A popular US fast-food chain that rivals KFC may soon be rolled out in Australia, as the company behind Burger King looks to expand. Restaurant Brands International — the parent company of fried chicken franchise Popeyes — has put feelers out for Australian investors to support the chain’s roll-out Down Under, according to the Australian … Read more
The family of a seven-year-old who died when the hole she was digging with her brother at a Florida beach collapsed on top of them has been remembered as an “always happy” girl. Indiana girl Sloan Mattingly was playing in a hole on a beach in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea with her nine-year-old brother Maddox on February 20 … Read more
The remains of a Portland, Oregon, teenager who vanished in the late 1960s have been identified through advanced DNA testing more than 50 years after she went missing, authorities said. In 1970, a Boy Scout troop leader discovered the remains buried in a shallow grave on Sauvie Island in Oregon. Investigators at the time were … Read more
The body of an 11-year-old US girl who went missing on her way to school has been found in a river. Audrii Cunningham, from Texas, was found in the Trinity River on Tuesday, according to Polk County Sheriff Byron Lyons. “Audrii’s body was located at the Trinity River under US Highway 59,” Lyons said on … Read more
Ruby Franke, a mother and popular web personality from Utah in the US who pleaded guilty last year to four counts of aggravated child abuse, has been given four consecutive sentences of one to 15 years in prison. “My charges are just,” Franke said at the sentencing on Tuesday. “They offer safety to my family, … Read more
Two people have been arrested on charges of murder and abuse of a corpse after the discovery of a girl’s body encased in concrete and a boy’s remains in a suitcase in Colorado, according to police and public jail records. The City of Pueblo Police Department announced the arrest of Corena Rose Minjarez, 36, on … Read more
An Adelaide family is praying for a miracle as they prepare to relocate to the US, hoping to save their five-year-old son’s life. Just six years ago, another one of their children was struck down with meningococcal. Now, their youngest has aggressive cancer. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Adelaide family praying for a miracle as they … Read more
A truck’s fuel tank has exploded in a neighbourhood south of downtown Los Angeles, in the US, sending a fireball into the air and injuring nine of the 10 firefighters responding to the blaze. All nine LA firefighters were rushed on Thursday to Harbor-UCLA Medical Centre and stabilised, and one of the critical patients was … Read more
A dozen victims of Jeffrey Epstein have filed a lawsuit accusing the FBI of covering up its failure to investigate the late financier, enabling his sex trafficking to continue for more than 20 years. The victims, using Jane Doe pseudonyms, said the FBI received credible tips as early as 1996 that Epstein trafficked young women … Read more
US President Joe Biden‘s re-election campaign has defended its new TikTok account as a vital way to boost its appeal with young voters, even as his administration continues to raise security concerns about whether the popular social media app might be sharing user data with China’s communist government. The campaign’s inaugural post featured the president … Read more
