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A demolition worker has been killed when a sports complex roof collapsed prematurely in the Russian city of St Petersburg, officials say. Dramatic drone footage shows the man with a blow torch cutting through metal supports at the SKK Peterburgskiy when the massive structure disintegrates. He is seen trying to scramble...

A Mexican police officer who was involved with the operation that resulted in the temporary arrest of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's son was shot in killed in a brutal assassination during which his killers fired more than 150 bullets at him in his vehicle at close range, according to...

Green MP Chloe Swarbrick brought one of the internet's biggest buzzwords to Parliament on Tuesday, but it seems the automated captions on Parliament TV haven't caught up. During a speech on climate change and the Zero Carbon Bill, Swarbrick pointed out that she will be 56 in the year 2050,...

A Michigan woman is living my biggest childhood nightmare. She forgot to return some library books…and now she’s paying big time. In 2017, Melinda Sanders-Jones checked out two books from the Charlotte Community Library for her son, “Night” and “Where the Sidewalk Ends”. She continued on with her...

Surveillance cameras captured the moment a man threw suspected battery acid on another man's face near 13th Street and Cleveland Avenue in Milwaukee Friday night, Nov. 1. The incident prompted city leaders to speak out after claims the crime was racially motivated. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett on Monday, Nov. 4...

Airbnb will ban “party houses” after a deadly shooting at a California home that had been rented through the service. In a series of tweets on Saturday, Airbnb’s CEO Brian Chesky, said the company would take steps to “combat unauthorized parties and get rid of abusive host and guest conduct.” The...

Donald Trump has waded in after Beto O’Rourke ended his presidential bid, saying the Democrat “quit like a dog”. It is the second time in the space of a week the US president has compared his foes to dogs. At a White House press conference on Sunday announcing the death of...

The whole idea of running up the final score on an opposing team has divided sports fans for years. Some say it's all part of the game, while others feel it is rubbing it in the other teams' face and encourages unsportsmanlike conduct. One coach from New York state...

Rolf Rhodes, a Mendon resident, claimed his second $1 million prize in 18 months, the Massachusetts State Lottery announced. He bought a ticket for the “$4,000,000 Instant Jackpot” instant game at the Imperial Gas and Country Store on Millville Road in Mendon. Rhodes had already won a $1 million prize on...

An Indiana woman was found dead Wednesday night with an 8-foot python around her neck in a residence that authorities are describing as a "reptile home." An autopsy found that Laura Hurst was killed Wednesday by an 8-foot reticulated python in a home that police said was filled with 140...