A Manhattan federal judge denied Ghislaine Maxwell’s latest bid to overturn her sex-trafficking conviction and 20-year sentence. The judge called her claims meritless, largely procedurally barred and based on speculation, distortions or falsehoods.
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Authorities say multiple adults and children were killed after a family disturbance turned into a shooting and fire at a Billings, Montana, home. The gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and investigators have not released the victims’ names or ages.
About 3,000 people in South Sumatra prayed for rain as wildfires burned across forests and peatlands, producing hazardous haze. Authorities are using aircraft for cloud seeding and water bombing while police investigate suspected land-clearing fires.
A U.S. federal judge postponed the trial of Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi after newly discovered evidence emerged days before jury selection. Al-Marimi is accused of making the bomb that destroyed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988, killing 270 people.
Karen Solomon, a law enforcement mental health advocate sought in connection with the death of her Worcester police officer husband, was found dead Monday after a multiday search. Police said investigators believe the case was a murder-suicide and that a gun was found near her body.
An arbitrator found The Washington Post lacked sufficient cause to fire opinion writer Karen Attiah over social media posts after Charlie Kirk’s killing. The ruling orders her reinstatement with full back pay and lost benefits.
Israel said it would respond forcefully after paper kites were found near the Gaza border, though the military said they carried no explosives. Hamas denied responsibility and accused Israel of using children’s kites as a pretext for continued strikes.
Authorities say Benjamin Charles Parker, 36, was found dead in Enumclaw, Washington, a day after five people and several animals were found dead on a rural property outside Forest Grove, Oregon. Investigators believe Parker died by suicide and say the killings do not appear to have been random.