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Forensic artist Lois Gibson says helping other victims and witnesses seek justice has been therapeutic. Photo: Capehart Photography 2024 Lois Gibson is the holder of the 2017 Guinness World Record for most positive identifications by a forensic artist. More than 1300 perpetrators correctly identified more than 1000 convictions, 750 criminals put behind bars. She's been helping the Houston Police Department in the United States catch criminals for nearly 40 years. But there's a harrowing reason why. When she was a 21-year-old model and dancer in LA, she was raped, tortured and left for dead by a serial rapist and murderer. Seeing her attacker get arrested for another crime, fight with the officers and beaten into submission was like a "miracle". "After that, I could work crime, because I...

By Luc Cohen, Reuters Trump wants dismissal after Supreme Court immunity ruling Prosecutors say hush money case involved personal acts Trump's scheduled 26 November sentencing date also in question A New York judge is set to decide this week whether president-elect Donald Trump's criminal conviction on charges involving hush money paid to a porn star should be overturned in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's July ruling on presidential immunity. Justice Juan Merchan has said he will make his decision by Tuesday (local time). It is the first of two pivotal choices that the judge must make after Trump's 5 November election victory. Merchan also must decide whether to go ahead with sentencing Trump on 26 November as currently scheduled. Legal experts have said sentencing now is unlikely...

By Anthony Deutsch, Reuters Police officers drive people away from Dam Square during a pro-Palestinian protest. Photo: AFP / Robin van Lonkhuijsen Riot police in Amsterdam began breaking up a pro-Palestinian protest on Sunday (Monday morning NZT) after a court upheld a ban on demonstrations following clashes this week involving Israeli soccer fans. Hundreds of demonstrators defied the prohibition to gather in the Dutch capital's Dam square, chanting demands for an end to violence in Gaza and "Free Palestine". But after a local court ratified the city authorities' ban, police moved in, instructing protesters to leave. Several people were dragged away by police, a Reuters journalist saw. The three-day ban was imposed from Friday after attacks on Israeli soccer supporters following a so...