7 h. ago New York helicopter broke apart in midair before deadly crash, report shows

NTSB report is US government’s first public explanation about what might have happenedUS transportation safety officials have released images of the New York City sightseeing helicopter that crashed earlier this year, killing a family of five and the pilot, showing that the aircraft began to break apart in midair, according to a preliminary report released on Wednesday.The report by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is the government’s first public explanation about what might have happened on 10 April, when the Bell 206L-4 helicopter plunged into the river. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Screen time is 'killing the family dinner chat', survey shows

Children are having to tell their parents to put their phones down at the table too 👀

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19 h. ago Investigators reveal disturbing new detail from Hudson River helicopter crash that killed six in NYC

Haunting new details have emerged of the last moment of a helicopter before it crashed into New York's Hudson River - killing a family of five and the pilot. 

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23 h. ago Cruise ship 'murder' victim killed after stag do 'fight' described as 'lovely grandad'

"Lovely grandad" James Messham was reportedly on a stag do with friends and family when he was killed in an "altercation" just hours after the MSC Virtuosa set sail

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23 h. ago Judge says Bryan Kohberger's family can attend upcoming trial in University of Idaho killings

A judge says Bryan Kohberger’s immediate family members may attend his upcoming quadruple-murder trial in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students, even if they might be called to testify

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33 h. ago Incredible moment family of killer whales come within feet of tourist boat off English coast in 'once

Extraordinary footage captured the moment a pod of killer whales came within a few feet of a tourist boat three miles off the coast of Northumberland.

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34 h. ago BREAKING: Derby stabbing: Restaurant owner and 'devoted family man' named as man killed in Lloyds bank

The victim of a stabbing at a Derby bank has been named locally as Gurvinder Singh Johal, who is known to friends as "Danny"

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43 h. ago Member of beloved grizzly bear family hit and killed in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park

A 5-year-old bear that was a member of a beloved grizzly family in Wyoming’s Grand Teton National Park has died

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49 h. ago Civil rights lawsuit filed in Florida deputy’s killing of US Airman Roger Fortson

The family of a U.S. airman who was killed by a Florida sheriff’s deputy inside his own home in 2024 has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit over the shooting

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52 h. ago Was Virginia Giuffre killed? Inside the troubling trail of Epstein

From the moment the news broke that the body of Virginia Giuffre had been found at her Australian farmhouse last Friday, dark theories started spreading online.

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3 d. ago Layton Carr: Heartbroken family pay tribute to ‘cheeky, happy lad’ killed in Gatehouse industrial estate fire

Layton Carr died after a blaze broke out near Fairfield industrial park in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, on Friday

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4 d. ago ‘Uninvited guest’ opened fire at Texas family party, killing one and wounding 14 others, police say

One person was killed and 14 others were wounded after a shooting at a family party in Houston in the early hours of Sunday.

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4 d. ago Girl, 10, killed as tree falls on family home in Atlanta during storm

‘That wasn’t just my little sister. That was my best friend,’ said Erica Dixon’s 14-year-old sister

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5 d. ago Greyscale and prune your algorithm: ‘digital nutritionist’ offers advice on cutting down screen time

Kaitlyn Regehr says parents worrying about their children need first to look at their own usageSwitching off the colours on your phone and spending half an hour a week pruning your algorithm can help consumers control and improve their online media diet, according to a professor turned “digital nutritionist”.These two measures, otherwise known as greyscaling and algorithmic resistance, are among a number of recommendations from Dr Kaitlyn Regehr, an associate professor at University College London and a leading expert in digital literacy. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Driver jailed for killing girl, 9, in horror crash as family pay tribute to 'funny, loving and gentle' daughter

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Alice William's was killed as she crossed the road in 2023, her dad says Alice's death had destroyed his wife's mental health and left him feeling "numb" for years since

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7 d. ago Hayfever killed my son while he celebrated the end of his GCSEs with friends

Helena Dale, 56, lost her son, Joe, then 16, after he went out to the park with pals to following the end of exams during the height of summer.

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7 d. ago How screen time rewires your child’s brain and what you can do about it

Scans show screen time can change the brain’s physical structure and pathways

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7 d. ago Ministers’ ‘evangelical’ support for EdTech sparks warning by campaigner

Baroness Kidron told Parliament that pupils were being wrapped ‘in a world of digital products’ that normalised screen time over human interaction.

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7 d. ago Brave daughter of Fordingbridge Massacre family 'surprised' by reaction to killer's death

Michelle Cleaver has told the Mirror of her emotional reaction to the death of George Stephenson who was jailed in 1986 for his role in the horrific massacre that killed five

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7 d. ago 'Laughing clown' tells girl to set family's home on fire and murder stepmum

A 12-year-old girl was accused of starting a fire in her family's flat before stabbing and killing her stepmother Maria Torres, claiming that a 'laughing clown' had told her to do it

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