16 h. ago Plane passenger warns of creepy act fellow traveler committed as she slept on American Airlines flight

Danielle, who lives in Virginia, took to TikTok to unravel the details about her unsettling experience in a courtroom-style video.

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61 h. ago Taliban release American woman held in Afghanistan for using drone

Faye Dail Hall was detained in February on accusations of unauthorized drone usage

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61 h. ago Woman released by Taliban 'dragged away screaming' from Brit couple still in captivity

The daughter of Barbie and Peter Reynolds who have been detained by the Taliban has said an American woman who was arrested alongside them was dragged 'kicking and screaming' away from them

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62 h. ago US woman released by Taliban after guards forcibly dragged her from British pensioner couple still being held in Afghanistan

Faye Hall was today released by the Taliban after the Trump administration removed bounties worth millions of pounds from three senior members.

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3 d. ago ‘What the hell?’ Alysa Liu wins USA’s first women’s figure skating world title in 19 years

Liu completes stunning comeback with world titleJapan’s Sakamoto finishes second and Chiba thirdAlysa Liu completed her stunning comeback to competitive figure skating with a world championship title on Friday night in Boston, becoming the first American woman to win the sport’s biggest competition outside the Olympics in nearly two decades.The 19-year-old from Clovis, California, who vanished from the sport nearly three years ago uncertain if she’d ever return, delivered a spellbinding free skate inside a sold-out TD Garden to dethrone three-time defending champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan. Skating in a shimmering gold dress to the pulsing sounds of Boston-born Donna Summer, Liu landed all of her jumps cleanly and drew a standing ovation before finishing with 222.97 points overall – enough to secure gold in front of a rollicking home crowd. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Alysa Liu vaults to shock lead at figure skating worlds with statement program

American leads after short at worlds as favorites falterJapan’s Chiba second, USA’s Levito third entering freeInterview: Liu on her remarkable comeback to skatingAlysa Liu became the youngest ever US figure skating champion at 13 years old before vanishing from the sport at 16, uncertain if she’d ever return. Now, at 19, she’s back – and suddenly within touching distance of a world title that no American woman has claimed in nearly two decades.On the opening afternoon of the world figure skating championships, the teenager from Clovis, California, delivered a career-best short program that not only captivated the home crowd at TD Garden, but vaulted her into the lead with 74.58 points – her highest international score to date. Her emotional performance to the song Promise by Laufey and Dan Wilson enamored the crowd and left Liu blinking back tears as she exited the ice. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago American woman who went on vacation to the English countryside finds unexpected love with her Airbnb host

Megan Baxter, 26, wanted to take a 'solo trip' to remote town in England... unknowing that she would find the love of her life upon arriving.

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5 d. ago 'Lonely' Taliban man gets married in glitzy ceremony but his new wife is banned

The ceremony for the high-ranking Taliban member was held in northern Kabul, Afghanistan, and was attended by thousands of blokes who showered the groom with gifts

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6 d. ago Serial harasser arrested for groping young woman aboard American Airlines flight, feds say

Exclusive: Cherian Abraham was charged Monday with one count of abusive sexual contact, which carries up to two years in federal prison

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6 d. ago Serial harasser banned from American Airlines for allegedly groping young woman aboard flight

Exclusive: Cherian Abraham is no longer welcome aboard American’s planes, a spokesperson told The Independent

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8 d. ago Fears British pensioner held by the Taliban along with his wife could die before he is released as family issues health update

The daughter of an elderly British couple imprisoned in Afghanistan for unclear reasons says that she worried her parents could die in jail as their health deteriorates. 

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8 d. ago Family of Milwaukee mother deported by Trump to Laos launches fundraiser to bring her home

Ma Yang’s partner says Milwaukee is the only home the Hmong-American woman has known since arriving in the US at eight months old

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1 week ago American man abducted by the Taliban more than two years ago has been released, the State Department says

Officials said Glezmann’s release was done as the result of negotiations and no prisoner exchange took place

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1 week ago US man released after being held by Taliban for more than two years

George Glezmann was abducted more than two years ago while traveling through Afghanistan as a touristUS politics live – latest updatesA US man who was abducted more than two years ago while traveling through Afghanistan as a tourist has been released by the Taliban in a deal brokered by Donald Trump’s hostage envoy, Adam Boehler, and Qatari negotiators.George Glezmann, an airline mechanic from Atlanta, is the third American detainee to be released by the Taliban since January. He was seized by the Taliban’s intelligence services in December 2022 and was designated by the US government as wrongfully detained the following year. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Critics give mixed reaction to Snow White, calling remake ‘awful and enchanting’

The Disney movie is a remake of the popular 1930s animated film Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs.

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2 w. ago Airman charged in killing of Native American woman who went missing 7 months ago in South Dakota

A 24-year-old airman has been charged with killing a Native American woman who went missing in South Dakota about seven months ago

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2 w. ago The breathtaking secret past of American wombat woman who has shocked the nation

The female US tourist who manhandled a baby wombat and enraged the world is no stranger to controversy as new details emerge about her chequered past.

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3 w. ago Belle Gibson's Netflix drama Apple Cider Vinegar is SLAMMED by fuming influencer

American woman Jordan Younger first met Gibson in New York in 2013 during a five-hour dinner where they "held hands," across the table and "sobbed together," over perceived brain cancer prognosis.

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3 w. ago 'Crazy plane lady' who went viral over 'not real' passenger on Elon Musk rumour that 'he hit'

The woman in the viral clip of her yelling to an American Airlines cabin has found herself dispelling rumours that she slept with tech lord and US official Elon Musk

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3 w. ago American woman sparks row with 'unhinged' method of revenge after finding out her boyfriend was cheating on her with three women

Emely Zambrano, from the US, who discovered her boyfriend had been unfaithful with multiple women, filmed the moment she enacted petty revenge - by printing out hundreds of screenshots.

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