Susan Smith denied parole 30 years after drowning her 2 children – National | Globalnews.ca A parole board decided unanimously Wednesday that Susan Smith should remain in prison 30 years after she killed her sons by rolling her car into a South Carolina lake while they were strapped in their car seats. It was the … Read more
New York City stabbing spree leaves 2 dead, 1 injured; suspect in custody – National | Globalnews.ca A man carried out a string of stabbings across a swath of Manhattan on Monday morning, killing two people and critically wounding a third without uttering a word to his victims, officials said. The 51-year-old suspect was in … Read more
Legal fight deepens over plea deal for alleged mastermind of 9/11 attacks – National | Globalnews.ca A U.S. military judge at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has scheduled hearings in early January for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants to enter guilty pleas in exchange for life sentences despite Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s effort … Read more
Pentagon secrets leaker sentenced to 15 years in prison by U.S. judge – National | Globalnews.ca A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Massachusetts Air National Guard member to 15 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to leaking highly classified military documents about the war in Ukraine. Jack Teixeira pleaded guilty earlier this year … Read more
U.S. judge delays decision on undoing Trump hush money conviction – National | Globalnews.ca A judge on Tuesday postponed a decision on whether to undo President-elect Donald Trump’s conviction in his hush money case as his lawyers argued that his election last week warrants dismissing the case altogether so he can run the country. New … Read more
3 charged in alleged Iranian plot to kill Americans – including Trump – National | Globalnews.ca The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Friday in a thwarted Iranian plot to kill President-elect Donald Trump before this week’s presidential election. A criminal complaint filed in federal court in Manhattan alleges that an unnamed official in Iran’s paramilitary … Read more
Woman pretends to order pizza during 911 call, thwarts her attempted rape – National | Globalnews.ca A Florida woman was able to save herself from an attempted rape by phoning in a fake pizza order to police. According to authorities, the 911 centre at the Volusia Sheriff’s Office fielded an early morning call on Oct. … Read more
Machete-wielding teen arrested for threatening voters at Florida polling site – National | Globalnews.ca An 18-year-old was arrested outside a Florida polling location Tuesday, where police say he tried to intimidate voters casting ballots in the presidential election by wielding a machete. Caleb James Williams now faces charges of aggravated assault on a person 65 … Read more
Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine arrested in New York on parole violation claims – National | Globalnews.ca Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine tried unsuccessfully Tuesday to persuade a federal judge not to send him to jail, calling him “bro” and insisting he never meant to violate the terms of his probation from a felony conviction. Judge Paul A. Engelmayer … Read more
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs accused of sexually assaulting 10- and 17-year-old boys – National | Globalnews.ca NOTE: The following article contains disturbing content. Please read at your own discretion. Sean “Diddy” Combs is accused in one of two lawsuits filed Monday of drugging and sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy in a New York City hotel room … Read more