MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard searched on Tuesday for 39 people missing for several days after a boat believed to be used for human smuggling capsized off Florida’s coast en route from the Bahamas. A good Samaritan called the Coast Guard early Tuesday after rescuing a man clinging to the boat 45 miles […]
Bigamist bus driver proposed with 'priceless heirloom' – only for bride to discover it's £29 Argos ring and he's married with 8 kids
A BIGAMIST bus driver's lies unravelled when he proposed with a "priceless heirloom" – but instead gave his bride a £29 Argos ring. Kevin Ellis was still married to his second wife Rosemary when he exchanged vows with Julie Budge on Christmas Eve. Unsuspecting Ms Budge, 49, thought she’d found her dream match after they […]
Teen 'murdered after standing up to knifeman threatening to stab people in row over £5'
A "BRAVE" teenager was stabbed to death after standing up to a knifeman threatening to stab people in a row over £5, a court heard. Connor Brown, 19, was out with pals in Sunderland in February when he was approached by Leighton Barrass, 20, and Ally Gordon, 20, who he knew from school. But trouble […]
UK weather: Flooding sparks home evacuations following MUDSLIDE and Christmas shoppers trapped after river bursts banks
DOZENS of homes have been evacuated following a mudslide while hundreds of Christmas shoppers have been left stranded in a shopping mall after flooding caused chaos across the country. Residents on a road in Mansfield were evacuated just before 5pm today after part of a quarry collapsed following heavy rainfall. Further north, hundreds of shoppers […]
Ghislaine Maxwell juror breaks silence saying verdict was 'for all the victims'
GHISLAINE Maxwell has filed for RETRIAL weeks after she was convicted, it has been reported. Attorneys for shamed Brit socialite Maxwell have requested her sex trafficking conviction be overturned after a juror failed to disclose he was sexually abused as a child before the trial. In a court filing on Friday, they said the […]
Two drug-resistant bugs are new ‘urgent threats’ to Americans, experts warn – The Sun
TWO drug-resistant superbugs are posing an "urgent threat" to Americans, experts have warned. The new germs have built up resilience against the medication designed to kill them – making them extremely dangerous and difficult to treat. Health officials have discovered these bugs – Candida auris and Acinetobacter – infect and kill more people than previous […]
Election – Nigel Farage urged to pull candidates from Labour marginals to seal Brexit after handing 317 Tories free run – The Sun
NIGEL Farage faced massive pressure last night to pull Brexit Party candidates out of marginal Labour-held seats — after giving all 317 Tories a free run. Mr Farage yesterday said his party would not stand against any sitting Tory MPs. But he immediately faced urgent calls to also withdraw candidates from Labour-held marginals such as […]
UK anti-terror police make 2 more arrests in Texas synagogue hostage probe; 4 total in custody
Merrick Garland addresses Texas synagogue hostage situation Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday addressed the Texas synagogue hostage situation for the first time, saying ‘violence or threats of violence fueled by anti-Semitism, hatred, racism or bigotry of any kind’ will not be tolerated. U.K. anti-terrorism police arrested two more men in Manchester Wednesday in connection […]
Should Edith Thompson have been hanged for 'goading' toyboy to kill her husband in case that gripped the nation 100 years ago?
IT was a crime of passion that gripped the nation. Did a wife goad her young lover into killing her controlling husband? Feisty Edith Thompson wrote more than 60 letters to merchant seaman Frederick Bywaters, musing on how she could escape her marriage. She mentioned adding crunched-up light bulbs to her husband’s food and poisoning […]
Connecticut police say 100 bags of fentanyl found at dead youth’s home
13-year-old dies from fentanyl overdose, police find 40 bags of drugs at school Former homicide detective Brian Foley on the rise of fentanyl in the US after a 13-year-old died at Connecticut school. HARTFORD, Conn. — About 100 bags of fentanyl were found at the home of a 13-year-old Hartford boy who overdosed on the […]