A climate activist who allegedly smeared paint on a case surrounding 19th century French artist Edgar Degas’ “Little Dancer Aged Fourteen” sculpture at Washington, D.C.’s National Gallery of Art was charged. Joanna Smith, 54, of Brooklyn, N.Y., got 60 days of prison
Dylan Earl, a 20-year-old British man, has been charged with conducting hostile activities to benefit Russia. Earl is allegedly connected to Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, declared a banned terrorist organization by the U.K. government. He is accused of paying others to burn
Police have charged a teenager in relation to the reported stabbing at Ysgol Dyffryn Amman, a school in South Wales, yesterday that saw a massive emergency presence descend on the town of Ammanford. Dyfed-Powys Police said they arrested a teenage girl at
Two former United Nations employees in Montreal have been charged with participating in a conspiracy to sell Chinese-made drones and other military equipment in Libya, Canadian police said Tuesday. RCMP spokesman Sgt. Charles Poirier said the alleged offenses occurred between 2018 and
A climate protester who could have faced up to two years in prison for holding a sign outside a courthouse reminding jurors of their right to acquit defendants cannot be charged with contempt of court, a London judge ruled Monday. Trudi Warner
Two men have been charged with spying for China after an investigation by counter-terrorism police. Christopher Berry, 32, from Witney in Oxfordshire, and Christopher Cash, 29, from Whitechapel in east London, are both accused of an offence under the Official Secrets Act,
A man has been charged with “swatting” after he placed a fake call to police in the US and led officers to shoot an innocent man in what they thought was a hostage situation, authorities said. Robert Walker-McDaid, from Coventry, had called
Nicola Sturgeon said the situation has been “incredibly difficult” after her husband, former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell, was charged in connection with alleged embezzlement of funds. Speaking to media outside her home in Glasgow on Friday Ms Sturgeon said “I can’t
A pensioner who was locked out of her home in the dark believes she was scammed by a ‘rogue’ trader – who charged a staggering £1,600. Jayne Marney, 68, paid the eye-watering bill after being told the work had been carried out
LONDON (AP) — The husband of former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon was charged Thursday with embezzlement in a probe into the finances of Scotland’s pro-independence governing party, a shocking setback for the country’s most powerful political couple. Police in Scotland said a