35 h. ago James Bulger's killer could walk free from prison again in a few months

If his request is approved, Venables could be free in the Autumn

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39 h. ago James Bulger killer Jon Venables could be freed within months after parole bid win

Jon Venables could be released from prison in just a few months if his killer wins his latest parole bid.

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44 h. ago Jon Venables could walk free in MONTHS after killer wins his latest parole hearing

James Bulger's evil murderer Jon Venables could be freed from jail in just a few months if the killer wins his latest parole bid

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48 h. ago UK's most famous killer could walk free in months as Jon Venables wins parole hearing

Jon Venables was released in 2001 following his conviction for the torture and murder of James Bulger, but has been in an out of jail since, now he could walk free again

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3 d. ago Tragic warning at funeral of 'happy' teen girl, 17, who 'fell ill' at festival

During Mia Keevan's funeral in Ireland, Father Paul Waldron warned young people to 'mind yourselves' while remembering the tragic teen who died after attending the Emerge festival

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4 d. ago ChatGPT encouraged Adam Raine’s suicidal thoughts. His family’s lawyer says OpenAI knew it was broken

Jay Edelson rebukes Sam Altman’s push to put ChatGPT in schools when the CEO knows about its problemsAdam Raine was just 16 when he started using ChatGPT for help with his homework. While his initial prompts to the AI chatbot were about subjects like geometry and chemistry – questions like: “What does it mean in geometry if it says Ry=1” – in just a matter of months he began asking about more personal topics.“Why is it that I have no happiness, I feel loneliness, perpetual boredom anxiety and loss yet I don’t feel depression, I feel no emotion regarding sadness,” he asked ChatGPT in the fall of 2024.In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 988, chat on 988lifeline.org, or text HOME to 741741 to connect with a crisis counselor. In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be foun...

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4 d. ago Teenage girl and her boyfriend tormented for months by horrific catfish who told her to kill herself... only to discover the perpetrator was her 'obsessed' mother

Lauryn and her ex were 13-year-old school students in Michigan when they became the targets of harassment, according to Unknown Number: The High School Catfish

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5 d. ago Killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO has inspired followers, prosecutors say

Federal prosecutors say the man who allegedly killed the UnitedHealthcare chief executive last December has inspired followers, such as the man who killed four people at a the National Football League headquarters last month

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5 d. ago Teen tragically kills himself after 'months of encouragement from ChatGPT'

The heartbroken family of teenager Adam Raine has filed a lawsuit in San Francisco against OpenAI after he died on April 11, alleging the bot "encouraged" his suicide

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6 d. ago ChatGPT under scrutiny as family of teen who killed himself sue Open AI

Lawyers for parents of Adam Raine say 16-year-old took his own life after ‘months of encouragement from ChatGPT’The makers of ChatGPT are changing the way it responds to users who show mental and emotional distress after it was hit by a legal action from the family of 16-year-old Adam Raine who killed himself after months of conversations with the popular chatbot.Open AI admitted its systems could “fall short” and said it would install “stronger guardrails around sensitive content and risky behaviors” for users who were under 18. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Teen killed himself after ‘months of encouragement from ChatGPT’, lawsuit claims

Open AI to change way it responds to users in mental distress as parents of Adam Raine allege bot not safeThe makers of ChatGPT are changing the way it responds to users who show mental and emotional distress after legal action from the family of 16-year-old Adam Raine, who killed himself after months of conversations with the chatbot.Open AI admitted its systems could “fall short” and said it would install “stronger guardrails around sensitive content and risky behaviors” for users under 18. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Parents arrested for murder of baby 'kidnapped when mum was attacked at shop'

Emmanuel Haro's parents Rebecca and Jake Haro were arrested by police on suspicion of killing the seven-month-old who had been reported missing just days before

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1 week ago Heavy metal star killed in motorbike crash aged 51 months after leaving band

He had been in the band since its inception

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1 week ago NFL has increased security at its offices following a shooting that killed 4 people last month

The NFL has increased security at its offices following a shooting last month at a Manhattan building by a gunman authorities say was targeting league headquarters

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1 week ago ‘Russia is targeting us deliberately’: how attacks on maternity hospitals fuelled a birth crisis in Ukraine

Women have been left fearful of childbirth after more than 80 attacks on maternity units since the invasion, leading to the world’s lowest birth rate and the highest mortality rateIt was one of the most horrifying targets of Russia’s war on Ukraine so far. Reports showed a pregnant woman on a stretcher, her face ashen with shock, legs smeared with blood and a hand holding her bump. Behind her, the bombed-out ruins of Mariupol’s maternity hospital. More than a dozen people, including women in labour, were injured in the attack in March 2022. The woman photographed, Iryna Kalinina, later died along with her unborn baby.In the three years since then, maternity care in Ukraine has remained under constant attack, with more than 2,000 strikes on medical facilities, including 81 affecting maternal care and delivery rooms. Just last month, Diana Koshyk, seven months pregnant, was killed when a missile struck a maternity hospital in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region. Continue reading...

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1 week ago ‘Russia is targeting us deliberately’: how attacks on maternity hospitals fuelled a birth

Women have been left fearful of childbirth after more than 80 attacks on maternity units since the invasion, leading to the world’s lowest birth rate and the highest mortality rateIt was one of the most horrifying targets of Russia’s war on Ukraine so far. Reports showed a pregnant woman on a stretcher, her face ashen with shock, legs smeared with blood and a hand holding her bump. Behind her, the bombed-out ruins of Mariupol’s maternity hospital. More than a dozen people, including women in labour, were injured in the attack in March 2022. The woman photographed, Iryna Kalinina, later died along with her unborn baby.In the three years since then, maternity care in Ukraine has remained under constant attack, with more than 2,000 strikes on medical facilities, including 81 affecting maternal care and delivery rooms. Just last month, Diana Koshyk, seven months pregnant, was killed when a missile struck a maternity hospital in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Kohberger's sexist, creepy behavior alarmed university faculty and students before Idaho murders

Fellow grad students told investigators that Bryan Kohberger developed a reputation for being sexist and creepy while attending a criminal justice program in the months before he killed four University of Idaho students in 2022

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2 w. ago Dad who 'tried to strangle daughter in Muslim 'honor killing' is jailed for 32 months after shock verdict

Ihsan Ali, 44, and his wife Zahraa Subhi Mohsin Ali, 40, were acquitted of second-degree attempted murder by Thurston County Superior Court in Washington, but convicted of other charges.

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2 w. ago Gaza war death toll surpasses 62,000, says Palestinian Health Ministry

The Palestinian Health Ministry reports that more than 62,000 Palestinians have been killed in the 22-month Gaza war

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2 w. ago Manhunt underway for 'dangerous' man accused of murdering parents in thier home

A manhunt is underway for Christopher Leman Jr, 47, who is accused of killing his parents at their secluded home in Texas last month. He is considered a danger to the community, police say

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