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Convicted "Golden State Killer" Joseph James DeAngelo Jr, a former police officer who hid in plain sight for four decades, arrives in the courtroom on the final day of court hearings. DeAngelo, 74, admitted to killing 13 people and confessed to dozens of rapes, robberies and kidnappings. He is set to be sentenced to life. IMAGES
The mother of slain journalist James Foley, Diane Foley, says the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation welcomes the life sentence for El Shafee Elsheikh after the member of the notorious Islamic State kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles" was sentenced to life in prison by a US court for the deaths of four American hostages in Syria. "With today's verdict we finally have a bit of justice," she says outside the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia. SOUNDBITE
Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya says during a press conference in Warsaw that the public "shouldn't believe the words" of jailed activist Roman Protasevich's state interview. Journalist Protasevich was arrested after his plane was forced to land in Minsk. Tikhanovskaya says such interviews and videos with political prisoners are filmed under duress and are the result of the activists "being tortured and violated". SOUNDBITE
Images of policemen in front of the Turkish court that jailed 27 former pilots and other suspects for life in one of the largest trials stemming from the bloody 2016 coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. IMAGES
Paris Hilton is "so happy" with her boyfriend Carter Reum, after recently saying she doesn't regret splitting from Chris Zylka.