A 30-year-old man has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after a young boy died following an alleged hit-and-run crash. A grey Porsche Cayenne hit a Toyota Auris carrying four adults and the two-year-old boy on Dartmouth Road in Smethwick, near Birmingham, on Saturday evening, West Midlands Police said. Two people in the … Read more
After the judge overseeing his hush money trial refused to throw out Donald Trump’s conviction in his hush money case, the president-elect blasted the order as “completely illegal” and “psychotic.” Trump’s attorneys pushed the judge to overturn a jury’s verdict and dismiss the case, which they argued was compromised by evidence that should be shielded … Read more
Lawyers for the family of slain environmental and social justice activist Manuel Paez Terán, known as Tortuguita, have filed a federal lawsuit against three officers involved in shooting and killing the “Stop Cop City” protester in a forested public park south-east of Atlanta nearly two years ago. The complaint alleges Paez Terán’s fourth amendment rights … Read more
Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has been indicted on murder charges, with prosecutors in New York describing it as “an act of terrorism.” The indictment comes as a poll found four in 10 young adults consider the killing of health insurance CEO “acceptable.” The new poll by Emerson … Read more
Luigi Mangione has been charged with first degree murder as an act of terrorism over the killing of healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Announcing the charges, New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg called the shooting “frightening, well-planned and targeted”. Mangione, 26, is already accused of the UnitedHealthcare boss Thompson’s murder on December 4, but the terror … Read more
A New York tax preparer known as “the Magician” has pleaded guilty to filing tens of thousands of false tax returns costing the government $145m in tax loses. Rafael Alvarez perpetrated and oversaw one of the largest ever tax frauds by a return preparer, according to prosecutors in the southern district of New York. According … Read more
Luigi Mangione has been indicted on charges of killing as an act of terrorism, after prosecutors upgraded the complaint against him. Prosecutors in New York on Tuesday said they had upgraded the charges against Mr Mangione, 26, because he is accused of killing Brian Thompson “in furtherance of an act of terrorism”. Mr Thompson, the … Read more
A New York grand jury has indicted the alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione, for first-degree murder. The Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, said in a statement that Mangione allegedly “carried out the brazen, targeted and fatal shooting” and that “this type of premeditated, targeted gun violence cannot and will not be … Read more
A British student was stabbed to death in Amsterdam, dragged and left at the bottom of steps belonging to a basement apartment, an inquest has heard. Danny Castledine, 22, was attacked in the early hours of 1 June 2022, during a visit to the Dutch capital after travelling with a friend to a music festival … Read more
The recording of non-crime hate incidents should be scrapped in their current form, a police chief has said. Donna Jones, Hampshire’s police and crime commissioner, said the practice should be subject to a “lock, stock and barrel” review. The former chairman of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC) said police should not be … Read more