2 h. ago John Swinney urged to host summit on tackling organised crime in Scotland as gang war rages

A growing turf war between rival gangs of drug dealers has escalated across Edinburgh and Glasgow in recent weeks.

Events

5 h. ago Justice Department slams George Santos for his ‘insatiable appetite for likes’ on social media ahead of sentencing

Santos has accused federal prosecutors of unfairly targeting him in social media posts made weeks before he’s scheduled to be sentenced

Politics

5 h. ago He attacked her and kept breaching restraining orders. All he got was a fine

'He pleads guilty knowing he will get a lesser sentence and it will be over and done with. When he gets a fine, it empowers him to continue'

Events

5 h. ago FSU shooting: Mom speaks out after suspected shooter son is identified as ‘white supremacist’

Phoenix Ikner was removed from a school political club over ‘far-right rhetoric’ he shared, his classmates claim

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6 h. ago FSU shooting: Victim named after suspected shooter is identified as a ‘white supremacist’

Phoenix Ikner was removed from a school political club over ‘far-right rhetoric’ he shared, his classmates claim

Events

6 h. ago UK firms put the brakes on investment plans post tariffs, survey finds

Larger businesses are more likely to be expecting a squeeze from new global trade policy, according to a survey carried out by HSBC UK.

Economics

7 h. ago Parents plotted to sexually assault their baby at two months, and began planning before child was born, cops say

The couple was arrested after police found evidence of the sexual assault on Skyler Klassen’s phone

Society

8 h. ago ‘Stalker’ arrested after harassing Iowa State employee and threatening to shoot up graduation: police

Police found guns and ammunition after searching the 28-year-old suspect’s belongings

Events

8 h. ago Colorado man gets life in prison for killing his wife after posing as ex

A Colorado man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of his wife after stalking her while posing as an ex-boyfriend

Events

9 h. ago Inside sickening crimes of 'Britain's most dangerous' inmate as he leaves 'glass cage'

Quadruple killer Robert Maudsley, once dubbed "Britain’s most dangerous prisoner", has been moved from his glass cage after 46 years in solitary confinement. Here we revisit his heinous crimes

Events

9 h. ago Death row inmates sue to stop Trump from sending them to prison that housed Timothy McVeigh and the Unabomber

Attorney says Trump administration is ‘just assuming they are the worst of the worst by virtue of their death sentences’

Events

9 h. ago British man, 27, dies in horror avalanche at popular ski resort in French Alps

The man was buried in the snow and carried about 15 metres by its force

Events

10 h. ago Food service worker and a football coach: What we know about the victims killed at Florida State University

All of the victims were being treated at Florida’s Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare, having been rushed there in serious conditions as the attack unfolded

Events

11 h. ago FSU shooting latest: Victim named after suspected shooter is identified as a ‘white supremacist’

Phoenix Ikner was removed from a school political club over ‘far-right rhetoric’ he shared, his classmates claim

Events

12 h. ago From ‘tumultuous childhood’ to alleged shooter: Who is Phoenix Ikner the suspected Florida State campus gunman?

Political science major, 20, the son of a local sheriff’s deputy, arrested after attack on Tallahassee campus that left two people dead and six more injured

Events

13 h. ago Harvey Weinstein will be allowed to stay in hospital and not jail as he faces sex

A New York judge said not transferring Weinstein could put him at risk of other ‘serious medical conditions, and possibly death’

Events

13 h. ago Former Texas teacher accused of sexual relationship with middle school student

Kara Hernandez faces charges of indecency with a child involving sexual contact and an improper relationship with a student

Society

13 h. ago Predatory police chief sacked for ‘preying’ on female colleagues

Chief Superintendent Tom Simons has ‘no place in policing’, bosses said

Events

14 h. ago Campaigners and charities horrified by revelations about impact of Trump’s ‘reckless’ USAID cuts

Trump has been accused of giving ‘millions of people a death sentence’ after The Independent exposed the reality of the cuts on the ground

Politics

14 h. ago Man sentenced in connection with serious sexual assaults in Lanarkshire over 14

James McCall, from Pudsey in Leeds, was found guilty of nine charges including four of rape and two of assault against two women and was given a 17-year extended sentence with 12 years in custody on Wednesday, April 16, at the High Court in Glasgow.

Events