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BRITAIN’S Supreme Court has ruled that shouting constitutes as domestic violence and anyone who raises their voice at their partner could be thrown out of their home, the Daily Mail reported Thursday. Leading a bench […] […]

A FORMER public schoolgirl who kicked and stamped on a gay civil servant in a deadly homophobic attack has been jailed for seven years for manslaughter. Ruby Thomas, 19, hurled homophobic obscene abuse at on […] […]

A NEW York City firefighter was sentenced to five years in prison for growing more than $500,000 worth of marijuana plants in a Queens basement, the New York Post reported Tuesday. Patrick Murray was convicted […] […]

Two Toronto Police constables have been found guilty of assault causing bodily harm, which legal observers say is extremely unusual. “It’s very, very rare,” said Barry Swadron of Toronto, who has been a lawyer since […] […]

Chinese officials recently unveiled a new, high-tech stealth fighter that could pose a significant threat to American air superiority – and some of its technology, it turns out, may well have come from the United […] […]

COLUMBIA, South Carolina – Authorities have charged a US woman with felony animal cruelty, saying she hanged her nephew’s pit bull from a tree with an electrical cord and burned its body because the dog […] […]

A US federal judge has sentenced a former B-2 stealth bomber engineer to 32 years in prison for selling military secrets to China. Noshir Gowadia, who was born in India, had faced up to life […] […]

A TRUCK driver has been resentenced to nearly 34 years in prison after a federal appeals court last year overturned the multiple life sentences he received for his role in America’s deadliest human smuggling attempt, […] […]

ONE OF President Obama’s closest advisers suffered an unexpected setback yesterday in his ambition to become mayor of Chicago after a panel ruled that he did not meet the eligibility requirements. Rahm Emanuel gave up […] […]

RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinians now have their own version of a WikiLeaks scandal. President Mahmoud Abbas and his aides went on the attack Monday, accusing Al-Jazeera TV of lies and distortions in publishing […] […]