Rashaan Salaam, winner of the 1994 Heisman Trophy and a first-round NFL draft pick in 1995, was found dead on Monday night at a park in Colorado, USA. On Tuesday, the Boulder County coroner’s office said that it was still investigating the cause of death of Salaam, who was found in a parking lot at Eben G Fine Park...
USC and New York Jets running back Joe McKnight was shot and killed in what has been reported to be a “road rage incident” near New Orleans Thursday. Joe McKnight of the New York Jets poses for his NFL headshot circa 2011 in Florham Park, New Jersey. According to an unnamed witness who saw the encounter at an...
A gunman killed a town councillor and two journalists — all female — in an apparent random shooting in a nightlife district in a small town in Finland, police said. The chairwoman of Imatra Town Council and two female reporters were gunned down in a pedestrian area outside a restaurant in the town just before a...
Indonesian rescuers have recovered body parts in the sea where a police plane with 13 people aboard is believed to have crashed. The light aircraft lost contact on Saturday on the way to the island of Batam, which is near Singapore, after taking off from an island off the south-east coast of Sumatra. The M28 Skytruck plane is...
A TEENAGE student shot herself in front of her parents after being subjected to “relentless bullying” for years. Brandy Vela killed herself with a shotgun in her bedroom as her family pleaded with her to drop the weapon, after she sent a text to her sister that read: “I love you so much just remember that...
A United States-based woman has accused five Indian men, including a guide, of raping her when she was in the country on a tourist visa. The woman alleged that the incident happened in a five-star hotel room at Delhi's Connaught Place. According to reports, the local police have received the complaint from the woman through...
A crew member who is one of just six survivors from the Colombian plane crash said he’s only alive because he curled up like a baby in the moments before the aircraft slammed to the ground. Erwin Tumiri described the harrowing last few minutes of the fateful LaMia Flight 2933 as it plummeted thousands of feet. “I...
Colombia has killed 76 people, the vast majority of the 81 passengers and crew who were on board the plane, the Colombian police said early on Tuesday (Nov 29). The plane was carrying players, coaches and staff from the Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense, as well as journalists set to covering the team’s match in the...
Six people have now died from a rare phenomenon known as "thunderstorm asthma" in Melbourne, Australia, after heavy wind and rain triggered thousands of pollen-induced asthma attacks in the state of Victoria, health officials have said. "We are now aware six deaths may have occurred as a result of conditions...
At least one person has been killed and nine injured in a shooting incident in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, police said. The shooting took place on Bourbon Street in the French Quarter, one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city. “A total of 10 victims were shot in the incident on Bourbon Street. One victim has...
A man who conned West Ham footballers and staff out of thousands of pounds with a luxury hamper scam has been jailed. Stephen Ackerman, 48, of Hillcroft, Loughton swindled them out of more than £60,000 by posing as businessman Mark Kingston. He went to the Hammers’ Chadwell Heath training ground and took card...
A 10-year-old boy has suffered possible life-changing injuries after a hit and run this morning. Emergency services flocked to east London after the boy was struck by a car near Bow Road Underground station just before 8.15am. Lord Taylor of Blackburn speaks in the House of Lords, London, regarding the...