2 w. ago Dad's heartbreaking gesture in court as mum who 'murdered' 3 kids faces trial

Yasmeen Ali, 43, is accused of murdering her three children, Fares, 7, Joury, 3, and Mohammed, 9 months, in Sea Mills, Bristol in February 2024 - she will stand trial next year

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2 w. ago Judge says he's hopeful hearing on Luigi Mangione trial evidence will end this week

A judge says he’s optimistic that a pretrial hearing in Luigi Mangione’s New York murder case will end this week

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2 w. ago Paul Doyle: Nine things you need to know after Liverpool crash driver jailed

Paul Doyle, 54, was jailed today after a trial at Liverpool Crown Court heard he had driven at crowds 'in a rage' as his 'anger had completely taken hold of him' on May 26

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2 w. ago Wife accused of murdering husband wrote 'bye, bye' on calendar hours before he died, trial hears

Daryl Berman, 71, allegedly attacked her 84-year-old husband David at their home in Prestwich, Greater Manchester, on March 13.

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2 w. ago Former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai to hear verdict in his landmark national security case

Jimmy Lai, a former Hong Kong media mogul and critic of Beijing, is in court waiting to hear a verdict in his trial on national security offenses

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3 w. ago 'I want to whack a CEO': Why a backpack could decide Luigi Mangione's fate

Police seized a backpack from Mangione when they arrested him, and it has become the centrepiece of pre-trial hearings that began in early December.

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3 w. ago Vain mom left son, 2, to die in hot car while she enhanced her 'trout pout' with lip filler, murder trial hears

Maya Hernandez, 20, is charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter and child cruelty for allegedly leaving her son in a hot car while she got lip-filler.

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3 w. ago Student stabbed girlfriend to death in ‘savage’ attack ‘then called his father for a lawyer’

Joshua Michals, from Chicago in the US, and Chinese national Zhe Wang had an on-and-off relationship in London that ended in murder, a trial heard

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3 w. ago Luigi Mangione court hearings gave a preview of gripping trial to come

Last week’s proceedings in murder case of Brian Thompson showed a mix of politics, social comment and dramaThe trial of Luigi Mangione is one of the most eagerly awaited cases in recent American criminal history and last week’s court appearances by the accused killer acted as a sort of trailer for the still unscheduled main event.As a New York court weighed whether evidence was gathered illegally during Mangione’s arrest on charges of fatally shooting a top healthcare executive on the streets of New York, America got a taste of the trial’s potent mix of politics, social comment, conspiracy theory and Hollywood-style murder drama. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Why is Michael Jordan suing Nascar? The blockbuster antitrust trial, explained

The basketball legend claims Nascar holds too much power over who gets to race each week. Here’s why he took them to court and what could happen nextMichael Jordan took the stand on Friday in his landmark antitrust fight against Nascar, a case that could reshape how one of America’s biggest sports is run. Jordan’s team, 23XI Racing, and Front Row Motorsports say Nascar holds so much control over everything, from the tracks to the money to the rulebook, that teams have no real bargaining power. Nascar denies that and says the lawsuit threatens to blow up a system that has held the sport together for decades.The case has already pulled blunt internal messages into public view and laid bare long-running frustrations between teams and Nascar leadership. Denny Hamlin, Jordan’s co-owner, has said the trial will finally “hear the truth” about how the series “really operates”. Continue reading...

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