Missouri woman’s conviction for a murder her lawyers say a police officer committed overturned after 43 years

Missouri woman’s conviction for a murder her lawyers say a police officer committed overturned after 43 years

A Missouri woman who spent more than 43 years in prison for a murder her attorneys argue was committed by a now-discredited police officer could soon be released after a judge overturned the conviction. If released, Sandra Hemme’s prison term will mark the longest known wrongful conviction of a woman in U.S. history, her attorneys … Read more

Tory MP says he misspoke after NDP MP accuses him of making anti-Indigenous comment

Tory MP says he misspoke after NDP MP accuses him of making anti-Indigenous comment

A Conservative MP apologized in the House of Commons on Thursday after an Indigenous colleague from across the political aisle called him out for linking an offender’s criminal record to his race. Brad Redekopp says he misspoke earlier this week when he brought up the 2022 mass stabbings in Saskatchewan during a debate about measures … Read more

‘Horrific incidents of domestic violence’

‘Horrific incidents of domestic violence’

A 24-year-old Bedford woman is charged with shooting her 56-year-old parents, killing her mother and grievously injuring her father, Thursday morning in Bedford. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan said the woman walked into the Washington Street home where she was living with her significant other at around 9 this morning and said she had just … Read more

Man, 88, arrested for murder of elderly woman in Bukit Panjang flat

Man, 88, arrested for murder of elderly woman in Bukit Panjang flat

SINGAPORE: An 88-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday (Jun 5) for the murder of a 74-year-old woman in a Petir Road flat, in Bukit Panjang. The police said they were called to the scene at about 1am on Wednesday. Officers found the elderly woman lying motionless and she was pronounced dead by paramedics. In response … Read more

Giant hornets are here — but they’re not the ones you might think

Giant hornets are here — but they’re not the ones you might think

Christine Moses was playing Scrabble with her husband in their Ottawa home this spring when she looked outside the window and shrieked. “I just saw this gigantic beast crawling up the window,” Moses said. After taking a picture of the giant insect, Moses asked her husband to eliminate the intruder with a fly swatter. She then posted … Read more

Rodney Alcala: The Killing Game

Rodney Alcala: The Killing Game

Rodney Alcala: The Killing Game – CBS News Watch CBS News A photographer who was on “The Dating Game” became one of the nation’s deadliest serial killers. Eight years after “48 Hours”‘ first report, new victims emerge. Correspondent Peter Van Sant reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, … Read more

ATF Agent Brian Higgins’ medical records put into evidence

ATF Agent Brian Higgins’ medical records put into evidence

The final witness who the Karen Read defense team has named as a possible alternative killer of John O’Keefe is expected to take the stand Friday — and, in a strange move, prosecutors put his medical records on file. Brian Higgins is a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) agent with keycard access … Read more

10 bodies found scattered around Mexico’s resort city of Acapulco

10 bodies found scattered around Mexico’s resort city of Acapulco

Ten bodies were found scattered around Mexico’s once-glamorous resort city of Acapulco, which has been engulfed by violence linked to cartels, local security officials said. The bodies of two women and four men were left Monday night on an avenue near a market, said the public security office. Local media reported the bodies had been … Read more

Omar Khadr denied appeal by U.S. Supreme Court

Omar Khadr denied appeal by U.S. Supreme Court

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a Canadian former Guantanamo Bay detainee’s bid to vacate his convictions for the 2002 murder of an American soldier in Afghanistan and other crimes he committed at age 15 to which he later pleaded guilty. The justices declined to hear an appeal by Omar Khadr, 37, of a … Read more