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abcnews.com | 2 min. ago NEW

Duane 'Keffe D' Davis sentenced to 40 years to life for Tupac Shakur's murder

Duane "Keffe D" Davis -- the only person ever charged with the murder of Tupac Shakur -- was sentenced Tuesday in a Las Vegas court after being convicted.

nbcnews.com | 34 min. ago NEW

Anthropic says its A.I. model submitted a false cold case tip to Philadelphia police

Artificial intelligence research company Anthropic says one of its models generated a bogus tip about an unsolved murder and submitted it to Philadelphia police.

globalnews.ca | 1 hrs. 7 min. ago

Lost evidence in 1988 cold case leads to murder charge being withdrawn

The Crown Attorney's Office says police lost crucial evidence from the investigation into Byron Carr's 1988 death, meaning there is no longer a reasonable likelihood of conviction.

thehindu.com | 1 hrs. 24 min. ago

Koodathil case: Crime Branch uncovers crucial evidence in mysterious death of Jayamadhavan Nair

The probe team has found crucial evidence against the family’s former caretaker, Raveendran Nair, the prime accused in the case; the deaths of the members of the Koodathil family over a period of 26 years from 1991 had piqued interest, considering its eerie resemblance with the Koodathayi serial murder case in which a woman had allegedly murdered six people in Kozhikode over a span of 14 years.

thehindu.com | 1 hrs. 24 min. ago

Supreme Court asks Delhi governmente to seek inputs from IB on Hawara plea for transfer to Punjab jail

Bench takes a cautious approach, saying the case of Beant Singh murder convict is sensitive, and even the Punjab government seems to be reluctant

mirror.co.uk | 1 hrs. 29 min. ago

Murderer who strangled his cellmate in bid to executed on death row is killed — nearly 18 years on

James Robertson, 63, was pronounced dead at 12.32pm on Tuesday after being given a three-drug lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke, years after the murder

dailymail.com | 2 hrs. 7 min. ago

Driver crashed into grammar school head cycling home before dragging him 'for over a mile' then leaving him dying at the roadside, murder trial told

Michael Mullins, 56, who had been the head of Stretford Grammar School for 17 years, suffered fatal injuries when he became stuck under the wheels of a Volvo SUV on April 20, a court heard.

bbc.co.uk | 2 hrs. 48 min. ago

Murder investigation after couple and two children die in fire

Philip and Kim English, and two of their children, died in the fire and two more children are critically injured.

thehindu.com | 4 hrs. 14 min. ago

Police constable arrested for murdering and burying wife in Pudukkottai

thehindu.com | 4 hrs. 15 min. ago

Hyderabad man arrested for allegedly murdering wife over suspected illicit relationship in Balapur

theguardian.com | 5 hrs. 7 min. ago

The play that changed my life: ‘I was the badass queen in Titus Andronicus – we did it like A Nightmare on Elm Street’

Shakespeare’s bloody revenge-fest is full of horror and grotesquerie but the camaraderie of performing it with a youth theatre had an upbeat effectTitus Andronicus has to be among William Shakespeare’s worst plays. In fact TS Eliot called it “one of the stupidest and most uninspired plays ever written”.

Yet it holds a very special place in my heart. It’s a bloody revenge-fest in which each act of violence is more grotesque than the last. Titus Andronicus returns from war with “barbarous” Tamora, “Queen of the Goths”, as his prisoner. She stealthily proceeds to kill and destroy his family, and when he discovers this, he murders her sons and serves them up to her in a pie.

The play ends with gudgeons of fake blood and a sea of carnage. In Shakespeare’s day it was a huge hit, a kind of slasher film of the 16th century.Plays are very powerful things and I have spent my life watching them and writing them.

Some have been revelatory but none has affected me like Titus Andronicus. It was the first play, outside of school, that I was ever in – so I suppose this is about the transformative power of youth theatre. Continue reading...

mirror.co.uk | 5 hrs. 12 min. ago

Waterford house fire - latest: First picture of couple 'murdered' along with two children

A man and a woman who died in a house fire in Waterford, Ireland, have been named as Philip English and his partner Kim

iol.co.za | 5 hrs. 17 min. ago

Hawks crack 2020 murder case of Groblersdal station commander as three appear in court

Colonel Lebyane Jeffrey Seroka's funeral took place during the Covid-19 lockdown six years ago. Police have made a breakthrough in his murrder.

foxnews.com | 5 hrs. 27 min. ago

Trial in college student’s murder zeroes in on rum bottle, vulgar note and missing evidence

Miguel Enrique Salguero-Olivares faces murder, rape and burglary charges in the Faith Hedgepeth case as DNA and missing evidence clash in court.

thehindu.com | 5 hrs. 47 min. ago

Man stabs elder brother to death over alleged sexual abuse of his daughter

Following the murder, the accused surrenders at the Ambattur Industrial Estate police station

iol.co.za | 6 hrs. 2 min. ago

Six-year-old critically injured in alleged Umhlali school stabbing

A 16-year-old teenager has been arrested in connection with the attempted murder of a 6-year-old girl at a school in Umhlali on the KZN North Coast.

iol.co.za | 7 hrs. 30 min. ago

AKA murder trial: Driver says he mistook gunshots for fireworks

From left Lindokuhle Thabani Mkhwanazi, Lindani Zenzele Ndimande, Siyanda Eddie Myeza, Mziwethemba Gwabeni, Lindokuhle Mhlaliseni Mkhwanazi, Malusi Dave Ndimande and Siyabonga Gezani Ndimande who are on trial for the murders of AKA and Tibz

dailymail.com | 7 hrs. 34 min. ago

Woman crushed to death by suicidal jumper from 11th floor in Japan - but he survives: Father demands murder charge

Tomoki Inaba, 23, was walking home with a friend in Nagoya (pictured) at around 1am on July 19 when Shinsei Taguchi jumped from the 11th floor of the apartment building.

iol.co.za | 8 hrs. 12 min. ago

Pastor rape and murder: Family seeks justice for dead four-month-old

A Diepsloot family is preparing to bury their murdered four-month-old girl while her mother processes her rape trauma.

theguardian.com | 9 hrs. 21 min. ago

Ex-Chicago detective identified as killing child in 65-year cold case

Police used recently discovered DNA to pin murder of eight-year-old girl on Thomas McInerney, who died in 2006Chicago police on Monday said they recently used newly discovered DNA evidence to tie the 1960 murder of an eight-year-old girl to one of its own former homicide detectives.Thomas McInerney had been dead for 20 years by the time authorities issued a statement identifying him as the killer of Gloria Kowalewicz – well after retiring from the Chicago police department (CPD) and two federal public defender’s offices in Nevada where he worked as an investigator.

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iol.co.za | 10 hrs. 43 min. ago

AKA-Tibz trial: Former police officer says Myeza claimed gun was for ‘safekeeping’

Some of the murder accused men in the AKA and Tibz murder case from left Lindokuhle Mkhwanazi, Lindani Ndimande, Siyanda Myeza, Mziwethemba Gwabeni and Lindokuhle Lindo Ndimande.

dailymail.com | 10 hrs. 46 min. ago

Celebrity Traitors' first victim Amol Rajan brands Maya Jama a 'satanic villain' after being murdered

Celebrity Traitors' first victim Amol Rajan has branded Maya Jama a 'satanic villain' after he was brutally murdered on the show.

smh.com.au | 11 hrs. 41 min. ago

Family of Thai teen allegedly killed by Perth man want death sentence

The family of a Thai teenager allegedly murdered by an Australian man are calling for him to be put to death.

smh.com.au | 12 hrs. 14 min. ago

Mum breaks down as details of daughter’s death rehashed for killer’s appeal

A lawyer for the man who murdered Toyah Cordingley in 2018 claimed his crime was “nothing particular” that warranted 25 years.

smh.com.au | 12 hrs. 49 min. ago

Toyah Cordingley’s killer appeals murder conviction

Rajwinder Singh is appealing his conviction and sentence after he was found guilty of Toyah Cordingley’s murder.

iol.co.za | 14 hrs. 8 min. ago

Three men in court over alleged assault of protester in Durban

Three men accused of assaulting a protestor have appeared in the Durban Magistrate's Court on attempted murder and public violence charges.

bbc.co.uk | 16 hrs. 9 min. ago

Military police prevented from following evidence in SAS murder probe, inquiry hears

Military police investigator tells an inquiry that the probe into suspected murders was "dictated" from above.

abc.net.au | 16 hrs. 58 min. ago

Queensland's first retrial for murder ordered under double jeopardy laws

It is only the second time in Queensland the double jeopardy legislation has been exercised, with the first an unrelated matter in 2018 that was ultimately dismissed by the COA.

dailymail.com | 17 hrs. 55 min. ago

Man, 63, appears in court accused of murdering his 94-year-old father

Mark Lord was charged with the murder of Allan Lord after an incident in Bolton.

nypost.com | 19 hrs. 23 min. ago

Netflix is digging into the JonBenét Ramsey case — this is what I learned from covering the tragedy

1996. Christmas night. ­JonBenét Ramsey. Little girl. Unsolved murder. Colorado. Similar to the Nancy Guthrie not yet solved case.

dailymail.com | 19 hrs. 48 min. ago

'Murdered' pregnant woman, 35, whose body was found in a burning van died of smoke and gas inhalation, inquest hears

Samantha Phythian, 35, known to her family and friends as Sammi, was allegedly still alive when the vehicle was set alight in the seaside town of Prestatyn, North Wales.

nbcnews.com | 20 hrs. 11 min. ago

Chicago police find killer in 65-year-old cold case murder of little girl — one of their own

DNA technology that didn’t exist when Gloria Kowalewicz, 8, was killed in 1960 led investigators to Thomas F. McInerney Jr., who was a homicide detective for the Chicago Police Department.

theguardian.com | 21 hrs. 26 min. ago

Bolivia investigates ex-president Evo Morales over alleged ties to 2009 killings

Leftist former leader accused of involvement in shooting of three Europeans in Santa Cruz and torture of two othersBolivia’s attorney general has announced an investigation into leftist former president Evo Morales, alleging his involvement in the murder and torture of European citizens in 2009.Seventeen years ago, police raided a hotel in the city of Santa Cruz, shooting dead Eduardo Rózsa Flores, a Bolivian-Croatian, Michael Dwyer, an Irishman, and Árpád Magyarosi, a Hungarian-Romanian.

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arstechnica.com | 21 hrs. 39 min. ago

Anthropic's Claude AI submitted false murder tip to Philadelphia police

“I may have information regarding this case," Claude AI told Philly police.

foxnews.com | 22 hrs. 57 min. ago

Retired police sergeant shoots deputy chief wife and their daughter in wealthy, coastal enclave home

Ann Mannix, San Francisco's first female SWAT commander, and her daughter Katie were found dead in their Mill Valley home in a suspected murder-suicide.

mirror.co.uk | 1 days ago

Two retired police officers and their daughter dead in suspected murder-suicide in US

Investigators believe Kevin Mannix shot his wife, Ann, 65, and their 24-year-old daughter, Katie, before turning the gun on himself at their home in Strawberry, a neighbourhood in Mill Valley, California

bbc.co.uk | 1 days ago

PC thought murderer was making 'empty threats' before arson attack

PC Gemma Quinn did not think it necessary to arrest Zak Bolland after Michelle Pearson's 999 call.

thehindu.com | 1 days ago

Two get life imprisonment in murder case

foxnews.com | 1 days ago

Idaho professor falsely accused of student murders by TikTok psychic reveals fear for children's safety

Rebecca Scofield describes sleepless nights guarding her children after TikTok psychic Ashley Guillard accused her in the University of Idaho murders.

nypost.com | 1 days ago

Mom launches furious tirade on dad who shot their kids in murder-suicide: ‘You were supposed to be their protector’

“You were supposed to be their protector. "Their provider. One of their safe places. I'm so angry."