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In an unsettling turn of events, a man stumbled upon the remains of five infants concealed in cardboard boxes, triggered by a heated exchange with his wife regarding their contents.
These grim findings emerged from a residence in Orange, a quaint town nestled in France’s picturesque Provence region, early on Monday.
The couple, with the wife aged 32, whose identity is withheld for legal considerations, squabbled about the mysterious boxes just after she had secretly given birth, a pregnancy she vehemently denied.
Reports from local outlets suggest this marked the third instance of her denying a pregnancy.
However, severe abdominal pains drove her to the hospital, leaving her husband at home, where he made the shocking discovery.
An investigating source told the Daily Mail that he ‘looked inside the cardboard boxes they had been arguing over – that’s when he found the five dead babies’.
They added: ‘All the foetuses were decomposing, and had been around for quite a while.’
He called the police, who are now investigating the incident. The couple, who have two other living children, aged eight and twelve, beyond the newborn, are now involved in the enquiry opened by Carpentras prosecutor’s office.
Medical examinations will determine the exact nature of the remains, as well as the circumstances and date of their deaths.
French police seals affixed to the door of an appartment in Orange, southern France, on July 28, 2026, after the bodies of five deceased infants were discovered
The horrifying discoveries were made at a house in the French town of Orange in the Provence region on Monday morning
The first forensic examinations, including autopsies, will be carried out on Wednesday.
There have been no arrests in connection with the case yet.
Florent Jean, a neighbour, told Le Parisien that the couple were ‘charming people’ who had moved into the building around two years ago and whose children attended a local primary school.
After she saw emergency services arrive for the mother, she asked herself: ‘Is she pregnant? That’s impossible, she’s so thin.’
Florent added that the woman would ‘pick up the children from school at lunchtime to eat’, while the man would ‘go to work in the morning and come back in the evening.’
The Orange horror has drawn parallels with the Dominique Cottrez multiple murder case.
Cottrez, a 45-year-old nursing assistant from northern France, confessed to killing her eight newborn children at birth and hiding their bodies.
The so-called ‘house of horror’ in Villers-au-Tertre was used to hide the bodies over almost 20 years.
Cottrez committed the murders between 1989 and 2006, by suffocating eight of her children shortly after giving birth.
Cottrez was able to conceal her pregnancies from her husband and doctor due to being overweight, according to prosecution evidence.
In July 2010, two of the bodies were discovered in plastic bags by new owners working in the garden of Cottrez’s old house.
The entrance to a building in Orange, Vaucluse department, southeastern France, 28 July 2026
An apartment in Orange, southern France, on July 28, 2026, after the bodies of five deceased infants were discovered
When police contacted her, she immediately admitted that the bodies belonged to two infants she had given birth to.
She also told police that six more infants’ bodies were hidden in the garage.
In July 2015, Cottrez was found guilty of eight counts of infanticide and sentenced to a total of nine years in prison.
In March, a French court jailed a 44-year-old woman for 25 years over the deaths of two of her new-born babies, who police found in the family freezer.
And in 2018, a court sentenced a woman with a depressive and sometimes violent husband to eight years in prison for drowning five of her new-born babies and freezing their bodies.
CANDLER COUNTY, Ga. () — As the back-to-school season approaches, a local law enforcement body is cautioning the community about the serious consequences of online behavior. They emphasize the importance of recognizing when a joke can be taken too far, especially on social media.
The Candler County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) took 45-year-old Jason Timothy Bolyard into custody on July 10, charging him with making terroristic threats after he posted on social media using a pseudonym.
“He threatened to engage in mass shootings and specifically mentioned schools in Metter,” revealed CCSO Captain Stanley Slater, pointing to the serious nature of Bolyard’s online threats.
Bolyard’s arrest did not come as a surprise due to his previous interactions with the authorities.
“He has been on law enforcement’s radar for many years as someone who frequently posts concerning messages, though past content hadn’t crossed the line of legal violations,” Slater explained. “Moreover, he has been in contact with federal agencies like the FBI and the Secret Service.”
Slater explained that despite posting under a “burner account,” CCSO was able to track the IP address back to Bolyard.
Slater explained what you can and can’t post online.
“Terroristic threats law is simply that the person has to threat or make a threat to commit any act of violence, release any hazardous substance or burn or damage property,” he said. “Outside of that, any other comment you make on Facebook or any other social media or email is not considered terroristic threats.”
Slater said even if you’re questioning a post or are concerned about one, forward it to local law enforcement.
“We would prefer to know about it,” he said about concerning posts. “We get these things all the time, and again, it’s just a lot easier for us to look at it and try to get to the bottom of it rather than somebody seeing something they’re concerned about and then not reporting it to law enforcement.”
He added, “It’s so frequent when we have these mass shootings that all kinds of people come forward after the fact with concerns they had that were never reported. It’s almost always the case.”
Slater told that a conviction of terroristic threats that “suggest the death of those threatened” is punishable by imprisonment of not less than one year and not more than five years plus up to a $1,000 fine.
Background: A vehicle speeds through the 7200 block of Elmwood Avenue in Philadelphia, PA, allegedly after striking a pedestrian (WPVI/YouTube). Inset: Talyia Bernice Nesmith (WPVI/YouTube).
In a tragic incident in Pennsylvania, a woman who had just stepped out of a Lyft was fatally struck while crossing the street. Authorities reveal she was hit so forcefully that she was thrown into a parked car.
The Philadelphia Police Department has identified the victim as Talyia Bernice Nesmith, aged 29. The search for the driver responsible is currently underway.
Police are urging the public’s assistance in locating the suspect’s vehicle, which is believed to have passenger-side and possibly windshield damage. The car was last seen heading east on Elmwood Avenue.
First responders arrived promptly at the scene on Elmwood Avenue and rushed Nesmith to a nearby hospital. Tragically, she was pronounced dead at approximately 4:05 a.m.
Lakisha Smith, Nesmith’s mother, is grieving a daughter she described as compassionate and loving.
“I just don’t understand how someone felt like it was okay to hit my child and keep going,” she told local ABC affiliate WPVI. “I just want the person that did this to please turn themselves in … they took the life of a 29-year-old that had so much ahead of her.”
A witness whose surveillance footage has been part of the investigation said, “It’s difficult to watch.” Michael Williams added: “Out of nowhere this car just came blazing down the street and she didn’t even have time to react to it.”
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In line with President Donald Trump’s campaign commitment to prioritize victims’ rights over those of serious offenders, the Justice Department is advocating for the reinstatement of firing squads and other execution methods for federal inmates guilty of brutal crimes.
The U.S. Supreme Court recently rejected appeals for stays of execution for two Florida death row inmates, allowing the state to proceed with the execution of its eleventh and twelfth inmates this year as planned on Tuesday.
The justices turned down two separate petitions that sought to delay these scheduled executions.
James Duckett, a former police officer aged 68, was originally slated for execution at noon on Tuesday. However, the Supreme Court’s decision to grant a stay temporarily postponed the execution.
According to local media sources, Duckett was executed via lethal injection and was declared dead at 1:19 p.m.
Mugshot of James Duckett(Florida Department of Corrections)
Duckett was convicted of raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl in 1987.
The Supreme Court also denied a separate stay for Dominick Occhicone, an 80-year-old who was convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend’s parents in 1986.
Occhicone’s execution is scheduled for 6 p.m. If executed, he would become the oldest inmate executed in Florida.
Mugshot of Dominick Occhicone.(Florida Department of Corrections)
If carried out, Occhicone’s execution would mark the first time Florida executed two inmates in one day since 1964. It would be the just the second double execution in the U.S. in the 2000s and the first since Arkansas executed two inmates in 2007.
Clouds hover over the entrance of the Florida State Prison in Starke, Fla., Aug. 3, 2023.(AP)
Florida executed 19 inmates in 2025, according to a News Media review of Florida Department of Corrections data. The 11 people the state has executed so far this year are more than double the next closest state, with Texas having executed four inmates this year, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
A pack of coyotes has unexpectedly settled into a deserted condominium complex in West Hollywood, leaving local residents anxious and calling on the city to intervene.
This property, abandoned and awaiting completion for several years, initially housed homeless squatters before the coyotes made it their new habitat.
“It’s rather intriguing to step outside your apartment and suddenly be met with the gaze of a coyote,” Cindy Sorley shared with CBS LA.
Dramatic photos and videos have emerged, reportedly depicting six coyotes claiming various rooms within the vacant structure. Additional footage captures their incessant howling and barking, both day and night.
Residents reported initially observing the coyotes’ presence at the start of the year. Now, they’re frequently spotted prowling the streets and scaling the buildings, finding refuge in the unoccupied condominium.
“The other night when I came home, there were six right around my car,” Sorley added.
“People are avoiding even walking the dogs by that structure out of fear, obviously,” said Collin Newman, a neighbor in the area.
“There’s just, that’s not the society we live in,” he added. “So, animal control has to really get on their game and do something about it because no one should feel unsafe.”
Residents told CBS they have reached out to the city for help, but said they’ve had no response. Others who live in the area admitted this living arrangement has to change.
“The City of West Hollywood is aware of community concerns regarding coyote activity,” a city spokesperson told The California Post, and referenced the city’s “coyote management and coexistence plan” adopted in 2018.
“The plan emphasizes public education, prevention, and humane coexistence strategies, including guidance on safely hazing coyotes that exhibit habituated behavior,” the city said.
Hazing is one of the things to do if you encounter one of the pack, it said. It involves “being ‘big and loud’ by waving your arms over your head, making loud noises or squirting the coyote with water until the coyote(s) chooses to leave.”
California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials said they’ve seen similar trends across LA county, placing the warmer temperatures and loss of habitat from the 2025 wildfires in Pacific Palisades and Eaton as one of the reasons.
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Having recently celebrated his marriage, NBA sensation Anthony Edwards has now claimed a significant courtroom victory over Ayesha Howard, the mother of his child, following a California court’s description of her as a “vexatious litigant.”
The 24-year-old Minnesota Timberwolves athlete has endured a grueling year-long battle for child support with Howard. Despite having already contributed over $110,000 for the care of their young daughter, Aubri, the legal wrangling has persisted.
Originally, both Howard and Edwards were engaged in legal proceedings in their hometown of Atlanta. However, Howard sought to change the arena by filing a new lawsuit in Los Angeles, seemingly due to the city’s typically more generous rulings on paternity cases.
Obtained by the Daily Mail, court documents reveal that Howard’s Los Angeles suit has been dismissed. Crucially, she could not present any proof of California residency and failed to appear for the trial.
As a consequence, Justice Anne Kiley of the LA Superior Court has ruled Howard as a “vexatious litigant,” effectively preventing her from initiating any additional legal actions within the jurisdiction of Los Angeles.
The court also found there is no evidence that Howard has spent enough time in Los Angeles to call the city home and that the baby was not conceived there.
Minnesota Timberwolves shooting guard Anthony Edwards scored a major legal victory in his child support dispute with ex-girlfriend Ayesha Howard over their one-year-old daughter, the Daily Mail has learned
Howard gave birth to her child, Aubri’, in October of 2024. Edwards ultimately agreed to give her full physical and legal custody of their daughter in April of 2025, although that lawsuit remains ongoing
Howard was also threatened with contempt of court charges if she ignores the ruling and continues to make vexatious claims in LA. The Daily Mail has reached out to Howard for comment.
On top of that, Fulton County justice Alice Benton handed down a final ruling earlier this month that slashed the $5,000-a-month payout Edwards had been forking over to just $3,220 – the maximum required in Georgia – and said Howard had done nothing to prove that more was needed.
The 24-year-old shooting guard, whose nickname is ‘Ant-Man’ – scored the wins just ahead of his low-key wedding to longtime girlfriend Shannon Jackson in Minnesota on July 16.
Court records show the pair tied the knot in a quiet ceremony in Hennepin County, which is also home to his team’s Minneapolis stronghold.
The couple have been together since 2020 and share a daughter of their own, a two-year-old named Aislynn.
The 6ft 4in Edwards also has two other children with two more women.
Howard had sued Edwards for larger child support payments in the state of California, but a judge in Georgia – where both parties are from – has since ruled in favor of the NBA star, ordering him to pay $3,222 per month
Earlier this month, Edwards quietly tied the knot with longtime girlfriend Shannon Jackson (pictured in June 2025)
Despite his colorful personal life, Edwards is one of the NBA’s biggest stars and is a four-time NBA All-Star.
With his off-court legal matters officially wrapped up, the four-time All-Star now turns his full attention toward his upcoming campaign in Minnesota following an elite 2025-26 season where he averaged 28.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game.
There is renewed belief in Minnesota that it could be a historic campaign for the franchise after sealing a blockbuster trade with the Charlotte Hornets for LaMelo Ball.
The Hornets also traded away Josh Green.
In exchange, the Timberwolves gave up Naz Reid and a collection of draft picks.
The three first-round pick swaps will be in 2028, 2029 and 2030. The Hornets also will get three second-round picks in 2029, 2032 and 2033.
Ball was reportedly happy in Charlotte after a rejuvenated Hornets finished just one play-in win short of the playoffs last season. They have not been in the postseason since 2016.
But the Hornets fielded a number of ‘aggressive’ offers, with the Toronto Raptors and Portland Trail Blazers also keen on Ball.
A U.S. Secret Service agent, Marquez Pinder, faces serious legal trouble after being arrested and charged with five felony offenses, including attempted manslaughter with a deadly weapon. The charges stem from his alleged participation in hazing “rituals” that left two individuals with life-threatening injuries.
Pinder, a 29-year-old special agent assigned to the Miami Field Office, has been placed under house arrest. As part of the conditions, he is required to wear a GPS tracking device.
Court documents reveal that Pinder served as the “dean of pledges” in four prolonged hazing rituals for a Miami chapter of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. His role allegedly involved severe hazing activities directed at two prospective fraternity members.
After a reportedly near-fatal hazing incident, Marquez Pinder was taken into custody by the Sweetwater Police Department.(Miami-Dade Corrections)
Court records detail how the victims were subjected to “paddling” and were struck with “canes” by Pinder and two other fraternity members. When one victim complained of “urinating blood” following the initial hazing session, his concerns were allegedly dismissed by the fraternity.
Days later, the man had to be intubated at a hospital while receiving “critical care to prevent further physical deterioration and death,” a law enforcement officer reported in a sworn statement.
The other victim was treated for “blackened” and “necrotic” tissue on his buttocks from the beating, court records show. “Substantial portions of skin and soft tissue” needed to be surgically removed, and he received “extensive skin grafts to cover the areas,” according to an affidavit.
A drone view shows the downtown skyline in Miami, April 16, 2025. Marquez Pinder is a special agent with the Secret Service’s Miami Field Office.(REUTERS/Marco Bello)
His “mobility and quality of life have been significantly impacted,” a law enforcement officer wrote. And without emergency medical care, “his injuries would have resulted in renal failure leading to death.”
The alleged hazing occurred every day April 1-4 at two different residences in Miami-Dade County, court records show.
During the meetings, the two victims were tested with questions about the fraternity and its history, according to the affidavit. Victims told law enforcement officers that when they failed to answer a question correctly, they were placed in what they called a “stress position,” the affidavit shows.
They described the “stress position” as a half-squat with one arm pointed forward. While in that position, the victims said they were “struck on their buttocks with a paddle.” One of the victims said that, before the hazing, he was told that “if he ever felt that he was reaching his physical limit,” he should tell Pinder, his “dean of pledges,” officers reported. He said he was told that indications of reaching that limit might include urinating blood or feeling that he was going to pass out, according to the affidavit.
Investigators reported they’d reviewed messages between fraternity members about the need for cleaning supplies to “mop up sweat and blood” from the hazing. After four days of “testing” to become members of the fraternity, one victim sought emergency medical treatment because his “health continued to deteriorate, and he began to suffer from vomiting, fevers, and immense pain on his buttocks,” officers reported.
Marquez Pinder, who works in the Miami Field Office, has been employed with the U.S. Secret Service since September 2023, an agency spokesperson told News Media. Pinder is currently on administrative leave.(Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service)
Pinder now faces five felony charges, including two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, two counts of attempted manslaughter with a deadly weapon and one count of hazing with a deadly weapon.
Jared James and Elijah Dyous, who allegedly helped in the hazing, face the same charges, court records show.
Jared James faces five felony charges after allegedly hazing two prospective fraternity members.(Miami-Dade Corrections)
The three men could not be reached for comment. An attorney reportedly representing Pinder did not respond to a request for comment by News Media.
Elijah Dyous was arrested in an alleged Miami hazing incident.(Broward County Sheriff’s Office)
Pinder has been employed with the U.S. Secret Service since September 2023, an agency spokesperson told News Media. Pinder is currently on administrative leave.
“The United States Secret Service takes seriously any criminal misconduct allegations involving one of our employees,” said Michael Townsend, special agent in charge of the Secret Service Miami Field Office. “We are fully cooperating with the investigation.”
“The Secret Service remains committed to accountability, professionalism, and integrity, and any misconduct will be addressed swiftly and appropriately upon completion of the investigative and judicial process.”
The Secret Servie said it is “fully cooperating with the investigation.”(AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
Kappa Alpha Psi is described on the organization’s website as a “historically African-American fraternity.” The national organization was founded in 1911.
The Richmond-Perrine Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi is not affiliated with the University of Miami, Megan Afkham, assistant vice president of university communications, told News Media in an email.
One of the victims is a University of Miami School of Law student, Afkham said, but the chapter is not connected to the university or its undergraduate chapter.
In a written statement issued by the national Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, Jimmy McMikle, the organization’s national president, said the organization “maintains a strict zero-tolerance policy on hazing.”
The Australian government is committing $4 million to explore the feasibility of constructing a new oil refinery in Western Australia, marking a potential milestone as the first new refinery in the country in 60 years.
This initiative aims to shield Australia from the ripple effects of global oil market disruptions exacerbated by the ongoing conflict between the United States and Iran, which continues to affect supply stability and drive up fuel costs.
In a bid to announce this significant development, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to visit Karratha on Tuesday. His visit will underscore the collaboration behind the pre-feasibility study for this proposed refinery, a project that would be a historic first since the 1960s for Australia.
The potential refinery project is being spearheaded by Perdaman, a key player in the fertilizer industry, which is already investing $6.4 billion in a fertilizer production plant in Karratha.
Should the refinery plan advance beyond the study phase, it would become Australia’s third operating facility, joining the existing refineries in Brisbane and Geelong, which currently meet about 10 to 20 percent of the nation’s fuel demands.
Australia relies heavily on imported refined fuels. Almost 90 per cent of Australia’s daily fuel consumption is imported, much of it brought in as refined product from South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan.
The country used to have more domestic oil refineries, but six of eight facilities closed between 2003 and 2021, after newer, more economical mega-refineries were built across Asia in the 1990s.
Earlier this year, a fire at the Geelong facility, which supplies 10 per cent of the nation’s fuel, sparked fears of a fuel supply shortage as Australia was reeling from global oil shocks triggered by the US-Israel war on Iran.
That incident highlighted Australia’s vulnerability to shocks in both international and domestic supply chains.
Are their drawbacks to a new refinery?
However, a new refinery would only partly shield Australia from international oil-supply shocks, as it would still be reliant on imported crude oil.
Nonetheless, Resources Minister Madeleine King has said that it would still improve Australia’s resilience in times of crisis because crude oil can be stored for far longer than refined oil products.
“So you can bring it in and have it sit in a vessel for some amount of time before you need to refine it. And that’s a critical difference in times of crisis,” she told ABC Radio National.
“This (would) make a great difference … to sovereign capacity — being able to have capacity on the west coast to refine crude oil into this product.”
There is potential for new oil discovery off the Western Australian coast, although it has not yet come to fruition.
Financial analysts estimate a new oil refinery could cost more than $15 billion.
“When it comes to economic viability, there’s a reason that Australia has seen six of the eight refineries shut down over the last 20 years, and in particular, the last two, even those requiring government support to keep going,” Saul Kavonic, an energy analyst at MST Financial, told ABC radio on Tuesday.
However, Kavonic said a new refinery would help with addressing “acute” risks exposed by the recent crisis — even if it wasn’t combined with an increase in domestic crude oil production.
“One thing we have noticed from this crisis is, while there is a shortage of global crude oil, the shortage for refined products has been even worse. And so having refining capacity, even without additional new crude oil supply, is still going to help with our resilience, particularly to getting jet fuel and diesel, which is where we’ve had the most acute risk for the Australian economy,” said Kavonic.
“But realistically … it would be somewhat self-defeating to go to the effort of building a new refinery unless we’re also going to look to produce more of our own oil to go into that refinery.
“And that means that there’s two pieces of this puzzle that need to be put together again, highlighting that this isn’t a slam dunk thing that’s going to happen.”
The challenge of shifting demand
Experts say Australia needs to accelerate its shift away from liquid fuels, with electrification of transport offering a pathway to greater energy security.
University of the Sunshine Coast economics expert Sajid Anwar said: “Improving fuel storage capacity, diversifying energy sources, and expanding electrification of transport would strengthen Australia’s economic resilience to global energy shocks.”
The chief executive of Ampol, which runs the Brisbane refinery, recently told the ABC that petrol production could one day become more expensive in Australia.
“There’s a point at which making petrol and refining petrol becomes more challenging, and as soon as you have to try and put that petrol that you’re making in Brisbane, for example, on a ship and send it somewhere else, that becomes very, very expensive,” Matthew Halliday told the ABC’s That’s Business podcast.
“And so, how you adjust your production to produce more diesel and jet [fuel] and less petrol over time is an important challenge that needs to be solved because it becomes less profitable.”
He said there will be a structural shift over time with the uptake of electric vehicles.
“As you’re seeing more and more EVs and hybrids coming to the system, you need to produce less petrol and more diesel and jet fuel,” he said.
“That’ll be part of what we need to contemplate: is how we produce less petrol and more diesel and jet fuel, but that’s expensive.”
He said the company was thinking “longer term” to ensure the refinery’s future viability, and that it was discussing long-term investments in the Brisbane Lytton refinery with the federal government.
– With additional reporting by the Australian Associated Press
Florida is on the brink of a rare event, as it prepares to become the first state in nearly ten years to conduct two executions in a single day. The executions will involve a child murderer and an 80-year-old man.
Former law enforcement officer James Duckett, aged 68, was executed by lethal injection at 1:19 p.m. on Tuesday at a state prison near Starke, Florida. Duckett was convicted for the rape and drowning of an 11-year-old girl in 1987.
The next execution is slated for 6 p.m., when Dominick Occhicone, aged 80, is scheduled to be put to death. Occhicone was found guilty of murdering the parents of his ex-girlfriend in 1986.
Suspected serial killer and ex-cop James Duckett, 68, is set to be executed via lethal injection in Florida on Tuesday. Florida Department of Corrections
Duckett was sentenced to execution for raping and murdering 11-year-old Teresa Mae McAbee in 1987. Family handout
Should Occhicone’s execution proceed, he will set a record as the oldest inmate executed in Florida’s history. This would also make him the second oldest individual to be executed in modern US history.
Earlier this month, Dennis Sochor received the distinction of being the oldest inmate executed in Florida. His death penalty was carried out for the murder of a woman he encountered at a New Year’s Eve celebration in the early hours of 1982.
The oldest prisoner known to have been executed in US history is Walter Moody Jr., who was put to death aged 83 in Alabama in 2018.
Moody was convicted over a mail bomb campaign in 1989 that killed a federal judge and a civil rights attorney.