All news by author: Fiona Leishman

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3 members of same family killed in horror truck crash that caused toxic spill
An adult and two children under the age of 12 have been identified as three of the five people killed in Teutopolis, Illinois when a tanker carrying anhydrous ammonia tipped over, spilling the hazardous substance
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Man who 'kept woman prisoner in tiny cell' charged with kidnapping another woman
Negasi Zuberi is facing separate criminal charges of kidnap and rape from a case two months before he allegedly kidnapped a sex worker and drover her hundreds of miles to his Oregon home
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Mum's body dumped in 'The Boneyard' where aspiring Marine found months prior
A remote area of desert near Moffat, Colorado, has been nicknamed 'The Boneyard' due to the numbers of remains being discovered there including missing mum Suzanne Morphew's
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Boy, 18, dies after sticking head through car sunroof
The unidentified 18-year-old had been in a car cruising around the car park at the West Edmonton Mall when he stuck his head out the sunroof and struck his head on a concrete beam
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Wells Fargo boss jumped to his death from conference room window amid job stress
Greg Beckett worked at the Wells Fargo headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, and had been working on several high-stress projects for an extended period with meetings lasting as late as 11pm
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Chilling 'Snaggletooth murder' left bartender dead and covered in bite marks
WARNING DISTURBING: In December 1991, Kim Ancona's lifeless body was found on the floor of the men's bathroom in the bar she worked at, covered in wounds and distinctive bite marks
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Dementia risk in women may be lowered by having multiple children
Researchers found that women who had a longer 'reproductive lifespan', AKA had more babies, were exposed to higher levels of oestrogen throughout their lives and therefore had a lower risk of dementia
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'We painted front door pink - nothing prepared us for postwoman's reaction'
Markie Mullins and her boyfriend Milo Bird decided to paint the front door of their home in Detroit, Michigan, an eye-catching pink much to the delight of their postwoman
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Wife pours bleach into hubby's coffee maker during divorce but he has hidden cam
Melody Felicano Johnson was charged in Tucson, Arizona, with attempted murder after she allegedly poured bleach into her husband's coffee pot for months as they went through a divorce
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Schools pay parents $300 a month to drive kids to class amid bus driver shortage
Parents in Philadelphia are being offered a cash incentive to drive their children to school as states across the US face crippling bus driver shortages putting a massive strain on the network
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Parents sent sick cartel vid of 6 teens led to deaths by gangster in skull mask
Chilling video footage of a cartel member leading a group of teenagers to their deaths was sent to their parents, who have shared the footage in a bid to counter claims from the government there was no kidnapping
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Horror moment teacher knocked out cold as metal chair hurled at her in classroom
The teacher at Southwestern Classical Academy in Flint, Michigan, was attempting to calm an argument between two students when one picked up a metal chair and threw it across the classroom
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US offers $5m bounty for assassin who shot Ecuadorean presidential candidate
The US is offering a huge reward for any information that leads to the arrest of those they're calling the "masterminds" behind the assassination of Ecuadorean presidential candidate Fernando Villaviencio
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Mum told baby's stye isn't dangerous - then daughter starts to go blind
Brooke Pearce followed her gut instinct and it helped save her daughter Scarlett's eyesight after a spot on her eye turned out to be more than just the birthmark they were repeatedly told it was
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Dad and snowmobile rider has both legs amputated after falling into grain bin
A professional snowmobile racer from Windom, Minnesota, has had both legs amputated after he became trapped in an auger while cleaning out a grain bin with doctors saying he was reduced with seconds to spare
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High school students spell n-word on shirts while posing behind mixed-race girl
A high school student at Salmon High School in Idaho posted the now-deleted image to social media showing six teens spelling out the racial slur as a mixed-race girl lay on the floor in front, all with their middle fingers up
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Melania Trump 'quietly' renegotiated prenup ahead of potential second presidency
Melania Trump has reportedly renegotiated her prenup with Donald Trump ahead of his potential second term in the White House with aims to ensure that she and their son Barron, 17, are provided for
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Invasive fish poised to be 'apex predators' after eating their way into rivers
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources has warned that the flathead catfish found in the Ogeechee River could decimate local fish populations including the prized redbreast sunfish
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Girl, 16, struck by lightning while hunting with dad dies of her injuries
Baylee Holbrook, 16, was out hunting with her dad in Putnam County, Florida, when a bolt of lightning struck a nearby tree which fell on the pair, knocking Baylee's dad unconscious
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Deputy police chief on leave linked to cop son's arrest in 'Brave Cave' case
Troy Lawrence Senior, deputy police chief of the Baton Rouge Police Department has been put on administrative leave as the department investigates claims of excessive use of force in the 'Brave Cave' warehouse
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Grandad sacrifices own life to save girl, 4, by pushing her out the way of car
A grandfather who was described as the "most loving person in the world" was killed at a crossing just feet from his house whilst walking one of his granddaughters home from school in Dinuba, California
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'A pitbull ripped off my toddler's face, they scalped him in our garden'
Warning: Contains some graphic images and descriptions which some readers may find distressing. A toddler who was savagely attacked by three pitbulls underwent a 16-hour surgery and faces 30 to 40 more operations as a result of his injuries.
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Huge fire at wedding venue kills more than 100 as flames rip through building
More than 100 people have been killed at at least 200 have been injured after a fire ripped through a wedding venue in Al-Hamdaniya in Iraq's northern Nineveh province
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Suspect in tech CEO's murder will 'kill and he will rape,' police say
Police in Baltimore, Maryland, are on the hunt for Jason Billingsley, 32, in connection with the death of EcoMap CEO and founder Pava LaPere, 26, who was found dead in her Mount Vernon flat
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Judge finds Trump committed fraud with financial statements exaggerating wealth
As the non-jury trial for Donald Trump related to fraud charges brought about by Attorney General Letitia James gets set to get underway in New York next week, a judge has round that Trump and his key associates did commit fraud