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C.E.O. Choked Man Who Danced Barefoot on Cruise Ship, U.S. Says

Kenneth D. DeGiorgio, the chief executive of First American Financial, was charged with assault. His lawyers say that the other man was harassing the executive’s wife.

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The Virgin Voyages cruise ship Resilient Lady in 2024. A passenger was arrested on Tuesday after the ship docked in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and faces a federal charge.
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Twenty-three more women contact Met police over serial rapist Zhenhao Zou

London PhD student convicted of 10 rapes may have 60 more victims, force fears

More than 20 women have contacted police to say they fear they may have been attacked by the serial rapist Zhenhao Zou, with detectives fearing there may be even more victims to come.

Zou, 28, was convicted last month of raping three women in London and seven in China between 2019 and 2024.

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© Photograph: Metropolitan police/PA

© Photograph: Metropolitan police/PA

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US prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione

Mangione, 26, accused of carrying out ‘premeditated assassination’ of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson

Federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against the man accused of fatally shooting the UnitedHealthcare CEO, Brian Thompson, outside a Manhattan hotel on 4 December, the US attorney general, Pam Bondi, said on Tuesday.

Bondi said in a press release that she had “directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty” for Luigi Mangione, 26, because he allegedly committed “a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America”. The move, Bondi notes, was in an effort to “carry out President Trump’s agenda to stop violent crime and Make America Safe Again”.

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© Photograph: Steven Hirsch/Getty Images

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FA lobbies UK government to make ‘tailgating’ at turnstiles a criminal offence

  • Governing body hopes law will be in place for Euro 2028
  • FA: ‘Enforcing entry points is a huge drain on resources’

The Football Association has stepped up its lobbying of the government to make forced entry into football stadiums, so-called “tailgating”, a criminal offence before the UK and Ireland host the 2028 men’s European Championship.

The policing minister Dame Diana Johnson was a guest of the FA at Wembley for last month’s Carabao Cup final, where 68 of the 91 arrests made were for attempting to enter the ground without a ticket.

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© Photograph: David Cliff/AP

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