A Canadian man was arrested at an Indian airport for carrying a crocodile skull in his luggage. Customs officials stopped the 32-year-old man during a security check at Terminal 3 of Delhi’s international airport on Monday and found “a skull with sharp teeth, resembling the jaw of a baby crocodile” wrapped in a cloth. The … Read more
Alec Baldwin has brought a lawsuit against the district attorney and other officials in Santa Fe, New Mexico alleging he was wrongfully prosecuted for manslaughter. The 30 Rock actor, 66, stood trial last year over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Western movie Rust. The case against Baldwin dramatically collapsed … Read more
Donald Trump will be sentenced on Friday in his New York “hush money” case, the Supreme Court has ruled. The justices, by a 5-4 majority, rejected the president-elect’s last-minute request to delay proceedings, meaning that he will be sentenced just over a week before he is due to take office. Mr Trump, 78, was convicted … Read more
A man who became know as the “Pizzagate” gunman died earlier this week after he was fatally shot by North Carolina police who had pulled him over in a traffic stop, authorities reported Thursday. The dead man, Edgar Maddison Welch, was charged years ago in 2016 after brandishing an assault weapon and revolver at a … Read more
A man’s bid to sue a council over his attempts to excavate a rubbish tip to find a Bitcoin hard drive worth nearly £600m has had his case thrown out of court by a judge. James Howells says his former partner had mistakenly dumped the hard drive in 2013, only for it to increase in … Read more
The Supreme Court will not stop Donald Trump’s sentencing in his criminal hush money trial, leaving the president-elect without any remaining options to block his imminent return to Manhattan criminal court. Trump is scheduled to face New York Justice Juan Merchan at 9 a.m. Friday — 10 days before his second inauguration to the presidency. … Read more
Police have said they fear further “serious youth violence” after a 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death on a bus in south-east London. Aspiring rapper Kelyan Bokassa was fatally injured on a route 472 bus in Woolwich Church Street, near Woolwich Ferry, just before 2.30pm on Tuesday. On Thursday, police said they had implemented orders … Read more
A woman whose remains were found in a Michigan house nearly two decades ago has been identified – and police believe she could be the victim of a serial killer. Darylnn Washington died just days before her remains were found in June 1996, but she remained a Jane Doe despite authorities’ attempts to identify her. … Read more
A Wisconsin woman who stabbed her classmate in order to please fictional horror character Slender Man is set to be released from a psychiatric hospital, a judge ruled on Thursday. Morgan Geyser, 22, has been at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute for nearly seven years after being convicted in the 2014 stabbing attack of Payton … Read more
A gang who targeted “vulnerable” women in Dundee have been convicted following an investigation into sexual exploitation, human trafficking and drug supply. At the High Court in Glasgow on Thursday, Marian Cumpanasoiu, 37, Remus Stan, 34, Calalan Dobre, 44, Cristian Urlanteanu, 41, and Alexandra Bugonea, 34, were found guilty, Police Scotland said. Detectives said the … Read more