34 m. ago Roberta Flack dead at 88: Killing Me Softly singer died 'peacefully' surrounded by family

The 1970s R&B legend was known for hits like Killing Me Softly With His Song and The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

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41 m. ago Roberta Flack dead aged 88: Killing Me Softly singer and R&B legend dies after health battle

The Grammy winner died surrounded by her family following a battle with ALS

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46 m. ago Health officials sound alarms after Texas measles outbreak spreads to metropolitan area with nearly 100 sick now

Measles cases have also spread to neighboring New Mexico, sickening primarily children and teenagers

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47 m. ago The Scotland based speaker whose wise TED talks have amassed 150 million views

His most popular talk was on speaking

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47 m. ago Devastation as blaze rips through upstairs flat leaving one man dead

Police, paramedics and firefighters were called to the blaze in Leigh in the early hours of Monday morning

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47 m. ago Major update on huge £39bn building which will be world's largest ever

Work on The Mukaab, slated to become the world's largest building, is well and truly underway - as pressure builds for developers to hit the first phase deadline

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49 m. ago The 1% Club viewers 'outraged' as 'nonsensical and stupidly worded' question wipes out wave of players just minutes into show

On Saturday's instalment, a question that 90% of the population were able to answer was put to the contestants by host Lee Mack, 56.

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69 m. ago Martin Kemp says 'people think I'm dead' as he opens up on horror health battle

Spandau Ballet star Martin Kemp has opened up about his terrifying health battle, after he was diagnosed with two brain tumours in his 30s, and has been left with epilepsy.

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75 m. ago Man 'lured onto doorstep and shot dead in planned April Fools' Day execution', court told

Jnayo Lucima suffered a single gunshot wound to the chest having been shot at close range allegedly by Mohamed Mansaray, 18, on April Fools' Day, jurors were told on Monday

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80 m. ago White House plans to bring back Title 42 to limit border crossings, report says

Trump administration could invoke public health order that smears asylum-seeking immigrants as possible disease carriers that could spread tuberculosis

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93 m. ago Mother in custody after teen daughter with autism found dead and ‘mummified’ in their home

‘She looked like she was in a mummified, in a mummy state of on the floor’ said a traumatized police officer

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96 m. ago Two pensioners dead after fire in their home in the early hours of the morning

Police, fire and ambulance crews descended on the property in Firs Drive, Rugby, shortly after 7am but, the man and woman - both believed to be in their 90s- were pronounced dead.

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98 m. ago Teenager admits shooting dead his mother and two younger siblings

The bodies of Juliana Falcon, 48, Giselle Prosper, 13, and Kyle Prosper, 16, were found at a flat in Leabank

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2 h. ago Martin Kemp opens up on terrifying health battle and admits 'people think I'm dead'

Spandau Ballet star Martin Kemp has revealed that he is 'completely dyslexic' after undergoing surgery following his two brain tumours in his 30s

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2 h. ago Three dead and one missing after boat sinks in New York City

Two others hospitalized after speed boat capsizes off Breezy Point, Queens, as Coast Guard continues searchThree people died, two others were hospitalized and one was missing after a boat sank in New York City on Sunday, according to the US Coast Guard.One of the hospitalized people was in critical condition on Monday morning, police said, a day after the speedboat took on water 5 miles (8km) south-east of Breezy Point, a neighborhood at the tip of Queens’ Rockaway peninsula. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Deadly virus warning issued as Brits have lizard and porcupine meat delivered for dinner

Social media bushmeat smugglers have experts worried the trade of illegal meat could cause cases of various viruses such as anthrax, TB, cholera and Ebola to appear in the UK

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2 h. ago Man, 21, shot dead in ‘organised execution’ in west London on April Fool’s Day, court told

Janayo Lucima suffered a single gunshot wound to the chest

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2 h. ago Gang 'high on pink cocaine' who love Michael Jordan may start WW3 with 'invasion fears'

EXCLUSIVE: An expert has told the Daily Star the gang behind the Guyanese shooting incident could well be the deadly Tren de Aragua group who are becoming notorious across the globe

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2 h. ago Two dead bodies found at house in sleepy village as cops launch probe

Police have cordoned off a village following the discovery of the bodies of a man and a woman.

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2 h. ago LA’s urban farmers pledge to rebuild and replant ‘even more than ever before’ after devastating wildfires

The January blazes wiped out a thriving communal food pathway unique to the Altadena neighborhood, but farmers are starting to plan for its renewalIn Choi Chatterjee and Omer Sayeed’s Altadena backyard, beehives produced pounds of honey, copious amounts of fruit and vegetables were harvested, and hens laid plenty of fresh eggs. A couple of pygmy goats and a pair of 100-pound tortoises, Layla and Manju, roamed the urban farm, keeping the weeds trimmed, the compost turned and the soil alive with microbes, much to the delight of the hundreds of visitors who have enjoyed free tours and home-cooked meals since the couple began offering them in 2020.Passersby were often drawn to the Chatterjee-Sayeed residence since the lush butterfly-filled parkway next to their home has served as a free communal garden for more than a decade. Neighbors were welcome to stop by for persimmons, guavas, nopal pads, herbs and varieties of citrus. “We’d get 100 to 200 pomegranates and just hand them out to wh...

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