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Victims confront 'monster' rapist who posed as cop

Shivan Suresh Agravat posed as a cop to threaten two vulnerable women to have sex with him, an action they told a court left them traumatised.

AAP · Dec 14, 2023

Victims heard on man accused of murder and kidnappings

Victim impact statements have been heard before Christopher Hillman is sentenced for a shooting murder and kidnapping two people while he was on the run.

AAP · Dec 14, 2023

Lawyers and prosecutors make final arguments in trial of 3 Washington state officers

Lawyers for three Washington state officers charged in the death of a Black man who was beaten, shocked and hogtied facedown on a sidewalk have made their final arguments to the jury

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2023

White House Unveils New Initiative to Curb Gun Violence

Vice President Kamala Harris spearheads a new initiative to help states combat gun violence, highlighting actions such as bans on assault weapons.

Top News · Dec 13, 2023

Grandfather tried to warn grandson before both killed by gunfire in Chicago Lawn

Neighbors shook their heads and were mostly silent a day after the slayings, in the 3500 block of West 61st Place in the Southwest Side neighborhood.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 13, 2023

Man charged with murder after allegedly laying naked on mother’s decapitated body

As Jeffrey Surgent was taken into custody he began singing ‘Jesus Loves Me’

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2023

Man walks free from jail 35 years after wrongful conviction for murder of boy

Brian Beals was convicted in 1988, following the death of the child and the injuring of his mother in Chicago’s Englewood area

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2023

South Carolina’s top education official wants online digital maps as part of $38M school safety ask

South Carolina’s top education official plans to ask lawmakers for $5 million next to put a digital map of every school in the state online and make those maps immediately available on police officers' mobile devices as they respond to a shooting or other emergency

The Independent UK · Dec 13, 2023

Freed and vindicated, Folbigg cleared of killing kids

Kathleen Folbigg's long-held hope of having her name cleared over the deaths of her four children has been answered with an appeal court decision.

AAP · Dec 13, 2023

Hackney murder: Mother-of-two shot dead trying to protect family, court told

Lianne Gordon, 42, died at the scene of a shooting in east London last Tuesday in which two others were also injured

Evening Standard · Dec 13, 2023