28 h. ago Outrage as sheriff's office swoops in to arrest murder suspect at FUNERAL...but they made a terrible mistake

As friends and relatives stood mourning their loved one at a North Carolina funeral, police officers swooped in targeting what they believed was a breakthrough arrest in a 30-year-old cold case.

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53 h. ago In 1992, cops found a murder victim without head, hands, feet. They say they just arrested his killer

Thomas Anderson allegedly helped place Tony Bledsoe’s body parts in a ‘pickle bucket’ full of concrete and tossed his torso into a ravine

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3 d. ago Bury murder LIVE: Emergency services swarm industrial area as teenager found lifeless on road

Greater Manchester Police are investigating the death of a 19-year-old man, who was discovered lying in a road in the Bury area, and officers have arrested a suspect

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5 d. ago Horror as car ploughs into pedestrians outside UK pub as 'attempted murder' arrest made

This is a breaking news story and is constantly being updated as the story develops

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6 d. ago My cultural awakening: a Pulp song made me realise I was in love with my best friend

I was too afraid to confess my feelings and be rejected, until hearing Jarvis Cocker’s words gave me a moment of clarityThe first time Gordon and I kissed I thought we’d made a terrible mistake. It was 1995, we were both 20 years old, and we were drinking at our university bar in Leicester. We had formed a friendship over the previous three years, but I had never considered Gordon in a romantic light. He was a goth at the time, which I thought was very cool, and he had this fruity, posh voice – whereas I was a timid girl from south London with a terrible perm. I remember Gordon leaning in to give me this very innocent, tentative kiss, but it caught me off guard. I felt excited but also confused. For one thing, I’d only ever known Gordon to kiss his fellow goths.I avoided Gordon for weeks after that, which was difficult, considering we were on the same course. We bumped into each other almost every day in lectures but I made things awkward. Conversations between us didn’t flow i...

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8 d. ago Stunned gasps fill Sotheby's auction room after greedy experts made terrible mistake with '$70m' sculpture

Alberto Giacometti's 1955 bronze bust, called Grand tête mince, was billed to be the auction's centerpiece by connoisseurs who valued it at $70 million.

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9 d. ago Clerk in Alex Murdaugh double murder trial is arrested on misconduct and obstruction charges

The former clerk became a controversial figure at the center of Alex Murdaugh’s high-profile murder trial when she was accused of tampering with the jury

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9 d. ago Thumbprint on cigarette packet leads to arrest 50 years after woman strangled to death

Nearly half a century after a young woman was strangled to death, officials say a thumbprint on a packet of cigarettes has led to an arrest in the murder of Jeanette Ralston

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1 week ago Promising young schoolgirl, 18, made terrible mistake that killed her days before graduation

Averiee Osmundson, 18, from Davis, Oklahoma, was killed instantly when her SUV veered off the road before rolling over 'an unknown amount of times.'

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1 week ago She hoped to buy a new car and instead was found dead inside one. 16 years later, police say they arrested the killer

Heinsky Anacreon, 38, and Roberto Jeune, who died last year, allegedly celebrated with a bottle of champagne after the 2009 murder of Charline Rosemond

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1 week ago In The Hague, Rodrigo Duterte faces trial, but in Davao he is the top pick for mayor

The architect of the Philippines ‘war on drugs’ is by far the frontrunner in upcoming elections despite his detention half a word awayA convoy of bikes and cars cruises through the streets of Davao City, decked out in the campaign colours of former president Rodrigo Duterte and his family. Green balloons and red ribbons bop and flutter in the breeze. Cars beep their horns and passersby stop to raise their fists in support of the former leader.The motorcade is as noisy and colourful as any election campaign event in the Philippines, which will vote in midterm polls on Monday. But this procession is different. Duterte, who is running as mayor of Davao, his family’s stronghold, is imprisoned thousands of miles away in The Hague, following his arrest in March for the crime against humanity of murder over his deadly so-called “war on drugs”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago A man was found dead outside a courthouse hours after his release. A decade later, police say they’ve arrested his killer

Ten years ago, police were on the hunt for a ‘person of interest’ captured on video footage pushing a shopping cart

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2 w. ago Murder arrest after man, 87, dies following robbery in Manor House, north London

Murder arrest after man, 87, dies following robbery in Manor House, north London  London Evening Standard

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2 w. ago Texas jail guard accused of helping and laughing as four inmates killed another prisoner over $40 debt

Bexar County jail detention officer Clemente Lopez Jr., 20, is accused of allowing four other inmates beat 46-year-old Francisco Bazan to death on April 28.

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2 w. ago Murder arrest after man, 87, dies following 'robbery' in Manor House

Elderly victim was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries after incident but died two days later

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2 w. ago Murder arrest after man, 87, dies following robbery in north London

Murder arrest after man, 87, dies following robbery in north London  London Evening Standard

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2 w. ago Armed police raid petrol station and find stash of guns, knives and machetes

Armed officers swooped on a row of businesses around the Gulf Petrol Station in Birmingham today amid a major operation to tackle organised crime .

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2 w. ago Amish member arrested for woman’s murder in Ohio after she was found dead in her home with her goat

Samuel Hochstetler was charged with the murder of Rosanna Kinsinger, who lived across the street from him in an Ohio Amish community.

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2 w. ago Police issue update after murder arrest following death on cruise ship

A homicide investigation has been launched following the death of a man in his 60s on the MSC Virtuosa

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2 w. ago Murder arrest made after holidaymaker dies in ‘fight’ on cruise ship

A 60-year-old died following an altercation on Saturday night, according to reports

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