The Supreme Court reinstated Pedro Hernandez’s 2017 murder conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz. The 6-3 ruling reversed a federal appeals court decision that had thrown out the verdict over a jury instruction issue.
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Two students, ages 14 and 15, were arrested after police said they opened fire at San Jose National High School in Tacloban, killing three classmates and wounding seven others. Authorities are investigating a possible bullying-related motive and how the teens obtained the firearms.
Australian police seized 2.7 metric tonnes of cocaine from underground bunkers beneath shipping containers in western Sydney, the country’s largest-ever cocaine bust. Two men were charged, and investigators are probing links to a suspected mother ship detained in Solomon Islands.
Police Scotland have charged a 36-year-old man after five men were injured in suspected anti-Muslim attacks across Edinburgh. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the suspect appeared to be motivated by anti-Muslim hatred.
Trump said U.S. Park Police arrested multiple people for alleged vandalism at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after algae and peeling blue coating appeared following a renovation. One arrested man, former Olympic canoeist David Hearn, denied damaging the pool.
Roman Lavrynovych was sentenced to seven years and Stanislav Carpiuc to two years for arson attacks on property and a car linked to Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The men were recruited through a Russian-speaking Telegram account that promised payment, prosecutors said.
British actress Emaa Hussen has been charged in Australia with attempting to import 320kg of meth hidden in charcoal bags from Ghana. Police said the drugs were worth A$296 million and could have supplied 3.2 million street deals.