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Three former Memphis officers were acquitted Wednesday of all state charges, including second-degree murder, in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after he ran from a traffic stop in January 2023. His death sparked nationwide protests and prompted renewed calls for police reforms in the U.S. An out-of-town jury from a majority-white …

The wife of a Canadian man who was arrested in the Dominican Republic after he was accused of smuggling drugs says all charges against him have been dropped, but he remains stuck there indefinitely. Jane Wilcox and her husband, David Bennett, had spent a week at a resort in the …

WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it. Actor-comedian Russell Brand was granted conditional bail by a London court on Friday after appearing to face charges of rape and sexual assault involving four women. Brand, 49, did not enter a plea. …

WARNING: This article may affect those who have experienced​ ​​​sexual violence or know someone affected by it. Five years after Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and hauled to jail in handcuffs, the former movie mogul returns to a Manhattan courthouse Tuesday for a new trial covering many of the …

A Russian military court on Wednesday handed down long prison sentences to 12 members of Ukraine’s Azov regiment, which led the defence of the city of Mariupol in the early months of the war and is designated as a “terrorist organization” by Russia. The defendants, charged with “terrorist activity” and …

नई दिल्ली3 मिनट पहले कॉपी लिंक सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने मंगलवार को कहा, ‘राज्य सरकारें किफायती चिकित्सा और बुनियादी ढांचा देने में नाकाम रही हैं। इससे प्राइवेट अस्पतालों को बढ़ावा मिल रहा है। इसे रोकने के लिए केंद्र सरकार को गाइडलाइन बनानी चाहिए। दरअसल, सुप्रीम कोर्ट में एक याचिका लगाई गई …

Internet personalities Andrew and Tristan Tate, who are charged with human trafficking in Romania in one of two investigations, have been allowed to leave the country. Romania’s anti-organized crime agency, DIICOT, said in a statement Thursday that prosecutors approved a “request to modify the obligation preventing the defendants from leaving …

A court in Argentina dropped charges of criminal negligence against three of the five people indicted in connection with the death of Liam Payne, the former One Direction singer who fell from a third-floor hotel balcony in Buenos Aires last October, according to a ruling obtained by The Associated Press. The ruling drops charges against …

Two weeks before Briana Martin died, her boyfriend called police to warn that Nanaimo’s drug dealers were becoming more “aggressive.” Steven Whitehead had already done what he could to keep the 27-year-old away from the toxic drugs that were repeatedly causing her to overdose — even reaching out at one point …

The prorogation of Parliament has led to confusion around the federal government’s plans to boost the rate of tax some Canadians pay on the capital gains — or profits — they make from selling assets like stocks, a family business or a cottage.  Last spring, the federal Liberal government proposed …