All news by author: Fiona Leishman

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Airport on lockdown after major security alert as armed police swam building
Police have swarmed to a car park at the TF Green International Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island, after receiving calls about a person with a gun in the parking garage
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Sick teenager kills bunny and hamster in pet store massacre
The 19-year-old broke the neck of a parakeet, strangled a bunny and stamped on a hamster in the parking lot of the Petland in Oklahoma City while the fate of a missing guinea pig remains unknown
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Two-bedroom home goes on the market for just $1
A two-bedroom, one-bathroom home in Pontiac, Michigan, has gone on the market for just $1, and has been described as the ideal fixer-upper complete with hardwood floors and "your own security team" in the form of hornets
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Activists plan to use the US Constitution to stop Trump from running in 2024
Activists and legal experts have said the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution should prevent former president Donald Trump from running again after the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack
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Hurricane Idalia is set to make landfall in the Big Bend region of the Florida Panhandle as a Category 3 hurricane with warnings of huge storm surges and states of emergency declared from the Gulf Coast to the Atlantic Coast
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Suspected university gunman seen for first time after arrest in police mugshot
Tailei Qi has been accused of fatally shooting a staff member at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill campus after reports of shots fired put the university into lockdown for hours
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Devastated family of 14-year-old say cruel social media post led to his suicide
Salvador Rios, 14, died on August 15 after being cyberbullied and his family alleged on the day he died, a homophobic post was shared targeting the boy and sharing personal details about his life
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Man charged with driving under the influence in children’s Power Wheels Jeep
An Indiana State Trooper was patrolling an area of Vincennes when he spotted the 51-year-old identified as John McKee operating a Power Wheels Jeep on the city's roads
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Alleged serial killer meets with prison 'clergyman' once a week behind bars
Alleged Gilgo Beach killer Rex Heuermann is in a special unit at the Suffolk County Jail in Riverhead, Long Island, under careful watch where has not shown "any emotion" according to the sheriff
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Woman finds $1 million lottery ticket in glove box four months after purchase
The woman from Somerville, Alabama, found the winning Mississippi Lottery Powerball ticket stashed in her glove box after buying it from a Sprint Mart in Corinth, Mississippi
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Alaska volcano erupts spewing ash tens of thousands of feet into air
Mount Shishaldin in Unimak Island in the eastern Aleutian Islands of Alaska has erupted sending ash 28,000 ft into the air and raising aviation warnings to red and volcano alert levels to warning
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Camo-clad cop catches man putting 20kg rocks on quiet road to destroy vehicles
Police were stumped when large rocks and boulders kept sporadically appearing on a road in the quiet coastal town of Kingston, Massachusetts, but six months later they have made an arrest
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Chilling Ring doorbell footage captures huge alligator prowling outside home
The home's resident Lucia bought the Ring doorbell camera for her Florida home to watch out for "poop bandits" in her garden but wasn't expecting her scaly late-night visitor
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Woman, 69, wins $1 million on scratch-off lotto ticket bought from grocery store
The woman bought the $50 500X THE CASH Scratch-Off card at a Publix Supermarket in North Miami, winning her the second top prize available on the Florida Lottery game
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Doctors pinpoint specific reason for epidemic of colon cancer in young people
Rates of colorectal cancer in young people under 50 have been rapidly increasing with researchers believing lifestyle factors, such as diet, could be playing a major role in the spike of cancer cases
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Mum shot and killed 'by man she met online' after he moved into home
Lance Miller, from Texas, has been charged in connection with the death and kidnapping of Kaitlyn Lynch, a mum-of-two from Cincinnati who was found with a gunshot wound to the chest in the passenger seat of her car
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Donald Trump says date when he will be arrested after paying $200,000 bail
Donald Trump took to his Truth Social platform to confirm that he will travel to Atlanta, Georgia, on Thursday to face charges accusing him of illegally scheming to overturn his 2020 election loss by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis
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Sex fiend 'used social media to target single mothers and their daughters'
Police are asking potential victims to come forward after a spate of sexual assaults in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest of the US by a registered sex offender who used social media to seek out single mothers with young daughters
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Common adult vaccines may help protect from Alzheimer's, study shows
Researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center found a link between common adult vaccinations, such as shingles or pneumonia jabs, and a reduced risk of developing Alzheimer's
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Three dead after eating ice cream from listeria-contaminated machines
It comes following a multistate Listeria outbreak related to the Big Olaf Creamery in Sarasota, Florida, with multiple flavours impacted and the company forced to recall products after an investigation
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Man who voiced Mario for 32 years stepping back from recording iconic character
Chris Martinet has been the voice behind the iconic Nintendo character Mario since 1991 after a last-minute decision to attend a casting call looking for someone to voice a plumber
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Hot air balloon pilot 'had cocaine in his system when he caused fatal crash'
The hot air balloon crashed into power lines before landing on a busy intersection in Albuquerque, New Mexico, killing all five on board including the pilot who had used marijuana 'hours' before
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One person dead and hundreds of buildings destroyed as fire blows through state
The Gray Fire raced across Washington State, just outside of Spokane, over the weekend having originated in Medical Lake leaving almost 200 buildings destroyed and one person dead
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Body wrapped in rubbish bag discovered stuffed in shopping trolley
The body was found wrapped in a plastic rubbish bag and stuffed into a shopping trolley just down the road from a children's play park in the Bronx as families spent time outdoors unaware of what was happening
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NYPD cop left needing stitches after maniac with assault history bites ear
The 32-year-old man was seen shouting and swearing as he approached officers outside a Harlem subway station, as cops tried to arrest him, he turned and bit one on the ear