71 m. ago ‘Too far? I don’t think we’ve gone far enough!’ The founder of Peta on gruesome stunts and her bloody fight for animal rights

After 45 years as chief fake blood thrower, Ingrid Newkirk is still waging war on everything from leather to cashmere. Is she still relevant?Ingrid Newkirk was 54 when she thought she was going to die in a plane crash. It was late summer and the founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) was flying from Minneapolis in the US to the company HQ in Norfolk, Virginia when her plane encountered strong wind shear. The pilot attempted an emergency landing, but failed; back up they went.On the third attempt, with “a teaspoon of fuel” in the tank, he finally got the plane down safely. During those moments, Newkirk, now 76, scribbled a will on a napkin. She has tweaked it over the years, but it still reads like a horror movie prop list: her liver is to be sent to France to be made into foie gras, her skin to Hermès to create a handbag and her lips to whichever US president is in power, to shame them for granting a “patronising” pardon to a turkey each Thanksgiving. As wills...

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11 h. ago No people thought unaccounted for as UPS cargo plane crash toll stands at 14, Louisville mayor says

The mayor of Louisville, Kentucky, says the number of victims of a UPS cargo plane crash stands at 14 with nobody believed to be still unaccounted for among the missing

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14 h. ago He lost an eye, a hand and part of an ear, escaped a POW camp and survived a plane crash... LORD ASHCROFT pays glowing tribute to Britain's unkillable soldier

LORD ASHCROFT: The word 'legend' is overused. But on Remembrance Sunday, it is worth telling the story of a truly remarkable officer.

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22 h. ago UPS and FedEx ground some Boeing planes after deadly Louisville crash killed 14

UPS and FedEx grounded their MD-11 cargo planes Saturday after Boeing’s urging following a deadly UPS crash in Louisville

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27 h. ago The masterminds behind the briefcase robbery that cost the Bank of England £292million... it started with a petty thief and ballooned to a global criminal conspiracy linked to multiple murders

It's late in the afternoon on the Turkish Riviera and the sun is glinting into Keith Cheeseman's apartment above the Mediterranean sea.

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29 h. ago 'Angel on Earth' grandad and granddaughter, 3, killed in horror UPS plane crash

A beloved grandfather and his three-year-old granddaughter have been confirmed among the 13 victims of the UPS cargo jet disaster in Kentucky, which killed three pilots

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37 h. ago Former colleagues pay tributes to pilots killed in UPS cargo plane crash in Kentucky

Former colleagues are mourning three pilots killed in the UPS cargo plane crash near the Louisville, Kentucky, airport, as relatives of a badly burned man who was pulled from the wreckage confirm he’s also among the 13 who died

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37 h. ago The masterminds behind the briefcase robbery that cost the Bank of England £292million... it started with a pretty thief and ballooned to a global criminal conspiracy linked to multiple murders

It's late in the afternoon on the Turkish Riviera and the sun is glinting into Keith Cheeseman's apartment above the Mediterranean sea.

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38 h. ago Mystery bell heard during UPS cargo plane crash is investigated by NTSB

The crash killed 13 people, including three pilots

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38 h. ago Letitia James calls mortgage fraud case against her vindictive and asks judge to dismiss it

New York Attorney General Letitia James is asking a federal judge to dismiss a mortgage fraud case against her, calling it a vindictive and politically motivated prosecution brought at the behest of a president who regards her as an enemy

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39 h. ago Investigators look into 'repeating bell' heard during takeoff of UPS cargo plane that crashed

Investigators say a repeating bell sounded as pilots tried to control a UPS cargo plane upon takeoff before it crashed in Louisville, Kentucky, this week

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39 h. ago Tributes after girl, 3, and her grandfather are ID’d among victims in UPS cargo plane fireball: ‘His smile was unmatched’

Exclusive details: Louisnes ‘Lou’ Fedon’s former supervisor tells The Independent the 47-year-old warehouse worker was ‘just a pleasure to be around’

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42 h. ago Air India pilot ‘not to blame’ for crash that killed 241, court told

The elderly father of the pilot of an Air India flight that crashed on its way to Gatwick has called for an independent probe into the disaster

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42 h. ago Family devastated as girl, 3, and her grandpa collecting scrap metal among the victims in fireball UPS plane crash

Among the dead are a grandfather and his granddaughter who were “in the wrong place, at the wrong time,” according to a crowdfunding page set up by their relatives

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45 h. ago New video shows tire shop workers running for their lives as doomed UPS cargo plane explodes above them

New dashcam footage shows workers fleeing a tire shop business in Kentucky as the UPS cargo plane bursts into flames overhead.

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46 h. ago First victims of deadly UPS cargo plane crash that killed 13 are named

Crash investigators located the aircraft’s black box and have extracted 63 hours worth of ‘good data’ from the device

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48 h. ago First civilian victims of UPS plane crash in Kentucky named as grandfather and his granddaughter

The plane crash killed a grandfather and his granddaughter who were ‘in the wrong place at the wrong time’

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50 h. ago UPS plane crash update as 3 pilots killed in disaster as mum feared dead

This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated by our reporters as the breaking news story develops

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50 h. ago Plane crash horror leaves all three pilots dead with mum among the nine missing

Three pilots have been killed in the horror UPS cargo plane crash as search continues for nine missing people, including a mum-of-two who was reportedly in the area as the incident unfolded

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56 h. ago Captain and first officer of UPS plane crash in Louisville revealed as grim search for remaining victims continues

UPS officials identified the flight crew of the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 as Captain Richard Wartenberg, First Officer Lee Truitt and Relief Officer Dana Diamond.

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