GENEVA (AP) — A team of experts commissioned by the U.N.’s top human rights body to look into rights violations in Ukraine said Friday its initial investigation turned up evidence of war crimes in the country following Russia’s invasion nearly seven months ago. The experts from the Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, mandated by Human […]
‘Rage saved my life in the end’: Grace Tame on not backing down
By Jacqueline Maley “With every new story that’s written about me by a different person, there’s a shift of the kaleidoscope,” Tame says. “And things get further and further away from the truth.”Credit:Adam Gibson Grace Tame is tiny, as though her physical self is in inverse proportion to her mighty character. When she walks through […]
Lawyer: Teen a worry months before Michigan school shooting
DETROIT (AP) — Some teachers and a counselor at a Michigan high school were aware of a teen's troubling interest in guns and violence months before he was accused of fatally shooting four students and wounding others, a lawyer representing victims' families said Thursday. “From literally the beginning of school, Ethan Crumbley was evidencing signs […]
Riverdale star Ryan Grantham is jailed for LIFE
Riverdale star Ryan Grantham is jailed for LIFE for shooting his mom in the back of the head as she played piano and threatening to kill Canadian PM Justin Trudeau Ryan Grantham, 24, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 14 years after pleading guilty to murdering his mother in […]
Inside the billionaires' bunkers: As Putin threatens nuclear war
Inside the billionaires’ doomsday bunkers: Secret subterranean palaces with enough food for five years. Some even have a fake park to walk dogs in. As Vladimir Putin threatens nuclear war, how tech tycoons are sparing no expense to survive an apocalypse The prospect of a nuclear strike on Britain has never seemed more real, with […]
‘No question’: Hawthorn likely faces legal action over Indigenous player claims
The Hawthorn Football Club will likely face legal action over allegations detailed in a damning external review into the club’s treatment of Indigenous footballers, legal experts and footballing insiders say. If the allegations in the report by former Richmond player Phil Egan prove true, legal experts say, they are serious enough that the club could […]
Police: Inmates got out of Illinois jail with pandemic loans
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — More than two dozen people have been charged in Illinois with fraudulently obtaining pandemic relief money, with authorities alleging that some of them were behind bars when they used their relief money to post bond and free themselves from jail. Joliet Police Chief William Evans said Wednesday that 25 people were […]
Blow for Sadiq Khan as Transport for London boss Andy Byford quits
New blow for Sadiq Khan as Transport for London boss Andy Byford quits his £355,000-a-year job with one in four weekday passengers yet to return to Tube after Covid Transport commissioner Andy Byford will leave his role at the end of October After two years at the helm of TfL, Mr Byford will return to […]
Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson fear being kicked out of Royal Lodge but are 'safe for now' | The Sun
PRINCE Andrew and Fergie will stay at their 31-bed Royal Lodge home in Windsor for the moment, but still fear they will be kicked out. The Duke of York signed a 75-year lease on the mansion but the deal means he could be handed up to £7million compensation if he is asked to move out. […]
Woman grabbed woman's breasts in pub then smashed bottle on another
Female customer services manager, 48, grabbed woman’s breasts in pub ‘banter’ then smashed bottle over another woman’s head as rowdy drinking session became wild brawl Tamagin Mellor, of Chesfield Road, Kingston-upon-Thames, pleaded guilty This was to inflicting actual bodily harm to Rosie Tune at Kings Tun pub on May 7 Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court handed Mellor […]