A 30-year-old man from Norfolk was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a 3-year-old boy ended up in a crocodile enclosure at Johnsons of Old Hurst. Police said the boy remains in critical but stable condition at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.
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The Supreme Court unanimously sided with Ali Danial Hemani, a Texas marijuana user charged under a federal ban on gun possession by unlawful drug users. The justices said the ruling was narrow and did not invalidate the law in full.
Chi Leung “Peter” Wai and Chung Biu “Bill” Yuen were jailed for assisting a foreign intelligence service in a case involving surveillance of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists in Britain. Wai, a Border Force officer, also received a misconduct sentence for misusing Home Office systems.
Merlin Lu, 21, of Chicago, faces felony hate crime, arson and property damage charges after police said he set fire to a cross in Grant Park. Lu told NBC Chicago before his arrest that the act was meant as a protest against Donald Trump and denied it was racially motivated.
Rex Heuermann was sentenced to life in prison without parole after admitting to the Gilgo Beach serial killings. Relatives of the victims delivered emotional statements before the judge condemned Heuermann as a coward.
Luigi Mangione’s defense team plans to argue he was suffering from an extreme emotional disturbance when UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed. A judge said records on the psychiatric defense will be unsealed as the state trial approaches.
Brazil’s Supreme Court convicted Eduardo Bolsonaro of lobbying the United States to interfere in his father Jair Bolsonaro’s coup trial. He was sentenced in absentia to four years and two months in prison and called the ruling “baseless and senseless.”
Federal authorities charged five men with plotting to attack a White House UFC event using explosive drones and snipers. Prosecutors said the plan targeted “high value targets” and was disrupted before it could be carried out.