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- Tacoma News Tribune
Teen dies with 1,000 injuries from mom’s 3-hour beating, WA cops say. ‘I went too far’
She told police her son didn’t do his chores, authorities said.
- CNN
More than 150 female inmates raped and burned to death during Goma jailbreak in DRC, UN says
More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire to a prison in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a United Nations spokesperson has said.
- USA TODAY
'Worth every moment': Video shows victim's uncle attacking man charged in her murder
Alexander Ortiz, a 21-year-old charged with murder, was attacked by his alleged victim's uncle and another man in an Albuquerque, New Mexico courtroom.
- ABC News
Amber Alert issued for pregnant 16-year-old believed to be with the 40-year-old father
An Amber Alert has been issued for a pregnant Wisconsin teen, who police believe is with the 40-year-old man who impregnated her. Gary Day, 40, "is known to be the father of the unborn child," according to the alert. Franklin has a no-contact order against Day, according to the alert.
- CBC
One dead among 16 people stopped by RCMP in recent Prairies border crossings
The RCMP have released details on three incidents along the Canada-U.S. border officers responded to in recent weeks. The incidents involved 16 attempted border crossings and one death.Police held a news conference in Edmonton on Wednesday to provide information about two border crossings in Coutts, Alta., earlier this week, and one crossing 15 kilometres east of Emerson, Man., a few weeks earlier.On Tuesday morning, a man crossing the border into Coutts was referred to a secondary inspection ar
- PA Media: UK News
Judge clapped as paedophile jailed for 28 years
Former ice hockey player Philip Hamer, 34, groomed girls as young as 11.
- The Canadian Press
Women win lawsuit against B.C. man acquitted of their sex assaults
VANCOUVER — A man who spent 27 years in prison before he was found wrongfully convicted has been ordered by a British Columbia Supreme Court judge to pay $375,000 each to five women who sued him for sexual assault.
- The Daily Beast
National Prayer Event Devolves Into Ungodly Partisan Brawl
Thursday’s bipartisan National Prayer Breakfast, where President Donald Trump affirmed he now “much more strongly” believes in God, went off the rails once lawmakers closed their Bibles and opened their social media accounts. Republicans are hammering Rep. Jared Huffman, a Democrat from California’s North Coast, over his accusation that Speaker Mike Johnson eroded the separation of church and state by moving the mostly Christian gathering to the Capitol. “Speaker Johnson’s National Prayer Breakf
- CBC
RCMP lay more than 100 additional fraud charges against N.S. woman
A Dartmouth, N.S., woman is facing more than 100 new fraud-related charges, on top of more than 50 charges RCMP laid against her last September.Police accuse Alissa Kathryn MacGillivary of obtaining more than $100,000 under false pretences, including making false claims for compensation.The charges include extortion, forgery and fraud."It is exceptional," RCMP Cpl. Guillaume Tremblay said Thursday. "I don't remember in my service or recall anyone facing that many fraud charges, especially here i
- CBC
RCMP officer testifies Canmore man was 'shooting to kill' as judge releases video of incident
Canmore resident Austin Desylva was "shooting to kill" when he fired twice at an RCMP officer who'd attempted to conduct a traffic stop, the constable told a judge Wednesday. Video of the dramatic shooting and pursuit was released by Court of King's Bench Justice Keith Yamauchi on Wednesday, offering a rare second-by-second glimpse into a police gunfight. The incident took place on a Friday night in and around downtown Canmore starting with Desylva fleeing a traffic stop and shooting at Const. R
- USA TODAY
Demetrius Frazier, a 'vicious' killer, is set to be executed in Alabama. Who is he?
Demetrius Terrence Frazier is set to be executed with nitrogen gas for the rape and murder of 41-year-old Pauline Brown in Birmingham, Alabama.
- People
Hundreds of Women Raped, Burned to Death After Prison in Congo Set on Fire: UN Official
The Rwanda-backed group known as M23 is believed to have been responsible for the incident following its takeover of the city of Goma
- PA Media: UK News
Nurse who objected to transgender woman in changing room admits harassment
Sandie Peggie alleged that her issues were not with Dr Beth Upton’s gender identity, but with sharing the female changing room, a tribunal heard.
- The Canadian Press
Judge tells Quebec car dealership to rehire man fired over sexual-assault conviction
MONTREAL — Quebec's labour tribunal has ordered a car dealership in south-central Quebec to rehire an employee it had fired after he was convicted of sexual assault.
- The Independent
Nancy Mace repeatedly shouts anti-trans slur in House hearing: 'I don't really care‘
Mace once hailed herself as a lawmaker who ‘strongly support[s]’ LGBTQ rights
- BuzzFeed
13 True Crime Cases People Deem "The Most Clever Ever Committed"
I was today years old when I learned about D.B. Tuber, and I honestly don't think I'll ever forget him.
- The Canadian Press
Quebec man extradited to U.S. after pregnant migrant dies in border crossing attempt
MONTREAL — U.S. officials say a Colombian man who was living in Quebec has been extradited and arraigned in connection with the case of a pregnant Mexican woman who died while trying to cross a frigid river after illegally entering the United States in 2023.
- The Canadian Press
After prayer breakfast, Trump creates task force to root out 'anti-Christian bias'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he wants to root out “anti-Christian bias” in the U.S., announcing that he was forming a task force led by Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate the “targeting” of Christians.
- The Canadian Press
A Texas man is executed for the killing of a pastor during a robbery at a church
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man convicted of beating and suffocating a Dallas area pastor in his church during a robbery was put to death Wednesday evening, the second execution in the U.S. this year and the first of four scheduled in Texas over the next three months.
- CBC
Man dead after shooting in downtown Toronto, police say
A man has died after he was shot in downtown Toronto on Wednesday night, police say.The shooting happened in the area of Sherbourne Street and Queen Street E., according to Duty Insp. Scott Shutt, spokesperson for the Toronto Police Service. Officers were called to the area for a report for a shooting shortly after 8 p.m.When officers arrived at the scene, they found a man suffering from a serious gunshot wound. Police and Toronto paramedics began to perform life-saving measures, he said.Paramed