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Body of missing author Helen Bailey found in grounds of her own home
Police searching for missing children's author Helen Bailey said today they believe they have found her body, within the grounds of her own Hertfordshire home. The 51-year-old writer, who created the Electra Brown series for teenagers, was last seen walking her dog near her home in Royston, Hertfordshire, on 11 April. It...
Italy train crash: ‘Twenty killed’ near Bari
Twenty people have been killed and dozens more hurt in a head-on collision involving two passenger trains in southern Italy, officials say. The two trains were on a single-track line at the time of the crash, between the coastal towns of Bari and Barletta. Emergency services are trying to free passengers from the wrecked...
Two Russian pilots killed in helicopter downing in Syria
Two Russian pilots have been killed after their military helicopter was shot down by fighters of so-called Islamic State, the Russian military is quoted as saying by local media. The Syrian Mi-25 helicopter flown by Riafagat Khabibulin and Yevgeny Dolgin was brought down east of the ancient city of Palmyra on Friday. It was...
Video Footage Shows Man Being Shot by Police at California Gas Station
Video footage of a 19-year old man killed Saturday night during a confrontation with a Fresno, California, police officer June 25, has surfaced. The video, obtained by Fresno ABC affiliate KFSN shows the fatal encounter between Dylan Noble and police at a Chevron gas station. According to KFSN, Noble was killed after police...
Bangladesh siege: Twenty killed at Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka
Twenty people, most said to be foreigners, have been killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants on a cafe in Bangladesh, the army says. Gunmen stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery cafe in Dhaka late on Friday before troops entered almost 12 hours later. Six of the attackers were also killed and one was arrested, a...
US air and drone strikes ‘killed up to 116 civilians’
US drone and air strikes have killed between 64 and 116 civilians outside war zones since 2009, the White House says. The numbers, covering the period from January 2009 to December 2015, are significantly lower than estimates by human rights groups. Some groups say that several hundred civilians have died in US strikes. The...
Woman on FBI’s ‘Top 10’ List for Alleged Murder of Pregnant Woman Captured in North Carolina
A woman on the FBI's Ten 10 Fugitives list, wanted for allegedly shooting and killing a 9-month-pregnant woman, was captured early this morning in Fayetteville, North Carolina, according to the FBI in Milwaukee. Shanika Minor was wanted for allegedly shooting and killing a pregnant woman after a confrontation on March 6,...
Mexico teachers protest: Six killed in Oaxaca clashes
Six people have been killed in southern Mexico in clashes between protesting teachers and police. Another 50 people, including many police officers, were injured. The incident took place in the state of Oaxaca, where two high-profile union leaders were arrested last week, accused of corruption. Members of the CNTE union, which...
Anton Yelchin, Star Trek’s Chekov, killed by his own car
Anton Yelchin, the Russian-born actor who played Chekov in the new Star Trek films, has been killed by his own car at his home in Los Angeles, police say. It struck him after rolling backwards down the steep drive at his Studio City home, pinning him against a brick postbox pillar and a security fence. He died shortly after...
Bangladesh Avijit Roy murder: Main suspect killed by police
Police in Bangladesh say they have shot dead the main suspect in the killing of secularist blogger Avijit Roy. They say the man, named as Sharif, died in a gun battle with police near the capital Dhaka early on Sunday. Police had been seeking information about Sharif and six other militants suspected in the case. Avijit Roy, an...
Ex-contestant on Mexico’s ‘The Voice’ fatally shot in Chicago
Singer Alejandro Fuentes-Rosas, who appeared on Mexico's "The Voice," has died after he was shot in Chicago. The singer was shot on his birthday Thursday, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. Fuentes-Rosas, 45, suffered a gunshot wound to the head and died Saturday, the Chicago Police said...
Gujarat riots: India court jails 11 for life over Gulbarg massacre
A court in India has sentenced 11 people to life in prison for their roles in a notorious massacre during the 2002 anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat. Of the 24 people convicted for the so-called Gulbarg Society killings, 12 were jailed for seven years while one man was sentenced to 10 years. During the attack, 69 people were hacked...