34 minutes ago Officer kills pet dog mistaken for a coyote in Massachusetts town. The owner says it was unnecessary

A animal control officer shot and killed a pet dog in a Massachusetts town after mistaking it for a coyote in an incident local police are describing as a sad mix-up

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57 minutes ago Premier League managers say the same thing about Ruben Amorim ahead of Man United debut

The latest Manchester United news as the new head coach takes charge of his first game this weekend with eyes on his start against Ipswich Town

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69 minutes ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing pro says star 'shouldn’t be in the competition' as final nears

A former Strictly winner has weighed in on the latest performances as the competition reaches week 10

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85 minutes ago McKenna relishing ‘landmark’ of clash with his old club Manchester United

Despite his friendships at Old Trafford, Ipswich’s manager is planning a rude awakening for Ruben Amorim’s first gameIt takes little effort for Kieran McKenna to remember his first Manchester United game. He was about to turn eight when his father took him to Old Trafford in May 1994 and, while a goalless draw with Coventry might not thrill at first glance, there was the considerable bonus of seeing Sir Alex Ferguson’s side celebrate their procession to the title. Growing up in County Fermanagh you threw your lot behind United or Liverpool: the young McKenna took his pick and those ties took hold across the next three decades.On Sunday, though, United will come to McKenna and his impressive Ipswich side. It will be a fiery baptism for Ruben Amorim at Portman Road and, had this not been ...

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2 hours ago Colorado funeral home owners plead guilty to 191 counts of corpse abuse

Jon and Carie Hallford are accused of piling bodies in a room-temperature building and giving out fake ashesThe owners of a Colorado funeral home accused of piling 190 bodies inside a room-temperature building and giving the grieving relatives fake ashes pleaded guilty on Friday to corpse abuse as aggrieved families looked on in court.Jon and Carie Hallford, who own the Return to Nature Funeral Home, began storing bodies in a decrepit building near Colorado Springs as far back as 2019 and gave families dry concrete in place of cremated remains, according to the charges. The grim discovery last year upended families’ grieving processes. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago School district defends decision to punish parents for wearing pink 'XX' wristbands

School district officials who punished two parents for wearing pink wristbands marked “XX” during a soccer game featuring a transgender player defended their decision at a hearing on whether they can take similar action while they are being sued

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2 hours ago BBC Question Time audience member enrages farmers by saying he wants to play 'the world's smallest violin' for those hit by Keir Starmer's inheritance tax grab

A BBC Question Time audience member has enraged farmers after saying he wants to play 'the world's smallest violin' for those hit by Keir Starmer's inheritance tax.

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2 hours ago Leaseholders will have to wait for reform as law delayed because of ‘flawed’ Tory version

The “flawed” legislation was written in the runup to the last election and would have excluded tens of thousands of flat owners in shared ownership schemes

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2 hours ago Six people are dead after a suspected mass methanol poisoning at a backpacker party town. What went wrong in Laos?

As authorities detain a hostel owner in Vang Vieng, expert says the recent deaths are just the ‘tip of the iceberg’Vang Vieng is an unlikely party hub.Surrounded by striking limestone mountains and caves in central Laos, it morphed from a small farming town to a hedonistic party hub in the early 2000s. Enticed by boozy tubing experiences, throngs of twentysomething backpackers cemented its spot on south-east Asia’s famed backpacker trail. Continue reading...

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3 hours ago Darts star SUSPENDED after failing drugs test on the eve of Players Championship finals

Taylor was due to face former world champion Michael Smith on Friday but will no longer take part in the competition after testing positive for a banned substance.

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