All news by author: Fiona Leishman
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Doctor imprisoned over plot to kill wife charged with second attempt
Former New York podiatrist Ira Bernstein has been charged with multiple felonies for attempting to solicit the murder of his wife, Susan, in 2022 just months after being released from prison
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Michael Tisius' haunting final words and last meal before death row execution
Michael Tisius had a last meal of two bacon cheeseburgers, curly fries, regular fries and a chocolate milkshake before being executed by lethal injection at the Missouri state prison
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Family of missing teen baseball star seen saying final goodbyes at memorial
Cameron Robbins, 18, disappeared after jumping overboard on a sunset cruise without a life jacket on May 24 just hours after landing in the Bahamas for a high school graduation trip
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Mum killed in plane crash was adopted at the age of 40 by Trump donor's family
Adina Azarian, a top real-estate agent in the New York area, was adopted at age 40 by John and Barbara Rumple according to her biological family, after a chance encounter
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Men fall victim to Japanese anti-social 'Hikikomori' isolation trend sweeping US
Hikikomori is a term coined in Japan in the 1990s, but the anti-social trend which sees people socially isolating themselves has become widespread across not just the US, but other countries too
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Death Row killer who shot two jailers aged just 19 to be executed despite outcry
Michael Tisius was sentenced to death 23 years ago after attempting to break an inmate he had shared a cell with out of prison in June 2000, shooting and killing two prison officers in the process
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Most common dementia signs and when you must see doctor amid 'time bomb' warning
More than one in 10 adults in the US over the age of 65 is said to have dementia, known to be a devastating illness. Here are the most common signs people should be looking out for
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13 days of pain since teen baseball star jumped off boat in shark infested water
Teen baseball star Cameron Robbins, 18, had days earlier graduated high school and was on a trip with classmates and other students in the Bahamas when he was apparently dared to jump overboard off the sunset cruise they were on
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Mega lotto jackpot winner who bagged amazing $476million is retired handyman, 71
71-year-old Johnnie Taylor from Queens has been named as the lucky winner who took home the record-setting prize after winning big on the New York Lottery's Mega Millions
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Body of woman 'going to make a Facebook Marketplace' purchase found on fire
Jermiera Ivory Fowler's was found shot dead with her body on fire the day after she was last seen after reportedly going to meet someone to make a Facebook Marketplace purchase
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Mum killed by fungal brain infection after surgery - as CDC issue major warning
Lauren Robinson, 29, from Texas has been named as one of three Americans who died from fungal meningitis thought to have been contracted from a comestic surgery clinic in Mexico
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Bakery owner overwhelmed as thief rings up to apologise for stealing cupcakes
The thief broke into the Sweet Something bakery in Vancouver where he sat in the store, before taking selfies on the shop's mobile and stealing half a dozen chocolate champagne cupcakes
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Man accused of raping four women after family members sent DNA to genealogy site
35-year-old attorney Matthew Nilo was arrested outside the fancy New Jersey home he shares with his fiancée and is set to be sent back to Boston to face rape charges
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Missing four-year-old girl found dead in canal while on holiday
Four-year-old Evelyn K Geer's body was found along the water edge by a canal near the holiday home her family was staying at in Port Charlotte, Florida, early on Friday morning
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Terminator-style robots now come with human-like skin to make AI less scary
The synthetic skin has the ability to heal like human skin, knitting itself back together in its original structure, and has a human-like sense of touch with the ability for sense of pressure and temperature too
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Users share way to use free VPN to bypass Netflix's password sharing crackdown
As Netflix begins to crack down on password sharing between households, savvy tech users have shared their tips online to bypass the crackdown by using a VPN to share an IP address
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'Serial killer' says he was 'looking forward' to killing again in eerie cop call
Raul Meza Jr, 62, is thought to have murdered as many as 13 people in the course of his offending, which began as early as 1975 and has spent time in and out of prison since
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Mum's guilt as son left 'brain dead' after sleeping between her and dad
A mum-of-three from Wisconsin is trying to spread awareness about the dangers of co-sleeping after her five-month-old son was left with 75 per cent brain damage and could be blind after being suffocated
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Abandoned coffee cup is only sign of missing dad who disappeared into woods
Family have said the fact Colby Richards left the back gate open is a red flag, with the only sign so far of the missing dad-of-two being a Yeti coffee tumbler found abandoned behind his house
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Lucky woman scoops $2m on scratchcard after dead dad 'told her to buy ticket'
The woman from Maryland State, known only as 'Happy Dog Groomer', said she received a sign from her late father to buy a Cash is King ticket as she was on her way to cash in another winning ticket
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Terrified riders dangle mid-air as roller coaster stops to let one person off
Riders were ready to go on the Silver Bullet roller coaster at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California, when it grounded to a halt after a passenger became too terrified to ride
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Inside life of missing teen baseball star who jumped off cruise ship 'as a dare'
Cameron Robbins had recently graduated from University Laboratory School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and was enjoying a trip to the Bahamas with other graduates when he jumped overboard on a sunset cruise as a dare
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Shadowy image near missing baseball star that could explain his disappearance
Cameron Robbins, 18, was a star baseball player who jumped overboard during a sunset cruise in the Bahamas on a dare before chilling footage shows him drifting away from the boat into the darkness
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Gran claims she earns up to $18,000-a-night as an escort - but her kids hate it
Sila Star has spent $150,000 on plastic surgery and comestic procedures in order to 'maintain her looks and her youth' for her clients, who she says range from 80 to 20-years-old
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George Floyd's murder has changed America and the world 3 years on from killing
George Floyd was killed after he was restrained by officers, with one keeping their knee on his neck for almost 10 minutes as Mr Floyd repeatedly told them he "can't breathe" and that they were "going to kill" him
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