<p>Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyers have called for a retrial after it was revealed one of the jurors could have had a conflict of interest within the case. The former socialite was convicted on December 29, 2021, of five out of six counts for the sex trafficking of minors to engage in illegal sexual activity within the <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/ghislaine-maxwell-retrial-called-for-following-jurors-sexual-abuse-revelation/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>The United States’ first known case of ‘flurona’ has been confirmed at a COVID-19 testing site in Los Angeles County. Officials at the testing site in Brentwood, California, confirmed the case after a child tested positive for both Influenza A (flu) and SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) following a trip to Cabo San Lucas. Despite both being contagious <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/first-case-of-flurona-confirmed-in-the-us/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A German Shepherd has been credited with helping to save her owner after she escaped a car wreck and managed to lead police back to the scene. New Hampshire police initially thought Tinsley the dog was lost when they found her out by herself, but the dog managed to indicate that she wanted to show <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/dog-escapes-car-wreckage-to-lead-police-back-to-injured-owner/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>In Arizona, the parents of an 11-year-old boy have been arrested after it was alleged he was left at home alone. A post on Cochise County Sheriff’s Office’s social media revealed that the couple, Melissa Green and Bobby Jo Green, had been arrested on child abuse charges. The post detailed how, at around 6.45pm on <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/parents-arrested-after-leaving-11-year-old-home-alone-over-christmas/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>The biological father of missing seven-year-old Harmony Montgomery has been arrested. Harmony was first reported missing by authorities on December 31, 2021, despite having already not been seen for two years. On the evening of January 4, 2022, her biological father Adam Montgomery was arrested on four charges in relation to his daughter, who was <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/harmony-montgomery-father-arrested-in-case-of-missing-blind-7-year-old/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A woman has married the colour pink in a wedding ceremony in Las Vegas. On January 1, 2022, in an historic wedding ceremony, Kitten Kay Sera decided to marry her one ‘true love‘ – the colour pink. In doing so, Sera became the first-ever person to get hitched to a colour. Sera says she’s been <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/woman-marries-colour-pink-in-historic-vegas-wedding-ceremony/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A man who spent 37 years behind bars has been freed after it emerged that detectives allegedly offered a witness sex in exchange for false testimony. Willie Stokes was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted in 1984 for the murder of Leslie Campbell, who died in North Carolina in 1980. Prior to his <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/man-freed-from-prison-after-37-years-following-sex-for-lies-false-witness-discovery/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A biology teacher in the US has been arrested after allegedly giving a student a vaccine in her home without parental permission. Laura Parker Russo administered what is believed to have been a coronavirus vaccine shot in her living room, Nassau police said, despite having no medical qualifications. The 17-year-old who allegedly received the shot <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/science-teacher-arrested-after-vaccinating-pupil-in-her-home/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Joe Exotic, the Tiger King, has had the date for his resentencing set. Exotic, real name Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage, is currently serving 22 years in a federal prison, after he was convicted in January 2020 of two murder-to-hire counts of Big Cat Rescue CEO and rival Carole Baskin, and multiple wildlife violations. On Monday, January 4, <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/joe-exotic-to-be-resentenced-this-month/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A four-year-old girl believed to be the grand-niece of George Floyd was shot while asleep in her bed in the early hours of New Year’s Day. George Floyd was killed by white former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in May 2020. Floyd’s death sparked a series of protests worldwide. A four-year-old girl, said to be <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/george-floyds-4-year-old-grand-niece-shot-while-sleeping-in-bed/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Recently convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell may be able to claim a mistrial, according to legal experts. On December 29, 2021, Maxwell was convicted of five out of six charges for the sex trafficking of minors to engage in criminal sexual activity with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. It has since been speculated that Maxwell <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/ghislaine-maxwell-may-have-grounds-for-mistrial-experts-say/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>An episode of Joe Rogan’s podcast has been taken down from YouTube after a virologist made wild anti-vaxx claims. The episode of The Joe Rogan Experience aired on New Year’s Eve, with Rogan interviewing Dr. Robert Malone, a US-based virologist who was involved in the creation of the mRNA technology that became a part of <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/joe-rogan-episode-axed-from-youtube-following-nazi-germany-covid-comparison/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Donald Trump is set to give a speech on Thursday, January 6, exactly one year after his supporters stormed the Capitol building in Washington DC. People across the US and the world were left shocked and horrified at the news of the insurrection, which saw hundreds of Trump fans march towards one of America’s most <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/donald-trump-to-give-speech-on-anniversary-of-capitol-riot/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>The world’s richest man has just got richer – Elon Musk has netted another $32 billion. Tesla‘s climbing stock is cited as the reason behind this particular windfall, with the company making nearly 1 million cars in 2021. According to Forbes, Musk remains firmly at the top of the world’s rich list, with his estimated <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/elon-musk-just-got-32-billion-richer/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A confidential deal between Jeffrey Epstein and Virginia Roberts Giuffre has been made public after US judges determined there was no reason for it to remain secret. US District Judges Lewis Kaplan and Loretta Preska ordered the agreement be released today, January 3, 2022, before Prince Andrew seeks to dismiss a lawsuit brought against him <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/prince-andrew-accuser-virginia-giuffres-secret-deal-with-epstein-becomes-public/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A political science professor has expressed belief the United States could be governed by a right-wing dictatorship in less than 10 years. Thomas Homer-Dixon, executive director of the Cascade Institute at Royal Roads University in Canada, has suggested that American democracy could ‘collapse’ as soon as 2025, despite current president Joe Biden’s efforts to champion <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/us-could-be-under-right-wing-dictatorship-by-2030-political-science-professor-warns/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Ghislaine Maxwell’s husband ended their marriage ahead of her trial on sex trafficking charges, despite having allegedly offered to put millions in assets up for her bail, it’s been reported. It is widely believed that Scott Borgerson, 46, married Maxwell in secret in 2016 and remained with the socialite following her arrest in 2020. However, <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/ghislaine-maxwells-marriage-is-reportedly-over-following-dramatic-phone-call-behind-bars/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Warning: Graphic content A man who claimed Scientology inspired him to murder his sister-in-law and her boyfriend has died in prison following a suspected attack by his fellow inmates. Kenneth Thompson, 38, was awaiting execution after being sentenced to death in 2019 for the brutal double murder, which took place in 2012, after being convicted <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/murderer-who-claimed-scientology-led-him-to-butcher-his-victims-is-killed-in-prison/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A secret deal that took place between Virginia Roberts Giuffre – who has accused Prince Andrew of sexual assault – and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is set to be released today. On August 14, Giuffre filed a lawsuit under the New York Child Victim’s Act claiming she had been made to meet with the <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/prince-andrew-accuser-virginia-giuffres-secret-deal-with-jeffrey-epstein-to-become-public-today/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Marjorie Taylor Greene, the controversial right-wing politician and Republican congresswoman, was permanently banned from Twitter today, January 2. Greene, from Georgia, has had her accounts frozen in the past after she tweeted a number of falsehoods and misinformation regarding the Covid-19 vaccines and the pandemic. Now, the social media site has decided to ban her <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-permanently-banned-from-twitter/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>Federal judge Judge Lewis A Kaplan has rejected Prince Andrew’s bid to block Virginia Giuffre’s lawsuit against him. On Saturday, January 1, judge Kaplan told the prince’s lawyers in a written order that they must turn over documents on the schedule that has been set in the lawsuit brought by Guiffre. Guiffre claims she was <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/prince-andrews-attempt-to-block-virginia-giuffre-lawsuit-rejected-by-judge/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A city in Texas experienced a weird weather phenomenon to close out 2021, after fish began falling from the sky. The rare event, known as ‘animal rain’ was witnessed by residents in Texarkana, East Texas, on Wednesday, December 29, with local officials confirming the strange phenomenon as people flocked to social media to share their <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/rare-weather-phenomenon-causes-it-to-rain-fish-in-texas/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>
<p>A family has thanked an Amazon delivery driver for saving their lives after wildfires in Colorado closed in on their home. Mary Stanley and her husband Taylor woke up from a nap with their four-month-old baby earlier this week to the smell of smoke, and after going outside saw that their neighbourhood in Superior, Colorado, <a href="https://www.unilad.co.uk/news/angel-amazon-driver-saves-family-with-baby-from-fire/" title="Read more" >…</a></p>