Demonstrators show support for the homeless as Supreme Court hears case
Rallies were held in various cities across the country as the Supreme Court considered the most significant case on homelessness in decades.
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USA TODAYA Columbia professor wanted to document history. NYPD arrested him outside his home
The professor had just finished his last class to end a 28-year teaching career at Columbia University. Then police arrested him outside his home.
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Wife of doctor who 'drove car off cliff' with family inside begs for attempted murder charges to be dropped
The wife of a California doctor accused of deliberately driving a car off a cliff with his family inside has begged prosecutors to drop the charges against him, according to US media reports. Dharmesh Patel, 42, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempted murder. Patel, a radiologist, was driving his white 2021 Tesla Model Y along the Pacific Coast Highway south of San Francisco, when it plunged several hundred feet off the cliff at Devil's Slide.
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Fresh details emerge about deadly, wrong-way collision on Ontario's Highway 401
New details are emerging about the victims of Monday night’s deadly collision on Highway 401 after a wrong-way police pursuit. As Catherine McDonald reports, Global News has also obtained new video of the police pursuit through the streets of Durham Region.
- Miami Herald
Men charged with rape of Broward woman get probation. The victim wanted her day in court
The men posted their encounter with the woman on OnlyFans.
- USA TODAY
Murder trial underway in case of New Jersey father who made son, 6, run on treadmill
Jurors in New Jersey heard the first week of testimony in the case against Christopher Gregor, charged in the murder of his son, Corey Micciolo, 6.
- LA Times
Judge in major gun cases reprimanded after 13-year-old girl handcuffed in court
U.S. District Judge Roger T. Benitez was reprimanded for judicial misconduct after he ordered the daughter of a criminal defendant handcuffed in court in what some witnesses described as a 'scared straight' tactic.
- People
A 6-Year-Old Boy Accidentally Killed His 5-Year-Old Cousin. Why Were Their Grandparents Just Charged?
On April 1, a 5-year-old Michigan boy was fatally shot at his grandparents' home
- CBC
She survived a knife attack by her ex-partner. He's been sentenced, but her fears remain
WARNING: This story contains details of abuse and may affect those who have experienced intimate partner violence or know someone who has.The first time Sabrina L'Heureux's ex-partner came at her with a knife was in March 2020.When he attacked her with a different blade a year and a half later, she managed to escape, bruised and bleeding, but with her child.She then spent the next 12 months fearing for their lives while he remained at large.On Wednesday, 47-year-old Paul John MacDonald of Kingst
- The Canadian Press
Grandparents killed in Highway 401 crash were visiting from India, parents survived
TORONTO — The two grandparents killed along with their infant grandson in a wrong-way highway crash with a van being chased by police were visiting from India, Ontario's police watchdog said Thursday, while the baby's parents were also in the car but survived. The Special Investigations Unit said the three-month-old boy's father and mother, who live in Ajax, Ont., were treated in hospital after Monday's crash. The watchdog said the 27-year-old mother was treated for serious injuries but offered
- Digital Spy
Coronation Street's Nicky Wheatley to pursue new clue in Lauren Bolton mystery
Coronation Street’s Nicky Wheatley is set to pursue a new clue in the mystery surrounding Lauren Bolton’s disappearance.
- CNN
79-year-old man arrested in 1966 stabbing of 18-year-old
A 79-year-old man was charged with first degree murder on Monday for allegedly stabbing a woman more than 120 times nearly six decades ago, authorities said.
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Parkland student who slapped teacher to be tried as an adult, filmed incident was not the first
Parkland student who slapped teacher to be tried as an adult, filmed incident was not the first
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Leading Gaza surgeon Adnan Al-Bursh dies in Israeli prison
A prominent surgeon in Gaza has died in an Israeli prison after being held for more than four months, according to Palestinian prisoners’ groups, which decried his death as part of a “systematic targeting” of health care workers.
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Police make arrests in killing of B.C. Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar
Canadian police have arrested members of an alleged hit squad investigators say they believe was tasked by the government of India with killing prominent Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Surrey, B.C., last June, CBC News has learned.
- Miami Herald
Toddler dies from overdose 3 weeks after return to parental custody, Florida cops say
Fentanyl, methamphetamine and xylazine were found in his system, the medical examiner said.
- CBC
York police arrest 1, seeking 2nd suspect after cop hit by car
York police have charged one man and are looking for another, after an officer was hit by a driver during an auto-theft investigation.Around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, officers found two allegedly stolen vehicles near Overlea Boulevard and Thorncliffe Park Drive in Toronto, according to a news release issued by York Regional Police Friday. Along with the force's canine unit, the officers tried to arrest the suspects, catching one after a short foot chase, police said. Another suspect got into a vehicle
- Miami Herald
Woman spent 25 years stealing $1 million meant for dead aunt, feds say. She’s indicted
If convicted, the 77-year-old New Jersey resident could face up to 20 years in prison, feds say.
- BBC
Henry Cuellar: US congressman and wife charged with taking $600,000 in bribes
It is alleged the couple accepted money from an Azerbaijani government-run oil firm and a Mexican bank.
- People
'He Was Scaring Her': New Documents Detail What Ohio Dad Did Before He Allegedly Executed 3 Sons
Chad Doerman is accused of murdering his three sons
- The Canadian Press
Ontario to increase fines for 'bad actor' employers
TORONTO — Ontario is set to clamp down on bad employers with big fines. Labour Minister David Piccini says his government will introduce legislation next week that will see fines increased for violations of the Employment Standards Act. Piccini says he is sending a message to "bad actor" employers there will be more severe consequences for exploiting workers. They are looking to stamp out organizations that fail to pay wages, penalize employees for taking pregnancy or parental leave, and have un