7 h. ago New York woman finds diamond for her engagement ring at Arkansas state park

Micherre Fox, 31, found the 2.30-carat gem at Crater of Diamonds state park after a month-long huntA New York woman has found a 2.30-carat colorless diamond in an Arkansas state park and repurposed it as her engagement ring.Micherre Fox, 31, of Manhattan, New York, went on a month-long hunt in July to the state’s Crater of Diamonds state park to search for gems and came up lucky on the last day, according to Arkansas state parks. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Snooker world champion Graeme Dott to stand trial over child sex abuse allegations

The 48-year-old has pleaded not guilty to two charges relating to primary school age children

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7 h. ago Teacher charged with killing of hikers at Arkansas park pleads not guilty to murder

Andrew James McGann has pleaded not guilty to murder charges after allegedly fatally stabbing two hikers at Devil's Den State Park in Arkansas last month

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14 h. ago Officials plead not guilty in ‘vote harvesting’ election probe

The investigation is being criticized as politically driven

Politics

22 h. ago 9 people plead not guilty in a Texas elections probe involving 'vote harvesting'

Nine people have pleaded not guilty to felony charges brought forth in a rural Texas county by Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton as part of a widening elections investigation

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23 h. ago Man pleads guilty to killing his mum with her own gun after she took away his phone

A 21-year-old Tennessee man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to murder in the second degree for killing his mother in 2020, court documents show

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30 h. ago Memphis man who killed 3 in live streamed shooting rampage pleads guilty

A Tennessee man has avoided a trial and a possible death sentence by pleading guilty to fatally shooting three people and wounding three others in a daylong series of shootings live streamed on social media

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37 h. ago Female teacher denies sexual activity with three children but admits one offence with girl

James pleaded guilty to one charge of engaging in sexual communication with a child at Salisbury Crown Court, but she denied a total of 11 other offences relating to two girls and boy

Society

48 h. ago Crypto mogul Do Kwon pleads guilty to fraud for $40bn market collapse

Terraform Labs co-founder, pleading guilty to two charges, was accused of misleading investors in 2021 about TerraUSDDo Kwon, the South Korean entrepreneur behind two cryptocurrencies that lost an estimated $40bn in 2022 and caused the market to implode, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two US charges of conspiracy to defraud and wire fraud.Kwon, 33, who co-founded Singapore-based Terraform Labs and developed the TerraUSD and Luna currencies, entered the plea at a federal court hearing in New York. He had pleaded not guilty in January to a nine-count indictment charging him with securities fraud, wire fraud, commodities fraud and money-laundering conspiracy. Continue reading...

Economics

49 h. ago Crypto mogul Do Kwon, known as 'the cryptocurrency king,' pleads guilty to fraud charges

South Korean cryptocurrency mogul Do Kwon has pleaded guilty to two fraud charges arising from a $40 billion cryptocurrency collapse

Politics

49 h. ago Woman saw a ‘spiderweb’ in an Arkansas park and decide to kick it. It was really a $27,000 diamond

‘I got on my knees and cried, then started laughing,’ the woman said of the moment she found out she had discovered a 2.3-carat diamond

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56 h. ago Female PE teacher denies sexually abusing two girls and a boy, but admits sending sexual communications to child under age of 16

Bronwen James appeared at a crown court and pleaded not guilty to sexually abusing two girls and a boy.

Society

60 h. ago Driver took pal’s life doing 'doughnuts' in car park had just passed his test

Corey Owen Cooper, 19, pleaded guilty to causing the death of Josh Atkins by dangerous driving and to seriously injuring another passenger at Sheffield Crown Court

Transport

3 d. ago Illinois teacher brought boy, 11, to her home for 'play dates' then raped him

Alley Bardfield, 34, is set to be sentenced in September after pleading guilty to predatory criminal assault against a sixth-grade student.

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3 d. ago Brit, 25, backpacking in Australia pleads guilty to killing dad in e

The 25-year-old pleaded guilty today after crashing into the father-of-two in May

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3 d. ago British backpacker who hit and killed a father of two while riding an e

Alicia Kemp, from Worcestershire, appeared in Perth Magistrates' Court via video link from prison on Monday, charged with dangerous driving causing death under the influence of alcohol.

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3 d. ago English backpacker pleads guilty to killing Perth father of two in drunken e

Alicia Kemp, 25, fatally struck Thanh Phan, 51, while riding through the Western Australia capital under the influence of alcoholFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn English backpacker who fatally collided with a father of two while riding an e-scooter drunk in Perth has pleaded guilty.Alicia Kemp, 25, struck Thanh Phan, 51, while riding through the Western Australia capital at about 8.40pm on 31 May. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago One of Britain's worst paedophiles dead at 72: Monster who filmed himself abusing children as young as three dies in prison

Anthony Barron, formerly of Grove, Oxfordshire, was sentenced to life in prison in 2007 after pleading guilty to 87 charges of sexual offences against children.

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5 d. ago Transgender woman who dumped soiled nappies outside nurseries and smeared excrement on milk bottles is spared prison

Abbi Taylor, 46, from South Shields and who also appeared on a court list as Martin Tarling, pleaded guilty to dumping bags of toxic materials at South Tyneside nurseries..

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6 d. ago Rapist who killed visiting nurse, spurred safety changes, sentenced to 50 years in prison

A convicted rapist who killed a Connecticut visiting nurse at a halfway house has been sentenced to 50 years in prison after pleading guilty to murder

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