What’s Current: Parole Board rules serial rapist John Worboys will stay behind bars

  • A British parole board has decided to overrule and reverse last year’s decision to grant parole to John Worboys — a cab driver who was convicted of sexually assaulting 12 women in 2008.
  • Thousands joined demonstrations across Norway on Saturday as part of nationwide backlash against proposals to tighten the country’s abortion laws.
  • In Colorado, Christopher Watts has been sentenced to three consecutive life terms and 84 additional years for the murders of his pregnant wife and two daughters. 
  • A recent surge in the number of trafficking victims brought to the UK has been linked to “sophisticated” Albanian gangs.
  • The Ontario PC Party passed a resolution to debate whether or not the party should support gender identity ideology.
Meghan McCarty

Meghan McCarty is an undergraduate student and aspiring journalist living in the United States.