6 h. ago Survivors of Tenerife fatal wave warn of dangers of sea pools

A family from Devon is raising awareness of the dangers of Tenerife’s natural pools after narrowly escaping a series of fatal waves.

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40 h. ago At least five dead after Mexican Navy 'medical mission' plane crashes off Texas coast

Officials are now searching waters off the Texas coast as authorities confirmed four Navy officers and four civilians were aboard

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45 h. ago Authorities searching for 3 ‘dangerous’ escaped inmates who may be armed

The inmates range in age from 24 to 31, with the youngest one charged with murder and armed robbery

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6 d. ago Dramatic moment BMW driver's attempt to evade police ends after crashing into a lamppost during chase

This is the moment a dangerous BMW driver's attempt to evade police officers came to a crashing halt, after his vehicle became trapped between a bus and lamppost.

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7 d. ago What to know about MIT professor Nuno Loureiro, who was shot at home near Boston

Authorities are searching for a suspect in the killing of Nuno Loureiro, a prominent MIT physics professor

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8 d. ago ‘It’s terrifying, but it’s not surprising’: a Brown University student on surviving her second school shooting

Mia Tretta has advocated for gun-violence prevention since being shot as a high school student in California in 2019As federal and local authorities in Providence, Rhode Island, continue searching for the person who killed two Brown University students and injured nine others on Saturday, campus members and the broader community are grieving and dealing with a shattered sense of safety.But for 21-year-old Brown University junior Mia Tretta, it’s familiar territory. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago ‘It’s terrifying, but not surprising’: a Brown University student on surviving her second school shooting

Mia Tretta has advocated for gun-violence prevention since being shot as a high school student in California in 2019As federal and local authorities in Providence, Rhode Island, continue searching for the person who killed two Brown University students and injured nine others on Saturday, campus members and the broader community are grieving and dealing with a shattered sense of safety.But for 21-year-old Brown University junior Mia Tretta, it’s familiar territory. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago ‘This has shaken us’: Providence on edge as manhunt for students’ killer goes on

Tension mixes with grief and frustration at Brown University in Rhode Island as police search for suspectWhat we know so far about the attack in Providence, Rhode IslandTension mixed with grief and frustration in Providence on Monday around the Brown University campus, after authorities said they were still searching for a suspect who killed two students.Nine additional students were injured in Saturday’s shooting on the Ivy League campus in Rhode Island, which is woven into the heart of the city’s East Side neighborhood, a community that to many feels more like a small town than the capital city of the smallest state in the US. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Authorities renew search for the Brown University shooter after releasing a person of interest

Authorities are again searching for a person seen on a short video clip in the Brown University shooting that killed two students and injured nine

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9 d. ago Brown university shooting: hunt for suspect resumes as victims named – live updates

Tributes paid to two people killed as authorities search for a gunman who also injured nine others in Providence, Rhode Island, on SaturdayMore tributes to Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov came from the American Uzbekistan Association, who said he “was known for his sharp intellect, kind heart, and quiet willingness to help anyone in need”.The association wrote on Instagram, praising his “humility and compassion” as well as his “curiosity, discipline, and generosity”.More than a gifted student, Aziz was a beloved son, brother, and friend. He had a future filled with promise, and his life was cut short far too soon. His passing has left an immeasurable void in the hearts of his family, friends, classmates, and the broader Uzbek American community. On behalf of the American Uzbekistan Association, we extend our deepest and most heartfelt condolences to Mukhammad Aziz’s family during this time of unimaginable grief. We stand with them in mourning and are grateful to all who have offered prayer...

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9 d. ago Brown university shooting: hunt for suspect resumes after person of interest released – live updates

Authorities are searching for a gunman who killed two people and injured nine others at Ivy League university in Providence, Rhode Island, on SaturdayThe FBI director, Kash Patel, said on Sunday that the FBI had activated its “cellular analysis survey team to provide critical geolocation capabilities” to aid with the investigation. “We have deployed local and national resources to process and reconstruct the shooting scene - providing HQ and Lab elements on scene” he said, adding that the agency said also “set up a digital media intake portal to ingest images and video from the public” related to the shooting. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Photos show police investigation of a shooting at Brown University.

A shooter dressed in black killed multiple people and wounded several others at Brown University on Saturday during final exams on the Ivy League campus, authorities said, and police were searching for the suspect.

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1 week ago Brown University shooting: Students told to 'RUN' or 'FIGHT' as police hunt gunman

As authorities search for the Brown University shooting gunman, witnesses are reporting sights of emergency vehicles rushing to the seen and a victim receiving CPR

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2 w. ago ‘It came from everywhere’: NSW town counts the cost after bushfire hits

As Bulahdelah mourns dead firefighter, residents recall lucky escapes and fire chief warns the danger is ‘not contained’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastWhen Garry Morgan arrived home on Friday afternoon, his rural mid-north coast property was surrounded by a “big plume of smoke”. Less than twenty-four hours later, two houses on his street would be lost, and its surrounding forest would be reduced to blackened skeletal remains.Morgan’s township of Bulahdelah, around 235km north of Sydney, has become at the centre of a tragedy after a veteran firefighter died on Sunday evening when he was struck by a falling tree, marking a “foreboding start” to the bushfire season. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Why Lando Norris escaped punishment for overtaking ‘dangerous’ Yuki Tsunoda off the track at Abu Dhabi GP

Norris found himself under investigation after going off the track to overtake Tsunoda

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2 w. ago ‘Armed and dangerous’ Georgia inmate accused of using Uber to evade cops in escape attempt

Timothy Shane is accused of fleeing from an Atlanta hospital in nothing but a medical gown Sunday night, kicking off a days-long manhunt

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3 w. ago Prisoner on the run orders an Uber to escape from pursuing cops after crashing getaway car

POLICE are scrambling to find an "armed and dangerous" fugitive who escaped custody by ordering an Uber. Investigators are stumped by how an inmate - from the state of Georgia - managed to catch a lift with the popular ride share app, which aided his getaway over the weekend. Timothy Shane, 52, was admitted to...

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4 w. ago Two climbers dead after fall on Aoraki Mount Cook, New Zealand’s highest peak

Two others rescued as authorities work to recover the bodies of those killed after they fell near the summitTwo mountain climbers have died on Aoraki, New Zealand’s tallest peak, with two others from the same group rescued, authorities said.The climbers’ bodies have been found and specialist searchers were working to recover them “in a challenging alpine environment”, the police area commander Inspector Vicki Walker said on Tuesday. None of the climbers have been publicly identified. Continue reading...

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last month California authorities search for man swept into ocean near Big Sur

Three people were pulled into the water and one remained missing, with search efforts hindered by ‘high winds and unsafe water conditions’Authorities in California are searching for the body of a man who was swept into the ocean at a beach in the Big Sur area, one week after a girl and her father died after being pulled into the water in the same state park.Three people were pulled into the water from the rocks at the Soberanes Point area of Garrapata state park on Saturday afternoon just after 3pm and began yelling for help, according to a statement from the Monterey county sheriff’s office. Two women who had been dragged into the ocean were able to pull themselves out of the water. Continue reading...

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last month Authorities search for man swept into ocean at California state park where two others died

Three people were pulled into the water and one remained missing, with search efforts hindered by ‘high winds and unsafe water conditions’Authorities in California are searching for the body of a man who was swept into the ocean at a beach in the Big Sur area, one week after a girl and her father died after being pulled into the water in the same state park.Three people were pulled into the water from the rocks at the Soberanes Point area of Garrapata state park on Saturday afternoon just after 3pm and began yelling for help, according to a statement from the Monterey county sheriff’s office. Two women who had been dragged into the ocean were able to pull themselves out of the water. Continue reading...

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