Articles from ‘Independent News Roundup’ in ‘Crime’

A man accused of preparing a manifesto threatening attacks on two Auckland schools and other public buildings has been found guilty on all charges. The case involved threats to use 3D-printed firearms and explosives, with police tracing the material to Tiedan Huo after an innocent former student was initially named as the sender. eLocal Report: Based on reporting by RNZ. · A jury in the Manukau District Court has found Tiedan Huo guilty of 12…

New evidence recovered by an independent search team has prompted renewed questions about the death of Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist Melissa Casias. The discoveries have intensified calls for a more comprehensive investigation while her family continues to reject suggestions that she died by suicide. INR Report: Based on reporting by Frank Bergman for Slay News HERE. · Nearly a year after Los Alamos National Laboratory employee…

The number of children arrested for sexual offences in the United Kingdom has reached its highest level on record, according to a government-backed report. Researchers say the figures point to a growing safeguarding challenge, with online behaviour, social media and exposure to explicit material all coming under renewed scrutiny. INR Report: Based on reporting by RT HERE. · Record numbers · The number of children arrested for sexual offences…

An article published in the New England Journal of Medicine has sparked international debate after proposing a new ethical framework for organ donation in patients who voluntarily choose euthanasia. The paper has prompted strong criticism from commentators concerned it could weaken long-standing safeguards governing organ transplantation. INR Report: Based on reporting by Frank Bergman for Slay News HERE. · Ethics Paper Sparks Debate · A…

Members of the US House Oversight Committee have heard testimony from former intelligence officials, researchers and journalists alleging that elements of the CIA's controversial MK-Ultra programme may have continued beyond the 1970s. The hearing revisited one of the darkest chapters in American intelligence history while raising new questions about government transparency, oversight and declassification INR Report: Based on reporting by Frank…

A retired scientist connected to Los Alamos National Laboratory disappeared without a trace after reportedly assisting with a classified quantum research project. Newly released police records have fuelled speculation about his work and the mysterious circumstances surrounding his disappearance INR Report: Based on reporting by Frank Bergman for Slay News. · A missing former employee of Los Alamos National Laboratory was reportedly involved in…

Germany has reportedly upgraded the legal classification of the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage from infrastructure sabotage to a possible war crime. The move signals investigators may now view the attack as part of the wider Russia–Ukraine conflict, with potential implications extending beyond the prosecution of individual suspects. INR Report: Based on reporting by RT HERE. · German prosecutors have reportedly escalated the legal…

A former senior aide to then-UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has pleaded guilty to using confidential government information to place bets on the timing of the 2024 British general election. The case has intensified scrutiny of how privileged information can be misused for personal gain. INR Report: Based on reporting by RT. · Former MP admits offence · Craig Williams, a former Conservative MP and parliamentary aide to then-Prime Minister Rishi…

By Frank Bergman · Authorities in Western Australia have launched an official investigation into the death of Jeffrey Epstein victim and ex-Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre. · The probe will review police interactions with Giuffre before her death. · The investigation follows calls from her family and domestic violence experts for closer scrutiny of whether officials failed to protect her. · Giuffre, 41, died by suicide in 2025 at…

A senior virologist working at the United States National Institutes of Health has been charged by federal prosecutors over allegations that he and a colleague attempted to smuggle biological materials into the United States after travel from the Republic of Congo. Report by INR · According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan, Vincent Munster, Chief of the Virus Ecology Section at NIH’s Rocky Mountain Laboratories…