All news by author: Joseph Wilkes

A horror mass shooting in Washington DC has killed two men and police say it involved 'historic beefs' - while a manhunt is underway for two suspects who are on the run

WARNING, GRAPHIC DETAILS: Taylor Schabusiness was seen appearing to smirk behind a spit hood as the sicko was sentenced for strangling lover Shad Thyrion to death during a crystal meth-fuelled sex session and dismembering his body and leaving his head in a bin for his mum to find

Ardrey Kell High School in Charlotte, US, looks to have been the victim of a cruel hoax today, causing students to barricade themselves inside classrooms and hide in closets

A bus carrying children and the Farmingdale High School band from Long Island rolled over in Wawayanda, Orange County, New York state - killing the band director Gina Pellettiere and retired teacher Beatrice Ferrari

A taxi plane has crashed in Barcelos in Amazonas, Brazil, killing all 14 on board, including tourists who may have been in the area to indulge in sports fishing

A Jewish synagogue in Brooklyn, New York, was subject to a bomb threat today - emergency services are out in force as one person brands it 'so evil'

The University of North Carolina at Chapel (UNC at Chapel Hill) is on alert with students told to 'go inside now, avoid windows' - it is the second time the uni has been on lockdown over an actual or suspected gunman this semester

Former US president Donald Trump has told radio host Hugh Hewitt he would love to debate Meghan Markle and says the former Queen was 'an incredible woman' who he became 'very friendly' with

Hurricane Idaliais battering the Florida coastline known as the Big Bend after it made landfall near Keaton Beach. It will spend the next few days crossing the US, going straight over Savannah, George, and Charleston, South Carolina

A brave Florida fisherman who has chosen to stay behind while deadly Hurricane Idalia makes landfall has told how 'apocalptic scenes' have already begun in Cedar Keys

Hurricane Idalia's path will see it smash into Florida in the next few hours - it has become Category 4 storm - meaning 'catastrophic damage will occur' according to The National Hurricane Center

The United States' national zoo - the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington DC - was the victim of a bomb threat today, with police sweeping the area and ordering visitors out

Two people were killed after a rescue helicopter crashed into the living room of an apartment building near a school in Florida. One of the two people killed has been named as fire and rescue Captain Terryson Jackson. Broward County Fire-Rescue Captain Jackson, 49,

US District Judge Tanya Chutkan has confirmed Trump's trial date in Washington DC in the federal case accusing the former president of attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election

An evil gunman has slaughtered multiple people at a Dollar General store in Jacksonville, Florida tonight - Mayor Donna Deegan has called it a 'mass shooting'

Americans at risk of Covid are being told to wear masks again as the virus sees a resurgence with a new variant - BA.2.86 spreading with cases surging and some schools shutting

Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui is being obliterated by terrible wildfires today whipped up tropical storm Hurricane Dora - the historic and beautifu resort is feared lost

Hawaii's Maui County and Lahaina are being evacuated as terrible wildfires fuelled by deadly winds from Hurricane Dora are pummelling the US island state today in frightening scenes

Rachel Morin vanished after leaving to go for a walk on the Ma and Pa Trail nature trail in Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland, on Saturday night - police have now said a woman's body has been found

Bryan Kohberger is accused of slaughtering four University of Idaho students in a horror attack that sent shockwaves rippling across America - details of what his defence might be have been scarce but his lawyer has now revealed his possible alibi

The US Capitol Police in Washington DC told people to stay away as a report came in of an active shooter in America's heartland the day before Donald Trump is set to appear before a judge - the scare now appears to be a 'bad call' with no shooter found

More than a hundred San Francisco firefighters were at the scene of a four-alarm fire Tuesday morning at a building that was under construction

A pilot is said to be injured after a banner plane plummeted into the sea off Myrtle Beach in South Carolina - a group of shocked bystanders are now trying to pull it out of the water

Kanesha Gaines has been shot dead at the age of 21 four years after her brother Keshaun Graham was gunned down at the age of 18 - mum Natasha Graham heartbreakingly said 'it shouldn't always be violence'

Police arrived at the Tesla Giga Factory in Austin, Texas, and told workers 'everyone needs to leave right now' sending employees running for the exits - thankfully no shooter has been found