All news by author: Vassia Barba

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M&M’s replaces cartoon chocolate figures with actor Maya Rudolph after backlash
The company has said it will now recruit actor Maya Rudolph as its spokesperson instead of the anthropomorphic candies, as she is someone "America can agree on"
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Police dog accused of stealing officer's sandwich as half-eaten lunch vanishes
Ice, a German Shepard K9 dog with the Wyandotte Police Department in Michigan, US, went rogue after 11 years of service, but he was excused after all thanks to his "puppy eyes"
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Popular ride at Disney World shuts as punters queue for final day of attraction
The log flume ride Splash Mountain, which opened at Disney World in Florida in 1992, was based on the animated sequences of the 1946 Disney film Song of the South
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Raging wild turkey terrorises neighbourhood attacking and injuring residents
Locals around Coon Rapids in Minnesota, US, have had to go out of their houses armed with brooms and sticks to protect themselves from a wild turkey that has occupied the streets
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Chilling last texts of passenger in plane crash as he says 'we lost engines'
The bodies of Benjamin Chafetz and Boruch Taub from Cleveland were found in a wooded area about two miles away from Westchester County Airport, New York, US
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Mystery as lawyer's cause of death on anniversary holiday disputed by his family
Police told the wife of Elliot Blair, a lawyer from Orange County, California, US, that her husband was shot in the head while on holiday in Mexico, according to his family
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Boy catches 11ft great white shark on family trip as mum holds on for dear life
Campbell Keenan, 12, said he "always thought I would catch some like decent fish, but not a great white, ever" after he fished out the predator off Florida's east coast
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Missing woman's mum 'cannot believe' sick Google searches of 'killer' husband
Ana Walshe's mum said she "cannot believe" the disturbing Google searches her daughter's husband, Brian Walshe made days before he was arrested and charged with Ana's murder
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Mystery as body of mum missing for two weeks found buried in shallow grave
Jennifer Brown, the mum of an eight-year-old boy, had been missing for two weeks before her body was finally discovered in Royersford, Pennsylvania, US
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Woman targeted by cruel bullies for her weight loses over 6st in just one year
Natalia Masterman had a "life flashing before my eyes" moment where she didn't like what she saw in the mirror and decided she would never look back on her damaging habits in Washington, US
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Daughter accused of shooting parents before dismembering bodies with chainsaws
Remains of the parents of Verity Beck, 49, who were both in their 70s, were found by police at their home in Pennsylvania, US, with a chainsaw near them in a horrid scene
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Female shark baffles scientists after she snubs males - but has 'virgin birth'
Until now, scientists assumed the females of the species turned to "virgin birth", a process called parthenogenesis, only when there weren't enough mates to go around
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Man accused of kidnapping partner after she found out he's married as body found
The remains of a woman were found a mile away from Kayla Keeley's alleged kidnapper, Ocaster Ferguson's house, however, the body hasn't been identified yet in Frisco, Texas, US
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Dad uses zip ties to do daughters' hair before school - and they are adorable
Electrician Matt, 37, from Utah, US, decided to improvise with zip ties out of his toolbox after he didn't want to wake his wife up to get his daughters' hair bobbles
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Drivers save woman from burning car on motorway as they drag her from wreckage
Susan Denise hit the central reservation before the SUV she was driving flipped over and was engulfed in flames but thankfully a group of bypassers worked together to drag her out in Long Island, New York, US
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Single dad 'completely lost' after boy, 9, dies just days after taken into care
The child's father, Richard Blodgett, who was jailed on a drug charge, said he was only using fentanyl for pain management after he dropped 300 pounds with weight loss surgery
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Wife accuses husband of beating four-year-old girl to death before burying her
Ivon Adams allegedly beat four-year-old Athena Brownfield until she "was not moving" and then buried her body near Rush Springs, Oklahoma, US, his wife said
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Coffee shop barista barely escapes kidnapping as man grabs her through window
A man in a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck can be seen grabbing the coffee shop barista by the arm in what appears to be an attempted kidnapping in Auburn, Washington state, US
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Man crashes huge truck into wife's house as she cries he's 'trying to kill' her
Patricia Dunn has said she is filing for a restraining order after her estranged husband crashed into her Los Angeles home, in the US, twice with a car and once with a huge truck
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Airbnb host suspended after being falsely accused of installing hidden camera
Robert Serr said a guest at his apartment in Palm Beach, Florida, US, wanted to get back at him after he left her a one-star review for leaving the place a "filthy mess"
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Air traffic control yells 's***' as fatal plane crash avoided at last moment
An air traffic controller swore before urging the pilots of an American Airlines and a Delta plane to stop before they crash on each other, in a close call at New York's JFK airport
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Search for missing four-year-old girl now a 'recovery operation' as fears grow
Agents are now looking for the remains of four-year-old Athena Brownfield who went missing last week after a man was charged with murder in relation to her disappearance
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'Talented' boy, 11, shot dead as girl, 14, is accused of firing gun during fight
A local community in Dallas is devastated after D'evan McFall died when he was hit by stray bullets with a 14-year-old girl shot a gun aimed at another girl that was fighting
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Deaf woman with autism found safe after missing for three weeks
The family of vulnerable Samantha Primus, 47, who was missing for three weeks in Queens, New York, takes legal action against a hospital that released her "to the streets"
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Paramedics charged with murder after patient dies from 'asphyxia on stretcher'
Paramedics can be seen in body camera footage yelling at Earl L. Moore, Jr, a Black man, to "Sit up!" and ordering him to walk to the ambulance by himself