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Dartmouth sorority and two fraternity members charged over death of student

Won Jang drowned in Connecticut River in July after party where alcohol was supplied by his fraternity. A sorority at Dartmouth College and two members of a fraternity are facing charges related to ...

World - The Guardian - 6 days ago

Dartmouth sorority, fraternity members charged in student's drowning death

Police in New Hampshire, where Dartmouth is located, announced that Alpha Phi was charged with one count of facilitating an underage alcohol house.

UK justice secretary attacks assisted dying bill as ‘state death service’

Shabana Mahmood has written to her constituents saying she is ‘profoundly concerned’ about Friday’s Commons vote. MPs will be placing the country on a “slippery slope towards death on demand” if ...

World - The Guardian - 6 days ago

$20 million settlement reached in death of woman fatally shot by officer

Teresa Gomez, 45, was fatally shot in 2023 after a Las Cruces police officer on a bicycle approached her while she sat in a parked car with another person, authorities said.

Dartmouth sorority, 2 fraternity members charged in death of student found in river

A Dartmouth College sorority and two members of a fraternity were charged in connection with the drowning death of Won Jang, whose body was found over the summer in the Connecticut River following ...

Philippine VP’s death threat against president a security matter, official says

The Philippines’ security council will verify an alleged assassination threat by Vice President Sara Duterte against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., a top official said on Sunday, describing it as ...

Deaths soar as Israel and Hezbollah clash despite cease-fire push

Hezbollah allegedly fires a barrage of some 250 rockets at northern Israel after dozens are killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon.

Grandfather falls to death climbing out NYC window to escape home invaders

A 73-year-old man fell to his death Saturday morning after climbing out of the sixth floor window of his Manhattan home to escape a group of home invaders, police said.

Don't just pardon turkeys — use Thanksgiving to spare lives on death row

This Thanksgiving, governors should use their sovereign power to put down the executioner’s axe.

Politics - The Hill - 4 days ago

A decade on - how individual toll of Hughes' death still haunts Australia

How Australia cricket is still affected - and will continue to be so - by the death of Phillip Hughes 10 years ago.

Parents advocate for food allergy awareness after daughter's tragic death

Two Texas parents are on a mission to raise awareness about food allergies after the death of their 23-year-old daughter.

Florida woman sentenced to 25 years in neighbor shooting death

Susan Lorincz, who was found guilty of felony manslaughter with a firearm, was sentenced on 25 years in prison for fatally shooting her neighbor Ajike "AJ" Owens.

Eight Laos hostel staff held over suspected methanol poisoning deaths

Manager and seven staff at Nana backpackers hostel detained after death of six tourists. Police in Laos have detained the manager of a backpacker hostel in Vang Vieng as well as seven of its staff ...

World - The Guardian - 3 days ago

Activists slam Biden for pardoning turkeys, not those on federal death row

Advocates against death penalty note president has spared no one from death row but it’s not too late to ‘cement legacy’. Advocates against the death penalty took aim with blistering irony at Joe ...