France’s highest court upholds lower court ruling that former president Nicolas Sarkozy is guilty in corruption case
PARIS (AP) — France’s highest court upholds lower court ruling that former president Nicolas Sarkozy is guilty in corruption case.
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CBCTrial stayed against 98-year-old nun accused of historic sex crimes at residential and day schools
WARNING: This story contains details of abuse of children at residential schoolsThe trial of an Ottawa nun accused of sex crimes at northern Ontario residential and day schools in the 1960s and 1970s will not proceed after a stay of proceedings was granted due to evidence issues.Francoise Seguin, 98, is the third nun and eighth worker overall to face criminal charges in relation to abuse at St. Anne's Indian Residential School in Fort Albany, Ont.Seguin, of the Sisters of Charity of Ottawa, appe
- People
Mom Who Sexually Assaulted 2 Teens After Complaining to Them About Marital Problems in Hot Tub Learns Fate
"If the genders were reversed, there are few who would believe that leniency is appropriate," prosecutors reportedly told the court
- People
Son and Girlfriend Found Dead in Home Had Been Living with His Parents' Slain Bodies for Months
William Vosler and his wife Eileen Vosler were found dead inside a freezer along with notes stating when they'd died
- The Independent
Black cop is accused of trafficking his white wife while flying to their honeymoon destination
Exclusive: Anthony Williams “spent his life fighting crime, and now to be accused of a crime so heinous as trafficking his own wife is unfathomable,” attorney Jasmine Rand told The Independent.
- People
Bodycam Shows Bizarre Post-Arrest Behavior of Teen Who Killed Boyfriend by Intentionally Driving 100 mph into Wall
Mackenzie Shirilla, 19, of Ohio, was convicted in 2023 of killing her boyfriend and a friend after crashing into a car
- People
Newlywed Wife Is Allegedly Stabbed to Death by Husband After Traveling Overseas to Meet up with Him: Authorities
Marvil Facturan-Kocjančič, a native of the Philippines, was killed seven days after arriving in Slovenia
- People
Son Holds Triple Murder Suspect at Gunpoint Until Police Arrive After Alleged Shooter Kills His Parents: Reports
David Lever, 55, is facing three murder charges after the shooting in Greenville, North Carolina on Friday, Jan. 10
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Sask. woman shares the nightmare story a Mexican resort tried to keep quiet
Allison Field says her family felt more like hostages than guests of a Marriott resort in Mexico when they got severely ill and were pressured by staff to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
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GP jailed for ‘truly horrific’ sexual abuse of patients over 15-year period
Wayne Sefton Davis told one of his victims that he ‘needed to teach her how to pleasure her husband’ and wanted to check that another was ‘a virgin’.
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Indian police arrest 44 men accused of raping teenager over five years
Police in India's southern state of Kerala have arrested 44 men accused of raping an 18-year-old girl over a period of five years, a police official said on Tuesday, in a case that has shocked the coastal tourist resort. Police have identified 58 of those men, some of whom are minors and arrested 44 over the last two days, officials said. The case came to light after the girl narrated the gang rape to a volunteer during a gender awareness programme.
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Schoolgirl took overdose after making sexual assault allegation, inquest hears
Semina Halliwell, who was 12, died on June 12 2021, three days after she took her mother’s prescription medicine.
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Trial starts for West Virginia couple accused of subjecting their 5 children to forced labor
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A witness broke down in tears as she described children carrying heavy objects on hilly terrain at the home of a West Virginia couple who were later arrested after two of their five adopted children were found locked in an outbuilding.
- FTW Outdoors
Man videotaped harassing elephant is relentlessly flogged online
An unidentified man is seen in a video from India harassing an elephant while onlookers screamed and hollered in apparent disapproval. Parveen Kaswan of the Indian Forest Service posted the video on X where commenters were relentless in their harsh criticism, calling for…
- The Canadian Press
Woman killed by husband in Mahone Bay, N.S., described as well-loved, funny
HALIFAX — Family members of a 60-year-old Nova Scotia woman killed by her partner say she was an "effortlessly funny" person who could also be lovingly honest and direct.
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U.S. man pleads guilty to abducting and abusing Edmonton girl
A man accused of abducting an Edmonton junior high student over the U.S. border and sexually abusing her has pleaded guilty to two federal U.S. charges.Noah Madrano, 43, was arrested by FBI agents in July 2022 in Oregon City, Ore., with police saying he was found with the 13-year-old girl who had been missing for more than a week.CBC News is not naming the girl, or her family members, to protect her identity as a minor.Madrano admitted Monday in the U.S. District Court of Oregon to two of the si
- The Daily Beast
Tearful Jimmy Kimmel Rips Trump’s ‘Vile’ Reaction to L.A. Fires
Jimmy Kimmel was visibly emotional in his monologue Monday as he reacted to the devastating wildfires throughout Los Angeles county. “It’s been a very scary, very stressful, very strange week here in L.A.,“ said Kimmel, tearing up. ”Where we work, where we live, where our kids go to school.” He showed a clip of the fires near the El Capitan Theatre, where Jimmy Kimmel Live! is filmed.
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B.C. RCMP officer charged with sexual assault, uttering threats
A B.C. RCMP officer has been charged with sexual assault and uttering threats on Vancouver Island.According to B.C. court records, Jason Ellias Sammoun is charged with two counts of sexual assault in Nanaimo and one count of uttering threats in Victoria.All three incidents are alleged to have occurred on April 1, 2024. B.C.'s Prosecution Service said in an email that the investigation was conducted by Nanaimo RCMP and that the charges are "sexual assault causing bodily harm, choking during the c
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Sean “Diddy” Combs Insists Feds Want To “Police Non-Conforming Sexual Activity” & Freak-Off Videos Reveal His Innocence In Sex Trafficking Case
Facing a trial later this year for sex trafficking and other damning charges, the much-accused Sean “Diddy” Combs today took a big swing at prosecutors’ insistence that his so-called freak-offs were depraved and nonconsensual debaucheries. According to Combs’ ambitious lawyers in the latest variation on their attack of the accuser tactics, their client committed no …
- CBC
Boissevain teacher sentenced to 6 months for sexual exploitation of former student
WARNING: This article contains details of abuse.A former southwestern Manitoba teacher will spend time behind bars for the sexual exploitation of a teenage student, which a judge called "an abuse of a position of trust."Troy Innes pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation in 2022 in the historic sex crime, which happened over a year in 2010. He was sentenced Tuesday in a Killarney provincial circuit court to six months in jail and 18 months probation, following sentencing submissions last October.In
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Police anticipated Falconridge riot, judge hears as trial for 5 men begins
Calgary police struggled to control the violence and destruction carried out by two groups of Eritrean Calgarians, a judge heard Monday, as one detective testified it took nearly 200 officers as well as tear gas grenades and nearly 2,000 rounds of PepperBalls to separate the clashing sides. A trial began Monday for five men accused of participating in what police and prosecutors have described as a riot. The five men — Amanuel Kiflezgi Sium, Yamin Okubahanes, Gebrekid Hailemariam, Musie Estifano