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247 storiesLawyers seek commuted sentence for Christa Pike after failed Tennessee execution
Christa Pike, 50, has remained unconscious and on a ventilator in a Tennessee hospital since the state's attempt to execute her with the drug pentobarbital failed on Wednesday night, her lawyer Stephen Ferrell said. On Monday Ferrell told “…
Joo Ho-min urges Supreme Court to allow third-party recordings in abuse cases
Webtoon artist Joo Ho-min and 10 disability groups called on the Supreme Court on Oct. 6 to recognise an exception to the ban on third-party recording when abuse of people who cannot speak for themselves is suspected. Joo said a recording h…
Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol agent sues US government
Marimar Martinez, a Chicago teaching aide, filed a federal civil lawsuit against the U.S. government on Monday over being shot by Customs and Border Protection agent Charles Exum during an immigration enforcement operation in October 2025. …
Police probe alleged leak of Korean hospital CCTV footage to overseas sites
Police have opened an investigation into suspicions that CCTV footage from Korean medical institutions, including surgery and changing rooms, was leaked to overseas illegal sites. A lawmaker's office says 80 videos from obstetrics, plastic …
Police: bar owner held over girlfriend’s body in Miyagi; staged messages suspected
Police in Tokyo have arrested a 36-year-old bar owner on suspicion of abandoning the body of his 25-year-old girlfriend in mountains in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, on 28 September. Investigators believe he used her smartphone to send messa…
Trump approves firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan
The Pentagon said President Donald Trump approved execution by U.S. Army firing squad for Nidal Hasan, who was convicted in the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, that killed 13 people and wounded 32. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell…
Okinawa US forces order 48-hour pause and overnight curfew after Marine arrest
The top US commander in Okinawa, Lt. Gen. Watson, issued an emergency statement ordering a 48-hour “training period” for US military-related personnel in the prefecture from noon on 7 October to noon on 9 October, with off-base outings and …
Lawyers for ex-Olympian David Hearn seek watchdog inquiry into Reflecting Pool case
Lawyers for former Olympic canoeist David Hearn asked the inspectors general of the Justice and Interior departments on Tuesday to investigate what they call a flawed investigation and prosecution over damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflect…
Germany detains ex-BND chief Hanning on suspicion of espionage
August Hanning, who headed Germany's Federal Intelligence Service (BND) from 1998 to 2005, has been detained on suspicion of espionage, obtaining state secrets and attempted high treason, according to German and Russian outlets. His former …
Hokkaido police send racehorse farm and employee to prosecutors over foal abuse
Hokkaido police sent Hamamoto Bokujo, a racehorse breeding farm in Hidaka, Hokkaido, and a male employee in his 40s to prosecutors on October 5 on suspicion of Animal Welfare Act violations, with an opinion seeking a strict disposition, inv…
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor asks UK court to quash Epstein-linked search warrants
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former Prince Andrew, has filed a claim at the High Court in London to quash the search warrants used at two of his homes before his February arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office. A private hear…
Defense argues innocence in ex-prosecutor's 'don't mess with prosecutors' abuse trial
The defense for former Osaka prosecutor Daisuke Tabuchi (54) argued on Oct 6 that his December 2019 interrogation of a suspect did not constitute abuse and that he should be acquitted. Tabuchi is accused of shouting “don’t mess with prosecu…
US Marine arrested over woman’s death in Naha as Okinawa protests
A US Marine Corps Lance Corporal assigned to the Futenma base in Okinawa has been arrested on suspicion of robbery-murder after a woman was found dead at a hotel in Naha on October 3, Nippon TV News reported. About 100 people rallied near t…
Pianist Kyohei Sorita indicted; prosecutors seek 3 months over 144 km/h speeding
Pianist Kyohei Sorita, 32, has been indicted on-home for driving at 144 km/h on the Shuto Expressway in Tokyo on 20 December last year, 84 km/h over the speed limit. A first hearing was held at the Tokyo District Court on 6 October, where p…
Daegu court gives 62-year-old 7 years for killing disabled nephew, attacking mother
A 62-year-old man was sentenced to seven years in prison by Daegu District Court on October 6 for killing his intellectually disabled niece by pushing her into the sea and for attempting to kill his mother, who has dementia. The trial was a…
Russia drops “fake army news” case against hospice founder Moniava
Russia's Investigative Committee has closed the criminal case against Lida Moniava, founder of the Dom s Mayakom children's hospice and charity fund, for lack of corpus delicti, her lawyer and support group said on 6 October. She had been c…
Japan police arrest three over forged life insurance for dead housemate in Mie
Mie prefectural police arrested three unemployed people in Tsu City on suspicion of forging a life insurance application in the name of a 58-year-old man they lived with, without his consent. The man was found dead in July; a judicial autop…
Tokyo bar operator arrested over partner's body found in Miyagi mountains
Tokyo police arrested Takuya Miura, 36, on suspicion of abandoning the body of his 25-year-old live-in partner, Maho Muroga, in mountains in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, on Sept. 28. Her body was found on Oct. 4 after her mother told police…
Naha hotel killing: US Marine sent to prosecutors; police cite strangulation
Police in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, said a 39-year-old woman found dead at a hotel died of suffocation after being strangled, and reported that her neck bore cord-like marks. A 20-year-old US Marine lance corporal, Devin Jacob Ballard, arre…
Okinawa police send US Marine to prosecutors over Naha hotel robbery-murder
Okinawa prefectural police arrested US Marine lance corporal Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, of Futenma base, on suspicion of robbing and killing a 39-year-old woman at a hotel in Naha, and sent him to the Naha district prosecutors’ office on Oct …