All news by author: Fiona Leishman

Three young men, believed to be university students, were heading to a Thanksgiving dinner in Burlington, Vermont, when they were shot with calls for the incident to be investigated as a hate crime

The family of ex-cop Derek Chauvin, who is in jail for the murder of George Floyd in 2020, have reportedly been left in the dark after he was stabbed by another inmate in Tucscon, Arizona

Avery Emerson Fisher broke the Guinness World Record for most magic tricks performed underwater in three minutes in the tunnel aquarium at the Aquarium of the Bay in San Francisco, California

Doug Inglis and his long-time partner Jenny Gusse were camping in Banff National Park with their border collie Tris when they were attacked and killed by a female grizzly bear

Danet Kym Peterson, from Phoenix, Arizona, began experiencing headaches and blurred vision for several weeks before she decided to go see her doctor but that was just the start of a horrific ordeal

Kurt Villani and his wife Monica were travelling over the Rainbow Bridge crossing in Niagara Falls on the border between the US and Canada on their way to a KISS concert in Toronto when their Bentley crashed and exploded

Millions of chickens in Iowa and Ohio, two of the largest egg-producing states in the US, have been culled as a result of the latest outbreak of bird flu that began in 2022

Multiple vehicles were involved in the smash which resulted in a semi-truck crashing into a Ford dealership in Tooele, Utah, damaging brand new cars before exploding and setting fire to the building

Clarence Ray Allen was serving a life sentence when he ordered the deaths of others while behind bars, leading him to be convicted of three counts of murder and sentenced to death

Over the course of 14 months, three friends in Smiths Falls, Ontario disappeared, leaving confusion and mystery as to what happened to them, while rumours run rife in the tiny town

Horrific footage was shared on social media showing the moment a California Highway Patrol officer shot a man who had been spotted walking on the Interstate 105 in Los Angeles county

73-year-old Linda Frickey was killed after being dragged along the road in New Orleans as a group of teens attempted to flee after stealing her car, leaving her naked and dismembered body in the middle of the road

Karen Koep and her husband Davido went missing from their home in the Lake Forest Development near Olympia in Washington State last week with police now believing the couple are dead

Two young children who were believed to have been walking to Riverdale Elementary School in Prince George's County, Maryland, were rushed to hospital in a critical condition but died of their injuries

President Joe Biden has become the oldest-sitting president of the United States as he turns 81, spending the day pardoning the Thanksgiving turkeys before a low-kep celebration with family

Nine-year-old Arlette was helping to close the large metal gate at Centennial Elementary School in Tucson, Arizona, when the gate disconnected and fell on top of her leaving her with severe injuries that proved fatal

Bernard Manning is trending on Twitter after Argentina elected an eccentric new president, Javier milei, who people say reminds them a lot of the late controversial comedian

Velma Barfield became the first woman to be executed by lethal injection in 1984 and the first woman to be executed after the death penalty was reinstated in 1976 for her crimes

WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC DESCRIPTIONS Lawrence Russell Brewer was sentenced to death for his part in the murder of James Byrd Jr in Jasper, Texas, in 1998, who was dragged to death behind a pickup truck

Five US Army crew members were carrying out an air refuelling flight over the Mediterranean Sea when their MH-60 Blackhawk suffered a "mishap" and crashed into the sea

A 56-year-old woman from Richmond, Indiana, has been charged with battery by means of a deadly weapon after she allegedly hit a man sat in his car multiple times over the head

The Mililani Mauka wildfire, burning in a remote area within the O'ahu Forest National Wildlife Refuge is threatening more than 20 fragile species of wildlife and plants

The remote location of the I-45 corridor between Houston and Galveston made it attractive to those who wanted a place to dispose of a body

Jerry Mikkelson went missing from his home in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, more than 30 years ago, but this summer a John Doe murder victim's body was exhumed and finally identified as Jerry's

With many of us living longer than ever, people are becoming more interested in how to keep their brains health - especially after the release of Live to 100 on Netflix