41 m. ago Florida man, 43, arrested and accused of pointing gun at group of kids for making waves near his boat

‘He’s an adult, he should know better,’ a witness told local news

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41 m. ago Bombed, hijacked and derailed seven times this year – is the Jaffar Express the world’s most dangerous train?

Jaffar Express, a train that connects the insurgency-hit province of Balochistan with the rest of Pakistan, has been repeatedly targeted, Namita Singh reports

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61 m. ago Gerry McCann tells 'stalker' trial of Madeleine 'cover up' and 'Masons' claims

Julia Wandelt is alleged to have gone to the McCann home with co-accused Karen Spragg and confronted the parents, a stalking trial heard, as Madeleine's dad Gerry spoke of bizarre 'cover up' claims

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2 h. ago Judge tosses summons for ‘The Bear’ writer who was dragged off train by cops after ‘white woman’ complained about his sitting position

O’Keefe accused police of handcuffing ‘the one Black dude on the train’

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2 h. ago KISS frontman Gene Simmons rushed to hospital after horror car crash with SUV

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2 h. ago Man accused of killing young mum and three kids in house fire dies of heart attack awaiting trial

Mohammed Shabir, 45, was taken ill at HMP Leeds, where he was being held on remand, due to stand trial in connection with the deaths of Bryonie Gawith, 29, and her three children last August

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3 h. ago Woman suffocates to death after getting stuck in Fiat 500's electric window

The 60-year-old woman died after a freak accident resulted in her neck being crushed in the window of her Fiat 500 - she had been trying to stop her car rolling away after leaving the handbrake off

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3 h. ago Kemi Badenoch emphatically sees off Tory leadership rivals with stunning 'big bazooka' promise to abolish stamp duty and 'save Britain' from Starmer's doom loop

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch electrified her party's annual conference in Manchester by announcing plans for an audacious £9 billion tax cut funded by a crackdown on welfare and waste.

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4 h. ago German mayor Iris Stalzer accuses teen daughter of Herdecke stabbing, say cops

Iris Stalzer, 57, who has been elected mayor of Herdecke in western Germany, was found with stab wounds at her home and it is alleged she was attacked by her 17-year-old daughter

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4 h. ago Kate McCann tells court of stress caused by alleged stalker calling her ‘Mum’

Julia Wandelt is on trial accused of targeting the McCann family with a two-and-a-half-year harassment campaignKate McCann has said it was hard to hear an alleged stalker refer to her as “Mum”, as she gave evidence in the trial of a woman who claimed to be her missing daughter.Speaking from behind a screen, McCann told Leicester crown court she was left frightened and distressed by the actions of Julia Wandelt, 24, who is accused of a two-and-a-half-year harassment campaign. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Men hatched terror plot to ‘kill as many Jewish people as they could’, jury hears

Walid Saadaoui and Amar Hussein secured guns and hundreds of ammunition rounds, Preston crown court toldTwo men accused of plotting a terrorist attack in Greater Manchester secured guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in a plan to “kill as many Jewish people as they could”, jurors have been told.Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, have gone on trial charged with preparing acts of terrorism between 13 December 2023 and 9 May 2024. The prosecution in the case at Preston crown court alleges that they are Islamic extremists with a “visceral dislike” of Jewish people. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Charity calls on government to ban sales of ‘dangerous catapults’ to young people

Police warn catapult attacks could be ‘lethal’ as groups of youth target ‘anything to kill’

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5 h. ago Kate McCann reveals 'what if?' moment over woman's 'claim to be Madeleine'

Julia Wandelt, 24, from Poland, is on trial along with Karen Spragg, 61, from Cardiff, accused of stalking the McCann family as Madeleine's mother, Kate, gave evidence today

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5 h. ago Gerry McCann lists three reasons they refused to do 'fake' Maddie's DNA test

Gerry McCann told a trial he felt no temptation to do a DNA test for the "fake" Madeleine, who is accused of stalking the missing Brit's family and broke down in tears

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6 h. ago Republican leader Mike Johnson channels Captain America to rip ‘Shutdown’ Schumer as tied to ‘Marxist’ Mamdani

The House Speaker accuses Schumer of appeasement to the left flank of the party after seeing the rise of socialist-leaning mayoral candidate in his hometown mayor’s race

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6 h. ago Mom accused of shooting two kids dead, and wounding two more, has a 5th child

Oninda Romelus, 31, has been charged with murder after police found bodies of her children in vehicle at a gas station

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6 h. ago 'Dear mum': The letter 'Polish Madeleine' posted through McCann's letterbox revealed as accused stalker screams 'why are you doing this to me?' at her in court

Julia Wandelt - who is on trial alongside Karen Spragg - is accused of stalking the McCanns for almost three years, allegedly turning up at their family home and sending letters to Kate.

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7 h. ago ‘I could do this all day’: Mike Johnson channels Captain America to rip ‘Shutdown’ Schumer as cowering to ‘Marxist’ Mamdani

The House Speaker accuses Schumer of appeasement to the left flank of the party after seeing the rise of socialist-leaning mayoral candidate in his hometown mayor’s race

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7 h. ago ‘I could do this all day’: Mike Johnson claims shutdown comes down to Schumer cowering over ‘Marxist’ Mamdani’s grip on NYC

Johnson accuses Schumer of cowering to his left flank in New York ahead of the city’s mayoral election

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8 h. ago Legal experts question reasoning behind CPS dropping China ‘spies’ case

Ex-DPP Ken Macdonald says prosecutors may have been ‘over-fussy’ in seeking further assurances from governmentLegal experts have questioned the explanation given by the Crown Prosecution Service for its sudden decision to drop charges against two Britons accused of spying for China amid a political row over who was responsible.The expert lawyers expressed surprise that the CPS thought it needed further assurance from the government that China was an enemy insofar as it posed “a current threat to national security” before the trial of Christopher Cash and Christopher Berry could go ahead. Continue reading...

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