A Democratic lawmaker in Virginia who was jailed for six months in 2015 for having sex with his underage secretary was elected to the state legislature this week, reports said. Joe Morrissey was elected to the Virginia state Senate on Tuesday, easily defeating Independent Waylin Ross in the district that covers parts of Richmond and the surrounding area, WJLA reported. […]

President Donald Trump was ordered by a New York judge to pay $US2 million ($2.9 million) in restitution after he admitted to using his charitable foundation to raise money for political purposes during the 2016 campaign. The order handed down Thursday by New York State Supreme Court Justice Saliann Scarpulla largely resolves a lawsuit filed by the New York attorney […]

JODIE Chesney's family have shared heartbreaking photos and video of the 17-year-old as her killers were convicted of murder. The girl scout collapsed and died in her boyfriend's arms from an 18cm deep knife wound in Romford, East London, on March 1. As her killers face life behind bars, the Chesney family released a string of pictures showing the young […]

Report: The stepdaughter of star UFC fighter missing Aniah Haley Blanchard, stepdaughter of UFC fighter Walt Harris, has been missing for more than a week. There is now a $30,000 reward for information on her disappearance. The 19-year-old’s car was found 55 miles away from where she was last seen in Auburn, Alabama. Police are seeking the public’s help in […]

Family is reunited with the watch their grandfather was awarded for bravery in WWI – after burglars stole it then granddaughter saw it in lost-and-found Facebook post eight years later Sergeant Walwyn Oram – known as Jack – was given the timepiece for gallantry  He stayed behind enemy lines in the Battle of Passchendaele in Belgium in 1917  Burglars stole […]

Uber loses $2 billion in market capitalization as IPO lockup period ends and disappointed early investors sell their shares, flooding the market The lockup preventing early investors from selling their shares in Uber after its initial public offering expired Wednesday Early investors  and employees had bought their stock at $45 and the May IPO had a market valuation of $82 […]

An escape tunnel underneath the Berlin Wall has been opened to the public for the first time amid celebrations of the 30-year anniversary of the opening of East Germany’s border. The tunnel at Bernauer Strasse, near the main Wall memorial, was opened Thursday by Mayor Michael Mueller. He thanked those who started digging the 100-meter-long (yards) tunnel in late 1970, […]

A HERO dad who rescued a schoolgirl, seven, after she was savagely raped in a toilet has wished her attacker a life of "pain, darkness and misery". Brave Nick Gilio kicked depraved pervert Anthony Sampieri  in the head – despite the armed rapist slashing him from ear-to-ear in an Australian dance school. Sicko Sampieri, 55, has pleaded guilty to three […]

THE Met Office has issued "danger to life" warnings for parts of the UK as a month's worth of rain is set to fall in one hour today. Yellow and more severe amber weather warnings for rain were last night put in place across parts of Yorkshire, Lancashire and the east of England for Thursday and Friday ahead of the […]

THREE men have been arrested today as cops investigated claims staff at two care homes were victims of modern-day slavery. Gwent Police carried out warrants on Danygraig Nursing Home and Ashville Residential Care Home this morning. A 53-year-old man and 64-year-old man, both from Newport, and a 43-year-old man from the Surrey area, were arrested. They remain in custody. Police […]