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Alex Murdaugh was back in court Monday on charges he killed his wife and son, appearing silently at a pretrial hearing that was mostly short on substance but long on spectacle as the true crime sensation continues to captivate. Murdaugh’s murder convictions and sentence of life in prison were overturned last month by the South Carolina Supreme Court. On Monday, a new judge laid out a timeline for hearings and set the retrial to start April 5. She also nailed down deadlines for making sure the defense and prosecution have exchanged evidence, a process called discovery. Dozens of media outlets,…

Prosecutors are allowed to review medical records related to Tiger Woods ‘ March vehicle crash and subsequent arrest in Florida on suspicion of driving under the influence, a judge has ruled. Judge Darren Steele approved an agreement last week between Woods’ defense attorney and the State Attorney’s Office that allows prosecutors to request records from Cleveland Clinic Martin South Hospital, where Woods was taken following the March 27 crash. The case is being tried in Martin County circuit court, just north of Palm Beach County. The judge signed off on a similar agreement in May that grants prosecutors access to…

The co-owner of a Maine lumber mill has died from injuries he sustained during a fire and explosion at the facility, bringing to three the number of fatalities. Alden J. Robbins died last Thursday from injures he suffered in the May 15 fire at Robbins Lumber in Searsmont, according statements Friday from Maine Gov. Janet Mills and the Robbins family. The blaze sent plumes of black smoke into the sky and necessitated a response from hundreds of firefighters to a rural part of the state. Two firefighters died from injuries sustained while fighting the blaze. They were Searsmont Assistant Fire…

Europe is taking tougher action against tankers falsely using Cameroon’s flag registry to transport Russian oil, including boarding vessels at sea, prompting Cameroon to dump 39 such vessels from its ship registry, according to officials and documents. On June 8 the EU expanded the mandate of Operation IRINI, its naval mission in the Mediterranean, and can now stop, board, detain and inspect ships suspected of belonging to Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet.” Moscow condemned the move. Russia has used such tankers, which are typically older and lack known Western insurance or safety certification, to skirt sanctions by sailing under the flags…

The world must urgently develop guardrails to contain the threat posed by artificial intelligence, Britain’s foreign secretary is set to warn. Yvette Cooper will say that AI may become the “greatest security challenge of the next decade,” calling for international cooperation to stamp out the risks. Cooper will draw parallels between AI and efforts around nuclear safety in the wake of the Second World War and the atomic bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. “On nuclear, international agreement came only after the world saw the terrifying power of the new technology at Hiroshima and asked what would…

Two new inspections into kraft pulp and paper mills in Washington have been opened, following ongoing investigations at the Nippon Dynawave mill where a tank failure killed 11 workers. The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries said investigations are going on at two other active paper mills in the state that use the same process used at the Nippon Dynawave mill, where caustic chemical compounds, including one known as white liquor, are used to help break down wood into pulp for paper product manufacturing in a process known as kraft pulping. In the weeks following the implosion of a…

In Kimberley Kausen’s home, a passed “sell by” date on a jug of milk means different things to different family members. For her daughter, it means the jug belongs in the trash. For her husband, it means the milk is still good for a few more days. Kausen, a chef and cooking teacher in Irvine, California, is more discerning and often uses her sense of smell before deciding what to do with the milk. “I’ll put some thought into it, and if we’re talking about meat and poultry, I’m very cautious about that and for sure will do the smell…

New Jersey law enforcement officials have brought charges against 63 people for their roles in a car theft trafficking enterprise that allegedly shipped scores of stolen, high-end vehicles to buyers in West Africa. Officials said their investigation found that the organization was responsible for more than 90 stolen vehicles with a combined value of more than $8 million. According to officials, the group operated between June 2025 to June 2026 in New Jersey and New York, where it stole and transported luxury vehicles – including Range Rovers, Porsches, and BMWs – for sale to buyers, including to buyers in Ghana…

AM Best placed under review the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “bbb+” (Good) of Topa Insurance Company in Calabasas, California. The review includes subsidiary Dorchester Insurance Company Ltd. in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The companies are wholly owned subsidiaries of Topa Equities Ltd., collectively referred to as Topa Insurance Group. The credit rating actions follow Wintaai America Inc.’s filing of a Form A with the California Department of Insurance on June 23 that notified the department of its offer to acquire Topa. Related: AM Best Downgrades Credit Ratings of Topa in California…

A Supreme Court that has expanded gun rights will consider whether bans on semiautomatic rifles, often called assault weapons, violate the Second Amendment. The justices said Tuesday they will hear appeals challenging bans on the AR-15 and similar semiautomatic firearms in Connecticut and the Chicago area. Similar laws are in place in about a dozen states, covering major cities like New York, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Congress allowed a national assault weapons ban to expire in 2004, but Democrats have supported renewing it in response to a series of mass shootings. States have also continued to pass their own…