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• Death sentence for Boston bomber

  15-05-2015 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is sentenced to death over the 2013 attack that killed three people and injured 260.
  
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• Hellish Midwest prison has conditions so awful inmates are burning themselves to death, investigation claims

  28-07-2026 23:15 via dailymail.com
  
  The Joliet Treatment Center in Illinois has been rocked by more than 70 fires in the last three years, including 12 cases in which inmates set themselves ablaze in a last-ditch cry for help.
  
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• Innocent woman and officer are injured after 'man leads police on 45-minute chase reaching speeds of 100mph on 30mph streets through Salford'

  28-07-2026 23:11 via dailymail.com
  
  An innocent woman and an officer have been injured after a car hit speeds of 100mph during a 45-minute chase through 30mph streets in Salford, police have said. 
  
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• Moment policewoman is left temporarily blind and struggling to breathe after being pepper sprayed by man while attending an assault call out

  28-07-2026 23:05 via dailymail.com
  
  Footage shows Ionut Spanache spraying Police Constables Hollie and Molly as they attended an address in Luton, Bedfordshire following reports of a domestic assault on May 17.
  
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• Your chat with the AI chatbot Claude could be publicly available online

  28-07-2026 22:58 via metro.co.uk
  
  Claude allows people to ‘share’ their chats (Picture: Reuters)The user was desperate to know: Are birds ‘secretly professional rappers who co-wrote most of Jay Z’s albums’?‘I could try to find the bird and interview it,’ they explained, ‘but I think that might be hard because it’s clearly a celebrity.’Another wondered how they could ‘truly’ transform into a nine-tailed fox, a spirit in ancient Japanese mythology. A third wa
  
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• Piercing scream fills air as woman is bitten by rattlesnake while tending rose bush outside her luxurious home in bare feet

  28-07-2026 22:58 via dailymail.com
  
  Linda Martin, 54, tried calling 911 three times as the venom spread through her body, making her fingers and face tingle and her legs go numb, but the calls refused to go through.
  
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• Double tragedy 'unexplained' after bodies of couple found in secluded cottage

  28-07-2026 22:57 via dailymail.com
  
  The bodies of a couple were found at a property on the outskirts of a Scottish village after reports of 'concern for a person'.
  
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• Couple paid £37.5m by eBay after they were sent cockroaches and bloody pig mask

  28-07-2026 22:55 via mirror.co.uk
  
  David and Ina Steiner, from Massachusetts, have received a huge payout from eBay after they told of being threatened and targeted in a campaign to "intimidate" them
  
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• EUAN McCOLM: I ask my ex-wife if I can buy her a drink and we find a place. It has taken a long time to get to this table...

  28-07-2026 22:53 via dailymail.com
  
  It begins with a damaged rug from John Lewis and ends with a joyous afternoon in the pub in the company of a woman with whom I once communicated only through lawyers.
  
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• Notorious drunkard decapitated woman after crashing boat he was sailing at 80mph, prosecutors say

  28-07-2026 22:50 via dailymail.com
  
  Richard Stevenson, 45, was arrested on Saturday afternoon after his boat overtook another on Fox River, decapitating Magdalena Joblonska, 48. He was going 80mph, prosecutors said.
  
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• Circus performer shoots husband through the neck with arrow in front of live audience

  28-07-2026 22:49 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up Next Previous Page Next PageA circus daredevil accidentally shot her own husband in the neck with a crossbow after a live performance went awry.Ana Daza Tavera, 42, and Edwin Cuervo Rangel, 38, had been performing their famous crossbow sharpshooting act in front of a live audience in New York.He had been holding up a foam target but she missed, accidentally striking him in the neck wit
  
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• Bibi schmoozes Trump Cabinet officials after meeting with the president... as GOP privately frets he could drag US into wider Iran war

  28-07-2026 22:47 via dailymail.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a charm offensive in Washington on Tuesday.
  
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• Twisted school shooter will die in prison as he's sentenced for murdering four when he was 14 - after getting excited about sick fan clubs devoted to his crimes

  28-07-2026 22:43 via dailymail.com
  
  Colt Gray, now 16, unleashed hell in 2024 when he opened fire at a high school, killing two students and two teachers.
  
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• London, New York... Cullen. How a small Scots hotel got first look at The Odyssey

  28-07-2026 22:43 via dailymail.com
  
  FEW have any idea of the amount of work that goes on behind the scenes to produce a Hollywood blockbuster.
  
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• UK heatwave: Met Office names 9 areas facing up to 35C heat on Wednesday - see full list

  28-07-2026 22:42 via mirror.co.uk
  
  The Met Office has warned temperatures could reach 35C in nine areas on Wednesday, as amber heat health alerts remain in place across the Southeast of England
  
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• I ask my ex-wife if I can buy her a drink and we find a place. It has taken a long time to get to this table...

  28-07-2026 22:42 via dailymail.com
  
  It begins with a damaged rug from John Lewis and ends with a joyous afternoon in the pub in the company of a woman with whom I once communicated only through lawyers.
  
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• Ultra-woke single mom on brink of becoming Wisconsin's 'Mamdani' governor as moderate Democrats lose control

  28-07-2026 22:39 via dailymail.com
  
  An ultra-woke, single mom who is being compared to NYC's Zohran Mamdani is leading the Wisconsin polls ahead of a packed gubernatorial race, but some worry she may be too liberal for the Midwest.
  
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• Heavy metal fans left vomiting after concertgoer does ‘huge poo’ in middle of mosh pit

  28-07-2026 22:38 via metro.co.uk
  
  (Picture: NZstuff/TikTok)Concertgoers were left reeling this weekend after it was discovered that a fellow audience member had left a smelly, er, surprise in the middle of the mosh pit.Unsurprisingly, this uncalled for defecation on the dancefloor saw proceedings grind to an instant halt on Saturday night at a gig in Dunedin, on New Zealand’s South Island.Heavy metal band Devilskin were reportedly a few songs in when the stench hit nostrils – or the squelch made contact with soles &
  
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• Heartbroken relative tells why he believes Killarney murder victim Jamey Carney became a target as he reveals the one thing that repeatedly caused alarm among those closest to the tragic young mother of one

  28-07-2026 22:35 via dailymail.com
  
  Her American family have now urged gardaí to do 'everything in their power' to bring the man suspected of killing the mother of one to justice.
  
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• Top cop accused of telling officer you're 'too white, too male' for role

  28-07-2026 22:30 via dailymail.com
  
  One of Scotland's most senior police officers has been accused of telling a colleague he was 'too white, too male, too middle-aged' to be promoted.
  
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• Wife found dead with husband in remote cottage ‘murder-suicide’

  28-07-2026 22:23 via metro.co.uk
  
  Jim Mair, 43, and his wife Stacy, 35, were found on Corsliehill Road, on the outskirts of Houston, Renfrewshire. (Picture: Facebook)Detectives are investigating a suspected murder-suicide amid claims a tree surgeon killed his wife before himself.Stacy Mair, 35, and her husband Jim were found dead in their remote cottage on the outskirts of Renfrewshire, Scotland.Police are treating both their deaths as unexplained as a post-mortem takes place.The couple, who were married in 2019, both worked fo
  
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• ‘Much loved’ Virgin Atlantic engineer killed after being crushed by airplane machinery at Heathrow

  28-07-2026 22:22 via metro.co.uk
  
  Georgie Buxton died three weeks after being taken to hospital for serious injuries (Picture: Getty Images)An aircraft engineer died after he was crushed while fixing a Boeing at Heathrow Airport.Georgie Buxton, who was employed by Virgin Atlantic, was taken to hospital for treatment to serious injuries, but died on July 7.He was working on a Boeing 787 Dreamliner in one of the UK’s busiest airports’ hangars when the machinery collapsed on him.Officers were called at 8.49am on June 1
  
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• Incredible story of hero lifeguard aged just SIXTEEN filmed rescuing boy, 10, from ferocious California surf

  28-07-2026 22:19 via dailymail.com
  
  The daring episode unfolded on Cypress Beach in California on Saturday, when the teenage lifeguard risked his own life to save the boy being battered by the ocean currents.
  
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• Children, aged six and 11, rushed to hospital after being attacked by a dog at playground: Police release CCTV

  28-07-2026 22:15 via dailymail.com
  
  Police now wish to speak to a woman who was pictured on CCTV with a dog after the children were mauled.
  
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• Woman given £12million payout after vital organ accidentally removed in 'devastating surgical error'

  28-07-2026 22:05 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Emily Mitchell and her husband were awarded what is believed to be the largest sum from a medical malpractice lawsuit in Maine history after Ms Mitchell's bladder was removed
  
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• Gavin Newsom's former aide says they first had sex after she wore white to friend's wedding and that she ripped every button on his shirt off during passionate hotel encounter

  28-07-2026 22:01 via dailymail.com
  
  Ruby Rippey Gibney, the staffer who had an affair with the governor of California in 2007, shared descriptive details of their relationship in a tell-all Vanity Fair piece.
  
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• 'Britain's Neets desperately need Andy Burnham to deliver — or they will lose hope'

  28-07-2026 21:57 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Andy Burnham said reforms to education will help avert a new generation of "Neets" — the term used for people aged 16 to 24 in the UK who are not in education, employment or training
  
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• Mother and one of her two identical twin daughters, 17, shot dead by neighbor, 73, who then tried to kill himself following petty local dispute, cops say

  28-07-2026 21:56 via dailymail.com
  
  Jessica Lashly, 38, and Jersey Greer were shot in the head outside their House Springs, Missouri home on Saturday night. Their neighbor, Robert Winkelman, 73, is accused of carrying out the attack.
  
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• Jodie more dangerous than ever in Coronation Street as she loads gun

  28-07-2026 21:55 via metro.co.uk
  
  No-one knows what she’ll do next (Picture: ITV)Jodie Ramsey (Olivia Frances-Brown) has done it again in Coronation Street. The character has successfully managed to talk her way out of trouble.Introduced at the start of the year, Jodie takes great pleasure in making other people’s lives a misery. During her time in Weatherfield so far, she’s managed to orchestrate situations that have caused problems for residents including Bernie Winter (Jane Halzegrove), Sarah Platt (Tina O&
  
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• 'What are you going to do, kill me?': What mother of four said to estranged husband before he cut her throat with a craft knife, court hears

  28-07-2026 21:54 via dailymail.com
  
  Tania Williams, 49, was found by neighbours in a pool of blood outside her home. Her husband Raymond, 61, denies murdering her.
  
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