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Terry Reed, die eerder al was veroordeeld voor het seksueel misbruiken van twee andere minderjarigen, kan tot 40 jaar gevangenisstraf krijgen. • Een religieuze predikant uit een buitenwijk van New Orleans is veroordeeld voor het seksueel misbruiken van twee minderjarigen; dit is de derde keer dat een man, die wordt omschreven als “het ergste soort roofdier”, schuldig is bevonden aan het misbruiken van tieners. • Terry Reed (66) citeerde bijbelverzen en geschriften om “zijn seksuele gedrag jegens de twee slachtoffers in de nieuwste zaak tegen hem te manipuleren, te normaliseren en te rechtvaardigen”, aldus een verklaring van de staat aanklagers van Louisiana.

• De North Carolina High School Athletic Association heeft twee nieuwe varsity-sporten goedgekeurd—girls' flag football en boys' volleyball—die ingaan voor het seizoen 2026-2027. • Beide sporten hebben aan populariteit gewonnen op middelbare scholen in het hele land, waarbij kampioenschappen vanaf nu direct door de NCHSAA worden georganiseerd. • De beslissing van het bestuur weerspiegelt de groeiende vraag naar gender-inclusieve atletische mogelijkheden en breidt de participatie-opties uit voor student-atleten in North Carolina.

• Jordan Linden veroordeeld tot 18 maanden voor een reeks misdrijven begaan over 10 jaar tussen 2011 en 2021 • Een voormalig SNP-raadsvoorzitter is veroordeeld tot 18 maanden gevangenisstraf nadat hij schuldig werd bevonden aan een reeks seksuele misdrijven tegen jonge mannen en tieners vanaf 14 jaar. • Jordan Linden, ooit beschouwd als een rijzende ster binnen de SNP, is veroordeeld voor vijf seksuele aanvallen op jonge mannen na een proces bij de Falkirk sheriff court in maart, waarbij naar voren kwam dat de SNP klachten over zijn gedrag had "gebagatelliseerd of genegeerd".

• Onder nieuwe richtlijnen zal roe op scholen alleen worden toegepast bij mannelijke leerlingen vanaf negen jaar. • Mannelijke leerlingen die anderen pesten, inclusief cyberpesten, riskeren een lijfstraf met de roe als "laatste redmiddel" onder nieuwe richtlijnen die in Singapore zijn ingevoerd. • Volgens de nieuwe regels, die dinsdag in het parlement werden besproken, kunnen mannelijke leerlingen maximaal drie slagen met de roe krijgen. Lees verder...

Nominaties bevatten ook erkenningen voor acteurs zoals Nathan Lane en Luke Evans, terwijl sterren als Lea Michele en Ayo Edebiri werden overgeslagen. • The Lost Boys en Schmigadoon! leiden de Tony-nominaties van dit jaar met elk 12 nominaties. • De originele musicals, respectievelijk gebaseerd op de vampierfilm uit de jaren 80 en de geannuleerde Apple TV-comedie, zullen het tegen elkaar opnemen in de categorie 'original musical' tegen Titanique en Two Strangers (Carry a Cake Across New York). Lees verder...

• Dallas Cowboys' first-round draft pick signed his rookie contract on May 3, as tracked in the 2026 NFL free agency updates. • The deal, worth an estimated $35 million over four years, resolves a key holdout amid offseason roster building. • This signing bolsters Dallas' defense, pairing the rookie with stars like Micah Parsons for Super Bowl contention.

Teacher at Marist College Ashgrove claims she suffered ‘serious psychiatric injury’ after the schoolyard incidentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA teacher at one of Brisbane’s top private boys’ schools has claimed she was subject to a “culture of misogyny” after being surrounded by hundreds of Catholic school students and pelted with food in an incident that left her with a “serious psychiatric injury”.A barrister acting for Victoria Sparrow, a teacher at Marist College Ashgrove, told the Brisbane supreme court that the school allowed a culture of misogyny to “develop and exist”. Continue reading...

Relatives of London pupils and German villagers mark anniversary of ‘English misfortune’ that Nazis turned into propaganda coupOn 17 April 1936, the bells of St Laurentius church in the Black Forest rang out to guide to safety a group of London schoolboys trapped in deep snow on a mountain hike gone very wrong. Ninety years on to the day, as the bells sounded again, there was hardly a dry eye in the congregation of British relatives and German villagers remembering the night that had brought together their parents and grandparents.The people of Hofsgrund risked their lives heading out with sledges and lanterns in the deadly weather to rescue the party of 27 and their teacher after two boys, fumbling though fog and frozen to the bone, had reached a farmhouse and told its startled inhabitants there were many more of them strewn over the Schauinsland mountain.The Daily Sketch from 20 and 29 April 1936 Continue reading...

The three boys and one of the men were charged with rape while the other man was charged with aiding and abetting a rapeThree boys and two men have been charged over the rape of a teenage girl in Kent, police said.Kent police received reports on Tuesday that a girl had been raped at a private property on Salisbury Road in Gravesend between 25 March and 19 April. Continue reading...

Our wildlife series Young Country Diary is looking for articles written by children, about their spring encounters with natureOnce again, the Young Country Diary series is open for submissions! Every three months we ask you to send us an article written by a child aged 8-14.The article needs to be about a recent encounter they’ve had with nature – whether it’s a marauding toad, a fascinating flower or a garden bird. Continue reading...

The new album draws from the musician’s early childhood memories of growing up in Liverpool and his relationship with Lennon, with musical styles that span his entire career• Alexis Petridis on single Days We Left Behind: ‘As McCartney-esque as possible’Paul McCartney has announced his 18th solo album, The Boys of Dungeon Lane – its title a reference to the route from Liverpool to the Speke shoreline, the area where the former Beatle spent his young childhood.A press release described the 14-track record as McCartney’s most introspective album yet, a “collection of rare and revealing glimpses into memories never-before shared, along with some newly inspired love songs”, presumably about McCartney’s third wife, Nancy Shevell, whom he married in 2011. The musical styles are said to span his entire career, including “Wings-style rock, Beatles-style harmonies, McCartney-style grooves, understated intimacy, melody-driven storytelling, character songs”. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Group says measures to curb harmful content will also help to tackle violence against women and girlsMen and boys need as much protection as women and girls from harmful influencers and “the worst parts of the internet”, a group of MPs have told Ofcom, as they called for the regulator to give specific guidance to online platforms.More than 60 Labour MPs have written to the Ofcom chief executive, Melanie Dawes, urging her to protect men and boys from “manosphere” influencers, who expose them to gambling, sextortion and violent pornography. Continue reading...

Mother, father and brothers aged five and seven shot in their car as they returned from Ramadan shopping tripIsraeli police have killed two young Palestinian brothers and their parents in the occupied West Bank, shooting all four in the head and face as the family returned from a Ramadan shopping trip.Mohammed, five, Othman, seven, who was blind and had special needs, their mother Waad Bani Odeh, 35, and father Ali Bani Odeh, 37, were driving through their hometown of Tamoun late on Saturday when Israeli forces opened fire. Continue reading...