80 m. ago Brazilian judges accept coup plot charges against more Bolsonaro allies

Panel unanimously accepts charges against six more key allies of ex-president over alleged plan to keep him in officeA panel of Brazil’s supreme court justices has unanimously accepted criminal charges against six more key allies of former president Jair Bolsonaro over an alleged coup plot to keep him in office after his 2022 election defeat.Last month, the panel unanimously accepted charges against Bolsonaro and seven close allies over the alleged coup plot following his loss to current president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and ordered the former rightwing leader to stand trial. Continue reading...

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1 hour ago ‘Profoundly sorry’ George Santos writes to judge ahead of fraud sentencing

Ex-congressman writes letter in bid for leniency and says seven-year sentence sought by prosecutors is too harshThe disgraced former congressman George Santos is defending his recent social media remarks to a federal judge who will sentence him this week on several fraud charges.In a letter before his Friday court appearance in New York, Santos, 36, said he was “profoundly sorry” for his crimes but believed a seven-year prison sentence was too harsh, AP reported. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Three appear in court charged with murder after man 'slashed to death' in Scots village

Joe Jnr Buchanan, 35, was found dead on Springhill Street, Douglas on Sunday, April 13, 2025.

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6 h. ago Teenager appears in court charged with murder of man at Dundee home

Ali Lamb, 36, died last week after being found seriously injured.

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27 h. ago Russell Brand seen attending local church in Florida on Easter Sunday

Despite his scheduled UK court appearance having been charged earlier this month for multiple sexual offences, Russell Brand visited a church near his home in Florida on Easter Sunday.

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50 h. ago Heartbroken family of 'loving' man killed after car 'deliberately' driven at him pay tribute

Another man is expected to appear in court next week charged with murder.

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53 h. ago Senator says trip to El Salvador was to support Kilmar Ábrego García’s due process

Chris Van Hollen says ‘if we deny constitutional rights of this one man, it threatens constitutional rights of everyone’US senator Chris Van Hollen, who travelled to El Salvador last week to meet Kilmar Ábrego García, the man at the center of a wrongful deportation dispute, said on Sunday that his trip was to support Ábrego García’s right to due process because if that was denied then everyone’s constitutional rights were threatened in the US.The White House has claimed Ábrego García was a member of the MS-13 gang though he has not been charged with any gang related crimes and the supreme court has ordered his return to the US be facilitated. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Judge approves Harvey Weinstein’s request to sleep at hospital during retrial

Ex-media boss moved from Rikers Island jail to Manhattan hospital as he awaits rape and sexual assault retrialHarvey Weinstein has been moved to a New York City hospital after a judge approved the ailing ex-studio boss’s request to stay there rather than in jail when he is not in court for his retrial on rape and sexual assault charges.The judge, Paul Goetz, late on Thursday ordered that Weinstein, 73, be immediately relocated from the city’s notorious Rikers Island jail complex to the prison ward at Bellevue hospital in Manhattan so he can receive necessary medical treatment. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago UnitedHealthcare killing suspect Luigi Mangione indicted as prosecutors push for death penalty

Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel in December, has been indicted in a New York court on four charges including a count eligible for the death penalty

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5 d. ago Tyson Fury's daughter launches surprise new career as she joins Peter Andre's ambitious teen

Tyson Fury's teenage daughter will launch an ambitious career move as she appears primed to follow in her famous father's footsteps. She has appeared on At Home With The Furys.

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6 d. ago Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott in court over child sex abuse charges

Former snooker world champion Graeme Dott has appeared in court over allegations of child sex abuse, with the 47-year-old accused of two charges

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6 d. ago Teen girls kicked one victim in the head and demanded another kiss their feet

The 13 and 14 year-old girls pleaded guilty to charges of assault and blackmail at Cardiff Youth Court

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6 d. ago Doctor charged with killing 15 patients accused of setting fires to cover up crimes

Investigators now say they have found evidence linking the doctor to the deaths of 15 people

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7 d. ago Man appears in court charged with attempted murder after Edinburgh 'stabbing'

A man has appeared in court following an alleged "stabbing" on a street in Edinburgh. Patrick Moohan, 48 of no fixed abode, was charged with attempted murder.

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7 d. ago Harvey Weinstein’s New York retrial is about to begin. Here’s where his cases stand

The Hollywood powerhouse, who’s been behind bars on rape and assault charges, faces his third trial this week after a court tossed his New York conviction

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7 d. ago ‘We’re on a knife edge’: Alex Gibney warns about the dangers of dark money

In two HBO documentaries, the acclaimed film-maker shines a light on corrupt political spending in AmericaWhen the Rev Robert Schenck saw Donald Trump secure the Republican presidential nomination in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2016, he turned to a fellow evangelical and asked: “Are we really going to do this? We’re going to choose this man who’s inimical to everything we believe?” The Christian leader looked at Schenck and replied: “I don’t care how bad he is. He’s going to get us the court we need.’”This anecdote about the devil’s bargain struck between Trump and the religious right is told in The Dark Money Game, director Alex Gibney’s new diptych of documentaries investigating how untraceable political spending has corrupted America’s highest court, corroded its democracy and put oligarchs in charge. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Labour MP Tulip Siddiq threatened with Interpol red alert if she skips Bangladesh court corruption hearing

Former Labour Minister Tulip Siddiq faces an Interpol Red Notice for her arrest and extradition if she fails to attend a court hearing in Bangladesh this month over corruption charges.

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8 d. ago Russian captain charged over crewman's death in North Sea collision appears in court

The Solong had departed Grangemouth when it was involved in a fatal collision with the American tanker Stena Immaculate off the coast of Yorkshire on March 10.

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1 week ago Major update in Man City's 115 charges as fresh verdict date emerges

An update in the timeframe of Manchester City’s 115 charges court battle with the Premier League has been reported as fans wait to learn the findings

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1 week ago Guests spend night at hotel unaware of woman's body hidden in their room

Holiday tour guide Dylan Lamb will appear in court next month on murder charges after Nadyne Marie Tillman's body was found wedged into the crawl space of his resort room cupboard

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