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Columbus, OH

A woman has admitted stealing more than £100,000 from the charity she worked for. Pamela Bent, 65, of James Close, King's Lynn, took the money while working as the treasurer of the Sedgeford Historical and Archaeological Research Project (Sharp), based near Hunstanton, Norfolk. She pleaded guilty at Norwich Crown...

Charity treasurer admits stealing more than £100k

Sullivan County, NY

The Independent

Lowell Badger was found dead on his bedroom floor at his rural Sullivan County home in 2012

A retired farmer was shot dead in his bedroom over 10 years ago. Now two men have been arrested

A dealer who lived a "luxurious lifestyle" and hired high value vehicles to use in a drug supply operation has been jailed. Dylan Martin, 31, was running the "Doctor" line which supplied heroin and cocaine in Braintree and the surrounding area. Essex Police said he was arrested in the town...

Drug dealer who lived 'luxurious' life jailed

A 14-car convoy was reportedly part of the security detail protecting the couple alongside the vice president

Inside the ring of steel protecting Harry and Meghan as they tour Colombia

Canton, OH

Canton, MI

 A man in Canton Township, Michigan, allegedly shot and killed his neighbor because the man's daughter touched his mulch. Nathan Morris, 35, was killed just before noon on Saturday. "On Saturday, while taking a stroll with his family in his neighborhood, his daughter touched the mulch of one of the neighbors," according to the Michigan GOP in a statement by RNC National committeewoman Hima Kolanagireddy. "The neighbor took a gun out and started threatening the family. Nathan sent his family home and said that he would try and diffuse the situation, but instead was shot and killed."According to the...

Father shot dead by neighbor in argument over daughter touching ‘mulch’ on property

North Carolina State

North Carolina officials say a prisoner serving a life sentence for murder who escaped from a transport van this week has been captured at a hotel

Prisoner serving life for murder who escaped in North Carolina has been caught, authorities say

Houston, TX

A 37-year-old man was fatally shot after he approached “suspicious” people on his street in Houston, leaving behind his two children and wife, who is eight months pregnant, authorities say. The incident occurred on August 10 at 12.30am when the husband, later identified as Osvaldo Casas, confronted “suspicious person(s) on his street”, Houston police said.The night before, the family had reported that one of their cars had been vandalized, according to KHOU11, and noticed a black vehicle in the neighborhood. The following night, a neighbor called police to report that a black vehicle was driving slowly through the area, according...

Husband dies in pregnant wife’s arms after being attacked while confronting car vandals

John Honey had also been part of a mob that forced three Romanian men from their BMW

Rioter who looted Lush for bathbombs wearing England flag jailed for four years

The mother of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, who died in 2016 after eating sesame in a baguette, said she wanted more support from Government.

Government says it is ‘too busy’ to appoint allergy tsar – charity co-founder

Sarasota, FL

A 12-year-old Florida girl has been critically injured after her mother accidentally ran her over on Monday during drop-off on her first day of school. The accident happened just outside Booker Middle School in Sarasota at around 7:45 a.m. local time, when the mother dropped off her daughter in the right turn lane in front of the school.The girl reportedly dropped her backpack, spilling some pens and markers under her mother’s large SUV, and when she went to retrieve them by crawling under the car, her mother started to pull away. “She immediately stopped when she heard her child screaming,”...

12-year-old girl critically injured after her mom accidentally runs her over on first day of school

 A charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand unknowingly distributed candies filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine in its food parcels after the sweets were donated by a member of the public. Auckland City Mission told reporters on Wednesday that staff had started to contact up to 400 people to track down parcels that could contain the sweets — which were solid blocks of methamphetamine enclosed in candy wrappers. New Zealand's police have opened a criminal investigation. The amount of methamphetamine in each candy was up to 300 times the level someone would usually take...

Food bank unknowingly distributes candy made from meth

Minneapolis, MN

 Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, has been moved to a new federal prison following his stabbing by an inmate last year.Chauvin, 48, was transferred from Tuscon Federal Correctional Institution in Arizona to the Oklahoma Federal Transfer Center last week.The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed the move to The Independent but said it could not give any further details “for privacy, safety, and security reasons.”In November 2023, Chauvin was stabbed 22 times by inmate John Turscak, while Chauvin was serving a 21-year sentence for violating Floyd’s civil rights. Chauvin’s sentence is running concurrently with a 22.5-year...

Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin who murdered George Floyd is moved to new prison after near-fatal stabbing

Rhys McClenaghan paid tribute to his home town of Newtownards for their support.

Support from Co Down home town ‘meant everything’ to gold medal gymnast

Bebe King, six, Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, were stabbed to death at the class

Yoga instructor who tried to save children in Southport rushed back to hospital

Businesses claim checks on food and plants have caused higher costs

Post-Brexit border controls slammed as ‘chaotic’ as system charges customers for checks that never took place

He has two children, Blake and Blu, through a surrogate mother, but she is recognised on their birth certificate, and not him, he says.

It’s not a gay issue – Big Brother star Brian Dowling hits out at surrogacy laws

Florida State

A Florida jury has begun deliberations in the manslaughter trial of a white woman accused of manslaughter in the shooting death of a Black neighbor amid an ongoing feud over the neighbor’s children

Jury begins deliberations in trial of white Florida woman in fatal shooting of Black neighbor

Gymnast Rhys McClenaghan and swimmer Jack McMillan said they are proud of their success and support each other in any way they can.

‘Times are changing’ – NI Olympians speak about coming together as one

California State

 A rare deep-sea oarfish was discovered floating at La Jolla Cove, off the coast of California, by a group of kayakers on Saturday, 10 August.The creature, which can grow up to 36ft long, is only the 20th fish of its kind to have washed up in the state since 1901, according to Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientist and fish expert Ben Frable.In some cultures, the sighting of an oarfish is considered an omen of natural disasters.This creature was discovered two days before a 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck California.

Rare ‘Doomsday fish’ considered ‘bad omen’ found by kayakers

Hannah Jacobs died within hours of taking one sip of the drink on February 8 2023, East London Coroner’s Court was told.

Mother of girl who died after Costa drink speaks out about allergen training

Pamela Bent pleaded guilty to four charges including fraud at Norwich Crown Court

Treasurer of one of the largest archaeological projects in Britain stole more than £100k from charity

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