All news by author: Vassia Barba

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Two police officers killed as helicopter plunges into sugarcane field
The two officers, members of the Baton Rouge Police Department plunged to their deaths on Sunday morning at the West Baton Rouge Parish
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Trump says 'pray' as he blames 'incompetent' Biden for Putin's nuclear threat
Donald Trump has accused the US government of triggering Russia's threatening actions after Vladimir Putin announced he is stationing nuclear weapons in Belarus
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Airport passenger opens door of plane moving on runway & flees on deployed slide
A man aboard a flight by Delta airlines bound for Seattle got up and furiously jumped off the emergency door as the plane was taking off from Los Angeles International Airport
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Massive blaze erupts as tanker truck overturns and explodes on busy highway
Firefighters found the 8,500-gallon tanker truck ablaze on the I-795 highway between Owings Mills Boulevard and the Beltway in Maryland
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US bases in Syria 'bombed with multiple casualties' by Iranian militia
A new wave of airstrikes on eastern Syria hit positions of Iran-backed militias after rockets were fired at a Conoco gas plant that has a base housing American troops
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Woman with child in arms flees from mega New York fire
The fire started on the ground floor of 47 Mott Street in the Chinatown of Manhattan, New York, but flames have spread up to the fourth floor. Three people are reported to have been injured
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Five kids scream for help after getting stuck in cold, dark and wet storm drain
Rescuers opened manholes until they found the five boys who had entered a storm drain and crawled for an hour in the dark, wet sewers of Staten Island, New York
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Teen sentenced to life in prison for stabbing 13-year-old classmate 114 times
Aiden Fucci was found guilty of first-degree murder, with a Florida judge condemning him for the 'painful, horrifying death' he inflicted upon 13-year-old cheerleader Tristyn Bailey on May 9, 2021
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Woman quits her job to devote herself in finding her missing French bulldog
Yasmine Haezaert's French bulldog, Havoc, vanished from her home in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, US, on January 13, while her mother was looking after him
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Woman carried off flight by cops after foul-mouthed tirade with fellow passenger
Simone Bryna Kim, a 24-year-old woman from Texas, caused a disturbance aboard Frontier Airlines Flight 2426 headed to Philadelphia from Miami International Airport on Tuesday afternoon
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Passenger stabs another to death on bus as victim begs driver to let him off
Aaron Cole and Dominique Lucas were both riding on a bus when they began to argue. Cole stabbed Lucas 33 times until he succumbed to his injuries
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Teacher resigns over complaints kids were taught about Michelangelo's 'David'
Hope Carrasquilla was told to resign as principal of the Tallahassee Classical School in Florida after parents found Michelangelo’s "David" and other landmark pieces of art offensive
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Brave calf earns freedom as it escapes slaughterhouse and sprints along street
Panicked workers of a slaughterhouse chased behind the calf, trying to lasso her as she bravely fled an oncoming vehicle and roamed in the streets of Brooklyn, New York
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Fears of 'Last of Us' black fungi scourge as scientist warns of 'perfect recipe'
The combination of climate change, advances in medicine, and limited anti-fungals could result in a fungal scourge similar to that in the Last of Us series by HBO, a scientist claimed
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8 dolphins die after washing up on beach in miserable scene
Authorities were alerted and veterinarians rushed to the scene in Sea Isle City, New Jersey after eight dolphins became stranded and washed off on two beaches
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Soldier shoots own children, 5 and 6, dead as they slept before killing himself
Charles Slacks Jr. let himself in the home of his ex-wife in Sumter, South Carolina and killed a man, then three children, two of which were his own, before he killed himself
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Death of teen exhumed near Murdaugh murders mansion investigated as homicide
A new investigation into the death of Buster Murdaugh's fellow student, Stephen Smith, who was found dead aged 19 near the Murdaugh mansion, has opened as his body is exhumed
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Police hunt 'armed and dangerous' teen as school staff 'critical' after shooting
The teenage boy shot two deans once they found a gun on him during a search, then fled the East High School in Denver, Colorado, police said.
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Vote on Donald Trump's indictment called off - but jurors 'on standby' tomorrow
The panel meeting was cancelled today but jurors were told to be 'on standby' tomorrow, Thursday, for a potential vote on whether to indict Donald Trump, triggering his arrest
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FBI suspect threatens to jump from 31st floor of skyscraper during arrest
The FBI, the New York Police Department and New York Fire Department all responded to a man threatening to jump from the 31st floor of the luxury CitySpire building near Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York
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Woman, 29, posed as high school student in elaborate bid to make new friends
Despite being 29, Hyejeong Shin managed to sign herself up at New Brunswick High School because she wanted to relive the student experience, according to her lawyer
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Dentist accused of poisoning wife's protein shakes to start new life with lover
James Toliver Craig from Colorado, who is accused of killing his 43-year-old wife Angela Craig, had ordered a canister of toxic potassium cyanide just two days before his wife's death
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5 kids aged 8 to 17 killed in fireball crash as unlicensed teen driver hits tree
The teenage driver's father said that his son had driven in the past even though he didn't have a license, but said he had urged him against it, before the tragic crash on the Hutchinson River Parkway in Scarsdale, New York
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Cops brace for riots as historic Trump arrest expected in chilling Jan 6 echoes
NYPD, Secret Service and the FBI are on their feet as Donald Trump has demanded his followers take to the streets to protest against his expected indictment
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Americans warned gang kidnappings means Mexico 'has never been more dangerous'
Former officer of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) Michael Alcazar, has said that Americans travelling to Mexico during the spring break face severe dangers