5 h. ago Teen speaks of shock after surviving lightning strike in New York’s Central Park

"I was so scared to lose him because it was looking very, very bad,” the teen’s mother said

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33 h. ago Teen struck by lightning in NYC’s Central Park as severe weather strikes the east coast

New York City, along with Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., were under severe thunderstorm watches Thursday afternoon and evening

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3 d. ago British tourists visit chippy in New York and are stunned to find Scottish delicacy

British couple Ryan and Jade were stunned after finding a Scottish delicacy being sold in a fish and chip shop in central New York City, and they had to try it for themselves

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4 d. ago Remains of missing teen Pheobe Bishop discovered as heartbroken family speak out

Pheobe Bishop vanished en route to Bundaberg Airport in southern Queensland on May 15. Some weeks later the teenager's housemates were charged with her murder.

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4 d. ago Three hikers killed by lightning strike at popular Austrian holiday spot

The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon

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6 d. ago Welsh church sustains 'significant damage' in lightning strike

Caersalem Church in Caernarfon was hit by a bolt of lightning at around 6am this morning as a thunderstorm swept across Wales

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8 d. ago How Prince William has upheld his promise to survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire after the shock of being heckled on his first visit with his grandmother

The late Queen and Prince William visited the site to speak with survivors, relatives of those who died, as well as volunteers and emergency services workers on June 16, 2017.

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8 d. ago Air India crash survivor’s family ‘in shock’ after ‘miraculous’ escape

The family of Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the Air India crash, has said it was a “miracle” that he survived the doomed flight which saw the other 241 passengers onboard perish.

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1 week ago The Sexual Evolution by Nathan H Lents review – colourful tales of animal reproduction

From gay penguin parents to snake orgies, a biology professor looks at sexual adaptation in the animal world In 1998, Roy and Silo, a pair of male chinstrap penguins at Central Park Zoo in New York, were given an abandoned egg to incubate after zookeepers observed them performing mating rituals together. For 34 days, they took turns sitting on it. When the egg hatched, the story became a viral sensation. The New York Times celebrated “A Love That Dare Not Squeak Its Name”. Roy, Silo and their daughter Tango became the subject of a LGBTQ-friendly children’s book, And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell.Biology professor Nathan Lents remembers receiving copies of Tango as a gift when he and his husband became foster parents. Fast-forward to the present day, and Tango tops Pen America’s list of the most frequently banned picture books in the US. It was part of a high-profile lawsuit in Nassau County, Florida, and was designated for pulping by officials in...

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1 week ago ‘Made for sex’: the hedonistic party palaces of New York’s Fire Island – and the blond bombshell who made them

It is a ‘queer Xanadu’, a sliver of sand where weekend-long revelling takes place in fabulous modernist beach-houses. As Fire Island gets its mojo back, we celebrate the Speedos-wearing architect who defined its lookPosters advertising a “bear weekend” cling to the utility poles on Fire Island, punctuating the wooden boardwalks that meander through a lush dune landscape of beach grass and pitch pine. It’s not a celebration of grizzlies, by the looks of the flyers, but of large bearded men in small swimming trunks, bobbing in the pools and sprawled on the sundecks of mid-century modernist homes. You might also find them frolicking in the bushes of this idyllic car-free island, a nature reserve of an unusual kind that stretches in a 30-mile sliver of sand off the coast of Long Island in New York.Over the last century, Fire Island Pines, as the central square-mile section of this sandy spit is known, has evolved into something of a queer Xanadu. Now counting about 600 homes, it is a pl...

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2 w. ago Aberdeenshire fire: Lightning strike sets house on fire as Police Scotland close road

There were no reported injuries.

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2 w. ago Lightning strike sets Scots house on fire as road closed off

The road is currently closed in both directions.

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3 w. ago Performers and opera lovers see 'The Central Park Five' as a show of resistance against Trump

As Detroit Opera officials made plans last fall to bring a production based on the Central Park Five to their 2025 lineup, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump loomed large and just off stage

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3 w. ago Fresh twist in Jay Slater inquest as 'missing' convicted drug dealer who was last person to see teen alive speaks out

EXCLUSIVE: Ayab Qassim from London was the last person to see Jay Slater alive before he disappeared - sparking a four week manhunt culminating in his body being found in a ravine.

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4 w. ago The best New York hotels for 2025: Where to stay in Manhattan, Brooklyn and more NYC hotspots

Whatever Big Apple neighbourhood you find yourself in, these are the best New York City hotels for central stays and luxurious views

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