The illegal fly tipping site near the River Cherwell has sparked major outage among residents and MPs and was later declared a critical incident by the Environment Agency (EA). The EA's chief executive said the declaration means it is laser-focused on finding those responsible and ensuring they face the full force of the law. The Prime Minister previously said he is appalled by the disgusting mountain of waste and that he wants to see it cleaned up as quickly as possible.
Proceedings in the civil grand jury's accusation against fired San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus, which could result in a verdict prohibiting her from ever holding public office again, are on pause until next year, a prosecutor said. That's in order for some of her other court battles, specifically the ones where she's fighting her firing, to be resolved, said District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe. Corpus' attorneys have been fighting her firing in front of two judges, federal Judge Vince Chhabria and San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Nina Shapirshteyn.
Monterey police said 53-year-old Sean Klinger called 9-1-1 just after 7 a.m. on Sunday, and said he was trying to sleep, that there were protesters on Del Monte Avenue and that he was going to shoot them. The caller said he was walking down Park Avenue with an AR-style rifle and mentioned the marathon before hanging up. Dispatchers and officers attempted to call the man back, but he did not answer. At the time, the Monterey Bay Half Marathon had just begun.
The convicted child sexual abuser and former Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has died after being attacked in prison. The 48-year-old was serving a 29-year prison sentence at HMP Wakefield, with a further six years on licence, after admitting a string of sex offences including the attempted rape of a baby. He was arrested after the execution of a drugs warrant at his Pontypridd home on 21 September 2012, when a large number of computers, mobile phones and storage devices were seized.
LOS ANGELES -- An arrest has been made in connection with the Palisades Fire, which caused widespread destruction in Los Angeles County and killed a dozen people earlier this year, sources close to the investigation confirmed to ABC News. Federal and local law enforcement officials are scheduled to announce a "significant development" in the criminal investigation into the fire on Wednesday.
One of the challenges you have in a case like this is that you are dealing with individuals who are receiving medical care and that's, obviously, the most important thing, that individuals are treated appropriately, Mears said. But once we were provided with additional information about the victim's current medical condition, it became clear to us that additional charges needed to be filed.
MARTINEZ Contra Costa prosecutors have charged a local resident who allegedly used a baseball bat to beat his ex-boyfriend to death, then called police to report he'd failed to recognize an intruder as his ex, court records show. Kyle Daniels, 31, of Martinez, was charged with murder and a special allegation of using a deadly weapon in the March 15 killing of 40-year-old Dual Moore, of Oakland.
Since July, the state of Oklahoma has been consumed by important investigative questions, including: Why did naked women appear on a state-owned TV set during an official Board of Education meeting? Was someone in the room inadvertently streaming pornography from a personal device to the TV? Will anyone be prosecuted for what happened? Were the board members who complained about the video directed by the governor to "lie about me," as the state's pugnacious, hard-right Superintendent of Education asked? Why was a "chiropractic table" involved in the scene? And why did the video feature, as one board member noted, a retro vibe and "a guy with a white hat, kind of a Gilligan-type hat"?
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Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed a U.S. Federal prosecutor to present evidence to a grand jury concerning an alleged conspiracy to link Donald Trump to Russia.
After the victim informed the account she knew he was scamming her, he reportedly threatened to expose explicit pictures she'd sent him if she didn't forward him $10,000.
Ghislaine Maxwell completed 1.5 days of interviews with Justice Department officials, answering questions about 100 individuals related to the Epstein case, as stated by her attorney.
The National Crime Agency arrested four individuals suspected of involvement in recent cyberattacks on UK retail businesses, targeting M&S, Co-op, and Harrods. These suspects, aged between 17 and 20, face charges under the Computer Misuse Act and other related offences such as blackmail and money laundering. Their identities remain undisclosed due to the ongoing investigation, legal rights for fair trial, and safeguarding concerns. Electronic devices have been seized for forensic analysis, and the suspects are in custody for further questioning.
Beginning in March 2024, a woman identified in court documents as Victim 1 and her family member, Victim 2, began receiving threatening phone calls and text messages demanding $150,000 and warning they were not safe.
Andrew Gutierrez, a Santa Clara County paramedic, was arrested for allegedly collecting and sharing hundreds of child sexual abuse images after an extensive internet investigation.
