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Celebgate Nude Photo Leak: Hacker who illegally accessed over 250 iCloud accounts including Hollywood stars pleads gulity

 Celebgate Nude Photo Leak: Hacker who illegally accessed over 250 iCloud accounts including Hollywood stars pleads gulity
Celebrity Justice

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut man charged with hacking into more than 250 iCloud accounts of Hollywood stars and ordinary people has agreed to plead guilty. Federal prosecutors say the charge against 26-year-old George Garofano stems from the investigation into the 2014 “celebgate” scandal in which the private photos of Jennifer Lawrence, Kirsten Dunst …

Mom shoves crucifix down ‘devil-possessed’ daughter’s throat and watches her die
Murder
January 11, 2018

Mom shoves crucifix down ‘devil-possessed’ daughter’s throat and watches her die

A jury in Oklahoma has convicted a woman of killing her 33-year-old daughter by forcing a crucifix and medallion down her throat because she believed the woman was possessed by the devil. Fifty-one-year-old Juanita Gomez was found guilty of first-degree murder Thursday in the 2016 death of Geneva Gomez. Jurors recommended a sentence of life …

Baltimore breaks city record for killings per capita in 2017
Violent Crime
January 3, 2018

Baltimore breaks city record for killings per capita in 2017

BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore has set a new per-capita homicide record as gunmen killed for drugs, cash, payback – or no apparent reason at all. A surge of homicides in the starkly divided city resulted in 343 killings in 2017, bringing the annual homicide rate to its highest ever – roughly 56 killings per 100,000 …

Pope on 2018: Forget life’s useless baggage, work for peace
January 1, 2018

Pope on 2018: Forget life’s useless baggage, work for peace

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday recommended jettisoning life’s “useless baggage” in 2018, including what he called “empty chatter” and banal consumerism, and focusing instead on building a peaceful and welcoming world, particularly for refugees and migrants. Francis offered his reflections on paring down non-essentials as he celebrated New Year’s Day Mass Monday …