All news by author: Charlie Jones

Loyalty Charles Scott, known as Mookie by his family, had been dropped off at the house of a caretaker before school when he was set upon by two Great Dane-mastiff mixes and mauled to death

The retired teacher has developed the slightly bizarre hobby of collecting shark teeth and has gathered quite the collection which she displays for visitors at her home in Venice, Florida

Faced with an excrutiating cost of living, some couples are opting to go childless and are taking to social media to brag about everything they can do with the disposable income

Nine-year-old Aiden was set to go to the cinema with his grandad but had gone to play outside before setting off. A neighbour called emergency services after seeing a hole in the ice and shoes nearby

Florida man Dennis Brown had a cardiac arrest after drinking three Charged Lemonades from Panera Bread after work, the lawsuit states. His death comes after a similar lawsuit was launched by the grieving parents of Sarah Katz

Northeast Early College High School, in Austin, Texas, has been locked down after a shooting was heard nearby. Reports suggest a police officer was injured in the incident

Veteran Greg Para, from Myakka City, Florida, wanted to get a warthog, ever since he was a child. He finally got to realise his dream but the strange pet is acting like a dog, with Greg's family nicknaming their 'wartdog'

Alaska Airlines has agreed to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a deal costing an eye-watering $1.9bn (£1.5B). The Biden administration has tried to tackle higher fares in the airline industy and the merger could lead to a showdown

Oday Al-Fayoume filed the lawsuit last month against the suburban Chicago landlord charged in the attack that left his child dead and the boy's mother seriously wounded

Fortnite, the beloved video-game played by millions of people, has been wracked by connection problems with large numbers of users complaining of issues over a number of hours

Users of the wildly popular video-based social media platform have reported having problems with certain features on the app over a number of hours. One user said they were getting 'really irritated'

A Seattle resident has returned his KIA to the dealership after years of vandalism and break ins. He says he's had to deal with four separate incidents, which have cost thousands of dollars to get repaired

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass had given the unprecedented warning to the city's homeless population - 'do not sleep alone tonight' - after a spate of brutal killings

Katie Ferguson's family have been left desperate for answers after she went missing while on a long distance drive across the US with her boyfriend who is now under investigation

Frustrated gamers took to social media to have a moan about the connectivity issues with a number of popular gaming platforms and games including Fortnite and Minecraft

Fungal infections which can spread rapidly throughout the population have become more and more resistant to anti-microbrial drugs spreading fears of a future epidemic

Elon Musk has been trying to drum up excitement for his company's new electric truck as it hits the market costing up to nearly $100,000. This comes after he reportedly saying 'we dug our own grave with Cybertruck'

Many San Diego residents were in their beds when the earthquake hit and reported feeling them shake. Some people as far north as Los Angeles say they felt the tremours

Victoria Gabriela Rodríguez-Morales ramped up her hateful threats and messages in the wake of the 2022 massacre at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, which left 22 people dead

Other X, formerly Twitter, users aren't so sure billionaire mogul Bryan Johnson is putting his money to good use with one critic describing him as looking synthetic

The great-grandmother was in the century-old property helping her daughter move out when she fell through the rotten floor in the kitchen and down the covered well

A number of players of popular online games including Elder Scrolls Online, World of Warcraft, and Overwatch 2 have reported issues connecting to servers

The boy's devastated mum posted a tribute on social media to her son who was 'full of life'. She also thanked a lady who gave her a hug and the other passengers on the Royal Caribbean cruise ship who came forward to donate blood

Former President Donald Trump's daughter posted pictures of herself surfing an artificial wave over the Thanksgiving weekend including a snap of her going tumbling into the water

The schoolboy who was fatally stabbed in front of his brother has been identified as 17-year-old Rocco Rodden, with his brother also badly wounded in the brawl that erupted outside venue Live Axe in Manhattan, New York