22 h. ago Dad of football star Austin Metcalf 'murdered' at track meet shares distressing details about son's dead body

The father of a teen who was stabbed to death at a high school track meet has shared their heartbreaking last moments together.

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23 h. ago Beckenham Place Park: Teenage boy dead as police find body in London lake

Beckenham Place Park: Teenage boy dead as police find body in London lake  Daily Express

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27 h. ago Father of track meet murder suspect claims son was ‘not the one who started it’

‘He’s a good kid’ insisted the father of Karmelo Anthony, 17, who has been charged with the murder of Austin Metcalf, also 17

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29 h. ago Gloucester horror as man found dead near kids' playground sparking investigation

Police were called to an area of Hempsted, Gloucester, at around 5pm on Wednesday after the body was discovered by locals - with paramedics pronouncing the man dead at the scene

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40 h. ago Heartbroken dad of teen arrested for murder at Texas track meet claims his son 'didn't start it' and is a 'good kid'

Karmelo Anthony was arrested on suspicion of murder after the shocking incident, in which Austin Metcalf, also 17, was stabbed in a brawl over a seat at Kuykendall Stadium in Frisco.

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4 d. ago ‘The boat owners treat us as slaves’: crews report abuse and death on long

The unexplained death of a fisher on a Chinese-owned trawler in the Indian Ocean illustrates the lack of accountability in the seafood industry, say advocatesRicky* was one of the first to see his crewmate’s dead body. It was 2023 and he was six months into a stint at sea, working on a longline tuna boat in the Indian Ocean for $480 a month. The crew were mostly Indonesian, like Ricky, or Chinese, like the captain and owners of the boat.In the days leading up to Ricky’s crewmate’s death, the 29-year-old Indonesian, referred to as YK, had been increasingly depressed onboard, repeatedly asking to be sent home. The captain had refused, says Ricky, who says he saw YK attack the captain. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago An unexplained death, ‘abuse and slavery’: Indonesian fishers reveal life on long haul vessels

The death of a crew member on a Chinese-owned trawler in the Indian Ocean illustrates the lack of accountability in the seafood industry, say advocatesRicky* was one of the first to see his crewmate’s dead body. It was 2023 and he was six months into a stint at sea, working on a longline tuna boat in the Indian Ocean for $480 a month. The crew were mostly Indonesian, like Ricky, or Chinese, like the captain and owners of the boat.In the days leading up to Ricky’s crewmate’s death, the 29-year-old Indonesian, referred to as YK, had been increasingly depressed onboard, repeatedly asking to be sent home. The captain had refused, says Ricky, who says he saw YK attack the captain. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago ‘Playing gods with the cradle of life’: French Polynesia’s president issues warning over deep

Exclusive: Moetai Brotherson fears environmental risks of controversial practice and says independence from France must not be ‘rushed’Read more Pacific leaders: in their wordsFrench Polynesia’s president has issued a stark warning over the risks of deep-sea mining, saying it will be allowed in his territory “over my dead body” as he argues the potential for environmental damage outweighs any benefits.Moetai Brotherson’s comments to the Guardian come as countries in the Pacific and elsewhere grapple with whether to extract minerals from the sea floor. Deep-sea mining has not yet begun, but some companies and countries are exploring the practice, which could start in the coming years. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago The White Lotus fans fear Saxon is dead body after chilling warning in first episode

The trailer for the final episode of The White Lotus season three has got fans speculating about who will end up dead, but a chilling warning from episode one could see the end of one character

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5 d. ago Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN

Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian officeFifteen Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers, including at least one United Nations employee, were killed by Israeli forces “one by one” and buried in a mass grave eight days ago in southern Gaza, the UN has said.According to the UN humanitarian affairs office (Ocha), the Palestinian Red Crescent and civil defence workers were on a mission to rescue colleagues who had been shot at earlier in the day, when their clearly marked vehicles came under heavy Israeli fire in Rafah city’s Tel al-Sultan. A Red Crescent official in Gaza said that there was evidence of at least one person being detained and killed, as the body of one of the dead had been found with his hands tied. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Surgeons transplant genetically modified pig liver into Chinese patient

Organ appears to function for 10 days, raising prospect of short-term use for those on transplant listA genetically modified pig liver that was transplanted into a brain-dead patient appeared to function successfully inside their body for 10 days, according to the scientists who performed the groundbreaking procedure.The surgery, at a Chinese hospital last year, is thought to mark the first time a pig liver has been transplanted into a human. It raises the prospect of pig livers serving as a “bridging organ” for patients on the waiting list for a transplant or to support liver function while their own organ regenerates. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Dead newborn baby and body parts found dumped in plastic jars in rubbish heap

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: The gruesome discovery was made in a pile of rubbish behind a hotel on the outskirts of Daund, India, with local hospitals now under investigation for potentially dumping bio-waste

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1 week ago Bournemouth dad who went missing four months ago may be body found dead in pond

Richard Bentley, 55, was reported missing in November last year and now police believe a body found in a pond could be his - an investigation into the 'unexplained' death is underway

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1 week ago Elon Musk believes he knows why the Trump admin Signal leak was allowed to occur

Musk previously stated that the ‘best place to hide a dead body is page 2 of The Atlantic’ after its editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg’s explosive Signal group chat report

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1 week ago Horror as 18 dogs forced to fight to survive inside caravan that 'smelt like dead human body'

The appalling conditions were uncovered when Stephen Sturman was reported missing from the caravan on a farm at Iddesleigh, Devon, in February last year

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2 w. ago Hearse carrying dead body attacked as windows shatter around coffin on way to funeral

Vandals terrified funeral director staff as they barbarically pelted a hearse with bricks and smashed its back window as it carried a coffin to a funeral in Edinburgh, but funeral directors believe it was a random attack

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2 w. ago ‘Something must have gone wrong with us’: David Cronenberg and Howard Shore on four decades of body horror

One is the master of gruesome horror, the other is the composer who scored his most famous films. They sit down to discuss their 46-year collaboration, and the unlikely source of their darkest, most disturbing inspirationWhat would having sex in a car crash sound like, as music? What about a gynaecological exam performed by identical twins, or a man’s transmogrification into a grotesque human-insectoid hybrid? These are just some of the challenges faced, over more than 40 years and upwards of a dozen films, by the composer Howard Shore as part of his long collaboration with the director David Cronenberg. Shore, 78, may have won three Oscars for the magisterial sweep of his Lord of the Rings score, but it is his work on the 81-year-old Cronenberg’s notorious body-horror movies, from The Fly to Dead Ringers and Crash, that is most indelible. Those last two films will be screening this month as part of a wider tribute to Shore’s work at the London Soundtrack fe...

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3 w. ago Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa’s dog heartbreaking cause of death

Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman was found dead, alongside his wife Betsy Arakawa, last month, with the body of their pet dog Zinna also discovered in the couple’s Santa Fe home

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3 w. ago Killer wife hid body of dead husband in bushes of their garden

Maureen Rickards directed oblivious gardeners to dump grass under her shrubs knowing it would help cover her husband’s body

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3 w. ago The tragic mother who lay dead at home for a month before her body was found with one of her two beloved sausage dogs dead alongside her

EXCLUSIVE: Jemma Hart, 45, was found to have been partially mauled by the dachshunds, called Millie and Frankie, when her body was discovered at her home in Swindon on January 29, 2024.

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