2 h. ago Missing elementary school teacher found dead in snow after leaving bar over the weekend

Police say Rebecca Rauber was found covered in snow from the storm that hit over the weekend

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3 h. ago Private jet crash leaves seven dead as airport hit by horror snowstorm

Investigators said the private Bombardier Challenger 600 had been carrying eight people when it crashed during take-off from the New England airport on Sunday evening

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10 h. ago Grieving family's heartbreaking plea after 'happy and bubbly' woman dies alone in flat

Danielle’s brother, Jonathan Haggerty, is campaigning for the introduction of 'Danielle’s Law'

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12 h. ago Woman 'left alone to die' in flat as family issue heartbreaking plea

There are calls for a 'Danielle's Law'

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13 h. ago Philippines ferry disaster leaves at least 15 dead as hundreds rescued

The MV Trisha Kerstin 3 sank while carrying more than 350 people in the early hours of Monday morning local time.

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15 h. ago Philippines ferry disaster leaves 15 dead as more than 300 rescued near Basilan island

A ferry carrying 359 people sank near an island in the southern Philippines, with rescuers saving 316 passengers and retrieving 15 bodies, according to coast guard officials

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19 h. ago Philippines ferry with 350 on board capsizes leaving 15 dead and dozens missing

Rescuers save at least 300 people after inter-island ferry sank early on Monday en route from the port city of Zamboanga to southern Jolo islandAt least 15 people have died after a ferry with more than 350 people sunk early on Monday near an island in the southern Philippines, according to local officials, with the coast guard warning that 28 people remained missing.The M/V Trisha Kerstin 3, an inter-island cargo and passenger ferry, was sailing to southern Jolo island in Sulu province from the port city of Zamboanga with 332 passengers and 27 crew members when it apparently encountered technical problems and sank after midnight, coast guard officials said. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago US winter storm leaves seven people dead as more than 1 million lose power

Snow, sleet and perilously cold temperatures sweep eastern two-thirds of country as thousands of flights groundedSnowstorms strike the US: in picturesAt least seven people are dead as the result of a monster winter storm in the US that has brought heavy snowfall and ice from the Gulf coast to the north-east, leaving more than one million in the south without power and cancelling more than 10,000 flights.The Louisiana department of health confirmed two deaths related to the winter storm in Caddo parish. According to the agency, two men of unknown ages died of hypothermia. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago US winter storm leaves seven people dead as more than 700,000 lose power

Snow, sleet and perilously cold temperatures sweep eastern two-thirds of country as thousands of flights groundedSnowstorms strike the US: in picturesAt least seven people are dead as the result of a monster winter storm that has brought heavy snowfall and ice from the Gulf coast to the north-east, leaving more than 700,000 in the US without power and cancelling more than 10,000 flights.The Louisiana department of health confirmed two deaths related to the winter storm in Caddo parish. According to the agency, two men of unknown ages died of hypothermia. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago Autistic boy's 'heartbreaking plea' before 'school prison brain death'

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Joshua Sikes, 11, allegedly 'suffered brain death' after being trapped in a 'makeshift classroom prison', and is said to have been 'devastated' after not getting his final wish

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57 h. ago Russia carries out huge drone and missile attacks on Ukraine

Major missile and drone attack overnight in Kyiv and Kharkiv leaves at least one dead and 23 injured

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3 d. ago Inquest opens into mysterious death of schoolboy, 14, found dead in drain six days after leaving his house on bike

The mother of schoolboy Noah Donohoe has described the six days between her son's disappearance and his body being discovered in Belfast in June 2020 as a 'living nightmare'.

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3 d. ago Heartbreaking plea as 'adored mother' found dead in home leaving behind two sons

West Yorkshire Police sergeant Coleen Mellor has been hailed a "bright light in the lives of all who knew her" after she was found dead at her home in Wakefield on Thursday, January 15. Her heartbroken friends have set up a GoFundMe to support her family.

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3 d. ago 'Devoted mum' and police sergeant found dead at her home as friends pay tribute

Sergeant Coleen Mellor was found dead at her home with her death not being treated as suspicious. Her friends are now appealing for help

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3 d. ago Heartbreaking plea as 'devoted mum' found dead in home leaving behind two sons

The friends of "adored mother" and police officer Coleen Mellor, who sadly died at the age of 40, are appealing for help on behalf of her children

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3 d. ago Two dead and six missing after landslides hit house and campground in New Zealand

Search-and-rescue teams worked through the night at the campground, but there had been no progress in finding missing people, officials sayNew Zealand is ‘full of grief”, the prime minister has said, after landslides tore through a house and busy campground, leaving two dead and at least six victims still missing.Police said emergency crews were still searching for at least six people, including two teenagers, believed missing beneath the debris of a landslide, which struck a Mount Maunganui campsite on Thursday morning. Police were attempting to contact another three people. Families enjoying the summer school holiday were among the campers. Recreational vehicles and at least one structure were crushed, images showed. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Two dead and nine missing after landslides hit house and campground in New Zealand

Search-and-rescue teams worked through the night at the campground, but there had been no progress in finding missing people, officials sayEmergency crews were searching for victims of landslides on New Zealand’s North Island that tore through a house and a busy campground, leaving at least two dead.Police reported that as many as nine people may be missing in the landslides, which hit on Thursday, including children. Families enjoying the summer school holiday were among the campers. Recreational vehicles and at least one structure were crushed, images showed. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Two confirmed dead and more presumed buried after landslides hit house and campground in New Zealand

No survivors or bodies recovered by late Thursday from the Mount Maunganui rubble in the North IslandLandslides hit a house and a campground in New Zealand on Thursday, leaving at least two dead while emergency crews were trying to rescue others buried in rubble, officials said.The first hit a house in the community of Welcome Bay on New Zealand’s North Island at 4:50 a.m., police said. Two people escaped the house, and the bodies of two who were trapped inside were recovered hours later, Emergency Management Minister Mark Mitchell said. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Spain is hit with a THIRD train crash as commuter service slams into a crane leaving several injured days after disaster left dozens dead

Spanish rail operator Adif said that traffic on that line was interrupted due to 'the intrusion into the infrastructure gauge by a crane not belonging to the railway operation', without providing further detail.

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4 d. ago Outbreak of a rare fungal disease in Tennessee leaves one dead and dozens sick

The infection can be particularly serious for people with compromised immune systems and can spread easily though inhaling contaminated soil

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