32 h. ago Pilot cheats death as horrifying footage shows plane crashing into ocean

Mark Finkelstein - a seasoned pilot with 17 years experience - was planning to have a quick 20 minute flight around Oak Island Pier in North Carolina when he suffered engine failure and was forced to crash land in the sea

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37 h. ago Pilot cheats death after terrifying crash into the ocean as rescuers pull him from sunken plane

Mark Finkelstein was pulled from his single engine aircraft on August 2 near Oak Island Pier, North Carolina , after having to ditch the plane into the water.

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37 h. ago BUCKTIN: 'Family values' politician laced granddaughters' ice

In this week's round-up of bonkers news from across the Pond: cocaine sundaes, fake drownings and the Queen of Doomsday who has enough food to keep her family alive for 25 years

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53 h. ago Takeaways from AP's reporting on concerns about gymnastics coach before arrest in sex abuse case

Concerns about a banned gymnastics coach arrested amid allegations he abused girls he coached surfaced years before police or sports authorities took action

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54 h. ago Girls, parents and gym owner reported concerns about gymnastics coach years before sex abuse case

Concerns about a banned gymnastics coach arrested amid allegations he abused girls he coached surfaced years before police or sports authorities took action

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54 h. ago Pensioner charged with child cruelty offences after boys fell ill at summer camp appears in court

Jon Ruben, 76, appeared at Leicester Crown Court for a brief hearing on Friday

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55 h. ago Retired vet 'will face more charges' after he was accused of lacing summer camp boys' sweets with sedatives

Jon Ruben, 76, has been charged with child cruelty offences relating to three boys, but was not asked to enter any pleas during his brief 15-minute hearing at Leicester Crown Court this morning.

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56 h. ago Pensioner accused of lacing summer camp boys' sweets with sedatives to face January trial on child cruelty charges

Jon Ruben, of Wayte Court in Ruddington, Nottinghamshire, is charged with child cruelty offences relating to three boys but was not asked to enter any pleas this morning.

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57 h. ago Pilot pulled from plane wreckage underwater in dramatic rescue

Drone footage shows a pilot being dragged by his legs out of a submerged cockpit after ditching his plane in the ocean to avoid a busy beach.

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3 d. ago North Carolina election official charged with child abuse after allegedly putting MDMA in granddaughters’ ice cream

James Yokeley has denied the allegations that he put drugs into his granddaughters’ ice cream

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3 d. ago Second woman accuses ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan of sexual misconduct

Exclusive: New accuser tells the Guardian she was subjected to a ‘constant onslaught’ of advances by Khan. He denies any wrongdoingA second woman has come forward to an inquiry investigating sexual abuse allegations against Karim Khan, the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court (ICC), the Guardian has learned.The woman has alleged that while working for the prominent British lawyer earlier in his career, he behaved inappropriately, subjecting her to unwanted sexual advances, abused his authority over her, and repeatedly sought to pressure her into sexual activity. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Inside the school refusal crisis: how a mother and her daughters survived a broken system

Caro Giles had to home-educate three of her four daughters when they grew so distressed at the prospect of school that they made themselves ill. Why is our approach to education failing so many young people?There are things Caro Giles will never be able to forget. The moment when Emmie, her “shiny bookworm” of a daughter, crouched “wide-eyed with terror” in the footwell of the car to avoid going to school. Or when another daughter ripped out her eyelashes in distress. Or when she had to carry her eldest, Matilda, then 11, out of the house because she was so scared to go outside.These behaviours, Giles believes, were predominantly caused by the experience and prospect of school. Giles, a single mother of four daughters, watched as Matilda endured a miserable two years in primary school before withdrawing her – making her “electively home-educated” in official jargon. Ada, her second eldest, was mostly home-schooled until 2018, when Giles’s marriage ended and her children had to retur...

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4 d. ago Entitled mom boarded flight then warned stranger she'd have to babysit her toddler if she didn't swap seats

Alexis Cash shared her recent experience on a 10-hour flight where a mom demanded she give up her premium economy seat.

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4 d. ago Election denier who worked to overturn Trump’s 2020 loss is named top official for ‘Election Integrity’

Heather Honey worked to overturn presidential election results in Trump’s favor in 2020 and Arizona’s gubernatorial results in Kari Lake’s favor in 2022

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4 d. ago Ukrainian refugee, 23, who fled Putin's war stabbed to death at train station

Iryna "Ira" Zarutska, 23, fled to the US following Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine but was tragically killed in Charlotte, North Carolina - a man has been charged with her murder

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4 d. ago Minnesota woman charged for using racial slur against Black child as her fundraising tops $800,000

Minnesota prosecutors have filed misdemeanor disorderly conduct charges against a woman accused of using a racial slur against a Black child at a playground

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5 d. ago Woman who fled Ukraine to escape war stabbed to death in North Carolina train station

The suspect, a homeless man with a lengthy criminal history, will be charged with first-degree murder after he is released from the hospital.

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5 d. ago Australia shooting UPDATES: 'Sex offender' kills cops and takes kids hostage

Dezi Freeman allegedly killed two police officers in Porpepunkah, Australia before he fled into bushland - police were visiting his home execute to execute a warrant relating to sex abuse allegations

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5 d. ago 'I'm a professor and you'll retain information easily with this simple trick'

Dr Jeffrey Kaplan, who teaches philosophy at the University of North Carolina, has shared a simple trick that will help you read and retain information better

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5 d. ago Woman who fled Ukraine to escape horrors of war tragically stabbed to death at North Carolina train station

Iryna Zarutska, 23, was found dead at 9.55pm on Friday at South End light rail station in North Carolina.

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