All news by author: Fiona Leishman
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Mum, 20, died in New York hotel fall after argument with boyfriend
A woman who fell to her death from the OYO Hotel near Times Square in New York City has been identified as a 20-year-old mother and aspiring model and actress who had a fight with her boyfriend prior to her death
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Supermarket giant tests new technology to crack down on self-checkouts theft
Walmart US CEO Doug McMillon insisted stores were facing a stealing problem, saying: "Theft is an issue. It's higher than what it has historically been"
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Atlanta hospital shooting suspect discharged from military in January 2023
Atlanta Police are searching for 24-year-old suspect Deion Patterson who opened fire at the Northside Hospital Medical Centre in Atlanta, Georgia, shooting five women while he was reportedly at an appointment with his mother
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Retired NYPD officer arrested after tackling alleged shoplifter
Salvatore Lopiccolo was working as an armed guard at a Walgreens in New York when he tackled an alleged repeat shoplifter before he says he was held in a cell for seven hours and slapped with assault charges
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Mum who lied in daughter's murder investigation speaks out in chilling crime doc
Casey Anthony: Where the Truth Lies is set to air for the first time in the UK on May 7, with the mum sharing her version of what happened to her daughter Caylee Anthony whose body was found in 2008
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Boohoo pay out millions over fake ‘discounts’ on PrettyLittleThing
Eligible shoppers will be receiving vouchers they will be able to use on Boohoo's sites; boohooMAN, PrettyLittleThing and NastyGal after reaching a settlement over falsely advertised online sales
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Shoppers' fury at new self-checkout rule to crack down on Shoplifting
US grocery store chain Giant has implemented a new rule for self-checkout shoppers, which has proved controversial for shoppers, after noticing an increased rate of shoplifting
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Teenage mum who threw newborn baby in the bin jailed
WARNING UPSETTING CONTENT AND PICTURES: 19-year-old Alexis Avila threw her newborn baby boy into a rubbish bin behind a shopping centre on a cold winter's day, thankfully he was found by people looking through the bin that same day with the judge warning he likely would not have survived if not
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'Godfather of AI' quits Google and warns of dangers of AI
Dr Geoffrey Hinton has warned about the dangers fast-paced advancement in artificial intelligence, used in chatbots such as ChatGPT, could pose to jobs
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Texas governor criticised as he calls mass shooting victims 'illegal immigrants'
Texas Governor Greg Abbott faced fierce backlash after referring to the five victims of a shooting in Cleveland as "illegal immigrants" in a statement as the suspected gunman remains on the loose
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Body parts donated to medical school stolen and sold by mortuary staff, cops say
Candace Chapman Scott of Little Rock, Arkansas, allegedly sold Pennsylvania man Jeremy Lee Pauley 20 boxes of body parts stolen from a mortuary after being used as medical school cadavers
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Ed Sheeran arrives in court for copyright trial along with staff carrying guitar
Suffolk-born singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran is being sued by the family of Ed Townsend, Marvin Gaye's co-writer, over alleged similarties between Gaye's hit 'Let's Get it On' and Sheeran's 'Thinking Out Loud'
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Judge denies Donald Trump's demand for mistrial in rape accuser case
A judge has denied Donald Trump's motion for a mistrial over the civil case filed by former Elle columnist E Jean Carroll, who claims Trump raped her in a department store changing room in Manhattan in 1996
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Winner of US's biggest ever $2 billion lottery jackpot beams as he leaves bank
Edwin Castro won a huge record-breaking $2 billion on the Powerball - using his money to buy a vintage $250,000 Porsche as well as two multimillion dollar properties in California
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Family in tears as they learn news of fire that killed mum and young daughters
Tributes are pouring in for a mum and her two daughters who were killed when in a fire at their Brooklyn apartment. Fire services have shared a picture of the kitchen, where the blaze is said to have started
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Influencer lied about couple trying to kidnap her kids leading to viral video
Katie Sorensen, 31, was caught out by police after posting an Instagram video which went viral, which gave more details on the alleged kidnap than she had given to police, who were able to determine she was, in fact, lying.
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Abortion bans fail by single vote in conservative South Carolina, Nebraska
Abortion bans in the deeply conservative states of Nebraska and South Carolina have failed after both fell a single vote short of passing in legislatures. People were heard cheering and chanting outside the Nebraska legislative chamber following the result
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Parents of student murdered alongside girlfriend and friends share last moments
The parents of 20-year-old Ethan Chapin have spoken after months of silence about the "depths of hell" they found themselves in and the last time they saw their son, a triplet, before he was brutally killed
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Mum and two daughters killed after fire ripped through their apartment
Authorities have confirmed a 40-year-old mum and her 10 and 8-year-old daughters have died in the fire which swept through a Brooklyn apartment building
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Girl, 15, reaches for mum's hand after pizza driver hurtles her 30ft in air
WARNING: Contains images some people may find distressing. 15-year-old Lakyn Stroder was crossing the road in Florida the day after her birthday when she was it by a car reportedly travelling at 40mph.
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Lottery winner found murdered under concrete slab three years after winning $30m
Abraham Lee Shakespeare won the Florida Lotto jackpot in 2006, three years later he vanished before he was found shot buried underneath concrete in the garden of an acquaintance's house
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Flight forced to turn back after passenger gets into shouting match with crew
Passengers on United Airlines flight 90 were just three hours into their 10 hour flight to Tel Aviv when a "disruptive passenger" forced the pilot to turn the plane around
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Boy, 3, drowns in pond with mum accused of being too hungover to look after him
Myra Otsie Santiago, 22, had been out partying with a friend the night before and woke up the next afternoon to find her three year old son missing from their Ormond Beach apartment in Florida
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Athletic boy, 16, dies within 24 hours of being diagnosed with deadly illness
Kyle Limper, 16, was a keen athlete, playing high school football, running track and wrestling, with hopes of going on to join the CSI or FBI "so people could live their lives safely"
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Giant panda leaves US zoo to finally head home to China after 20 years
Ya Ya has called Memphis Zoo home for the last 20 years - but she's on her way back to China after the panda loan agreement ended and following the death of her mate, Le Le, in February
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