All news by author: Benjamin Lynch

Covid variant BA.2.86 has now been detected in four different US states and is noticeable for its high number of mutations. Experts are working to find out more about 'Pirola'

A body found in a landfill site was confirmed as toddler J'Asaiah Mitchell, just two-years-old. His dad has been charged after he told police his son was kidnapped in an armed robbery

Hurricane Idalia has claimed its first lives and it is feared the death toll will rise as it began causing major damage when it smashed into Florida today - cities are braced for where it will hit next

Dramatic footage from a helicopter crash that killed two in Pompano Beach, Florida yesterday shows the moment two of the aircraft's crew escaped from the burning wreckage

The presence of a rare blue supermoon in the sky this week could drastically impact larger storm surges as Hurrican Idalia makes its way towards the US mainland

Teenager Jakayla Williams has been charged in Alabama with murdering her newborn son. It is alleged Williams left the body of her child zipped up in a bag near a trash compactor

Killer Chris Watts brutally murdered his wife Shannan and his young daughters, Bella and Cece, before dumping their bodies and joining the search for his missing family

Ryan Palmeter, 21, entered a Dollar General store in New Town, where the community of residents is mainly black. With a Glock handgun and an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle he opened fire and killed three

A picture of a suspect was released by police after a shooting at the University of North Carolina. Unconfirmed reports say the suspect is a graduate named Tailei Lei

Dramatic video footage shows the helicopter trailing smoke with flames coming from the tail before it spiralled out of control and crashed into an apartment building in Pompano Beach, Florida

Two people were killed after a helicopter crashed and erupted in flames in Pompano Beach, Florida. Four people have been transported to hospital

The problem started as a leak but now a huge hole has opened up in the middle of the family home, completely ruining the living space

Guests in a Maryland hotel were horrified to discover snakes slithering amok through different parts of the building. One reptile even slipped unnoticed into a man's room

Officials issued guidance after a flesh-eating bacteria was found responsible for the deaths of three people in New York and Connecticut. One of the deaths was related to seafood

Members of the grand jury that indicted former President Donald Trump earlier this week have been threatened after their addresses were posted on an extreme website online

Stockton Rush, the CEO of the doomed Titanic submersible firm OceanGate, is said to have angrily launched a joystick a an engineer when a submersible he was piloting became struck in a historic ship wreck

Floods are a possibility in parts of California as Hurricane Hilary makes its way toward the mainland US. Hilary was upgraded to hurricane status earlier today

Police bodycam footage shows the moment a Colorado police deputy was forced to administer CPR on a choking child. Deputy Nick Pacheco worked to save the life of little Carlos

Former President Donald Trump has been proposed a trial date by prosecutors in Fulton County, Georgia, after he was accused of meddling with the results of the 2020 election

The death of crypto king Christian Peev leaves unanswered questions after the American was found chopped up and stiffed down a toilet in a hotel in Sofia, Bulgaria

An Ohio teen was branded 'hell on wheels' after she deliberately crashed a car at 100mph, murdering her boyfriend and his friend. Mackenzie Shirilla faces life behind bars

Aldi has announced it has purchased around 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys Supermarket stores across the southeast US in a deal with parent company Southeastern Grocers, in what is a huge expansion for the budget firm

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT - Cops raiding alleged drug cartel hideouts in Mexico were shocked to discover the butchered bodies of at least 34 people in ice chests and freezers

Travis King, a US solider who ran across the border into North Korea last month, has 'expressed willingness' to stay in the communist rogue state according to Pyongyang

Donald Trump has said a new report will back him up over false claims the 2020 presidential election was stolen. It comes after Trump was indicted for allegedly election meddling