All news by author: Fiona Leishman

A CH-53E Super Stallion Marine Corps helicopter has vanished when it failed to arrive at the Miramar base near San Diego after it took off from the Creech Air Force Base near Las Vegas

California has been hit with deadly flooding, mudslides and powercuts across southern parts of the state with multiple people reportedly dying as a result of the severe weather that has battered the state's landscapes left fragile after wildfires

The Freeway Killer, real name William Bonin, was executed in 1996 for the rape and murder of at least 14 boys and young men in Southern California between 1979 and 1980

The NYPD has shut down at least 12 brothels in Queens, New York, in just one week, with many posing as massage parlors and one just yards from a school

A raging gas pipeline fire with flames reaching 500ft into the night sky broke out overnight in a small Oklahoma town on the Texas border with a glow that could be seen for miles

Justin Mohn's mugshot was released by the Bucks County District Attorney's Office in which he appears to smirk at the camera despite having been arrested for allegedly killing and decapitating his father

Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed the II-76 carrying Ukrainian 'prisoners of war' was shot down the the American Patriot defence system, something he says has been "established for sure"

Magazine columnist E Jean Carroll has vowed to use the $83M awarded to her over defamatory comments made by former President Trump for 'something Donald Trump hates'

Alessia Muhaj was last seen near the Bayside Court apartments in Clearwater, Florida, and is believed to be with 34-year-old Renato Muhaj with the pair thought to be travelling in a 2017 gold Kia Sportage

Kaitlin Armstrong used plastic surgery to change her appearance and spent 43 days on the run before finally being caught by US Marshals in a tiny town in Costa Rica after she responded to an ad for a yoga teacher

The human remains, belonging to Manual Resendez, were recovered from the Fox Hollow Farm estate in central Indiana that belonged to presumed serial killer Herbert Baumeister in 1996

Republican primary frontrunner former President Donald Trump has stormed out of Manhattan federal court as final arguments were being heard in a defamation case brought by columnist E Jean Carroll.

Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, is scheduled for execution in a 30-hour window starting just after midnight on Thursday, January 25, for his part in a murder-for-hire plot of a pastor's wife

Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was sentenced to death for his part in the 1988 murder for hire of Elizabeth Sennet, is set to be executed again after surviving a four-hour ordeal in 2022

The odds have been updated after the New Hampshire primaries that saw Trump coming out on top as Republican candidate as well as success for incumbent Joe Biden in the Democratic write-in

Baby Samuel was left at a fire station in Louisville, Kentucky, two years ago, and after a lengthy adoption process the couple that spotted his story and 'prayed' they'd be asked to help can call him their son

As the race to become the Republican presidential candidate heats up, former President Donald Trump appears to be sizing up his only rival, Nikki Haley, according to a body language expert

Liren Chen, 27, a software engineer for Google-owned YouTube, has been charged with the murder of his wife Xuanyi Yu, a fellow Google Engineer, after he was found catatonic and covered in blood in their Santa Clara home

As the race for the 2024 Republican candidate got underway with the Iowa caucus on Monday, former President Donald Trump took a lead in the ballots, winning 51 per cent of the votes

Former adviser to Bill Clinton, James Carville, spoke candidly on YouTube about his theories behind what caused the red marks seen on Donald Trump's right hand as he waved to reporters

Michelle Troconis, a former EPSN host in South America, is on trial in Stamford, Connecticut, for her alleged involvement in the disappearance of Jennifer Dulos more than four years ago

Tiffany Li, 38, was acquitted of murdering her ex-boyfriend Keith Green, 27, in 2019. The 'Hillsborough heiress' will now give her two daughters $10 million after a wrongful death lawsuit was settled

The JetBlue flight from JFK Airport in New York to Ontario, California, was evacuated after reports of a fire on board, with false reports circulating online initially that the plane had run off the runway

The future of employment is looking increasingly bleak, as a new survey has warned machines could take over all our jobs within the next century - 50 years earlier than previously predicted

Paul and Sue Rosenau had spent the day reflecting as they marked the fifth anniversary of the death of their beloved granddaughter, Makayla, when they won the lottery