4 h. ago California’s drying Salton Sea harms the lungs of people living nearby, say researchers

Experts suspect that dust from the sea contains endotoxic bacteria membranes caused by fertilizer runoffChemical-laden dust from southern California’s drying Salton Sea is likely harming the lungs of people around the shrinking body of water, and the effects are especially pronounced in children, new peer-reviewed research from the University of California, Irvine, shows.A separate peer-reviewed study from the University of California, Riverside, also found the Salton Sea’s contaminated dust seemed to alter lung microbiome, which could trigger pulmonary issues that have been reported around the lake. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago London police search for man accused of breaking into woman's house, tying her up

London police search for man accused of breaking into woman's house, tying her up  CBC

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3 d. ago Dolphin seen near St Mark’s Square inspires Venetian rescue effort

Safety of apparently fearless bottlenose Mimmo in doubt as acrobatic creature attracts admirers and selfie toursActivists in Venice are campaigning to save a dolphin spotted in the lagoon over fears growing tourist interest could put its life at risk.Known as Mimmo, the bottlenose dolphin made its latest appearance in St Mark’s basin, the body of water in front of the square of the same name, on Wednesday. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Man drags woman in her 30s into Bournemouth woodland and rapes her as police launch manhunt for the attacker

The search began on Thursday night after the victim, a woman in her 30s, was raped off Maxwell Road in Bournemouth, Dorset on Wednesday evening.

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5 d. ago Fresh lead in Meredith Kercher murder as Italian prosecutors ‘search for mystery woman’

The British student was killed in Perugia, Italy in 2007, in a murder case that attracted world-wide attention

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1 week ago Man who had denied ever raping and murdering neighbour 27 years ago is killed

Norman Mearle Grim Jr was convicted of the sexual battery and first-degree murder of Cynthia Campbell whose battered body was found in water near Pensacola, Florida

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1 week ago Steve Smith's return as Australia skipper shows principles take a back seat in The Ashes

Pat Cummins will miss the first Ashes Test in Perth as he continues to recover from a back injury and that means disgraced ex-captain will once again step up lead the Aussies against England

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1 week ago Woman 'raped in racially aggravated attack' as cops release CCTV in search

Police have issued an urgent CCTV appeal over the incident in Walsall, West Midlands - a woman in her 20s was raped in what police are treating as a 'racially aggravated attack'

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2 w. ago Jet ski pilot dies after getting into difficulty in popular UK seaside town

Emergency services were called to the incident taking place on a beach in Brighton on Friday, but despite their best efforts, the man's body had to be pulled from the water

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2 w. ago Body recovered from river in Aberdeen in search for missing woman

Officers from Police Scotland confirmed that a body was recovered from the River Dee in the Granite City earlier today.

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2 w. ago Victoria McGloin: Body recovered from the River Dee during search for missing Aberdeen woman

Officers have said Victoria’s family has been made aware.

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2 w. ago New picture released as desperate search for 'vulnerable' woman, 76, goes on

Susette has gone missing in Oldham

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2 w. ago Michelle Joan Leahy goes missing in  Newlands, Perth as husband offers $100k reward

A husband has spoken out after his wife went missing outside a hospital in Australia.

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2 w. ago Urgent search for pregnant woman as police tell public 'call 999' if you see her

Shelby, 27, is heavily pregnant and has now been missing for 11 days after disappearing on October 10 in Bolton town centre at around 2pm with Greater Manchester appealing for information

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2 w. ago Search continues for missing pregnant woman as Greater Manchester Police renew appeal

An urgent appeal has been issued

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2 w. ago CCTV released in search for missing woman who vanished overnight

Victoria McGloin was last seen in the Hardgate area in Aberdeen at around 4pm on Sunday.

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2 w. ago Human remains discovered during search for Kada Scott are believed to belong to missing Philadelphia woman

Remains discovered in shallow grave near abandoned school close to where police searched for 23-year-old

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2 w. ago Philadelphia police find human remains in search for missing woman

Philadelphia police have found human remains near where investigators were searching for a 23-year-old woman who disappeared from her nursing home job about two weeks ago

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3 w. ago Human remains discovered during search for missing Philadelphia woman Kada Scott

Remains found in shallow grave near abandoned school close to where police have been searching for 23-year-old

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3 w. ago Body found in water amid search for woman missing from Perth

Police have been searching for Lucy Sheldon who was reported missing yesterday.

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