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The Texas Republican representative Joe Barton reportedly told a woman he would complain to the police if sexually explicit photographs of him were exposed publicly.

Violent stalker Fatmir Stafasani has been jailed after abseiling into a mother's Fulham flat and bludgeoning her with a crowbar.

Joseph VanWert and Randy Lambach have been accused of running a prostitution ring out of a senior living facility in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.

Two thugs, Elliot Bourdon-Pierre and Matthew Smith, have been jailed after killing grandfather Brian Hill and seriously injuring his brother Andrew Hill in Hastings.

Police are hunting Melanie Batty, a British mother suspected of abducting her 11-year-old son Alex Batty while on holiday in Spain.

Teenager Paul Lawson died in a reservoir after his friends thought he was playing a prank pretending to drown, an inquest heard.

Police have released a picture of a suspected Peeping Tom believed to have hidden a spy camera in customer toilets at a Starbucks in Vauxhall.

A destitute California man who was living on disability checks has told of how he became a millionaire when a Navajo blanket sold at auction for $1.5m.

A North Yorkshire police detective, Chris Hogg, molested an eight-year-old boy while babysitting him as a teenager before giving him £5 to keep quiet, a court has heard.

Police in Texas are investigating after cheerleader Alexis Butler was killed after being hit by a pickup truck driver, who was using a court-ordered breathalyser at the time.

"I'm the most famous human being not only that is alive, but the most famous human being that's ever lived."

Angharad John was found hanged by her partner Rachel Phillips at the Grand Hotel in Swansea, Wales.

"Sensational" first-year Cambridge University student Thomas Millward died after taking a legal high and falling down a stairwell, an inquest has heard.

Alexandria Heath, 17, and Romaine Jirdon, 19, have been charged with second-degree murder after Buffalo police say the teen girl's dad, Thomas Heath, was stabbed to death.

The true cost of the opioid drug epidemic in the US was a whopping $504 billion in 2015, the White House has said.

Police have released footage showing a "vicious and unprovoked" attack on a man at Be At One bar in Shoreditch, east London.

Paedophile father Mohammad Salih has been jailed after being caught with more than 780,000 child porn images and videos on hidden hard drives at his home in Melbourne, Australia.

A helicopter and an aeroplane have crashed mid-air over Buckinghamshire in the UK. Four people are confirmed dead folliowing the crash, which happened over Waddesdon.

Uber driver Endris Mohammed has been found guilty of two murders after he smothered his children in a petrol-soaked cloth and set fire to his home in Hamstead.

Ohio Republican state lawmaker Wes Goodman resigned after being caught having inappropriate relations with another man in his office.

Police in Las Vegas have released dramatic body camera footage showing an officer shooting dead armed suspect Phillip Pitts in front of his young daughter.

Ian Czajkowskyj has walked free from court after his Staffordshire Bull Terrier died in his vehicle of severe heatstroke.

London's Old Vic theater says it has received 20 allegations of "inappropriate behavior" against Kevin Spacey during his time as artistic director.

Wilbert Jones, who spent 45 years in jail for the kidnap and rape of a nurse in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been freed after his conviction was overturned.

Australian diplomat Julian Simpson fell to his death in New York City after taking part in a drunken "trust game" with a friend.

German prosecutors investigating Nazi-era crimes have charged two former SS officers with complicity in the murder of hundreds of people at Stutthof concentration camp in Poland.

Hairdresser Daryll Rowe faces a lengthy jail sentence after deliberately infecting lovers he met on Grindr with HIV in a "revenge" campaign.

Paul Bushell has been jailed after he was caught stashing an arsenal of 160 guns at his home in Gillingham, Kent.

Mother Katherine Cox and boyfriend Danny Shepherd have been jailed after her five-month-old baby died from violently abused at their Isle of Sheppey home.