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![Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial: Prosecutors highlight video of protests](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial: Prosecutors highlight video of protests
Rittenhouse shot three people during a demonstration against police brutality.
![Texas abortion law: Judge orders to suspend 'strict abortion law'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Texas abortion law: Judge orders to suspend 'strict abortion law'
Texas officials were expected to seek a swift appeal, to the ruling.
![Kenosha killings: Teen pleads not guilty to shooting two dead at protests](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Kenosha killings: Teen pleads not guilty to shooting two dead at protests
He went to the city with a gun to protect businesses after a black man was shot by police.
![Baby mauled to death by dog at party](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Baby mauled to death by dog at party
A 17-month-old baby has died after being mauled to death in her playpen by a pit bull.
![Woman killed by pet bulldog](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Woman killed by pet bulldog
The woman was found dead on her back veranda with her clothes shredded.
![Dark secret: Anti-vax doctor may have lied about vacccinating kids](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Dark secret: Anti-vax doctor may have lied about vacccinating kids
Before his death he expressed extreme guilt and regret about falsifying medical records.
![Mass burial for 2400 foetuses found in doctor's house](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mass burial for 2400 foetuses found in doctor's house
Relatives of abortion doctor made a shocking find last year following his death.
![9-year-old charged with murdering his family](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
9-year-old charged with murdering his family
Lawyers for a 9yo boy in the US had to explain to him why he was being charged with murder
![Nine-year-old child charged with murder](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Nine-year-old child charged with murder
No child as young has been accused in a mass killing in the US since at least 2006.
![Baby cut from womb case: The clue that should have tipped off medical staff](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Baby cut from womb case: The clue that should have tipped off medical staff
There was one glaring issue when a bloodied woman walked into the hospital with a newborn.
![Mother and daughter strangled pregnant teen, cut baby from womb](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mother and daughter strangled pregnant teen, cut baby from womb
Clarisa Figueroa allegedly strangled Marlen Ochoa-Lopez as she looked at a photo album.
![Lured to her death: Pregnant woman murdered, baby cut from womb](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Lured to her death: Pregnant woman murdered, baby cut from womb
Baby cut out of his slain mother's womb is in grave condition and not expected to survive.
![Slain 5-year-old Illinois boy was beaten, put in cold shower](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Slain 5-year-old Illinois boy was beaten, put in cold shower
Andrew "AJ" Freund was reported missing last week. His body was found on Wednesday.
!['Teen' who claimed to be long-missing boy is 23yo convict](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Teen' who claimed to be long-missing boy is 23yo convict
DNA tests disproved man's claim that he was Timmothy Pitzen, who went missing in 2011.
![Teen says he escaped captors, claims he's boy who vanished 8 years ago](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Teen says he escaped captors, claims he's boy who vanished 8 years ago
Timmothy last seen leaving school as a 6-year-old in 2011.
![Six people killed following US shooting at workplace](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Six people killed following US shooting at workplace
The gunman was killed in an exchange of gunfire with police.
![NZ's best adventure spots, as voted by readers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ's best adventure spots, as voted by readers
The final in the series of your entries to last month's Torpedo 7 competition.
![USA: Head to Hyde Park for a real sense of Chicago](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
USA: Head to Hyde Park for a real sense of Chicago
Heading to Chicago? Here are suggestions for shoppers and nature lovers alike.
![Pot stocks move higher as another US state votes to legalise cannabis use](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pot stocks move higher as another US state votes to legalise cannabis use
The legal US cannabis market just got a little greener.
![Crowning Chicago pizza's king is easy as pie for this expert](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Crowning Chicago pizza's king is easy as pie for this expert
Sorry New York - according to this expert, Chicago reigns supreme as Pizza City, USA.
![22 people in US bleeding from eyes after using synthetics](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
22 people in US bleeding from eyes after using synthetics
This is the first time that severe bleeding has been associated with the drugs.