A teenager has been handed an indefinite sentence after shaking his partner’s baby to death, causing ‘catastrophic’ brain injuries, when he was 16-years-old. Carl Alesbrook, now aged 19, caused whiplash-type injuries, bleeding on the brain and multiple bone fractures to four-month-old Elijah Shemwell seven weeks after meeting his mother, India Shemwell, in November 2021. Elijah died on January 5, 2022, three days after he was found limp, pale and drowsy at Shemwell’s home in Belper, Derbyshire.

A Los Angeles pro-Israel lesbian claims she has been exiled by the queer community for supporting President-elect Donald Trump. ‘I definitely feel like I’m on an island alone. The queer people have turned their backs on me, and I’m queer, so it’s very painful,’  San Fernando Valley’s Tanya Tsikanovsky told Fox News. ‘Ever since I publicly said I was voting for Trump, I am no longer welcome in the [LGBTQ] social spheres they provide.

Elon Musk has met a leading Iranian official ahead of attempts by the incoming Donald Trump administration to calm tensions in the Middle East. Not content with taking the axe to America’s bloated bureaucracy on behalf of the incoming President, the billionaire is turning his hand to foreign policy. The Tesla tycoon – appointed by the President-elect to lead a new US Department of Government Efficiency – spent more than an hour meeting Iran’s ambassador to the UN, it was reported yesterday.

Best friends Max Dixon and Mason Rist were on their way to buy pizza when they were senselessly ‘hunted down’ and murdered by a machete gang in a case of mistaken identity. Forming a close bond from an early age, Max, 16, and Mason, 15, had grown up together. They went to the same nursery, junior and secondary school and spent their time chatting and gaming on the PlayStation. January 27 was no different – the teenagers wanted to spend time together. CCTV shows Max calling round Mason’s house in Ilminster Avenue, Knowle, Bristol, at 11.13pm and the pair can be seen walking down the street to go and pick up a pizza.

This is the moment a bike-riding phone thief got his instant comeuppance after a diner hurled a cafe chair at the criminal as he attempted to flee. The thief had just snatched a phone out of a woman’s hands before he attempted to speed past two diners enjoying breakfast outside a cafe. But one of the diners, having witnessed the theft, got up and threw her chair at the criminal he was getting away.

Americans are expressing their outrage as Covid-era mask rules slowly take hold across California. Sonoma County, in San Francisco, is the latest region to reinstate its mask mandate in all medical settings for staff but not visitors. There are more than 20 hospitals and clinics in the area treating over 480,000 residents and visitors, with the largest being the Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.

John Oliver ranted at the Democratic Party for sidelining trans issues during Kamala Harris’ campaign, contrasting this with the GOP’s aggressive spending on anti-trans attack ads. On the latest episode of Last Week Tonight, Oliver discussed Harris’ defeat, criticizing self-proclaimed progressives who’ve turned against transgender people and blamed ‘woke’ politics for Donald Trump’s success. He bluntly critiqued Harris’s campaign and how it largely ignored trans rights while Republicans poured over $215 million into anti-trans advertising – amounting to roughly $134 for every trans person in the U.S.

Britain’s ‘most controversial policeman’ was secretly found guilty of misconduct after an appalling security blunder which jeopardised police operations against serious organised crime, the Mail can reveal. Steve Rodhouse, Director General (Operations) at the National Crime Agency, ‘recklessly’ left his work laptop, containing classified intelligence files and information about highly sensitive police investigations, in the back seat of his parked car while attending the theatre with his wife. The device, and other classified documents, were stolen by a thief in the summer of 2021 and never recovered.

A member of Kamala Harris’ campaign is finally speaking out amid accusations by critics that celebrities were paid millions to endorse the vice president during her failed presidential campaign. Adrienne Elrod, who served as a senior spokesperson for the campaign, told Deadline they do not pay celebrities. ‘We have never paid any artist and performer. We have never paid a fee to that person,’ she said.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz did not commit to backing Matt Gaetz for attorney general when asked Thursday. Cruz demurring on the matter is the latest incident highlighting Congress’ hesitancy to get behind Donald Trump’s nominee. Both Republicans and Democrats have bristled at the idea Gaetz could be the top law enforcement official in the U.S.

The Republican president-elect improved his share of support in New York City including in AOC’s district in 2024, leaving some scratching their heads over how someone could vote for him and a progressive member of ‘The Squad.’ After the election, the Democratic congresswoman put out on social media that she wanted to hear from such voters about their thinking. The responses came flooding in. She shared her takeaways in an interview with the liberal news network. ‘When it comes to people who split their ticket, I think a lot of people cited several different things,’ Ocasio-Cortez told Reid.

President-elect Donald Trump has decided to bring his barefisted advisor Steven Cheung to the White House as his communications director. Cheung, who made his bones in communications at the Ultimate Fighting Championship, previously served in the White House during Trump’s first term as director of strategic response. He was responsible for delivering tart responses to the press as comms director for the Trump campaign, which modelled the candidate in taking a sledgehammer to political rivals.

Vice President-elect J.D. Vance is preparing for government. But meetings to plan policy rollouts and announce appointments at MAGA HQ sometimes have to wait until after family time and a chance to frolic with the children on the grounds of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. These pictures show Trump’s top lieutenant dressed casually in polo shirt and shorts playing with Ewan, seven, Vivek, four, and Mirabel, two, on the sweeping lawn that leads down to the water.

Democratic lawmakers are enraged at Donald Trump’s recent picks for Cabinet and West Wing, saying his selections are downright ‘dangerous.’ The president-elect has stirred controversy after nominating a rash of hardline conservatives and MAGA loyalists, some with questionable qualifications, to top positions in the executive branch. Two of the most polarizing nominations have been Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as Health and Human Services Secretary and ex-Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz for attorney general.

Boris Johnson has attacked the growing scourge of ‘thought police’ in Sir Keir Starmer’s Britain, comparing it to ‘the Soviet Union at its worst’. Writing in today’s Daily Mail, the former prime minister says investigations by police into comments on social media come ‘straight out of 1980s Romania, and the horrible curtain-twitching culture by which people reported on their friends – even their family members’. It comes amid an increasing backlash over ‘non-crime hate incidents’, where already overstretched officers probe comments and actions not considered serious enough to constitute an offence.

NASA staff are calling on Elon Musk to ‘clean house’ as it is revealed the agency blew millions of taxpayer money on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. Spending reports from 2020 to 2024 showed NASA awarded grants to universities and consulting firms to support ‘environmental justice’ and initiatives that ’embrace greater diversity and inclusive practices.’ LMI consulting received over $2 million in 2023 for NASA to ’embark on a venture to incorporate and deeply engrain diversity, inclusion, equity and accessibility in the culture and business.’

A FEMA employee claimed she just was taking orders from her superiors when she directed workers providing aid to Hurricane Milton survivors in Florida to skip houses with signs supporting Donald Trump. Marn’i Washington, who was fired over the controversy, revealed that the directive came from her bosses and that she is taking the fall for the agency’s policy to ‘avoid homes advertising Trump.’ ‘Why is this coming down on me?’ she said during an interview on Fox News @ Night Wednesday.

A bereaved mother claims to have seen angels at the site of a horrific car crash where her daughter lost her life. Melinda Martinez, 43, believes a ‘blurry figure’ in haunting photos taken by the police shows her child’s spirit. Her daughter Isabelle Gonzalez, 16, died in a car crassh after she went out with three friends, drinking alcohol and smoking marijuana.

Cynthia Erivo showcased her bold fashion sense while promoting Wicked in New York City on Thursday. The 37-year-old British actress, who stars as Elphaba opposite Ariana Grande’s Glinda in the highly anticipated musical film, turned heads in a vested top paired with neon green pants as she headed to an ABC studio. The Oscar nominee added a touch of glam with dangling diamond earrings and flashed her extravagant, designer-styled nails as she waved to photographers.

Nursing student Laken Riley’s mother sobbed as the chilling 911 call made moments before her death was revealed during the trial of an illegal migrant accused of killing her. Allyson Phillips covered her face with a tissue and broke down as the Athens-Clark County court was told that 22-year-old Riley somehow managed to activate the SOS alert on her phone at 9.11am the day of her death. Prosecutors allege in that moment on February 22, 26-year-old undocumented migrant Jose Antonio Ibarra stopped her in her tracks as she went for a run near the University of Georgia campus.