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A Michigan man has been charged with murder in connection with the strangulation death of his wife, two months after she was found unresponsive in the couple's bed .  Richard Guichelaar, 35, was arraigned last week on the murder charge in Kentwood District Court. Bond was set at $2million. Authorities said Richard killed his wife, 32-year-old Amber Guichelaar, at the family's home near Grand Rapids on November 16. She was a Kentwood teacher and the mother of two children, with a third on the way. Scroll down for video   Richard Guichelaar, 35 (pictured in his mugshot, left), has been charged with open murder for the strangulation death of his pregnant wife, Amber Guichelaar, 32 , in November 2020 Richard called 911 on November 16 to report finding Amber dead in their bed at their home in Kentwood, Michigan    'The death was declared a homicide by strangulation/asphyxiation,' Det. Tim Dykgraaf said in a court filing. 'Richard was the only other person present in the

Former Arizona county assessor Paul Petersen who admitted running an illegal adoption scheme in three states involving women from the Marshall Islands is set to report to federal prison on Thursday to begin serving his six-year sentence  A former politician from Arizona must report to prison on Thursday to begin serving the first of three sentences for running an illegal adoption scheme that paid pregnant women from the Marshall Islands to come to the US to give up their babies. Paul Petersen, a Republican who served as Maricopa County assessor for six years and also worked as an adoption attorney, was sentenced to six years after pleading guilty in federal court in Arkansas to conspiring to commit human smuggling. Petersen, who has acknowledged running the adoption scheme, is awaiting sentencing in state courts in Arizona for fraud convictions and in Utah for human smuggling and other convictions. Sentencing dates have not yet been set for those cases. He could face additional time on

Jesse Rosenbaum, 65, a science and special education teacher from New Jersey, has been charged with attempted endangering the welfare of a child A New Jersey middle school teacher has been caught in a sexting sting after police say he exchanged lewd messages with an undercover detective he thought was a 14-year-old boy. Jesse Rosenbaum, 65, a science and special education teacher at Long Branch Middle School, has been charged with one count of attempted endangering the welfare of a child. Rosenbaum, who is said to be a married father of three grown sons, was arrested near his home in Manalapan on Tuesday and booked into the Mercer County Jail.  According to the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office, Rosenbaum had been under an investigation by the agency's cybercrimes against children unit for allegedly soliciting boys to engage in sex acts and inappropriate conversation, reported Asbury Park Press. The criminal complaint against Rosenbaum accuses him of exchanging sexually explici

A North Carolina man who filmed himself storming the US Capitol and looking for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the siege by supporters of President Donald Trump has been arrested by the FBI. Authorities apprehended Christopher Raphael Spencer, 40, without incident in Kernersville, the FBI said in a statement. Spencer, who is from Pilot Mountain, made his initial court appearance on Tuesday at the federal courthouse in Greensboro, a spokeswoman said.  According to a statement from a task force officer assigned to the FBI, an informant told authorities that Spencer had livestreamed videos to Facebook from inside the Capitol. The informant suggested Spencer may have had a family member with him, one of whom was captured on the posted video, the statement said. Christopher Raphael Spencer, 40 , has been arrested in North Carolina in connection to his alleged role in the January 6 siege of the US Capitol. Spencer is pictured on the right in a screenshot from one of his lives

In one of his final acts as president, Donald Trump on Wednesday granted a full pardon to Aviem Sella, the recruiter of convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, as part of a wave of clemency actions. Pollard, a former Navy intelligence analyst, sold military secrets to Israel while working at the Pentagon in the 1980s.  Sella, 75, a retired Israeli air force colonel, enlisted Pollard to spy for Israel and fled the United States after Pollard was arrested in 1985.  Sella was indicted in absentia by a federal grand jury in 1987 on three counts of espionage carrying a life sentence, but was never extradited to the US from Israel. Scroll down for video  Donald Trump granted a full pardon to Aviem Sella, 75, Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard's former handler Sella , a retired Israeli air force colonel, enlisted Pollard to spy for Israel and fled the US after Pollard was arrested in 1985. Pollard pleaded guilty to spying on the US in 1986   Pollard speaking during an interview in a conference

Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador complained he was unable to say goodbye to his 'friend' Donald Trump before he left the White House, as he urged Joe Biden to grant citizenship to Mexican nationals working in the United States. Obrador had a rocky relationship with Donald when he first took office in 2018, accusing the US president of racism over his 'Mexicans are rapists' comments and plans to build a border wall. But the relationship between the two leaders has improved over the past three years with Trump saying they had become friends 'against all odds.'  On Wednesday, the Mexican leader praised Trump and lamented that he wasn't able to say goodbye before Trump left office.    'I couldn't say goodbye to President Trump,' López Obrador said. 'I take the opportunity to express that the relationship we had with Trump was good and I think that for the benefit of Mexico on different issues, there were few disagreements.'  '

Democrats officially took control of the Senate on Wednesday when Vice President Kamala Harris swore in three new members after she took her own oath of office, giving her party control of the White House and Congress.  Harris delivered the oath of office to the new Democratic senators: Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock of Georgia and Alex Padilla, who replaced her representing the state of California. She returned to Capital Hill almost five hours after she became the first female vice president to preside over the Senate for the first time. The vice president also serves as president of the Senate.  Senators gave her a round of applause as she sat in the presiding chair.   One of her first duties was to read into the record her resignation as a senator from California. 'Yeah, that was very weird,' she said. She then sworn in the new members, which made Senator Chuck Schumer of New York the new majority leader, giving him joint power in Congress with Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Afterwa

Saga has announced that all customers on its cruises and holidays will need to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. The over-50s travel specialist announced yesterday that holidaymakers must have received both shots at least two weeks before departure. It is the first cruise line to make vaccinations compulsory. Saga also confirmed that as the rollout of the jab is ‘progressing well’, it plans to resume river cruises, escorted tours and hotel stays in early May and two ocean cruises by early June. The Government is hoping to offer everyone over the age of 50 at least one shot of the vaccine by the end of April. SAGA has announced that all customers on its cruises and holidays will need to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Pictured: A Saga river cruise ship in Austria's Wachau Valley The over-50s travel specialist announced yesterday that holidaymakers must have received both shots at least two weeks before departure. Pictured: The cruise liner Saga Rose leaving Malta's Gra

Australia's ambassador to the US has heaped praise on Joe Biden as he was sworn in as the 46th president.  Arthur Sinodinos appeared on Sunrise on Thursday morning as Biden made his grand entrance into the White House. Mr Sinodinos told the breakfast show hosts, Samantha Armytage and David Koch, that Biden's inauguration was 'a calm, dignified, uplifting ceremony'. 'The combination of prayer, poetry, song, Lady Gaga. It was just great, uplifting,' he said. 'Almost like people saying, "let's turn the page and get on with it". 'That is the feeling that came across the audience and I think that is the feeling across the US. 'With all respect to the former president, people have moved on. There is a new commander-in-chief in the US and people are looking to the future.' Mr Sinodinos said a lot of Americans are 'tired and exhausted' by the coronavirus pandemic, economic contraction and last year's race riots.  'They wan

The words 'Australia Day' have been dropped from next Tuesday's Big Bash games, which will instead be referred to as 'January 26'.   Cricket Australia's First Nation's Advisory Committee recommended the governing body not refer to January 26 as Australia Day since it is a day of mourning for many Indigenous Australians - which CA agreed to.    Six teams, the Sydney Sixers, Melbourne Renegades, Melbourne Stars, Perth Scorchers, Brisbane Heat and Hobart Hurricanes, will play in the BBL on January 26 - but may still refer to the day as Australia Day if they please.   Fans at a Big Bash League match between the Sydney Sixers and Perth Scorchers on January 16. Cricket Australia will not refer to 'Australia Day' for next Tuesday's BBL games and will instead refer to the events as 'January 26'  Cricket Australia Diversity and Inclusion manager Adam Cassidy said they are trying to be 'a bit braver' at becoming leaders in reconciliation.

Boris Johnson hit back last night at Theresa May's claim he has abandoned Britain's position of 'global moral leadership'. The Prime Minister insisted his predecessor was wrong as he expressed pride at the 'leading' role he is playing on the world stage. Writing in yesterday's Daily Mail, Mrs May suggested Mr Johnson has failed to honour British values by threatening to break international law in Brexit trade talks and tearing up the foreign aid target. At Prime Minister's Questions, Mr Johnson was interrogated by MPs over the bombshell article that had become the talk of Westminster. Boris Johnson (pictured during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday) hit back last night at Theresa May's claim he has abandoned Britain's position of 'global moral leadership' But the PM firmly rejected the criticism, telling the Commons that 'when it comes to global leadership on the world stage, this country is embarking on a quite phenomenal y