‘I punched him in the face and jabbed him in the eyes’: Fisherman tells how he fought off sharks as boat sank
Two fishermen fought off sharks after their boat sank off the Louisiana coast while a third swam to search for...
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Willie Spence: American Idol runner-up dies in car crash at the age of 23
American Idol runner-up Willie Spence has died in a car crash in the US.The 23-year-old singer lost his life after...
Alex Jones: US conspiracy theorist ordered to pay $965m to Sandy Hook massacre victims he defamed
A jury has ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $965m in damages to families of those killed in the...
Tributes pour in for Dame Angela Lansbury after her death aged 96
Tributes have been pouring in for Dame Angela Lansbury after her death at the age of 96.The actress, who starred...
Jurors to decide if Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz should get death penalty
Jurors tasked with deciding if Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz, who killed 17 people in 2018, will receive the death penalty...
NASA’s Dart mission successfully shifts asteroid’s orbit after deliberate crash
NASA has said a spacecraft that deliberately crashed into an asteroid last month has successfully shifted its orbit.Findings of telescope...
Adnan Syed: Charges against subject of hit podcast Serial dropped weeks after conviction overturned
Prosecutors have dropped charges against Adnan Syed - the subject of the hit podcast Serial - three weeks after his...
Actress Kaley Cuoco ‘beyond blessed and over the moon’ as she announces she is pregnant with first child
Actress Kaley Cuoco says she is "beyond blessed and over the moon" after announcing she is pregnant with her first child.The...
Angela Lansbury: Murder, She Wrote actress dies aged 96
Dame Angela Lansbury, who starred in the TV show Murder, She Wrote and the film Beauty and the Beast, has...
Adnan Syed: Charges against subject of hit podcast Serial dropped weeks after conviction overturned
Prosecutors have dropped charges against Adnan Syed - the subject of the hit podcast Serial - three weeks after his...
Fake heiress Anna ‘Delvey’ Sorokin says she got ‘exactly what I wanted’ with release from jail
Anna "Delvey" Sorokin, the con artist who swindled Manhattan's elite by posing as a German heiress, says she got "exactly...
Entire police department at centre of Texas school shooting suspended
The school district at the centre of the mass shooting at a primary school in Uvalde, Texas, has suspended its...
Ukraine war: ‘First time since the Cuban missile crisis, we have a direct threat of the use nuclear weapons’, says President Biden
US President Joe Biden has said the world is facing the biggest threat of nuclear "Armageddon" since the days of...
Joe Biden to pardon thousands of Americans convicted of possessing cannabis
Joe Biden is to pardon thousands of Americans convicted of possessing cannabis.The US president said those with federal convictions for...
Bodies of missing family kidnapped at gunpoint in California found in orchard
A baby girl, her parents and her uncle have been found dead in an orchard days after they were kidnapped...
Chess player accused of widespread cheating Hans Niemann breaks silence saying he ‘won’t back down’
Chess player Hans Niemann has broken his silence after being accused of widespread cheating - claiming he "won't back down".The...
US vice president Kamala Harris involved in car accident which Secret Service initially described as a ‘mechanical failure’
US vice president Kamala Harris was involved in a car accident that was initially reported to Secret Service chiefs as...
Scrubs producer Eric Weinberg charged with multiple counts of rape and sexual battery
The co-executive producer of the hit US comedy show Scrubs has been charged with 18 counts of sexual assault. Eric...
California serial killer is ‘on a mission’ but police are baffled as to what the mission is
A suspected California serial killer appears to be "on a mission" police have said, although they admit they are still...
Country music star Loretta Lynn dies aged 90
Country music star Loretta Lynn has died at the age of 90.Her family said she passed away at her "beloved...
