The Paris prosecutor says two new suspects have been handed preliminary charges for their alleged involvement in the crown jewels heist at the Louvre museum. Laure Beccuau, the prosecutor, said in a statement Saturday that a 37-year-old suspect was charged with theft by an organized gang and criminal conspiracy. The other, a 38-year-old woman, is accused of being an accomplice. They were both incarcerated. They both denied involvement, the prosecutor said. Officials said the jewels have not been recovered.
Nine couples got married on Halloween inside a former county jail in central Ohio that was decorated for the holiday. The Delaware County Historical Society has opened the former jail and sheriff's residence to people getting hitched on Friday. Court employees wore costumes and decorated the space with pumpkins and a spider web. Couples were provided with a way to take mugshot-style photos. They capped the number of weddings at 10 but only nine showed up. There’s no word on whether the tenth bride or groom got spooked.
A U.S. Senate investigation has uncovered numerous credible reports of medical neglect and poor conditions in immigration detention centers across the country. The report, released by Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff, highlights cases where detainees were denied insulin, left without medical attention for days, and forced to compete for clean water. It documents 80 credible cases of medical neglect and widespread complaints about inadequate food and water. Senate investigators say these findings point to systemic failures in federal detention oversight. The report cites delays in medical care that, in some cases, proved life-threatening.
A Utah judge has ruled that the 22-year-old man charged with killing Charlie Kirk can appear in court wearing street clothes but must be physically restrained due to security concerns. Attorneys for Tyler Robinson said images of him shackled and in jail clothing would spread widely in a case with extensive media coverage. They argued it could prejudice future jurors. Judge Tony Graf agreed to make some allowances to protect Robinson’s presumption of innocence before a trial. Utah prosecutors have charged Robinson with aggravated murder and plan to seek the death penalty. Graf said the charges are extremely serious and present safety concerns, so Robinson must be restrained.
The U.S. military is sending an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America in the latest escalation of military firepower to a region. A Pentagon spokesman said Friday that the USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group would deploy to the U.S. Southern Command region to “bolster U.S. capacity to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities that compromise the safety and prosperity of the United States." The USS Ford is port in Croatia and it was not clear how long it would take for the strike group to arrive. Earlier Friday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the military had conducted the 10th strike on a suspected drug-running boat, killing six people.
Palestinian families are facing a grisly search through corpses for lost loved ones, with Israel returning bodies to Gaza as part of a ceasefire deal. Over the past 10 days, 195 Palestinian bodies have been released by Israel as part of an exchange of the dead, with Hamas gradually returning remains of 28 hostages taken in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that sparked the war. Families have flocked to Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza, searching for the missing. Israel gave no identification for the bodies and doesn’t allow DNA testing material into Gaza. The bodies are decomposed and damaged. It’s up to families to recognize relatives. The Israeli military says all bodies returned are those of combatants. But some families say those they've identified were never fighters.
President Donald Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who created the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. Zhao served prison time after failing to stop criminals from using the platform to move money connected to child sex abuse, drug trafficking and terrorism. The pardon announced Thursday caps a monthslong effort by Zhao, a billionaire commonly known as CZ in the crypto world. He and Binance have been key supporters of some of the Trump family’s crypto enterprises. Zhao said in a social media post that he was “deeply grateful” to Trump. The president said he didn't believe he'd ever met Zhao, but that “a lot of people say that he wasn’t guilty of anything.”
A Florida family is urging U.S. leaders to help free a 16-year-old Palestinian-American held in an Israeli prison for eight months. Mohammed Ibrahim, of Palm Bay, Florida, was arrested in February while visiting family in the West Bank. He was accused of throwing rocks at Israeli settlers. His family has had no contact with him since his arrest. Advocacy groups and some members of Congress are pressing for his release. The U.S. State Department says it is closely monitoring the case. Mohammed's family remains in the West Bank, fearing they won't be allowed to return if they leave.
Two journalists imprisoned in Belarus and Georgia win the European Union’s top human rights award.
Nicolas Sarkozy, once France's most powerful figure, is now in Paris' La Santé prison. He's serving a five-year sentence for criminal conspiracy related to his 2007 campaign financing. This marks the first time a modern French ex-president has been incarcerated. Sarkozy, known for his tough stance on crime, now faces the reality of prison life. He is appealing his conviction and maintains his innocence. Despite his legal troubles, Sarkozy still has influential friends, including French President Emmanuel Macron. Sarkozy's life has been marked by controversy, from his lavish lifestyle, which earned him the nickname “President Bling-Bling”, to his polarizing political career.