Matt Hancock’s care home protective ring claim ‘unfounded’, Covid report finds
There were more than 43,000 recorded care home deaths involving Covid-19 between March 2020 and July 2022.
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Kim Jong Un: Why do rumours about his death keep coming back?
North Korean state media has published photos of the dictator with his daughter after the unsubstantiated rumour spread.
Esther Rantzen felt 'deprived of choice' over her own death
A note written by Dame Esther Rantzen is released by her family following a private funeral.
Kenyan cult leader found guilty in the murder of 190 children | CNN
Paul Mackenzie, the leader of a Christian cult, has been found guilty of the murder of 190 children. Mackenzie was convicted along with about 30 other suspects in connection with the deaths…
Kenyan cult leader found guilty over 190 children starved to death in the hope of ‘meeting Jesus’ | CNN
The leader of a Kenyan Christian cult has been found guilty of the murder of 190 children through an organised system of enforced fasting and abuse.
Mississippi attorney general says use of force was justified in death of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley | CNN
Mississippi’s attorney general says a Senatobia officer was justified in using force when he responded to a shoplifting call and fired at a moving vehicle that investigators said was driving…
Workers in Santa Clara County, California, put on leave amid child welfare crisis
Ten Santa Clara County employees are on leave and state officials are tightening their grip as another death in the county’s child welfare system has prompted calls for criminal accountabili…
Trump’s DOJ is bringing back firing squads | CNN Politics
The Justice Department announced Friday it is continuing to clear the way for expediting federal death-penalty cases, including by expanding the manners of execution to include death by firi…
Trump’s Justice Department is bringing back firing squads for federal executions | CNN Politics
The Justice Department announced Friday it is continuing to clear the way for expediting federal death-penalty cases, including by expanding the manners of execution to include death by firi…
Growing wildfires blamed for death of Florida firefighter and destruction of 120 Georgia homes
Officials say a volunteer firefighter has died battling a wildfire in Florida, while two large fires in Georgia have destroyed more than 120 homes.
Prosecutors used rap lyrics to help send a man to death row in Texas. It's not an uncommon tactic
Attorneys for a Black man scheduled to be executed in Texas say the introduction of rap lyrics he wrote biased an almost all-white jury when they decided to sentence him to death.
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The Trump administration has gutted US aid for family planning. Here’s how it’s impacting women overseas | CNN
A crisis in family planning medicine is playing out in Africa in the wake of sweeping US aid cuts, with medical providers highlighting deaths, layoffs and unintended pregnancies.
Why a bitter political feud has left a former Zambian president unburied 10 months after his death
The body of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu still hasn’t been buried because of a feud over his funeral and nearly a year after he died in South Africa.
988 hotline's launch is linked to thousands of fewer suicide deaths among teens and young adults
Nearly 4,400 fewer U.S. teens and young adults died by suicide than projected in the first two-and-a-half years of the 988 mental health crisis hotline.