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abc.net.au | 13 min. ago NEW

Triple-fatal plane crash 'likely' followed instructor's mid-air rule breach

A flight instructor killed along with two young pilots in a plane crash near the Murray Mouth had "likely" entered a spin for which the aircraft had not been approved, the ATSB finds.

kyivindependent.com | 1 hrs. 24 min. ago

Russia launched over 100 ballistic missiles against Kyiv in past two weeks

Zelensky's comments come one day Russian ballistic missiles targeted Kyiv in a deadly attack on a university campus, a major bridge, an administrative building, and medical facilities in Kyiv. The attack killed one person and injured 15.

nypost.com | 2 hrs. 23 min. ago

Venezuelan illegal immigrant killed by Chicago FBI agent was caught and released under Biden: sources

An off-duty FBI agent in Chicago shot and killed Oscar Corrales, 27, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela who was firing a gun toward a homeless encampment.

dailymail.com | 2 hrs. 54 min. ago

Series of failures allowed mentally ill man to be freed from custody hours before he bludgeoned three pensioners to death, inquest jury concludes

Paranoid schizophrenic Alexander Lewis-Ranwell attacked Anthony Payne, 80, with a hammer and killed identical twins Dick and Roger Carter, 84, with a saw on February 10, 2019 in Exeter.

theguardian.com | 5 hrs. 5 min. ago

Serial killer Ted Bundy linked through DNA to 1974 murder of Utah girl

Discovery comes months after Utah county detectives confirmed that Bundy had killed another Utah girl that yearThe notorious serial killer Ted Bundy has been found responsible, through DNA evidence, for the murder of Melissa Ann Smith, a 17-year-old Utah girl who went missing in 1974 before her nude body was found days later, state authorities announced at a Tuesday news conference.The breakthrough comes months after Utah county detectives confirmed in April that Bundy killed another Utah girl, 17-year-old Laura Ann Aime, in 1974. Continue reading...

nbcnews.com | 5 hrs. 8 min. ago

Alex Pretti’s parents demand DOJ release evidence of fatal ICE shooting

The parents of Alex Pretti, the ICU nurse and U.S. citizen who was killed in Minneapolis said they were “begging” the Justice Department “to do what is right.”

nypost.com | 5 hrs. 15 min. ago

California mosque where gunmen killed 3 in May abruptly put on lockdown

The Islamic Center was the site of a mass shooting on May 18.

globalnews.ca | 5 hrs. 16 min. ago

B.C. man who started dog rescue killed while saving animals in Ukraine

"The best thing I can say is Jesse was a force of nature," Penny Stone, executive director of the Victoria Humane Society, told Global News.

foxnews.com | 6 hrs. 46 min. ago

Venezuelan illegal immigrant killed by FBI agent in Chicago was caught and released under Biden: sources

Federal law enforcement sources told Fox News the man killed by an off-duty FBI agent at a Chicago homeless encampment was a Biden-era border release.

abcnews.com | 8 hrs. 24 min. ago

Flooding in Haiti and the Dominican Republic causes deaths and destroys homes, officials say

Officials say heavy rains in Haiti and the Dominican Republic have killed several people and cut off access to dozens of communities

dailymail.com | 8 hrs. 45 min. ago

'Cannibal who killed and ate 38 people' is arrested in Uganda. Police chief vows 'we'll definitely execute him'

Over a 15-year period between 2010 and 2025, 'evil' Mujurizi Moses is suspected of having butchered 38 people.

thehindu.com | 9 hrs. 9 min. ago

Two killed in separate road incidents

A sub-inspector and a school student was killed

smh.com.au | 9 hrs. 12 min. ago

Man allegedly faked injuries after Bondi massacre, submitted fraudulent compensation claim

The 46-year-old was arrested on Tuesday, more than 10 months after gunmen carrying long-arm rifles killed 15 people celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach.

al-monitor.com | 9 hrs. 20 min. ago

Syria condemns deadly Jordan strikes as 'unacceptable violation'

Syria condemned on Tuesday deadly strikes on the country's south a day earlier that Jordan said killed more than 20 jihadists as retaliation for a gun attack on a church. In the worst crisis between the neighbours since the ouster of longtime Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad in December 2024, Jordan said it had "great respect" for Syria and expressed regret for civilian casualties.

cbn.com | 10 hrs. 13 min. ago

Jordanian Security Forces Capture 3 Men Accused in Deadly Attack on Church

Jordanian security forces arrested three men Monday for an attack on a Greek Orthodox Church that killed nine people and wounded more than two dozen.

mirror.co.uk | 10 hrs. 20 min. ago

First picture of 'loving family man', 29, killed when tree crushed his car in Storm Boelo

The 29-year-old tech sales executive was killed when a tree came down on his car in Mill Hill, north London, during high winds from Storm Boelo.

mlive.com | 11 hrs. 24 min. ago

Flint Township drivers charged in 2 fatal crashes, police say

Two Flint Township drivers face felony charges after separate crashes in June killed two people, with investigators citing impaired and reckless driving.

livemint.com | 11 hrs. 25 min. ago

Nigeria gunmen attack kills 62, wounds 52 and displaces thousands in Taraba state

At least 62 people were killed and 52 injured in a bandit attack on Nigeria's Taraba state. Thousands were displaced as gunmen chased residents towards the Benue River, where some drowned while trying to escape.

rferl.org | 11 hrs. 56 min. ago

'Get Killed Or Starve': Life Under Russian Occupation In Oleshky

Residents fleeing Russian-occupied Oleshky describe hunger, soaring food prices, and threats from Russian soldiers. Cut off from supplies, civilians risk mines and drone attacks to escape. Now, a proposed cease-fire could open a humanitarian corridor for those still trapped in the Ukrainian city.

abcnews.com | 12 hrs. 10 min. ago

WATCH: Widow of man killed on George Washington Bridge demands justice

Patricia Irvine's husband was fatally shot in an alleged road-rage incident on the upper deck of New York's George Washington Bridge.

dailymail.com | 12 hrs. 36 min. ago

'My daughter has been completely failed': Mother of teen crash victim hits out at judge's decision not to jail soldier who smashed speeding BMW into trees so he could keep job

A grieving mother said her 'daughter has been completely failed' by the criminal justice system after a soldier who killed her in a crash in Dorset was spared prison to save his military career.

nypost.com | 12 hrs. 43 min. ago

Man allegedly killed by rabbi at California Costco pictured for first time — as new details emerge

Prosecutors said he intentionally drove his car into a worker painting parking lot lines at a Costco in Ventura County.

al-monitor.com | 14 hrs. 4 min. ago

Tornado kills 4 in Turkey’s Mediterranean tourism hub Antalya

The province was hit by a tornado that killed four construction workers and injured another less than two weeks before the city hosts the UN climate summit.

al-monitor.com | 14 hrs. 4 min. ago

'They were innocent': Syrian family mourns victims of Jordanian strike

In an ambulance carrying the bodies of relatives killed in a Jordanian strike on southern Syria, a young man sat in shock, having lost much of his family in an instant. "We were asleep when the missile hit us. My mother, my older brother and his three children --two boys and a girl -- were killed," Nassouh al-Salim said, staring at a grey body bag.

Jordan launched the Monday strikes in response to a jihadist attack on a church last week that killed nine people.

mirror.co.uk | 14 hrs. 38 min. ago

Arrest warrant for dad of teen killed in A66 crash after attacking celebrant at son's funeral

Gye Worthy, 40, whose 17-year-old son Cole was among seven people killed in the A66 crash, is wanted after failing to appear at Teesside Magistrates’ Court.

iol.co.za | 15 hrs. 27 min. ago

DA councillor shot dead outside his home in Zamdela

Metsimaholo Caucus Leader, Michael Thulani Mbana was shot and killed on Monday evening.

abcnews.com | 15 hrs. 42 min. ago

At least 62 people killed in attack on a community in northeastern Nigeria

Gunmen killed at least 62 people in an attack on a community in northeastern Nigeria

abcnews.com | 15 hrs. 43 min. ago

Attacks kill at least 60 Orthodox Christians in Ethiopia, church says

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church reports that two attacks in Oromia have killed at least 60 Orthodox Christians

scmp.com | 16 hrs. 39 min. ago

Air Force crash revives debate on Philippine military’s modernisation limits

The collision of two Philippine Air Force training aircraft that killed four pilots has raised questions about whether the service’s training, maintenance and safety systems can keep pace with Manila’s ambitions to acquire more advanced combat aircraft. The crash, which occurred during a fly-by rehearsal at Fernando Air Base in Lipa City, Batangas province, south of Manila, on Friday has renewed calls for a comprehensive review of the Air Force’s ageing fleet, pilot instruction, maintenance...

nypost.com | 17 hrs. 32 min. ago

One dead, at least three injured in NJ vigil shooting: report

One person was killed and at least three others were injured in a shooting that happened at a New Jersey vigil, according to a report.

iol.co.za | 18 hrs. 45 min. ago

North West cop killed in crash while responding to complaint

A police officer has died and a colleague sustained minor injuries after their patrol vehicle overturned while they were responding to a complaint in Biesiesvlei, North West.

thehindu.com | 19 hrs. 11 min. ago

Sudan drone strikes kill 21, cause mass outages in east amid ongoing violence

A drone strike on a market in Nyala, the de facto capital of Sudan’s paramilitary RSF, in Darfur, killed 21 people and wounded at least 40 others, a medical source and witnesses told AFP

theguardian.com | 19 hrs. 15 min. ago

Fears grow for Iranian athletes on death row as mountaineer latest to be hanged

Two sportspeople have been executed in the past month and at least six more face the same fate, says activist groupFears are growing for more Iranian athletes facing execution after mountain climber Ali-Sina Mostafavi became the latest in a string to be killed by the regime.Mostafavi – who documented his ascents of some of the world’s highest peaks, including Mount Everest – was executed on 14 October having been arrested in April after the anti-government protests a few months earlier.

His death followed the killing of Siavash Jamshidi Kheirabadi, a taekwondo athlete, at the start of October, and the mixed martial arts fighter Gholamreza Khani Shakarab, who was hanged in May. Continue reading...

abc.net.au | 21 hrs. 53 min. ago

Mother grieves for son killed in 'skid car' crash as driver is jailed

Grief is still raw for Logan Power's family more than 18 months after he was killed in a crash involving a dangerously modified "skid car".

thehindu.com | 23 hrs. 51 min. ago

Rape and murder accused killed in encounter in West Bengal’s Bongaon

This is the second such encounter in the State in the past four months

abc.net.au | 1 days ago

Parents of 4yo killed in Canberra crash call for 'lightest possible sentence'

The parents of a four-year-old boy killed in a Canberra car crash have asked that the 80-year-old driver be granted leniency to "spend the rest of her life surrounded by her children and grandchildren".

news.sky.com | 1 days ago

Nurse treating Ebola patients killed by machete-wielding mob

A nurse responding to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been killed by a group of young people armed with machetes, officials have said.

scmp.com | 1 days ago

Myanmar refugee in Denmark demands justice over junta war crimes

A Myanmar citizen living in Denmark on Monday filed a complaint with Danish authorities against the country’s ruling military junta for alleged war crimes committed against minorities. The complainant, Ngun Siang Dim, who is from the Chin minority, claims she saw 40 houses burn down in her village in Chin State, in western Myanmar, and that several members of her family and friends were killed or left permanently disabled by landmines laid by the junta.

The military junta “has done so many...

dailymail.com | 1 days ago

Powerboat racer's wife tells of how she filmed high-speed crash into houseboat that killed him

Tech boss Brett Duncan, 51, died from head injuries after his boat failed to turn around a buoy and crashed into the steel-framed vessel which was moored nearby.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 1 days ago

7 civilians killed in Jordan strike on Syrian militants in retaliation to church attack