PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Pictures of the Month December
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CBCShe was searching online for a recipe. She found a video of herself engaged in a sexual act
WARNING: This story contains details of intimate partner violence and may affect those who have experienced it or know someone who has.Natalie Brown sat down one day to search the Food Network for a recipe. But another website starting with "F" popped up immediately — Fetlife, a Canadian social networking site for people interested in fetishism — and on it, she found a video she didn't know existed of herself engaged in a sexual act. "I was so humiliated. I felt stupid, I felt embarrassed, I fel
- PA Media: UK News
Pair who took own lives in Polmont ‘given death sentence’, families’ lawyer says
A sheriff has ruled the deaths of Katie Allan, 21, and William Brown, 16, could have been avoided.
- CBC
Teen charged with 1st-degree murder after dead newborn found in Alliston, Ont.
A 16-year-old has been charged with first-degree murder after a newborn baby was found dead in an Alliston, Ont., home, Ontario Provincial Police said. Police discovered the baby in a residence on Nov. 21, 2024 around 1:30 p.m., OPP said in a news release Wednesday. The teenager, from New Tecumseth, was arrested on Wednesday, police said. The accused has also been charged with indignity to a dead body. The accused is in custody and is scheduled to appear in court on Thursday. Police would not pr
- BuzzFeed
"I Don't Think Europeans Understand": People Are Sharing The "Absolutely Wild" But Common Experiences Of Living In The US
"In most of Europe, the minimum vacation time people take is 25 days..."
- People
Stepdad Accused of Repeatedly Throwing Boy, 2, into Pool to Teach Swimming Charged with Murder After Drowning
A 6-year-old girl allegedly told police Dakota Hays would throw the 2-year-old into the water and that “she would have to go retrieve him from the bottom of the pool"
- The Canadian Press
College students appear in court in case stemming from ‘Catch a Predator’ fad on TikTok
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Five Massachusetts college students appeared in court Thursday, accused of plotting to lure a man to their campus through a dating app and then seizing him as part of a “Catch a Predator” trend on TikTok.
- Reuters
Displaced Los Angeles homeowners face price gouging after wildfires
Jay Gilberg bought a five-bedroom, 4,800-square-foot (446-sq-meter) home in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Pacific Palisades in June to merge two households, bringing his two daughters, his girlfriend, and her teenager together under one roof in what he described as "a very happy home." Six months later, that home is gone, one of an estimated 5,000 damaged or destroyed in the Palisades Fire. As he and his real estate agent began searching for a temporary home large enough to accommodate a family of five, they encountered another shock -- a sudden spike in rental prices.
- USA TODAY
Video shows violent robbery of 83-year-old woman who had just claimed Florida lotto money
Security camera footage shows the woman leaving a convenience store in Orlando after claiming her win when a man violently attacked and robbed her.
- People
Bride in Viral $59 Million 2023 'Wedding of the Century' Announces Pregnancy as Husband Faces Potential Life in Prison
Madelaine Brockway's husband Jacob LaGrone faces a possible life sentence if convicted on charges of three counts of aggravated assault on a public servant
- People
Man Murdered Wife in Front of Kids After She Asked for Divorce, Then Fled for 18 Months Before Dramatic Capture
Jonathan Bates was sentenced to life in prison this week for his wife Cynthia Bates' 2017 killing
- CBC
Ex-Woodstock, Ont., mayor found guilty of sexual assault, judge calls him an 'obvious liar'
WARNING: This story contains details of sexual assault and may affect those who have experienced sexual violence or know someone affected by it.Former Woodstock, Ont., mayor Trevor Birtch has been found guilty of two more counts of sexual assault.In a scathing verdict released Wednesday, Superior Court Justice Spencer Nicholson said Birtch "lied frequently and extravagantly, and insulted the court's intelligence" during his testimony. "I do not believe the evidence of Mr. Birtch. I found him com
- The Independent
Kelly Osbourne calls out celebrities using LA fires as photo op after Meghan and Harry labeled ‘disaster tourists’
‘No one asked you to come out and give hugs,’ reality star argued
- People
Man Who Killed Girlfriend and Stuffed Body in Suitcase Kept Sticky Notes About Her Past in His House: Police
Jason Chen is on trial for the alleged 2022 murder of his girlfriend Jasmine Pace
- The Canadian Press
American accused of assaulting a Pennsylvania student is extradited from France to the US
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An American accused of sexually assaulting a Pennsylvania college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said “So I raped you” was extradited Thursday from France to the United States.
- CBC
London police ID 18-year-old from Brampton as suspect in Victoria Hospital shooting
An 18-year-old man from Brampton who was recently charged in a home invasion and a bank robbery in the GTA has been identified as a suspect in a shooting that happened outside southwestern Ontario's largest emergency department in December, London police say.London police have laid charges against Doneil Josiah Levy-Porter, but said Wednesday night the suspect is currently in police custody in another jurisdiction on unrelated charges.The brazen shooting happened outside London Health Science Ce
- CBC
Public confidence in police at risk if former officer allowed to have job back, CPS lawyer argues
It's a very bad idea to allow convicted criminals to serve as Calgary Police officers, a lawyer for the service argued Wednesday. Former Calgary constable Alex Dunn was before the Law Enforcement Review Board (LERB) on Wednesday, fighting to get his job back 14 months after he was fired for discreditable conduct. He had been convicted for assaulting a handcuffed Black woman by throwing her on the ground face first. "If you want the public to lose respect for the police, have convicted, sentenced
- CBC
Christmas Day homicide victim remembered as loving, full of laughter
Jolene Arreak is mourned by her friends and family. The 46-year-old woman was found dead on Dec. 25, 2024. Ottawa police have charged a man with second-degree murder.
- The Canadian Press
Son of a man who was beaten and died in a New York prison sues guards, officials
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — The son of an inmate who died after a prolonged beating by New York prison guards said in a federal lawsuit Wednesday that his father’s attackers “systematically and casually beat him to death” in a correctional system that tolerates violence.
- People
Jessica Alba Spotted for First Time Since Reported Separation from Husband Cash Warren
The actress has been volunteering with Baby2Baby in the nonprofit's disaster relief efforts in Los Angeles
- The Canadian Press
3 lawyers for the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny are jailed by a Russian court
PETUSHKI, Russia (AP) — Three lawyers who once represented the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny were convicted by a court Friday as part of the Kremlin’s crackdown on dissent that has reached levels unseen since Soviet times.