The Murdaugh trial begins: the family murders that rocked South Carolina
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Corruption and unsolved deaths form a gothic backdrop as lawyer Alex Murdaugh stands trial for murder of wife and sonDisgraced former attorney Alex Murdaugh faces trial next week on charges of murdering his wife and son, part of a sprawling case that has exposed a s...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/21/alex-murdaugh-trial-family-murders-south-carolina

US ‘cult’ leader given 60 years in prison for sexual and emotional abuse
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Larry Ray convicted in April of sex trafficking and racketeering stemming from abuse of young women at Sarah Lawrence CollegeThis article contains descriptions of abuse.A financial fraudster who lured students at an elite New York liberal arts college into a cult-like world of sexual, physical and emotional abuse was sentence...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/20/us-cult-leader-larry-ray-sarah-lawrence-college