<p>Ghislaine Maxwell’s brother has tearfully protested her conviction in a new interview. The British socialite was found guilty of conspiracy to entice a minor to travel to engage in illegal sex acts, conspiracy to transport a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity, transporting a minor with the intent to engage in <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/ghislaine-maxwells-brother-says-its-wrong-while-breaking-down-in-tears-defending-sister/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>He held onto the lie for a long old time, but Donald Trump might have accidentally just admitted he did in fact lose the 2020 US election. Trump’s insistence that he’d won the 2020 election and had been diddled out of the win over Joe Biden led to dramatic and tragic scenes on January 6, <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/donald-trump-mistakenly-admits-that-he-didnt-win-the-2020-election/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>The FBI has identified the man who held four people hostage at a Texas synagogue as British citizen Malik Faisal Akram. Akram, 44, was killed by an FBI hostage rescue team after the hostages were released at around 9pm local time on Saturday, January 15. The incident occurred at the Beth Israel Congregation in Colleyville, <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/fbi-identifies-texas-synagogue-hostage-taker-as-british-citizen/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Fasten your seatbelts for QAnon’s latest unhinged claim: Donald Trump didn’t actually appear at a rally – it was John F. Kennedy in disguise. Remember when conspiracy theories were cool, or at least interesting? As the internet poured into more homes across the world, people would dive into all sorts of rabbit holes: ones concerning <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/donald-trump-was-actually-john-f-kennedy-in-disguise-at-latest-rally-according-to-qanon/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A 74-year-old Tennessee woman who spent 27 years behind bars after being wrongfully convicted of her great-niece’s murder has been formally exonerated of the crime. Joyce Watkins was found guilty alongside her boyfriend, Charlie Dunn, of the rape and murder of four-year-old Brandi in 1987. She spent 27 years in prison before being granted parole <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/74-year-old-woman-who-spent-27-years-in-prison-for-murder-she-didnt-commit-finally-exonerated/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Earlier this month, David Bennett made history as the first person to undergo groundbreaking surgery involving a genetically modified pig heart. The 57-year-old had terminal heart disease and was told that the surgery was his only alternative to death. However, ethical issues have been raised after it was revealed that Bennett had previously stabbed a <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/historic-pig-heart-transplant-receiver-was-jailed-for-stabbing-man-seven-times/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Lawyers for Virginia Giuffre have asked Judge Lorretta Preska to unseal the names of eight ‘John Does’ from a previous civil lawsuit. Giuffre’s legal team requested for the material from a prior civil lawsuit against Maxwell to be unsealed. Now, in a letter to Judge Preska, Laura Menninger, one of the attorneys working for Maxwell, <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/ghislaine-maxwell-will-no-longer-fight-to-keep-names-of-eight-john-does-secret/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>On January 5, 2022, Michael James Koranda was arrested for possession of a controlled substance after his mother served his weed brownies to her senior centre. South Dakota-based Koranda’s arrest came after reports of ‘possible poisonings’ at the Tabor Community Center, where his mother, Irene Koranda, dished out the brownies. He is now facing felony <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/man-arrested-after-73-year-old-mum-accidentally-gave-his-weed-brownies-to-pensioners/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A Tsunami advisory warning has been issued throughout much of the Pacific following a powerful volcano eruption off the coast of Tonga. The underwater volcano in the South Pacific erupted on Saturday morning, January 15, for the second time in 48 hours, causing a shockwave felt as far away as New Zealand and sending waves <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/tsunami-advisory-issued-for-entire-west-coast-as-volcano-eruption-triggers-huge-shockwaves/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Following doubt surrounding the jurors in Ghislaine Maxwell’s case, a date has been announced for sentencing. Judge Alison Nathan has set the date for Maxwell’s sentencing as June 28, 2022. The update comes after speculation surrounding three jurors gave Maxwell hope of a retrial. Two jurors are said to have spoken about their own experience <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/ghislaine-maxwell-sentencing-date-set-by-judge-despite-jurors-sex-abuse-revelations/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>An area of train track was left in a state of disarray after cargo containers were targeted by thieves. On Thursday, January 13, part of the Union Pacific train tracks in downtown Los Angeles were left looking like the state of my bedroom floor, after thieves ransacked nearby cargo containers and left debris scattered everywhere. <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/train-tracks-swamped-with-empty-boxes-as-thieves-target-cargo-containers/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Microsoft has announced it’s launching a fresh investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Bill Gates, with the findings expected to be released in the spring. The move comes after activist investors demanded answers amid ongoing scrutiny over Gates’ alleged behaviour in the past, as well as his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/microsoft-launches-new-investigation-into-bill-gates-sexual-harassment-allegations/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Virginia Roberts Giuffre has responded to the judge’s decision to not dismiss the sexual assault lawsuit she filed against Prince Andrew. Giuffre claims that she was trafficked by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to meet with the Duke of York on three separate occasions, where she was forced to have sex with him at the <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/virginia-roberts-giuffre-speaks-out-over-prince-andrew-sexual-assault-court-ruling/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A Mississippi middle school has come under fire for addressing ‘body image’ concerns by offering shapewear to girls. On Tuesday, January 11, Southaven Middle School sent its girls home with a letter for their parents to sign titled, ‘Why Do Girls Suffer from Body Image?’ Ashley Heun, who has an 11-year-old daughter at the school, <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/us-news/school-faces-backlash-after-offering-girls-shapewear-to-address-body-image-concerns/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Two women are facing federal charges after allegedly breaking into a man’s apartment and throwing glitter on him during an argument. Sarah Franks, 29, and Kaitlyn O’Donovan, 27, were arrested on Monday, January 10, after they turned up at the victim’s apartment just before 3.00am local time. The women are said to have started arguing <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/two-women-hit-with-felony-charges-after-throwing-glitter-on-man-during-argument/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>More than 120 plane passengers were forced to abandon their flight before takeoff after a man broke into the cockpit and caused damage to the plane. Local authorities arrested the unnamed passenger for entering the cockpit of the American Airlines plane while it was boarding in Honduras on Tuesday, January 11. The man is said <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/passenger-arrested-after-breaking-into-cockpit-damaging-plane-and-forcing-everyone-to-change-flights/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Prince Andrew’s request to dismiss the sexual abuse lawsuit brought against him by Virginia Roberts Giuffre has been dismissed by a US judge. The Duke of York’s lawyer, Andrew Brettler, requested the case be dismissed during a video teleconference presided over by judge Lewis A Kaplan today, January 12. The proceedings took place after lawyers <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/prince-andrew-loses-bid-to-dismiss-sexual-abuse-lawsuit/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A state senator in Indiana has backtracked after he said teachers should be ‘impartial’ when discussing nazism in classrooms. Republican Senator Scott Baldwin made the comment during a state senate committee hearing last week, when members gathered to discuss Senate Bill 167, a proposed bill intended to ban ‘concepts that divide’. During the hearing, Baldwin, who <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/indiana-lawmaker-backtracks-after-saying-teachers-should-be-impartial-on-nazis/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A man is on the run from the police after being released from prison to attend a funeral and failing to return. Shevirio Kavirion Childs-Young, 18, was let out of Minneapolis jail on the morning of January 3 after being given permission to attend the funeral of a family member, with a judge ruling that <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/man-released-from-prison-to-attend-funeral-escapes-and-goes-on-the-run/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A man has been shot dead by police while they were searching for his twin brother, who has been accused of kidnapping his pregnant girlfriend. Deaughn Willis, 25, was shot by police in Louisiana’s capital city Baton Rouge on Saturday, January 8, after officers were made aware of the alleged kidnapping by the pregnant woman’s <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/twin-killed-by-police-officers-searching-for-his-brother/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A US airline will offer a non-binary gender option on tickets after being accused of discrimination. Delta Airlines was criticised in a series of tweets from Dawn Henry, an Arizona mother who called out the company for refusing to let her buy a gender ‘X’ ticket for her non-binary 21-year-old child. ‘Delta is discriminating against <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/airline-to-offer-non-binary-ticket-option-following-gender-x-ticket-row/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Resurfaced footage from a Downing Street press conference shows cabinet minister Oliver Dowden instructing the public to ‘stay at home’ less than an hour before officials gathered in the garden for an alleged party. The UK government is facing extreme scrutiny after a leaked email provided evidence of the gathering on May 20, 2020, when <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/government-ordered-people-to-stay-at-home-just-55-minutes-before-downing-street-party/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Los Angeles police officers have been dismissed from their positions after they chose to play Pokémon Go rather than attend a robbery. Pokémon Go – the game that saw many of my mates flee from pre-drinks or even parties to go chasing eggs around the block to catch the rarest character – is apparently just <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/police-officers-fired-after-ignoring-robbery-to-play-pokemon-go/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>