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- NewsThe Guardian
Woman allegedly raped by high-profile Sydney man hoped they would be together, court hears
The man, who cannot be named, has pleaded not guilty to 12 charges including six counts of rape
- NewsThe Independent
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs latest: Rapper sent back to jail as shocking texts after Cassie hotel attack revealed
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has faced a series of civil lawsuits accusing him of sexual abuse over the last year
- NewsThe Independent
Sheriff arrested after Kentucky judge is shot dead in his chambers
Shooting at Letcher County Courthouse occured after argument
- NewsThe Guardian
‘He didn’t do it’: days before execution in South Carolina, key witness says he lied
Lawyers scramble to halt death of Khalil Divine Black Sun Allah, AKA Freddie Owens, after claim from co-defendant
- NewsThe Independent
Missouri inmate with innocence claim appeals to Supreme Court ahead of September 24 execution
Marcellus Williams, 55, avoided execution at last minute in 2017
- NewsThe Independent
Kremlin prisoner-swap exclusive: How I survived 11 months in Putin’s gulag
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Vladimir Kara-Murza, one of the faces of Russian opposition to Putin alongside Evan Gershkovich, sits down with The Independent for the first time since being freed in a historic prisoner swap. Tom Watling reports
- NewsThe Independent
Riot inside Massachusetts prison leaves five guards injured including two with stab wounds
One corrections officer stabbed 12 times in the back but survived
- NewsThe Telegraph
Retired couple turn to ‘bounty hunting’ and find body after week in the wood
Fred and Sheila McCoy have dedicated much of their lives researching and documenting a notorious post-Civil War era feud that left many dead and terrorised a swathe of Appalachia.
- NewsThe Independent
Alaska man charged with threatening to torture and kill six Supreme Court justices and their families
The threatening messages contained ‘violent, racist, and homophobic rhetoric,’ the indictment said
- NewsThe Independent
Domestic abuse specialists in 999 control rooms to help victims, Yvette Cooper announces
Home Secretary said ‘Raneem’s Law’, named after Raneem Oudeh who was murdered by her ex-partner, marks the start of plansto halve violence against women and girls in a decade