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All news by author: Fiona Leishman

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Driver was 'alert and not impaired' before Bentley exploded in border crash
Kurt Villani and his wife Monica were travelling over the Rainbow Bridge crossing in Niagara Falls on the border between the US and Canada on their way to a KISS concert in Toronto when their Bentley crashed and exploded
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Last words of California's final man to be executed as he gives chilling speech
Clarence Ray Allen was serving a life sentence when he ordered the deaths of others while behind bars, leading him to be convicted of three counts of murder and sentenced to death
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Horror as cop stands over man and shoots him in road after tussle caught on film
Horrific footage was shared on social media showing the moment a California Highway Patrol officer shot a man who had been spotted walking on the Interstate 105 in Los Angeles county
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Teenagers carjacked woman and dismembered her by dragging her behind her vehicle
73-year-old Linda Frickey was killed after being dragged along the road in New Orleans as a group of teens attempted to flee after stealing her car, leaving her naked and dismembered body in the middle of the road
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Two students tragically killed by car as they were walking to primary school
Two young children who were believed to have been walking to Riverdale Elementary School in Prince George's County, Maryland, were rushed to hospital in a critical condition but died of their injuries
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Biden spends his 81st birthday pardoning turkeys and mixing up celebs
President Joe Biden has become the oldest-sitting president of the United States as he turns 81, spending the day pardoning the Thanksgiving turkeys before a low-kep celebration with family
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Child, 9, crushed to death by metal gate at her school while she helped close it
Nine-year-old Arlette was helping to close the large metal gate at Centennial Elementary School in Tucson, Arizona, when the gate disconnected and fell on top of her leaving her with severe injuries that proved fatal
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'Death Row Granny' - the first woman in the US to be killed by lethal injection
Velma Barfield became the first woman to be executed by lethal injection in 1984 and the first woman to be executed after the death penalty was reinstated in 1976 for her crimes
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Tragic faces of 5 army helicopter crew killed in Mediterranean aircraft 'mishap'
Five US Army crew members were carrying out an air refuelling flight over the Mediterranean Sea when their MH-60 Blackhawk suffered a "mishap" and crashed into the sea
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Woman 'repeatedly hit stranger over the head with meat tenderizer' say cops
A 56-year-old woman from Richmond, Indiana, has been charged with battery by means of a deadly weapon after she allegedly hit a man sat in his car multiple times over the head
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Hawaii facing another major wildfire blaze with endangered wildlife at risk
The Mililani Mauka wildfire, burning in a remote area within the O'ahu Forest National Wildlife Refuge is threatening more than 20 fragile species of wildlife and plants
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Remote Texas Killing Fields which became one of FBI's biggest unsolved cases
The remote location of the I-45 corridor between Houston and Galveston made it attractive to those who wanted a place to dispose of a body
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Body found in forest almost 40 years ago identified as man who went missing
Jerry Mikkelson went missing from his home in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, more than 30 years ago, but this summer a John Doe murder victim's body was exhumed and finally identified as Jerry's
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'I'm a neurologist - here are 7 things you must do to keep your brain healthy'
With many of us living longer than ever, people are becoming more interested in how to keep their brains health - especially after the release of Live to 100 on Netflix
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Woman wins lottery twice before losing it all and ending up penniless
Evelyn Adams, from New Jersey, won a staggering £3.9 million in 1985, but was hit with a barrage of bad luck which left her penniless and living in a trailer park
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Haunting final words of first woman executed in US as she begged with killers
Mary Surratt was the first woman executed by the US government when she was hanged in 1865 after being found guilty of being a conspirator in the plot to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln
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WeWork files for bankruptcy - what we know about demise of former $50bn company
WeWork shares trading suspended as founder Adam Neumann says reports of bankruptcy is 'disappointing' - the former Wall Street darling had initially seemed to thrive in a post-pandemic world
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Defiant mum trolled for 'sexualised' photo straddling son posts new cuddly pic
Amber Wright from Utah posted a clip to Instagram of her hugging her son after his team won a football game which quickly went viral and attracted the attention of online trolls
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Trump looks worried and pensive as he arrives to take stand in $250million trial
Former President Donald Trump has arrived at the Manhattan Supreme Court as he is set to take the stand in a $250 million civil fraud trial where he is accused of inflating his assets so the Trump Organization could secure better loans and deals
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Everything we know as Trump testifies before $250m trial judge he called 'wacko'
Former president Donald Trump is set to take the witness stand in the civil fraud case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James after referring to the judge in the case, Arthur Engoron, as a 'wacko' following Trump's sons' testimony
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Everything we know as five banks close in a year & what it means for your money
As Iowa's Citizen Bank became the fifth US banking casualty this year, there are concerns about the strength of the banking sector following the collapse of crypto-banking giants Silvergate Capital and Signature Bank
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Prickly Eric Trump denies involvement in dad Donald's financial statements
Donald Trump's two oldest sons, Donald Jr, 45 and Eric, 39, have both taken the stand in Trump's civil fraud trial in New York City where he is accused of inflating the worth of his properties to secure better deals and loans
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Sick dad 'beat & stabbed 2 young kids to death in astonishing act of brutality'
Prospero Serna is alleged to have attacked three of his four children in his Lancaster, California home, beating and stabbing two of them to death, if convicted he faces life in prison without parole
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Parents sob as 'Crypto King' with privileged background faces 115 years in jail
Sam Bankman-Fried's parents, Joe Bankman and Barbara Fried, both Stanford Law School professors, broke down in tears in the courtroom as they learned their son had been found guilty of fraud and money laundering
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Inside the warped world of strange couple who stole identities of dead babies
Walter Primrose and Gwynn Morrison lived under the names of dead babies from Texas for decades, with Primrose even joining the Coast Guard and gaining security clearance under the false name