February 2024 but was not reported until April of this year

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38 h. ago Teenage boy accused of trying to hire hitmen online in Nordic ‘cash for killing’ operation

The boy was arrested and charged in Australia for allegedly using an encrypted app to recruit contract killers in Sweden and Denmark

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39 h. ago The Correspondent review – Richard Roxburgh is excellent as jailed journalist Peter Greste

Based on Greste’s account of his time in an Egyptian prison, this is an important story powerfully toldGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailLatvian-Australian journalist Peter Greste became the story when he was arrested in Cairo in 2013 on trumped-up terrorism charges with two of his Al Jazeera colleagues. In a sham trial the following year he was found guilty and sentenced to seven years in prison, ultimately spending 400 days there. It’s no spoiler to say that director Kriv Stenders’ grittily immersive film about Greste’s story has a happy ending – Greste was returned to Australia in 2015 and freed – capping off a tense and twitchy viewing experience, where the pressure valve is released only at the very last minute.Richard Roxburgh is in fine form as Greste, eschewing the slippery charisma he does so well (in TV shows such as Rake and Prosper) to depict the protagonist as a pragmatic but deep-thinking individual, navigating a crisis in which he’s close to powerless. At one...

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41 h. ago Actor William Levy arrested on charges of trespassing and public intoxication

Cuban-American actor was granted a $500 bond

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41 h. ago Actor William Levy speaks out after arrest on disorderly intoxication charges

Cuban-American actor was granted a $500 bond

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57 h. ago Man arrested outside UnitedHealthcare is now charged with firearms counts and threatening violence

Prosecutors say a man who was arrested outside the headquarters of UnitedHealthcare in Minnesota had a history of mental health issues and threatened to shoot up corporate facilities

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59 h. ago Dancing With the Stars finalist William Levy arrested on charges of trespassing and public intoxication

Cuban-American actor was granted a $500 bond

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63 h. ago Two kids arrested on assault charge after teen left in hospital

Police confirmed that they charged a 12 and a 13-year-old in connection with an assault which left a 13-year-old girl in hospital on Friday, April 11.

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3 d. ago Fan hands himself in after bottle thrown at Van der Poel during Paris

Dutchman struck on his way to victory in famous raceAlpecin-Deceuninck and UCI join with condemnationFrench justice officials have launched an investigation after Mathieu van der Poel had a plastic bottle hurled at his face during his triumphant ride to a third consecutive Paris-Roubaix victory on Sunday.“An investigation was opened into the charge of violence with a weapon in order to identify and arrest the perpetrator,” said the Lille prosecutor Carole Etienne on X. The Dutch Alpecin-Deceuninck rider was struck while powering solo over a cobbled section with 33km remaining in the prestigious one-day classic, often called “The Hell of the North”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Air force pilot is accused of strangling his wife before staging lawnmower accident

Air force pilot Robert John Crawford, 47, was arrested and charged on October 10, 2024 with murder and interfering with a corpse.

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3 d. ago US college students detained in Denmark after alleged Uber driver dispute

Two students traveling on spring break were arrested and charged with assault in Copenhagen, police sayTwo American college students traveling for spring break were arrested in Copenhagen, charged with assault, and held in a Danish prison for two weeks following an alleged dispute with an Uber driver, Danish police said.The family of Owen Ray, a 19-year-old studying at Miami University in Ohio, said he and an unnamed friend have been forced to forfeit their passports and remain in the country. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Three teenagers charged with theft after booze stolen from Helensburgh petrol station

Police Scotland arrested and charged three youths following an incident in the town's Morrisons store and a petrol station.

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3 d. ago Pennsylvania arson suspect planned to beat governor with hammer, documents say

Authorities say suspect told them he would have beaten Josh Shapiro with sledgehammer if he had found himA man who authorities said scaled an iron security fence in the middle of the night, eluded police and broke into the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion – where he set a fire – had planned to beat the governor, Josh Shapiro, with a hammer if he found him because he hates the politician, according to court documents released on Monday.The fire left significant damage and forced Shapiro, his family and guests to evacuate the building early on Sunday. The man, arrested later in the day, faces charges including attempted homicide, terrorism, aggravated arson and aggravated assault, authorities said. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Indonesian judges who cleared three palm oil companies of corruption charges arrested

Judges accused of taking money to deliver favourable ruling

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4 d. ago Kapow! South London police officers dress as Batman and Robin in bid to tackle illegal gambling gangs

Kapow! South London police officers dress as Batman and Robin in bid to tackle illegal gambling gangs  Southwark News

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5 d. ago Sheriff's Office: London man arrested on charges including rape of child

Sheriff's Office: London man arrested on charges including rape of child  LEX18

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5 d. ago Two teenage girls arrested after 'wilful' vehicle fires in Edinburgh

A pair of teenage girls have been arrested and charged after incidents of vehicles being deliberately set alight in Edinburgh.

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5 d. ago Second person arrested and charged over attempted murder in Clydebank

A 42-year-old man was taken to hospital for treatment after the incident with emergency services yet to confirm his condition.

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6 d. ago Two men arrested and charged after drugs worth £405,000 recovered in Carluke

On Wednesday, April 9, officers searched a premises on Chapel Street.

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7 d. ago Man arrested and charged after firearm found in car in Scots town

Police stopped a vehicle on Rosehall Road in Bellshill on Thursday and a firearm and ammunition were recovered.

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