12 h. ago Toddler mauled to death by family's pet pit bull in 'horrible' dog attack at home

Blakely Blosser was killed by the pit bull at her home in Dover, Ohio, on July 2. Her mother Nicole had leaned over in order to pick up some laundry when Blakely was behind her, which led the pet to turn violent. In the single moment Nicole turned her back, the dog growled and jumped at Blakely, biting at the helpless baby several times, including at her throat and face.

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14 h. ago Homeless drifter obsessed with the occult had spent two years on the run from police before brutally beating grandmother to death after chance meeting while she walked her dog

Violent thug Roy Barclay developed an obsession with the occult before leaving a pensioner fighting for his life following a brutal attack and later battering a dog walker to death.

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38 h. ago Bad nanny's chilling note: Scam artist Samantha Cookes who conned vulnerable families wrote disturbing message about death of her baby daughter the day she was due to be adopted

Rebecca Fitzgerald, Lucy Hart, and Sadie Harris - these are just some of the aliases used by Cookes, the jailed fraudster with victims in the UK and Ireland.

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45 h. ago Pensioner seriously injured after being attacked by three dogs in Highlands

An air-ambulance rushed the 69-year-old to hospital following the dog attack.

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2 d. ago Manhunt underway after dog walker 'punched to ground' in brutal attack

An investigation has been launched after a dog walker was attacked on Aitchison Street in Airdrie.

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3 d. ago Families sift through debris and begin cleanup as Texas flood death toll rises

Footage shows residents kayaking through their neighbourhoods and wading through debris in Wellington boots, as they navigate the aftermath of the deadly Texas flood.

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3 d. ago The faces of the Texas floods: Tragic victims, a heroic father, brave camp directors and families clinging to hope as the death toll climbs to 82

As the full scale of the devastation from the Texas floods begins to unfold, tales of tragedy and heroic sacrifice have begun to emerge.

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3 d. ago Pope Leo XIV's touching message to families of Texas flood victims as death toll rises to 79

Search teams are using helicopters, boats and drones to look for victims in flash floods that have torn across central Texas since the at the start of the July Fourth weekend

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6 d. ago Boy who was killed in dog attack on farm 'enjoyed playing with dogs', trial hears

Daniel Twigg's parents Mark Twigg and Joanne Bedford deny manslaughter and offences under the Dangerous Dog Act

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6 d. ago Nan 'shielded toddler grandson with her own body' during horror mauling

Willesden Magistrates' Court heard that Bully Oynx got out of the family's north London home and attacked a two-year-old boy on the street, forcing his grandmother to intervene

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7 d. ago Bryan Kohberger's plea deal splits Idaho apart... as judge scolds people trying to sway his mind

Two families have slammed the deal for allowing him to avoid the death penalty, while the other two breathed a sigh of relief that the case never has to go to trial.

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7 d. ago Anita Rose murder: Man accused of killing dog walker jailed for OAP attack

Roy Barclay, 56, denies murdering dog walker Anita Rose last summer, but was jailed for attacking an 82-year-old man 10 years ago - leaving the OAP severely injured

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8 d. ago Man accused of dog walker murder was jailed for attack on pensioner – court

Roy Barclay denies murdering Anita Rose, who was found unconscious in Brantham, Suffolk, on July 24 last year.

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8 d. ago XL Bully mauls family dog to death in horrific street attack

Lee Bennison was left covered in blood as his beloved pet dog Daisy was killed after being attacked by two unmuzzled XL bully dogs in Darwen, Lancashire

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8 d. ago Mum told 999 son, 3, had been 'ripped to pieces' after dog attack at farm

Daniel Twigg, three, died after being attacked by two dogs at a farm in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. His parents Mark Twigg and Joanne Bedford are now on trial

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9 d. ago Liverpool dog attack: Mum's face left 'pouring with blood' after 1am mauling

WARNING - GRAPHIC IMAGES: Cody Davies, 31, had been out with a friend when she stopped to stroke a 'pitbull type' dog - which jumped up and attacked her within seconds

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1 week ago Teenagers threaten to kick woman's 'baby in the head' and steal her dog in street attack

Police are hunting three teenage boys over the attack in which they threatened a woman and her baby.

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1 week ago Rochdale dog attack: Armed police rush to scene as American Bulldog bites woman

Greater Manchester Police said a woman was attacked by an American Bulldog in Spotland, Rochdale, on Sunday morning - armed police rushed to the scene in response

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1 week ago Chalkwell Park tree crushes girl, 7, to death with second child 'critical'

Essex Police said in a statement following news of the young girl's death this evening that the families involved in the shock Southend incident will be 'facing unimaginable hardship'

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1 week ago ‘Basically impossible to get them back’: Russia’s mass abduction of Ukrainian children is a war crime, say experts

As territories shift and divide families, desperate parents are travelling to Russia to find their children, many of whom have been moved into military camps or orphanagesAs many as 35,000 Ukrainian children are still missing and thought to be held in Russia or Russian-occupied territories, according to an American team of experts, with families saying they are being forced to take desperate and risky measures to try to rescue them.As Russian forces began their invasion in February 2022, children were abducted from care homes, from the battlefield after the death of their parents, or under coercion directly from their families. Continue reading...

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