21 h. ago Washington DC shooting latest: Suspect charged with murder after Israeli couple shot at ‘21 times’ near Jewish Museum

Shooting victims named as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgram, while suspect identified as Elias Rodriguez

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24 h. ago Suspect charged with murder for ‘killing two Israeli Embassy staff members’ in Washington DC shooting

Elias Rodriguez of Chicago told officers from the Metropolitan Police Department at the scene: ‘I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza, I am unarmed’

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32 h. ago Suspect charged with murder for ‘killing two Israeli Embassy staff members in Washington DC’

Elias Rodriguez, of Chicago, told officers from the Metropolitan Police Department at the scene: ‘I did it for Palestine, I did it for Gaza, I am unarmed’

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32 h. ago Suspect charged with murder in shooting of Israeli embassy staffers

US attorney general says Chicago-based suspect believed to have acted alone in killing of couple at Jewish museumUS politics live – latest updatesThe US justice department on Thursday charged the lone suspect in a brazen attack that killed two young Israeli embassy staff members outside an event at the Jewish museum in downtown Washington DC with two counts of first degree murder.Jeanine Pirro, the interim US attorney for Washington, said at a press conference on Thursday afternoon that authorities were also investigating as a “hate crime and a crime of terrorism” the killings that left the US capital in shock as world leaders condemned the “horrible” and “antisemitic” shootings. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago I’ve studied the history of death. I know how we can better face up to our grief – and our own mortality | Molly Conisbee

How we deal with bereavement has changed enormously over the years. But not all the old traditions should be forgottenMany years ago, as part of a school homework project, I asked my grandparents what the most significant social change had been during their lifetime. Two of them answered “child mortality”. I was surprised. Weren’t there other, more significant experiences in long lives that had stretched from the first and second world wars to the 1980s?But now that I am older and have experienced bereavement, I understand their replies. Both grandparents had sisters who died of diphtheria. And my grandfather’s younger brother died of sepsis, meaning his parents had buried two of their four children before the age of three. Their childhoods had been profoundly shaped by loss. Child mortality was, at that time, horrifyingly common, and from their earliest years many people spent a great deal of their lives coping with the emotional fallout of grief, which shaped their lives into olde...

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6 d. ago HMRC warns parents over Child Benefit payments as deadline looms

The deadline applies to parents who are claiming Child Benefit with children aged 16 and are continuing in education or approved training, and parents are being urged to take action

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9 d. ago Moment masked ICE agents leave a child alone on the street as they arrest the person he was walking with

Councilwoman who filmed video says ‘it felt like our community ... is under siege’

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1 week ago Atomic Kitten's Liz McClarnon pregnant with first child after lengthy IVF journey

The Atomic Kitten star has told fans she's expecting her first child at the age of 44

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1 week ago HMRC says parents of teens could lose £1,350 Child Benefit if they don't act soon

Those claiming the benefit - and have a child aged 16 years who is continuing education or moving into approved training - will need to update their details to extend their claim before August 31

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1 week ago Attempted murder Dundee: Suspect charged over 'attempted murder' of man found seriously hurt outside city pub

A 38-year-old man has been charged in connection with the attempted murder of a man found seriously injured outside of a Dundee pub.

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1 week ago Parents can save £7,500 a year as 30 hours free childcare applications open today

If your child is between the age of nine months and two years old, you must be earning the equivalent of the national minimum wage for 16 hours a week, on average, but less than £100,000 a year

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2 w. ago Eliza Cummings is pregnant! Agent Provocateur model and Nat Rothschild's ex reveals she's expecting her second child with celebrity photographer husband 18 years her senior

The 34-year-old - a former girlfriend of financier Nat Rothschild - took to her Instagram page today to announce she's expecting her second child with her Hollywood photographer husband Greg Williams.

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2 w. ago Child Benefit payments will stop for thousands of parents at the end of this month

You can claim Child Benefit if you're responsible for a child under the age of 16, or if they are under the age of 20 and still in approved education or training

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2 w. ago Police charge 2nd suspect with murder in the death of a Super Bowl reporter at his hotel

Authorities say they've charged a second suspect with murder in the death of a television reporter on assignment to cover the Super Bowl in New Orleans

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2 w. ago Child actor Millena Brandão dead at 11 after suffering ‘multiple heart attacks’

Brandão appeared in Netflix’s ‘Sintonia’

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2 w. ago Has you child done the 20 things they should do before 10 years old? asks expert

Parents have been advised by an expert on outdoor activities every child should do before the age of 10, as research shows a worrying concern on kids spending more time indoors

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2 w. ago Child actor dies aged 11 after suffering 'multiple heart attacks'

A beloved child actor has tragically passed away after suffering multiple heart attacks, her mother has confirmed.

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2 w. ago Milena Brandao dead: Child star dies aged 11 just days after brain tumour diagnosis

Milena Brandão, 11, was hospitalised in a serious condition after she had suffered from severe headaches. The young star's grieving mother announced the sad news in a heartbreaking social media post

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3 w. ago A fourth person dies from Minneapolis mass shooting and the suspect is charged with murder

Police say a fourth person has died as a result of a mass shooting in Minneapolis in which investigators believe a fifth person was killed in retaliation

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3 w. ago 'Our daughter is a baby living in an adult's body and we have no idea why'

Mia is fourteen but has the mental age of a much younger child of around six months after being diagnosed with chronic epilepsy as a child, with doctors unsure what caused it

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