Police in Houston killed a gunman on Sunday in a chaotic shootout that left one other person dead, six wounded – including two officers – and set off a fire at a nearby gas station when bullets struck a gas pump, authorities said. Witnesses reported that a gunman approached a man who had just pulled up to an auto...
A 12,000-year-old grave in Israel is unlocking more secrets of one of the most extensive and earliest funeral feasts on record About 12,000 years ago, a great feast was held in honour of a mysterious woman. The group filled her grave with strange objects. Then, bizarrely, they threw the remains of their meal into the grave. The...
Two climbers who reached the summit of Mount Everest died on the way down from apparent altitude sickness, according to reports. Eric Arnold, whose Twitter account said he was from Rotterdam, reached the summit on his fifth attempt. He was in a group of more than 40 climbers who reached the 29,035-foot summit on Friday....
NORTH KOREA is planning to drag the West into World War Three by launching a murderous invasion of South Korea, it has been claimed. The devastating attack could leave one million people dead in "the most unforgiving battle conditions" according to former White House adviser Victor Cha. With the hermit state on the...
TWO people have been killed after a light aircraft crashed in North Yorkshire. The pilot and his passenger were killed when the aircraft came down in fields between the A64 and Castle Howard, in Ryedale, North Yorkshire, at around 10.40am on Saturday. It is understood some members of the public raised the alarm. Eyewitness...
A Minnesota judge has determined that Prince died "intestate" or without a will, which means his sister and five surviving half-siblings stand to inherit his multimillion dollar estate. The Carver County probate judge appointed Bremer Trust as special administrator of the late musician's estate following an...
The veteran Florida zookeeper who was mauled by a tiger violated policy when she entered into the big cat's enclosure, zoo officials said. In a statement released late Friday, Palm Beach Zoo president and chief executive Andrew Aiken said Stacey Konwiser, 38, entered "the same portion" of the tiger house that was...
A man writes on a makeshift memorial as fans gather at Harlem’s Apollo Theater to celebrate the life of Prince in Manhattan. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Prince’s remains have been cremated and his family and friends attended a private ceremony on Saturday to pay their respects to the late pop superstar at the studio...
Remains found Thursday in a remote part of Shenandoah National Park have been tentatively identified as a Virginia firefighter missing since this past Friday. Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller confirmed in an email to the Associated Press that the body is likely that of 31-year-old Nicole Mittendorff, of...
A large explosion at an oil facility in the south-east Mexican state of Veracruz has killed at least three people and injured 136 more. The blast hit a facility owned by Mexico's state oil company, Pemex, in the port city of Coatzacoalcos. Hundreds of people have been evacuated and schools closed. Footage showed a large...
At least 413 people are now known to have died in the earthquake that struck Ecuador, the country's government says. The 7.8-magnitude quake struck Ecuador's Pacific coast on Saturday, and the search for survivors continues. The cost of rebuilding is likely to be in the billions of dollars, President Rafael Correa said...
A Missouri woman who nearly died after her mother poisoned her with anti-freeze said she suspected that her mother was planning to kill her after reading her journal. "She had this journal that she wrote … her thoughts. She wrote the deaths of Shaun, my brother, and me. And that's what worried me … I was...