8 h. ago San Diego officials approve $30M settlement for family of teen killed by police

The San Diego City Council has approved a $30 million payment to the family of a 16-year-old killed by police

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9 h. ago Outrage after high school rented out its gym for adult game show where participants undertook disgusting 'challenges' to win prizes

Over the weekend, San Diego's Canyon Crest Academy was the location of a 24-hour livestream featuring bizarre and distasteful activities.

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19 h. ago Goa nightclub owners flew to Thailand after deadly fire killed 25, police say

Police say they are seeking Interpol’s help in locating Luthra brothers in Thailand

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24 h. ago Family of Perth teen left with cerebral palsy after treatment win NHS legal case

Maisie Wilkie developed “permanent and profound” health injuries during her time at the midwifery unit, with her family secured a ruling against NHS Tayside over her case.

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30 h. ago A list of the largest clergy abuse settlements reached by Catholic organizations in the US

The New Orleans Archdiocese will pay at least $230 million to hundreds of survivors of clergy sexual abuse under a settlement approved by a federal judge on Monday

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30 h. ago Bullets in Mangione bag convinced police he was CEO killing suspect, court hears

Footage shows officer said ‘It’s him, dude’ as testimony sheds light on arrest at Pennsylvania McDonald’sMoments after Luigi Mangione was handcuffed at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, a police officer searching his backpack found a loaded gun magazine wrapped in a pair of underwear.The discovery, recounted in court on Monday as Mangione fights to keep evidence out of his New York murder case, convinced police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, that he was the man wanted in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan five days earlier. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Huw Edwards blasted by family of teen he groomed as ‘scum who should disappear’ after posting smug photo on Facebook

DISGRACED Huw Edwards was branded “shameless” by the family of the teenager he groomed after posting a smug portrait while still serving his sentence. The former star BBC anchorman was blasted for uploading on his Facebook page the professionally lit, moody black and white picture showing him with designer stubble and half-smile. It led to...

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33 h. ago New Orleans Catholic clergy abuse survivors in line to collectively be paid $305m

Attorneys for the victims struck deal with the church’s largest insurer to increase $230m settlement approved earlierNew Orleans Catholic archdiocese gains approval to pay $230m to sexual abuse survivorsRoughly 600 survivors of the clergy molestation scandal that drove the New Orleans Catholic archdiocese into bankruptcy have secured the opportunity to collectively be paid $305m after attorneys for the victims and the church’s largest insurer struck a deal Monday, according to some of the lawyers.The insurer in question, Travelers, had refused to join a proposal officially approved Monday to pay $230m to the abuse survivors to effectively wrap up a bankruptcy protection case that the US’s second-oldest archdiocese filed in May 2020. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Bullets in Luigi Mangione’s bag convinced police that he was UnitedHealthcare CEO killing suspect

Moments after Luigi Mangione was put in handcuffs at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s, a police officer searching his backpack found a loaded gun magazine wrapped in a pair of underwear

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35 h. ago Tributes paid to 'beautiful' mother who was killed in horror hit

Claire Laybourne, 39, died after her Volkswagen T-roc collided with a Skoda Fabia on the A19 in Holystone, North Tyneside.

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38 h. ago Family of Glasgow teen stabbed to death want more police powers to stop kids 'killing each other'

Kory McCrimmon was stabbed in the heart by a 13-year-old boy in park in the city.

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42 h. ago Moment armed police stop and surround van to arrest killer grandfather for murdering his daughter's ex

Stephen Alderton, 67, murdered father and son Gary, 57, and Joshua Dunmore, 32, in an 'execution' two villages six miles apart in Cambridgeshire in March 2023.

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43 h. ago ‘I wanted to be one of them’: why Bring It On is my feelgood movie

The latest in our series of writers paying tribute to their most loved comfort films is an ode to the 2000 teen classicThe opening sequence of Bring It On is – in a word – unapologetic. A dozen cheerleaders scream “I’m sexy, I’m cute, I’m popular to boot” in synchronicity – and I have yet to meet anyone (and I have tried) who has the willpower to look away.It’s certainly not an exaggeration to say I wanted to be one of them – that is, one of the Toros, Rancho Carne high school’s premier cheer squad. But, as a six-year-old watching in north London, I was a world away from the cornucopia of herkies, suggestive dance moves and hair flips of competitive cheerleading in San Diego. Continue reading...

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61 h. ago Chilling moment serial killer Joanna Dennehy 'reels in' police officer after murder arrest

Serial killer Joanna Dennehy, whose case is being revisited in new Amazon Prime documentary Confessions of a Female Serial Killer, 'flirted' with male police officers after being arrested for murder

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63 h. ago Police launch murder probe after woman and young boy killed in house fire in Edenderry

Another woman was seriously injured and taken to hospital by the emergency services.

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64 h. ago An animal rights activist was on the FBI’s Most Wanted list for 15 years. Will he be returned to the US?

Daniel Andreas San Diego, now 47, is fighting extradition from the UK amid accusations he set off three pipe bombs in 2003Twenty-two years ago, a dark-haired, bespectacled young man vanished off the streets of San Francisco. Daniel Andreas San Diego, a 25-year-old information technology specialist, diehard vegan and animal rights activist, was the FBI’s main suspect in a series of pipe bombings that exploded in front of the headquarters of Chiron Corporation and Shaklee Corporation, two Bay Area companies, in August and September of 2003.Communiques attributed to the Revolutionary Cells – Animal Liberation Brigade were posted to the website of an animal rights magazine, claiming the attacks were carried out to highlight both firms’ alleged work with Huntingdon Life Sciences, a British research company that conducted tests for pharmaceutical, biotechnology and other chemical companies and had drawn the ire of activists on both sides of the Atlantic opposing its tests on animals. Cont...

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3 d. ago I have to drag my teen daughter into school kicking and screaming, and I feel like the worst mother in the world. Here's how I've learned how to deal with these 'mornings from hell': SOPHIE HEAWOOD

When Sophie Heawood was faced with a teen who wouldn't go to school, she felt like the worst mother in the world. Here she shares what she's learnt

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3 d. ago Dramatic moment armed police swoop on 'cowardly' knife killer who stabbed three before dumping blade down drain

Kane Kotwica (pictured), 39, stabbed Matthew Cainey to death and wounded two others in a drug and booze-fuelled stabbing spree on May 28 this year.

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4 d. ago Pensioner, 81, killed in hit and run as police launch manhunt for driver

The 81-year-old woman is believed to have gone to a nearby shop but suffered serious injuries after being struck and was taken to Aintree Hospital. She sadly died a short time later

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4 d. ago Kevin Sinfield 'driven by strength of teen schoolboy's family' during epic MND charity run

The Mirror joined Rugby League legend Kevin Sinfield as he smashed his £777,777 ultramarathon charity challenge in Cumbria to hear how MND sufferers were inspiring his epic run

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