A SERIAL drink driver who smashed into three cars after downing a bottle of wine has been spared jail – because she's a woman. Victoria Parry was told by a female judge if she was a man "it would be straight down the stairs" to prison. The 30-year-old hit the vehicles before crashing into a […]

Worcester: An Australian cricketer has been found guilty of raping a sleeping woman in the UK during the first night of a sexual conquest competition he helped set up on a WhatsApp group. Alex Hepburn, 23, has been warned a jail sentence is inevitable for the attack on the dozing victim – committed just days […]

Pensioner slams ‘comically stupid’ BT Openreach engineers for ‘plonking’ a telegraph pole at the end of his path Kevin Haughton, 70, didn’t look twice when he saw workmen installing the pole  So he was gobsmacked to see the pole planted directly at the end of his footpath After complaining, telecoms bosses agreed to remove the […]

The home of a Vietnam War veteran was targeted and robbed on two separate occasions by a pair of alleged thieves, who knew the owner was in the hospital recovering from severe burns, police said on Wednesday. Sarah Anne Hampton and Joseph Migliaccio, both of Sudbury, Massachusetts, were arrested after they were caught on Gene […]

LONDON (Reuters) – British police dragged WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange out of Ecuador’s embassy on Thursday after his seven-year asylum was revoked, paving the way for his extradition to the United States for one of the biggest ever leaks of classified information. Hours after the frail-looking Assange, with white hair and a long beard, was […]

KHARTOUM (Reuters) – President Omar al-Bashir, who ruled Sudan in autocratic style for 30 years, was overthrown and arrested in a coup by the armed forces on Thursday, but protesters took to the streets demanding the military hand over power to civilians. The ouster of Bashir, 75, followed months of demonstrations against his rule. In […]

Archaeologists may have found the world's oldest shipwreck after unearthing a trade vessel from 3,600 years ago off the coast of British holiday favourite Antalya. These pictures show the remains of the 14-metre (46-foot) bronze age wooden boat, thought to date back to around 1600 BC that was found 50 metres (164 feet) off the […]

Gianny Sosa allegedly attempted to perform a wrestling move on his high school principal, authorities said. (Miami-Dade Police Department ) A Miami high school student was arrested Wednesday after allegedly attempting a popular wrestling move on his principal. Gianny Sosa, a senior at Miami Southridge Senior High School, was in a hallway when he allegedly placed his arm […]

AL-HOL CAMP, Syria — Rawan Aboud tried to escape Islamic State after the death of her abusive first husband, a militant killed fighting for the group. She was jailed and forced to marry another fighter. When he died, she finally fled. Now she is interned with fanatic supporters of the violent jihadist group she has […]

The man repeatedly caught on video allegedly stealing shoes from an Amherstview business has been arrested, according to Napanee OPP. On Wednesday, OPP released security footage showing a man entering an unidentified business in Amherstview and appearing to take two pairs of children’s shoes. OPP say this was the third time the same man had […]