The bodies of four teenagers reported missing after a camping trip have been found in a partially submerged car in north Wales. A wide-scale search for Jevon Hirst, Harvey Owen, Wilf Henderson and Hugo Morris started on Monday afternoon when the group failed to return home from an overnight camping trip to the Snowdonia area. … Read more
South African former Paralympic star Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2014 for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, has been granted parole effective from January 5, the Department of Correctional Services says. Known as the “Blade Runner” for his carbon-fibre prosthetic legs, Pistorius went from a public hero as a Paralympic champion to a convicted killer in … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Paula Abdul has accused former “American Idol” producer Nigel Lythgoe of sexually assaulting her in the early 2000s when she was a judge on the reality competition show, according to a new lawsuit. The lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles also accuses Lythgoe of sexually assaulting Abdul after she left “American Idol” … Read more
The dramatic conclusion of a police chase outside of Houston, Texas yesterday involved a SWAT battering ram and a lot of tear gas. The chase began when a Harris County deputy noticed a tractor-trailer stalled on I-10, according to KRIV. When the deputy turned his lights on, the truck’s driver started heading down the interstate … Read more
Three gunmen have pulled up to a party in northern Mexico and opened fire on revellers, killing six people and wounding 26 others. Two of the dead were aged under 18, and five of the wounded were children. Four of the wounded were reported to be in critical condition at local hospitals, while 13 others … Read more
A Perth man who was allegedly beaten and mugged outside a Bali nightclub is now struggling to get home in time for his brother’s wedding. Matthew Stevenson, 27, from Midland, said his cheek was broken when he was set upon by a group of men outside the Engine Room in Kuta on Friday night. WATCH … Read more
Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who admitted to helping her boyfriend kill her abusive mother in a case that generated international attention, was released from prison on parole Thursday local time, a Missouri corrections official told CNN. Blanchard pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in 2016 after confessing that she convinced her boyfriend to stab her mother Dee … Read more
A guest at a Sydney hotel has been arrested after an alleged wild outburst on Friday morning. The 35-year-old man allegedly flooded his room and smashed a window at the Sheraton Grand before becoming violent with hotel staff checking on his welfare. Emergency services were called to the hotel on Elizabeth St in Sydney just … Read more
Young male student preparing for the test listening online lessons on headphones Milan Kostic | Istock | Getty Images The education community — students, teachers, parents, staff and those connected to all of them — are barraged with threats to their physical safety. Now, they’re also increasingly dealing with the kind of threats that don’t … Read more
A 14-year-old Florida teen fatally shot his sister in an argument over Christmas gifts, only to be shot moments later by his own teenage brother, authorities said. The argument started when the brothers, ages 14 and 15, were out shopping on Christmas Eve on Sunday with their mother and sister, and got into a spat … Read more
