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Neal Cornish had it all planned. He would finish his bachelor of nursing degree and hit the job market next spring — around the time he was eligible to apply for a pardon for two […] […]

Police in Detroit, Michigan, on Sunday expressed “profound sorrow” at the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old girl in a police raid. Aiyana Jones was shot and killed by police executing a search warrant as part […] […]

A paedophile, from Smethwick, who preyed on boys as young as three and amassed a collection of more than 17,500 indecent images of children has been jailed indefinitely for public protection. Wolverhampton Crown Court was […] […]

FORTY-YEAR-OLD taxi operator Berti Escoffery of Brooks Level Road, Stony Hill, St Andrew, was killed by gunmen at his home last night. Police reports are that at about 9:20 pm, Escoffery arrived home when two […] […]

An 86-year-old woman has been sexually assaulted on a train by a man who tried to stroke and kiss her and made crude remarks about sex. British Transport Police, who have issued CCTV images in […] […]

Japan has hosted the world’s first wedding to be conducted by a robot. The automated creature, known as the I-Fairy, oversaw the wedding of Tomohiro Shibata and Satoko Inoue in the capital, Tokyo. The couple […] […]

Scores of persons had to scamper for cover yesterday, as the the sound of gunfire echoed in the commercial areas of Spanish Town, St Catherine. At least one man was shot in the incident, but […] […]

JACQUELINE FRANK’S worst fears were realised the day she walked into a classroom with her son, Ramon Rankin, on his first day at primary school. Everyone froze, and the gaze of the little ones remained […] […]

CONSOLING the mother of 15-year-old Akeem ‘Marlon’ Peart was near impossible last Saturday, as the grieving mother got the last look at her son dressed in pure white and laying peacefully in a white casket […] […]