An Australian man dubbed “the Claremont killer” has been sentenced to at least 40 years in jail for murdering two young women, bringing an end to one of the country’s most notorious cold cases.
British aristocrat sentenced to 10 months in prison for sexual assault at his castle
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London A relative of Queen Elizabeth II has been jailed for 10 months for sexual assault, after forcing his way into a woman's bedroom and attacking her at his Scottish castle last year. Simon Bowes-Lyon, the Earl of...
Australian Open fans criticized for booing Covid-19 vaccine announcement
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Australia's government has condemned the "walglik" behavior of spectators at the Australian Open tennis tournament Sunday, after sections of the crowd loudly booed a speech praising the rollout of the Covid-19 va...
Alexey Navalny remains in jail after Moscow appeals court confirms prison sentence
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Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny will remain behind bars after a Russian court partially rejected his appeal over a two-and-a-half year prison sentence handed down earlier this month. The court did shorten the activist...
5 ways you can help those facing homelessness in the cold
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Plummeting temperatures are forcing people indoors seeking warmth. But for those who call city streets home, heading inside is not always a realistic option. Homelessness across the US is reaching record highs, du...
Animal cruelty cases are surging in freezing Texas
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On a normal day, the Houston Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals gets 25-30 calls reporting animal cruelty. But since winter storms have pummeled Texas with power and water outages, that number has spik...
James ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s former rogue FBI informant handler John Connolly granted conditional medical release from prison
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The former rogue FBI informant handler for mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger will be released from a Florida prison on a conditional medical release, a spokesman for the Florida Commission on Offender Review told CNN. ...
Na 68 years in prison, America’s oldest juvenile lifer was released
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Joe Ligon, believed to be the oldest and longest-serving juvenile lifer in the United States, has been released from a Pennsylvania prison after spending nearly seven decades behind bars. Ligon was incarcerated in ...
Australian Prime Minister apologizes to former staffer allegedly raped in Parliament office
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Canberra, Australia Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologized Tuesday to a former government staffer who alleged that she was raped by a colleague in Parliament House two years ago. Morrison promised an inv...
Cuddling penguins and snorkeling alligators: What animals do to stay warm during extreme cold
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It's not just humans finding ways to stay warm during this week's historic temperature plunge — our animal friends are too. And some of the strategies animal use are pretty cool (pun fully intended). Animals are cl...
Covid cases surging in Tanzania, says US embassy as government downplays virus
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Covid-19 case numbers in Tanzania have risen considerably since January, says the United States embassy in the country's largest city, Dar es Salaam. The warning comes as the East African nation's president continu...