Trump’s DC crime crackdown overwhelmingly benefits Black Americans as homicides hit zero
President Donald Trump‘s federalization of the D.C. police department and crackdown on Washington crime overwhelmingly benefited Black Americans, who are common victims of violent crimes, crime data found. “You go 13 days without a homicide occurring, those homicides would have invariably been very heavily Black,” John Lott, founder and president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, told Fox News Digital in a Wednesday phone interview. “And so those lives, you have Blacks who didn’t die, who otherwise would have died.” Lott published data in August focusing on Washington, D.C.’s 13-day run of zero homicides following Trump federalizing the city’s police department, deploying National Guard members to the streets, and unleashing federal law enforcement agencies to assist with arrests and crime sweeps of the city. There were no recorded homicides in the city beginning the afternoon of Aug. 13 through the early morning hours of Aug. 26, according to police data, with the streak ending when a 31-year-old man was fatally shot Aug. 26. TRUMP DECLARES DC A ‘CRIME FREE ZONE’ AMID HIS FEDERAL CRACKDOWN Using the city’s homicide rate from the first seven months of 2025, Lott found there was a 0.37% probability of such a homicide-free streak occurring on its own. The figure is based on D.C. crime data that is currently under Department of Justice investigation for claims the police department manipulated crime data to publish more favorable stats. The streak of no homicides overwhelmingly benefits Black Americans, the data found. Between 2019 and 2021, Black victims accounted for 96% of all homicides in the District, the report found. “You have others that are there that are going out and claiming that Trump’s policies are racist. Who are the victims of these crimes?” Lott asked, referring to Democrat politicians who have rejected Trump’s plans to roll out similar crime crackdowns in other cities notorious for crime woes. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, for example, recently argued that incarceration of criminals is “racist” and “immoral.” TRUMP CLAIMS ‘WE’RE AGAINST CRIME. DEMOCRATS LIKE CRIME’ “We cannot incarcerate our way out of violence; we’ve already tried that, and we’ve ended up with the largest prison population in the world without solving the problems of crime and violence,” Johnson said during an August press conference, the New York Post reported. “The addiction on jails and incarceration in this country, we’ve moved past that,” he said. “It is racist, it is immoral, it is unholy, and it is not the way to drive violence down.” The zero homicide count during the 13-day August period follows the city experiencing a 16-day run of zero homicides between Feb. 24 to March 13. Lott noted, however, crimes typically increase in the summer months — when residents spend more time outdoors and the days are longer — compared to the winter months. “Homicides usually peak during the summer months, yet D.C. does not provide an accessible historical breakdown by month,” Lott reported of the data. “As a result, including unusually low months such as February and March in the totals for the first seven months of 2025 — or even in the full-year total for 2024 — artificially lowers those figures compared to the August period we are examining. If we had the data to adjust for this seasonal variation, the results would likely appear even more statistically significant.” ‘RADICAL’ DC OFFICIALS TREATED OFFICERS ‘LIKE CRAP,’ POLICE LEADER SAYS – 7 ATTACKS THAT LED TO TRUMP TAKEOVER Trump repeatedly has floated sending the National Guard into Chicago to combat the city’s crime, while Johnson and Democratic Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker have shunned such talk as unnecessary. “If it sounds to you like I am alarmist, that is because I am ringing an alarm,” Pritzker told the media in August. “Donald Trump wants to use the military to occupy a U.S. city to punish its dissidents and score political points. If this were happening in any other country, we would have no trouble calling it what it is: a dangerous power-grab.” “The president of the United States is doing this for theatrics,” Pritzker added. “This is not because we’ve asked for it. It is not because there is some justice that he is going to seek. It is because he wants to create chaos.” Chicago has long been a notoriously dangerous U.S. city, with summer weekends often resulting in dozens of shooting injuries and deaths. The homicide rate for the city in 2024, however, sat at about 17.4 homicides per 100,000 people, which is far lower than rates in more dangerous cities such as Memphis, Tennessee — which saw 40.6 homicides per 100,000 people in 2024. If the Trump administration is aiming to save the most lives, however, heading to Chicago before Memphis, Tennessee, would fulfill that goal, Lott explained. BLUE CITIES IN TRUMP’S CROSSHAIRS AFTER DC POLICE TAKEOVER “Should you look at the murder rate or the number of lives to be saved? If saving most lives is the goal, in 2024, Chicago (recorded) 573 murders, Memphis 242,” Lott wrote in an X post comparing the two cities. Trump’s presidential campaign included repeated vows to bring crime down across the U.S. following the nation’s bloody trends that began in 2020 amid the defund the police protests and riots that summer. He federalized D.C. Aug. 11 under section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, which allows the president to assume emergency control of the capital’s police force for 30 days. There have been 1,914 total arrests in D.C. as of Sept. 5 since the crackdown began in August, including illegal immigrants, those with outstanding warrants, individuals carrying illegal firearms or drugs and other crimes. Lott said the operation will also have indirect benefits to D.C. residents, especially its poorest locals who have suffered with stores closing in recent years due to crime and costs of operating in a city rocked by crime. “Anybody who goes to a CVS or Walgreens knows everything’s behind plexiglass there,” he said. “You want to go and buy something, you
Ryan Routh trial: Jury selection begins in Trump assassination attempt case
Jury selection begins Monday in Fort Pierce, Fla., in the high-profile federal trial of Ryan Routh, who is accused of plotting to assassinate President Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach golf club in September 2024. Jury selection is expected to wrap up Wednesday. Prospective jurors are drawn from voter rolls and driver’s license records in the Southern District of Florida. They are brought in and questioned under oath — a process known as voir dire — to determine whether they can be fair and impartial. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida is leading the prosecution. Both prosecutors and Routh, representing himself, will question jurors directly — an unusual dynamic that could make proceedings unpredictable. TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT SUSPECT RYAN ROUTH CHALLENGES PRESIDENT TO ROUND OF GOLF Both sides can challenge jurors “for cause” if bias is clear. They also get a limited number of peremptory strikes, where they can dismiss jurors without giving a reason, so long as it’s not discriminatory. A 12-person jury, plus alternates, will be seated. Federal law requires a unanimous verdict for conviction. Routh is charged with attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate, along with assaulting a federal officer and a string of gun violations. Federal prosecutors say the counts carry a potential life sentence if he’s found guilty. He has pleaded not guilty to all federal charges, as well as separate state counts of terrorism and attempted murder. Trump is not a defendant in this case. TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT SUSPECT RYAN ROUTH CAN’T SEE CLASSIFIED INFO RELATING TO CASE, JUDGE RULES Trump-appointed U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon approved Routh’s request to act as his own attorney, though court-appointed lawyers will remain on standby to step in if needed. Federal public defenders representing Routh sought Cannon’s recusal, citing her prior involvement in Trump’s classified documents case. Court filings show that request was denied, keeping Cannon — randomly assigned to the case — on the bench. Prosecutors say Routh spent weeks plotting the attack, even camping out near Trump’s golf course for 12 hours with a rifle. A Secret Service agent spotted the weapon and opened fire after Routh allegedly aimed at him, forcing Routh to drop the gun and run. Months later, investigators said they found a letter addressed “Dear World,” in which Routh admitted regret that he failed to kill Trump. Court filings also allege that just weeks before his arrest in August 2024, Routh was trying to obtain anti-aircraft weapons and hire someone to monitor Trump’s flights. SECRET SERVICE THWARTS POTENTIAL THREAT NEAR TRUMP’S WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS WITH RAPID RESPONSE CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Opening statements are scheduled to begin Sept. 11 and the trial is expected to last two weeks. Fox News Digital has reached out to the Trump administration for comment.
Rand Paul rips JD Vance’s assertion that executing cartel members is the ‘best use of our military’
Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky strongly objected after Vice President JD Vance asserted in a Saturday post on X that “Killing cartel members who poison our fellow citizens is the highest and best use of our military.” “JD ‘I don’t give a s[—]’ Vance says killing people he accuses of a crime is the ‘highest and best use of the military.’ Did he ever read To Kill a Mockingbird? Did he ever wonder what might happen if the accused were immediately executed without trial or representation??” Senator Paul wrote. “What a despicable and thoughtless sentiment it is to glorify killing someone without a trial.” In a Truth Social post last week, President Donald Trump shared video footage of what he said was “a kinetic strike against positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists” who he said “were at sea in International waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States.” SEN. RAND PAUL FAVORS THE PROSPECT OF ABOLISHING THE FEDERAL RESERVE Someone responded to Vance by writing that, “Killing the citizens of another nation who are civilians without any due process is called a war crime.” But the vice president swiftly fired back. DEM SEN JOHN FETTERMAN BACKS USE OF MILITARY FORCE TO COMBAT DRUG TRAFFICKING INTO US “I don’t give a s[—] what you call it,” Vance declared. GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio pushed back against Paul. RUBIO SAYS TRUMP ‘WANTS TO WAGE WAR’ ON VENEZUELAN DRUG TRAFFICKERS: ‘BLOW THEM UP IF THAT’S WHAT IT TAKES’ CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “What’s really despicable is defending foreign terrorist drug traffickers who are *directly* responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Americans in Kentucky and Ohio. JD understands that our first responsibility is to protect the life and liberty of American citizens,” Moreno wrote on on X.
Chicago crime, National Guard push move to forefront of Trump’s week
President Donald Trump’s strategy to address crime in U.S. cities may come into sharper focus this week, as he reiterates his call to deploy the National Guard more widely. Over the weekend, Trump doubled down on his plan to curb crime and crack down on illegal immigration, specifically in Chicago. “Do you know how many people were killed in Chicago last weekend? Eight. You know how many people were killed in Chicago the week before? Seven. You know how many people wounded? Seventy-four people were wounded. You think there’s worse than that? I don’t think so,” Trump told reporters at the White House when asked about Chicago. TRUMP ROILS CHICAGO DEMOCRATS WITH APOCALYPSE NOW MEME HINTING AT NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT His remarks came amid questions about a meme he shared on Truth Social the previous day, which critics said threatened Chicago with deportations of illegal immigrants and the use of the U.S. military. The meme featured an AI image of Trump styled as Robert Duvall’s character in “Apocalypse Now,” a Vietnam War-era movie about a U.S. military officer who went rogue in the Cambodian jungle. The words “Chipocalypse Now” were also seen on the image. “‘I love the smell of deportations in the morning…’” Trump wrote in the post, referring to a famous quote from the movie. “Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR,” he added. When asked again about the post on social media, Trump told reporters that “we’re not going to war.” DEMOCRATS SLAM TRUMP FOR ‘WAR’ THREATS TARGETING US CITIES: ‘NOT YOUR WAR ZONE’ “We’re going to clean up our cities. We’re going to clean them up so they don’t kill five people every weekend,” he said. “That’s not war. That’s common sense,” he added before boarding Marine One to watch the U.S. Open men’s singles final. Trump’s focus on Chicago comes as his administration extends a National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C., citing concerns over crime and homelessness in the capital. He has repeatedly characterized Washington, D.C., as “one of the most dangerous cities anywhere in the world.” In August, Trump said he was considering sending the National Guard to Chicago calling the Windy City “a mess.” He said on Aug. 22 that his administration will “straighten that one out probably next,” adding that “it won’t even be tough.” Meanwhile, the White House has not offered additional details of a potential deployment of troops to Chicago. Trump has also threatened to send troops to Baltimore and has cited crime in Portland and Boston to justify a broader crackdown. Fox News Digital’s Landon Mion contributed to this report.
Trump to call on Americans to pray for nation as 250th birthday approaches: ‘One Nation Under God’
EXCLUSIVE – President Donald Trump will announce the launch of America Prays at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. today while tying the faith-driven initiative to the nation’s 250th birthday. The inspiring program calls on Americans to dedicate time every week to pray for the country and to underscore faith as central to the nation’s founding and future. “President Trump has revived one of America’s most prominent and powerful founding principles — we are one nation under God,” White House Spokeswoman Taylor Rogers told Fox News Digital. “As we approach the 250th anniversary of the greatest country in the world, President Trump invites Americans to pray for our nation and for our people. America is stronger with the power of prayer.” The initiative also suggests people join with at least 10 others each week to pray. TRUMP TO SPEAK AT MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE ON RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN EDUCATION The announcement will follow Trump’s appearance at the Iowa State Fairgrounds back in July, where he kicked off America250, the official year-long celebration. “As we prepare to celebrate two and a half centuries of freedom, I am inviting America’s great religious communities to pray for our nation and for our people,” Trump said at the time. “From the beginning, this has always been a country sustained and strengthened by prayer. If we bring religion back stronger, you’re going to see everything get better. So as we chart our course toward the next 250 years, let us rededicate ourselves to one nation under God.” The launch of America Prays Monday extends that message into a faith-driven initiative. SEN. TIM SCOTT OUTLINES IMPORTANCE OF FAITH IN EVERYDAY AMERICAN LIFE Faith leaders have rallied around the president’s effort. Franklin Graham, President of Samaritan’s Purse, noted: “Our greatest battles are fought on our knees, and through America Prays we can join together to ask God to guide and protect this land.” TRUMP HEADS TO THE HEARTLAND TO KICK OFF A YEAR CELEBRATING AMERICA’S INDEPENDENCE Pastor Clint Pressley of the Southern Baptist Convention added that prayer is “a public testimony that we depend on God for wisdom and strength.” The America Prays initiative has also drawn partnerships from across the faith community, including Samaritan’s Purse, Pray.com, Hallow, National Religious Broadcasters, Faith and Freedom Coalition and dozens of churches and ministries nationwide. Organizers say the effort reflects the same spirit that has defined America since its founding: a people united in faith, asking for God’s blessing on the nation as it enters its next 250 years.
Israel intensifies Gaza City destruction, bombs another high-rise tower
Israel has destroyed another high-rise in Gaza City, bringing the number of buildings razed during its campaign to seize the largest urban centre in the Gaza Strip to at least 50, according to the Palestinian Civil Defence. The attack on Al-Ruya Tower on Sunday came as Israeli forces killed at least 65 people across the Gaza Strip, including 49 in the northern part of the besieged enclave. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list The Israeli military said it struck Al-Ruya Tower on Sunday after issuing an evacuation threat, forcing residents and displaced families sheltering in makeshift tents in the neighbourhood to flee. The head of the Palestinian NGOs Network, Amjad Shawa, who was near the site of the attack, told Al Jazeera that the situation “is scary”, with panic spreading among the people. “Today, hundreds of families lost their shelters. Israel [is] aiming to force Palestinians to the southern areas using these explosions, but everyone knows that there is no safe place in the south or any humanitarian zone,” Shawa said. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that the military was “eliminating terrorist infrastructure and nefarious terrorist high-rises”, a talking point that Israel often repeats as it obliterates civilian infrastructure in Gaza. The attack on Al-Ruya – a five-storey building with 24 apartments, as well as department stores, a clinic and a gym – follows an earlier one on the Al Jazeera Club in central Gaza City, where tents housing displaced families were also hit. It comes after Israel targeted the 15-storey Soussi Tower on Saturday and the 12-storey Mushtaha Tower on Friday. Several Palestinians sheltering in tent encampments around those towers were wounded. One family that had their shelter destroyed when the Soussi Tower was reduced to rubble said, “We have nothing left for us.” Advertisement “We quickly left the building without bringing anything with us. The Israelis attacked the building half an hour later,” the Palestinian man said. “Now, we are trying to stay away from the eyes of the other people by trying to sew some fabrics and sheets,” he said, referring to his family’s attempt to put up a new shelter. Israeli escalation in Gaza City Israel’s security cabinet approved a plan for the military occupation of Gaza City in August, a move Netanyahu suggested had already led to the displacement of 100,000 Palestinians. As Israel pushes to displace residents of Gaza City to the south of the enclave, Palestinians have been saying that nowhere is safe in the territory. Gaza’s Ministry of Interior issued a statement on Sunday warning Palestinians in Gaza City not to trust Israel’s claim that it had set up a humanitarian zone in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis. “We call on citizens in Gaza City to beware of the occupation’s deceitful claims about the existence of a humanitarian safe zone in the south of the Strip,” it said in a statement. The Israeli military had designated al-Mawasi a “humanitarian zone” early on in its campaign against Gaza. Since then, it has been bombed repeatedly. Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reported that “every five to 10 minutes, you can hear the sounds of explosions from all directions in Gaza City”, including heavy bombing in the Sabra and Zeitoun neighbourhoods. “Israeli forces are using remotely controlled explosive robots, and detonating them in residential streets, destroying neighbourhoods,” he said. In Sheikh Radwan, Mahmoud added, homes, public facilities, schools and a mosque had been hit. Rescuers reported that at least eight Palestinians, including children, were killed when Israeli forces bombed the al-Farabi school-turned-shelter, west of Gaza City. Sohaib Foda, who was sleeping on a mattress in Gaza City’s al-Farabi School when the attack took place, said the attack left her and a young relative wounded. “I heard a thud, and a block fell on my face. My cousin’s daughter, who was sleeping here, got injured and fell beside me. Another block then fell on her head,” Foda said. “Everyone was screaming. I was scared. When I touched my face, it was covered in blood, and I realised I had been injured.” Mohammed Ayed, who witnessed the attack, said the school was hit by two rockets. He said teams were still working in the rubble to rescue missing people or recover their remains. “We have recovered two hands so far,” he said. “As you can see, these are children’s hands.” Advertisement Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 64,368 Palestinians and wounded 162,776 since October 2023, according to Gaza’s health authorities. Thousands more remain buried under the rubble as famine continues to spread across the enclave. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, meanwhile, said at least five people, including three children, have starved to death in Gaza over the past day. These figures bring the total number of malnutrition deaths in Gaza to 387, including 138 children, since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza. Since the global hunger monitor, IPC, confirmed the famine in northern Gaza on August 22, at least 109 hunger-related deaths have been recorded, 23 of them children, the ministry added. Academics, United Nations experts and leading rights groups have described the horrific Israeli atrocities in Gaza as a genocide. Later on Sunday, United States President Donald Trump suggested that he put forward a new proposal to end the war in Gaza, calling it a “final warning” for Hamas. The Palestinian group acknowledged receiving “ideas” from the US, saying that it welcomes any efforts to reach a lasting ceasefire. Adblock test (Why?)
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,292
Here are the key events on day 1,292 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Published On 8 Sep 20258 Sep 2025 Here is how things stand on Monday, September 8: Fighting Russia launched its largest air attack of the war on Ukraine on Sunday, killing at least four people, including a one-year-old baby, and wounding 44 others, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. The attack also set the main government building in central Kyiv on fire. It marked the first time that the building had been hit since the war began. “Such killings now, when real diplomacy could have already begun long ago, are a deliberate crime and a prolongation of the war,” Zelenskyy said in a post on social media, issuing a new appeal to allies to strengthen Ukrainian air defences. Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched 810 drones and 13 missiles during the attack, which caused damage across the country, including the cities of Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih and Odesa, as well as in the Sumy and Chernihiv regions. Other Russian attacks killed three in the Zaporizhia region, two in Donetsk, a 66-year-old woman in Kharkiv, a 51-year-old woman in Sumy, and a 54-year-old man in the Dnipropetrovsk region, according to Ukrainian officials. In Russian-occupied Donetsk, the TASS news agency reported that a Ukrainian attack injured six civilians. The Russian state media outlet cited Denis Pushilin, the head of the Moscow-installed authorities in Donetsk. Ukrainian forces also attacked the Druzhba oil pipeline in Russia’s Bryansk region, inflicting “comprehensive fire damage”, the commander of Ukraine’s drone forces, Robert Brovdi, said on Telegram on Sunday. The Russian Ministry of Defence said that its forces shot down 210 Ukrainian drones and three aerial bombs in a 24-hour period. TASS also reported that Russia’s military has occupied the settlement of Khoroshe in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region. Sanctions and economic situation Advertisement US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that the United States and Europe could prompt Russian President Vladimir Putin to enter peace talks with Ukraine by imposing more sanctions on Moscow, as well as “secondary tariffs” on the countries that buy Russian oil. “The Russian economy will be in full collapse, and that will bring President Putin to the table,” Bessent said on NBC’s Meet the Press. US President Donald Trump, meanwhile, said he is ready to move to a second phase of sanctioning Russia. He did not elaborate. Later on Sunday, he said that individual European leaders would visit the US on Monday or Tuesday to discuss how to resolve the war. The US president said he would speak to Putin soon, too. A tanker carrying liquefied natural gas from Russia’s sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project departed from a Chinese port, ship tracking data showed on Sunday. The Russian-flagged tanker, with a cargo of 150,000 cubic metres (about 40 million gallons) of LNG, was loaded up at the Arctic LNG 2 facility in Gydan in northern Siberia on July 19, LSEG data showed, and was the second from the sanctioned project to dock in China this year. Politics and Diplomacy The US envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, condemned the latest Russian air attack on Ukraine, saying it “was not a signal that Russia wants to diplomatically end this war”. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer also said in a statement that he was appalled by Russia’s “latest brutal overnight assault on Kyiv and across Ukraine, which killed civilians and hit infrastructure”. Adblock test (Why?)
Australia ‘mushroom murderer’ Erin Patterson sentenced to life in prison
Published On 8 Sep 20258 Sep 2025 An Australian judge has sentenced a woman convicted of killing three of her estranged husband’s relatives with toxic mushrooms to life in prison, with a non-parole period of 33 years. The sentence on Monday came after a jury found Erin Patterson guilty of killing her mother-in-law and father-in-law, Gail and Donald Patterson, and Gail’s sister, Heather Wilkinson, by serving them a lunch of Beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list The 50-year-old was also convicted of attempting to murder Wilkinson’s husband, Ian, who spent weeks in a hospital. Patterson’s estranged husband, Simon, was invited but did not attend the July 2023 lunch served at her home in Leongatha, some 135km (84 miles) southeast of Melbourne. Justice Christopher Beale said that the substantial planning of the murders and Patterson’s lack of remorse meant her sentence should be lengthy. “The devastating impact of your crimes is not limited to your direct victims. Your crimes have harmed a great many people,” he said at the hearing in Melbourne. “Not only did you cut short three lives and cause lasting damage to Ian Wilkinson’s health, thereby devastating the extended Patterson and Wilkinson families, you inflicted untold suffering on your own children, whom you robbed of their beloved grandparents,” he added. Life sentence Both prosecution and defence lawyers had agreed that a life sentence was an appropriate punishment for Patterson on three counts of murder and one of attempted murder. The defence lawyers had asked for Patterson to become eligible for parole after serving 30 years. Prosecutors had argued she should never be considered for parole because she did not deserve the court’s mercy. Advertisement Beale on Monday agreed that Patterson should receive the maximum penalty, and gave her three life sentences for the counts of murder and a 25-year-prison sentence for the count of attempted murder. All of the sentences are to be served concurrently. Beale gave her a chance at parole, however, after she serves a minimum period of 33 years. This means she will be 81 before she can be considered for release. In his remarks, Beale said Patterson had also intended to kill her husband if he had accepted his invitation to lunch. She had pretended to have been diagnosed with cancer as a reason to bring them together, and claimed to have wanted advice on how to break the news to her two children, who were not present at the lunch. Beale accepted Ian Wilkinson’s account that the guests were served grey plates while Patterson ate from an orange-tan plate. This was to ensure she did not accidentally eat a poisoned meal, Beale said. The judge said he would not speculate on her motive. Patterson maintained that she had added foraged mushrooms to the meals by accident. Patterson has been in custody since she was charged on November 2, 2023. A corrections officer has previously told the court that she was being kept in isolation for her own safety, and was permitted contact with only one other prisoner who is in jail for “terrorism” offences. Patterson now has 28 days to appeal her sentence, but has not indicated whether she will do so. ‘Half-alive’ The deaths have devastated the close-knit rural community of Korumburra, where all the victims lived. The court received a total of 28 victim impact statements, of which seven were read publicly at last month’s hearings. Ian Wilkinson, a pastor at a local church and the sole surviving guest of the lunch, told last month’s hearing that the death of his wife had left him bereft. “It’s a truly horrible thought to live with, that somebody could decide to take her life. I only feel half alive without her,” he said, breaking down in tears as he delivered his victim impact statement. The extraordinary media interest in the case, which gripped Australia for much of the 10-week trial, had been traumatic for the family, Patterson’s estranged husband, Simon, said at the same hearing. Journalists and television crews from around the world descended on the town of Morwell when the trial began in April, with millions of Australians following proceedings live through one of several popular daily podcasts. For the first time in its history, the Supreme Court of Victoria on Monday allowed a television camera into the court to broadcast Beale’s sentencing remarks live due to overwhelming public interest. Advertisement The trial has already inspired several books, documentaries, and a drama series, Toxic, set to air on state broadcaster ABC. Adblock test (Why?)
Lunar Eclipse 2025: Can you watch ‘blood moon’ with the naked eye? Here’s what scientist says
India is set to witness a complete lunar eclipse today, i.e., September 7, a rare astronomical event which will also be visible in Australia, the Middle East, and Europe. People often ask if they can watch the lunar eclipse with the naked eye. Here’s the answer.
Good news for passengers! Indian Railways to soon launch first-ever Vande Bharat Sleeper train on THIS route
The Vande Bharat Sleeper Express has completed its trial run and has now been moved to Delhi’s Shakarpur for the next stage of preparations. Alongside this, the Railways is planning upgrades for the regular Vande Bharat trains, adding more coaches across its active routes. Read on for more details.