All news by author: Benjamin Lynch

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Two kids killed after running into motorway to chase luggage which flew off car
A vehicle struck and killed two children in Vista, California after they ran into a busy motorway. Their mother has been arrested for allegedly driving under the influence
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Army vet's heartbreaking final text to friend before he was 'driven to suicide'
The heartbreaking final text US Army veteran Kevin Metzger sent to a friend before he tragically ending his life has been revealed - his ex Mandie Reusch is charged with aiding suicide
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Mum 'violently' sucked into plane engine as airline fined $15,000
American Airlines subsidiary Piedmont Airlines was fined over $15,000 when a ground worker, mum Courtney Edwards, was sucked into the engine of a plane and killed
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One dead and 20 others hurt as gunman fires into huge crowds at Juneteenth event
A shooting in a Chicago suburb has left one person dead and 20 others injured at a Juneteenth celebration attended by teens. At least 10 people were shot, fire officials said.
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Teacher-squatter ordered out of luxury home after using fake lease to trick cops
A teacher and her family who were squatting in a luxury property in Houston, Texas, refused to move and showed a fake lease to trick cops but have now left following a court order
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Record drought helps uncover 'paradise' canyon that was once lost to the world
Dropping water levels in America's second-largest reservoir are revealing incredible preserved Indigenous sites. A popular canyon has also been released from the depths
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Tourist, 33, plunges 4,000 feet to his death at Grand Canyon
A man tragically fell to his death at the Grand Canyon National Park - authorities said the man plunged 4,000 feet into the Canyon from the famous Skylight walkway
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Mexico hotel where couple mysteriously died 'had gas detectors switched off'
The Rancho Pescadero resort in Mexico where two Americans died disabled carbon monoxide detectors so they wouldn't disturb guests and ignored gas problems, employees have claimed
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West Nile virus warning as mosquito-bite disease is spreading with more cases
Warnings of the West Nile virus were issued across the US - the disease, transmitted by mosquitoes, can cause fever or chills, but can develop into something much more serious
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Teen genius, 14, bored by school lands job with Elon Musk's SpaceX team
A teen genius, 14, branded 'youngest employed software engineer on the planet' has landed a job with SpaceX, the rocket company owned by Twitter and Tesla billionaire Elon Musk
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Truck driver could face death penalty for shooting 11 Jewish worshippers dead
Robert Bowers, the gunman who brutally killed 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 could face the death penalty for his crims.
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Biden confuses audience by ending gun speech with 'God save the Queen, man'
'God save the Queen, man,' President Joe Biden told an audience of gun safety advocates in Connecticut. Mr Biden was speaking at the National Safer Communities Summit
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Woman kidnapped from shopping centre and held hostage is found dead with gunman
A man believed by Las Vegas police to be the victim's ex boyfriend kidnapped her from a nail salon and held her hostage at his home - police secured the release of a 3-year-old child, whose parents were the victim and suspect
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Teen falls asleep at wheel & kills her dad, siblings & herself in cliff plunge
A coroner in Idaho has said a car crash that killed a family of four occurred when the 17-year-old driver fell asleep at the wheel, plunging the car off a cliff and into a lake
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Two dead including suspect after Nevada hostage incident and boy 3, rescued
Two people including a suspect are dead after a hostage situation. SWAT teams secure the release of two other women and a three-year-old child from a property in Spring Valley, Nevada
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Couple who mysteriously died at luxury hotel ‘thought they had food poisoning’
American tourists Abby Lutz and John Heathco suddenly died in a luxury resort in Mexico. The couple had been to hospital in the days before thinking they had food poisoning
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Six people killed including three kids as cop describes horror crime scene
A sheriff in Marion County, Tennessee described a possible murder-suicide as one of the 'worst' things' he had seen. Police responded to reports of a shooting and arrived to find a residence on fire
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Death row inmate freed nearly 30 YEARS after wrongful conviction
A death row inmate has walked free after 29 years. Barry Jones was on death row in Arizona after he was wrongly found guilty of fatally assaulting a four-year-old girl
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Three killed as tornado devastates Texas town and pickup trucks lifted into air
A tornado tore through the Texas Panhandle town of Perryton yesterday, leaving three people dead and dozens more injured. Major damage was caused and mobile homes were ripped apart
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Woman's fury as she's asked to tip at self-checkout kiosk in airport
A woman was left fuming after she was asked to add a tip at a self-checkout kiosk at an airport, leading other website users to slam America's tipping culture
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Family who saw '10ft aliens with large shiny eyes’ placed under surveillance
A family in Las Vegas, Nevada said they saw something 'not human' outside their house and called the police to investigate. There is now security surveillance outside the home
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Tornados lift cars off road and huge hail stones fall as extreme weather hits US
Hundreds of thousands of people across Texas, Georgia, Florida, Alabama and Mississippi were left without power as more bad weather hit. Tornadoes and large hail stones were reported
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Teenager 'strangled high school sweetheart ex to death on trip after graduation'
A teenager from Ohio is accused of strangling his high school ex-girlfriend to death when she was away on a graduation trip in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with her friends
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Veteran 'driven to suicide' by ex-girlfriend who sent him video with other man
A woman in Pennsylvania is accused of sending 'heinous and graphic' texts to the father of her child along with video of her having sex with another man, driving him to suicide
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Terrifying AI scam copied 'kidnapped' daughter's voice in ransom call to mum
A mum in Scottsdale, Arizona was left terrified when a heartless scammer used artificial intelligence to mimic her daughter's voice and tell her she had been kidnapped