2 h. ago Oklahoma prosecutor: No charges after report of explicit images on education chief's TV

An Oklahoma County prosecutor has declined to file criminal charges after two board members said they saw images of naked women on a television in the office of state School Superintendent Ryan Walters

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27 h. ago Charlie Kirk murder suspect appears in court as officials say he left note on shooting to roommate – live updates

Utah attorney says Tyler Robinson faces seven counts including aggravated murder and prosecution seeks death penalty; hearing to be held onlineFull report: Kirk suspect charged with aggravated murder by Utah prosecutorsUnder-fire FBI director Kash Patel will confront Senate Democrats at a congressional hearing at 9am ET, likely to be dominated by questions about the investigation into the killing of Charlie Kirk, as well as the agency’s role in reviewing the files related to the Epstein case, and recent firings of senior officials who have accused Patel of illegal political retribution.His appearance before the Senate judiciary committee represents the first oversight hearing of Patel’s young but tumultuous tenure. Most recently he has faced criticism for his actions and social media posts during the Kirk shooting investigation, which have raised questions about his experience and judgement, including being seen as “grandstanding” with regards to his own role, and prematurely (and w...

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28 h. ago Charlie Kirk murder suspect left note on shooting to roommate, authorities say as charges revealed – live updates

Utah attorney says Tyler Robinson faces seven counts including aggravated murder and will be held without bail as prosecution seeks death penaltyFull report: Kirk suspect charged with aggravated murder by Utah prosecutorsUnder-fire FBI director Kash Patel will confront Senate Democrats at a congressional hearing at 9am ET, likely to be dominated by questions about the investigation into the killing of Charlie Kirk, as well as the agency’s role in reviewing the files related to the Epstein case, and recent firings of senior officials who have accused Patel of illegal political retribution.His appearance before the Senate judiciary committee represents the first oversight hearing of Patel’s young but tumultuous tenure. Most recently he has faced criticism for his actions and social media posts during the Kirk shooting investigation, which have raised questions about his experience and judgement, including being seen as “grandstanding” with regards to his own role, and prematurely (and...

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54 h. ago Report: London city councilmember arrested on domestic violence charges

Report: London city councilmember arrested on domestic violence charges  LEX18

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1 week ago London man arrested on charges related to child sex abuse material, police report

London man arrested on charges related to child sex abuse material, police report  LEX18

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2 w. ago Teacher banned after pupils see explicit image when he was using laptop to present to class

Christian Watkinson alleged by pupils to have accessed inappropriate material 'almost every lesson'

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2 w. ago ‘Exceptionally reckless’ science teacher banned after pupils saw explicit images on work laptop

Christian Watkinson alleged by pupils to have accessed inappropriate material 'almost every lesson'

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3 w. ago South Lanarkshire education chief hails pupils after attainment levels increase

There were improvements in Nationals, Highers and Advanced Highers as well as National Progression Awards, Skills for Work Awards and National Certificates and Awards.

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3 w. ago Huge crumbling schools revamp to create thousands of apprentice opportunities

Education chiefs say 13,000 opportunities for apprentices and T-level students will be created in a £20billion drive to rebuild 750 schools across England

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3 w. ago Two former Eric Adams advisers accused of bribery in separate schemes

Ingrid Lewis-Martin faces charges of accepting ‘more than $75,000 in bribes’ as report says Winnie Greco gave reporter a cash-filled chip bagTwo former longtime advisers to the New York City mayor, Eric Adams, have been accused this week of being involved in separate bribery schemes.On Thursday, the Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, announced the indictment of Ingrid Lewis-Martin, Adams’s former chief adviser. She is accused of accepting “more than $75,000 in bribes” as part of a “wide-ranging series of bribery conspiracies”, which prosecutors allege took place between March 2022 and November 2024 while she served as chief adviser to the mayor. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Embroidery honors Mexico femicide victims: ‘The next name might be yours’

A group of women have so far embroidered almost 200 patches of names and aim to embroider all the names of women killed by femicide in Morelos since 2015It started with the killing of 25-year-old Ingrid Escamilla, who was murdered and mutilated by her boyfriend in February 2020. The brutality of the murder – and the leaking of explicit images of her body to tabloid newspapers – touched off a national furor.Escamilla’s murder struck artist María Antonieta De la Rosa with both horror and disgust. Even in a country where more than 10 women on average were being killed every day, it felt especially cruel. “You realize how permeating this violence is,” she said. “It’s normalized in every direction.” Continue reading...

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4 w. ago One in five secondary pupils have felt pressured into sharing explicit images of themselves using smartphone, study reveals

The shocking study by Vodafone shows that nearly two thirds of the 11 to 17-year-olds later discovered that their images or videos had been forwarded on without their consent.

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