Ten former New York state prison guards have been charged in connection with the fatal beating of a prison inmate. Officers were seen on body camera footage hitting Robert Brooks…
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USA: Grand jury recommends Alabama police department be ‘abolished’
An Alabama grand jury has called for the city of Hanceville’s police department to be “immediately abolished”, arguing the officials were acting like “more of a criminal enterprise” than as…
USA: Nicolas Cage’s ex sues him over their son’s alleged attack
An ex-girlfriend of Hollywood star Nicolas Cage is suing him and their son for “life-threatening injuries” she says she sustained in an alleged fight last year. Christina Fulton accuses her…
Sri Lanka: Man disguised as lawyer kills gang leader in court
A notorious gang leader has died after he was shot inside a courthouse in Sri Lanka by a gunman disguised as a lawyer, say police. Police say the gunman used…
USA: Man dies awaiting sentencing for shooting teen Ralph Yarl
A Missouri man has died weeks before his sentencing for shooting a 16-year-old boy who accidentally went to the wrong address. Andrew Lester, 86, pleaded guilty last week to second-degree…
Mexico: ‘Severe blow’ to Sinaloa cartel as security chief of El Chapo’s son arrested
The Mexican army says it has arrested a key player in the Sinaloa drug cartel in the northern city of Culiacán. José Ángel Canobbio, also known as “El Güerito” (little…
USA: Man pleads guilty in shooting of teen Ralph Yarl
An 86-year-old man in Kansas City, Missouri, has pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in the shooting of Ralph Yarl, a teen who accidentallyvisited the wrong address. Andrew Lester on Friday…
Israel: Three buses explode in suspected terror attack, police say
Three buses have exploded in Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv, in what Israeli police say is a suspected terror attack. Devices in two other buses failed to explode, they…