All news by author: Vassia Barba

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Migrant boy shares how harsh upbringing helped him rise to CEO with six children
Rene Rodriguez, now the CEO of consultancy firm Volentum, and father to six children, was once a part-time door-to-door seller to pay his bills during college
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Chicken shop found with roaches as woman's post with bug in food goes viral
Haile Kirkland found a roach in her food and posted photos on social media,
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Ghislaine Maxwell to appeal conviction claiming victims' memories were 'faded'
Ghislaine Maxwell's attorneys are to claim that the disgraced British socialite was convicted based on "faded, distorted, and motivated memories" about paedophile Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking scheme
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Boy fights for life after hanging by his neck on rope ladder at amusement park
Families were shocked to see an eight-year-old entangled in a rope ladder at the Thrillz High Flying Adventure Park in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania on Saturday afternoon
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Cult member Linda Kasabian who helped send Charles Manson to prison dies
Linda Kasabian was a key witness in the 1970 prosecution of Charles Manson and his followers for a series of nine murders at four locations in Los Angeles between July and August 1969
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Two missing women found alive in car after getting stuck in snow for five days
Kimberly Pushard, 51, and Angela Bussell, 50, from Midcoast, got stuck with their car in the snow in a remote area near Nicatous Lake in Hancock County, Maine
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Alligator pulled from lake may have been kept as a pet and swallowed bath plug
Vets at the Bronx Zoo found a four-inch wide bathtub plug in the animal's stomach, and the alligator is too weakened to attempt a removal. She was found in New York's Prospect Park
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Toddler lets slip exactly where fugitive is hiding as police raid house
Police in Williamsburg, Kentucky arrested Tina Hicks and charged her with drug possession after a kid stood up and exclaimed "we shouldn’t lie, she is inside the room next to the bathroom!"
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Man creates QR code for dad's grave so people can learn about his life
Michael Bourque, an inventor from Boston, Massachusetts, 3D-printed a QR code and attached it to his father, John Harold Bourque's headstone as a means to commemorate his life
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Man survives four car crashes in hour as snow storms rip through California
James Halsey, 32, from Big Bear, shared his harrowing experience from a few weeks ago as the hazardous conditions caused by a massive winter storm are continuing.
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SpaceX scraps attempt to launch 4 astronauts to ISS just 2 mins before liftoff
Elon Musk's SpaceX had planned to launch a rocket for NASA to the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday with four astronauts onboard, when a technical issue occurred
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Towns face being destroyed by climate change within 27 years - see full list
Over half of the provinces in the global top 50 of the XDI Gross Domestic Climate Risk comparison for 2050 are from China, and the US follows with 18 states, with Florida at the top
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California battered by blizzards with people stuck in cars on roads
A brutal winter storm closed interstate highways, trapped drivers in cars, and knocked out power for thousands of people after the first blizzard warning in Southern California
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Biggest ever lottery jackpot winner sued by man who claims he stole it from him
Jose Rivera is legally chasing $2.04 billion (£1.7 billion) lottery winner Edwin Castro, and a man named "Reggie", for allegedly stealing the winning ticket from him after he bought it in Altadena, California
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Boy, 2, who ran away found covered in scratches after surviving night outside
Joshua Rowland, also known as JJ, left his home in Brooksville, Florida, US while his parents were sleeping and spent the night outside, but thankfully he was found alive and well
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Tourist says she almost died after 'catching disease from Airbnb hot tub'
Pamela Farman, 75, and her family were vacationing in the sunshine state of Florida in May 2022 when she suddenly struggled to breathe
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Restaurant worker accused of throwing hot grease in face of his colleague
The victim had "skin missing from his face, eye, hands, shoulder and back" after being attacked by Thomas Cobb at a Zaxby's eatery in Walhalla, South Carolina, US
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Boy, 5, finds gun before accidentally shooting himself dead in his own home
Elijo Gonzalez, 5, died on Tuesday night in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US, after finding a gun at his home and accidentally shooting himself, in a tragic incident that sparked discussions on gun safety
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Woman shares horrific bullying she's faced because of her odd-sounding name
A teacher once said her name sounds like someone is taking a s***, prompting the class to laugh at Damarys, a TikTok user from Florida, US, who now only goes by her middle name
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Inside eerie abandoned hospital in small town where everything is left untouched
Barnwell County Hospital in South Carolina, US, was the only hospital in the county and had the only X-ray machine in the town, so local doctors would send patients there for routine X-rays
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Journalist breaks down in tears on TV covering killing of reporter shot dead
WESH2 reporter Luana Munoz broke down on camera after the death of Dylan Lyons, 24, who worked for Spectrum News 13, was killed in Pine Hills in Orlando, Florida, US
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Journalist, 24, shot dead while reporting on attack as girl, 9, also killed
Spectrum News 13 journalist Dylan Lyons, 24, died while covering a homicide related to the shootings at Pine Hills in Orlando, Florida, US, and his colleague Jesse Walden is fighting for his life
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Princess Diana’s plans for William and Harry found on her desk the day she died
Princess Diana wanted to give her sons, Prince Harry and Prince William a new perspective to life, and some documents found on her desk reveal she was in the middle of a purchase
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Protesters gathering as US state set to execute its first inmate in four years
Donald David Dillbeck, 59, is scheduled to die tomorrow, February 23, for the 1990 murder of Faye Vann in Tallahassee, and advocates are preparing to protest the capital punishment in Florida, US
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Man pronounced dead by paramedics after cardiac arrest despite still breathing
Thomas Maxwell, 65 was found unresponsive on the floor of his him in Pinellas County, Florida, US, but his daughter, Phebe Maxwell, insisted he was still alive