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An NHS trust in north-east England has admitted that 20 women had breasts removed unnecessarily and that hundreds of patients were harmed, including one death. The trust apologised and is reviewing cases, while police and the National Crime Agency investigate a consultant whose private outsourcing arrangements raised conflict-of-interest concerns.
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An ICE officer pleaded not guilty Friday to six federal counts of making false statements to investigators about a January shooting in Minneapolis during an immigration enforcement operation. Court documents contradict DHS's initial claim that the officer fired a defensive shot after being attacked, and the case has been tied to an extradition dispute between the governors of Texas and Minnesota.
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The sisters of Nicholas Brandram, a man suspected in the 'Putney pusher' case, told the BBC he was innocent and accused the Metropolitan Police of negligence and recklessness. Brandram was found dead after his family said he took his own life under immense pressure from the investigation. The report focuses on the family's claims that police failed to promptly clear his name, including through DNA tests.
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A lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial said he had no doubts and believed prosecutors proved she knew what she was doing. The case ended in a mistrial after nearly 40 hours of deliberation, and other jurors have publicly criticized the holdout. The article also notes the juror's past legal issues and next steps in the case.
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A couple who struggled with infertility lost more than £22,000 in an adoption scam after being matched with a pregnant woman who allegedly accepted living expenses but did not place a baby. The article focuses on their emotional devastation and briefly criticizes the private adoption system as pressuring women and enabling fraud.
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South Africa has been shaken by a spate of femicides, including nine women killed in the same Johannesburg area in recent weeks. Women and activists say the government and police have failed to protect them, while President Ramaphosa promises action. The killings have sparked protests and memorial runs amid widespread fear.
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A year after federal agents and Tennessee National Guard troops were sent into Memphis, the article reports falling homicide rates while questioning whether the deployment deserves credit, citing an independent analysis that found no measurable effect. It centers on four fatal shootings by federal agents, a newly released autopsy showing one man was shot in the back, and growing local business and community resistance to the occupation.
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RNLI volunteers in Portsmouth who had helped keep anti-migrant protesters safe in the water were later branded 'traitors' and subjected to physical and online abuse, prompting the charity to temporarily close its lifeboat station. The charity said it had a duty of care to volunteers and advised them not to wear branded clothing in public, while some protesters faced charges over violent disorder.
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Republicans, including President Donald Trump and Senate nominee Michael Whatley, are attacking Roy Cooper over his crime record in North Carolina's Senate race. Polls show Cooper leading and crime ranking below inflation, the economy, and healthcare among voters, while experts doubt the attacks are changing the race. Cooper's campaign denies the attacks and counters with Whatley's associations with convicted sex offenders.
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Alabama executed Jeffery Lee by lethal injection for a 1998 pawnshop double murder after a judge blocked an earlier nitrogen gas execution. The case drew attention because a jury recommended life imprisonment but a judge overrode it to impose death, a practice Alabama later abolished. Lee's attorneys called the execution a moral failure, while state officials said justice was served.
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A Sikh truck driver from Sacramento survived being stabbed 17 times at a Wyoming rest stop, and his attorney says the attack was unprovoked and may have been bias-motivated. Democratic lawmakers and California officials linked the attack to anti-immigrant rhetoric from the Trump administration and a recent Department of Homeland Security social media post targeting Sikh truck drivers.
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A Los Angeles woman has been charged with two counts of murder after allegedly driving under the influence and causing a bus crash that killed two passengers; hours later, a news helicopter covering the scene crashed and killed three more people. The NTSB is investigating the helicopter crash, while officials and victims' families respond to the deaths.