6 h. ago Police in Florida shoot woman dead in car park after disturbance

The woman had brandished the gun, in between cars, in a car park in the highly populated area.

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6 h. ago Police shoot woman dead in restaurant car park in major incident as officer 'injured'

Three officers shot at the woman, who was declared dead at the scene, at a restaurant car park in Deerfield Beach, Florida on Thursday. It is believed she had been inside the restaurant with a gun

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8 h. ago Police in Florida shoot dead woman in car park following disturbance

Broward Sheriff’s Office said police were called to a disturbance in Deerfield Beach, which is a city in Florida, where it is said three officers opened fire at a woman

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13 h. ago Columbia University protests: Two police officers injured after 'outrageous' crowd surge

Columbia University, which is in New York City, has condemned the behaviour of students who stood on tables during a protest in the main reading room of a campus library

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30 h. ago Gang member who had flings with prison officer and nurse sparks week

Harri Pullen, 27, was jailed after he injured himself resisting officers who caught him drug-dealing on an e-bike following his release from a four-year sentence

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67 h. ago Three people killed after small boat capsized off San Diego coast

Boat overturned by high surf near California left four others injured and US Coast Guard searching for nine missingThree people were killed, four were injured and nine others are missing after a small boat overturned early on Monday in high surf off the coast of San Diego, California.Vessels and helicopters with the US Coast Guard were searching for the missing while the four injured were sent to hospitals, authorities said. Coast Guard officials said they did not know where the 12ft (3.7-meter) boat was coming from before it flipped. Continue reading...

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67 h. ago 3 killed and 9 missing after small boat capsizes off San Diego, Coast Guard says

Officials say three people were killed, four were injured and nine others are missing after a small boat overturned in the ocean off San Diego

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3 d. ago 5 Virginia prison guards are injured by inmates accused of being MS

Prison officials in Virginia say five guards have been injured in an attack by inmates who are MS-13 gang members

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4 d. ago Leicester vs Southampton halted as referee injured with Jamie Vardy to rescue

Fans had a brutal chant for referee David Webb when the official was injured during Leicester City's clash with Southampton at the King Power Stadium

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6 d. ago One dead and another critically injured after car ploughs into restaurant as police launch manhunt for driver

Police have launched a manhunt in a desperate bid to find the driver who fled the scene on foot bfore officers arrived. The collision left one dead and one fighting for their life in hospital

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8 d. ago California plane crash: At least one killed in latest aviation disaster as witnesses describe wreckage

A pilot was killed in Tehama County, California on Tuesday afternoon and at least one passenger has suffered severe injuries, the Tehama County Sheriff's Office said

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8 d. ago Iranian journalists say they are being muzzled over reporting port explosion

Criminal charges against media outlets have raised concerns about press freedomIranian journalists have warned of a media crackdown after a series of incidents, the most recent an explosion at a munitions company in which one person was killed and two injured.The explosion on Tuesday, for which there has been no official explanation, occurred in Isfahan, only two days after a thwarted cyber-attack on the communications infrastructure on Sunday, and a huge explosion on Saturday at the strategic southern port of Shahid Rajaee, near Bandar Abbas. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Eight men face trial after trouble at Scottish Premiership match between Motherwell and Celtic

Prosecutors say a police officer was injured as fans without tickets forced their way into Fir Park, causing "mass overcrowding" in the stadium.

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1 week ago Mass shooting in Myrtle Beach tourist hotspot leaves 11 injured, suspect killed by police

At least 11 people have been injured and one suspect has been killed in an officer-involved shooting in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

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1 week ago Huge explosion in Iranian port kills at least five and injures more than 500

Official suggests blast in southern port of Shahid Rajaee in Bandar Abbas due to explosion of chemicals in containersAn immense blast in Iran’s southern port of Shahid Rajaee has killed at least five people and injured more than 700, according to state media, with an official suggesting the fire was caused by the explosion of chemical containers.A spokesperson for Iran’s crisis management body pointed to poor storage conditions of chemicals as the trigger for the port explosion. “The cause of the explosions was the chemicals inside the containers,” Hossein Zafari, a crisis management spokesperson, told Iran’s ILNA news agency. He added that the port administration had previously been warned about the danger these chemicals posed. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Huge explosion in Iranian port kills at least eight and injures more than 500

Official suggests blast in southern port of Shahid Rajaee in Bandar Abbas due to explosion of chemicals in containersAn immense blast in Iran’s southern port of Shahid Rajaee has killed at least eight people and injured more than 700, according to state media, with an official suggesting the fire was caused by the explosion of chemical containers.A spokesperson for Iran’s crisis management body pointed to poor storage conditions of chemicals as the trigger for the port explosion. “The cause of the explosions was the chemicals inside the containers,” Hossein Zafari, a crisis management spokesperson, told Iran’s ILNA news agency. He added that the port administration had previously been warned about the danger these chemicals posed. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Huge explosion in Iranian port kills at least four and injures more than 500

Official suggests blast in southern port of Shahid Rajaee in Bandar Abbas due to explosion of chemicals in containersAn immense blast in Iran’s southern port of Shahid Rajaee has killed at least four people and injured more than 500, according to state media, with an official suggesting the fire was caused by the explosion of chemical containers.A spokesperson for Iran’s crisis management body pointed to poor storage conditions of chemicals as the trigger for the port explosion. “The cause of the explosions was the chemicals inside the containers,” Hossein Zafari, a crisis management spokesperson, told Iran’s ILNA news agency. He added that the port administration had previously been warned about the danger these chemicals posed. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Foreign Office issues 'do not travel' warning after 150 injured in huge earthquake

More than 150 people have been injured

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2 w. ago Use of Tasers in prisons to be trialled after Manchester bomb plotter attack on guards

Four prison officers were injured in an attack by Manchester bomb plotter Hashem Abedi

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2 w. ago Police officer seriously injured after 'stolen car ploughs into vehicle during 110mph chase'

Officers from Greater Manchester Police were called to reports of a car being stolen in Lancashire Hill, Stockport, at around 3.30am this morning.

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