Police described the horrific moment they dug up ‘cult mom’ Lori Vallow’s children in a pet cemetery her husband’s property. Officers recounted unearthing the bodies of 7-year-old JJ Vallow and 16-year-old Tylee Ryan in June in Salem, Ohio during the first day of Chad Dabell’s preliminary hearing on Monday. Both Daybell and Vallow are facing […]
Donald Trump has claimed the United States is ‘lower than the world’ for coronavirus in an interview so bizarre it appeared to be a comedy sketch. The president was grilled on his handling of the pandemic by Axios reporter Jonathan Swan, whose facial expressions during the interview ranged from surprise all the way to sheer […]
UNITED NATIONS (REUTERS) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Tuesday (Aug 4) that the world faces a “generational catastrophe” because of school closures amid the coronavirus pandemic and said that getting students safely back to the classroom must be “a top priority.” Guterres said that as of mid-July schools were closed in some 160 […]
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Donald Trump on Monday (Aug 3) lashed out at his coronavirus response coordinator Deborah Birx after she sounded a grim warning about the pandemic’s new surge, calling her remarks “pathetic”. Trump, angered by what he sees as overly pessimistic media coverage of his handling of the pandemic, said Birx had […]
MOJAVE, CALIFORNIA (REUTERS) – Billionaire Richard Branson will fly into space on a Virgin Galactic rocketship early next year, the space tourism company he founded said on Monday (Aug 3), adding that it would raise new funds with a share offering. Branson’s trip to space hinges on the success of two upcoming test flight programmes, […]
This is the moment an enraged shopper lashed out at a mother and her three children for not wearing face masks ‘I hope you all died because you’re going to kill me,’ the woman screamed at a family in a Walmart in Gainesville, Florida. The incident was caught on camera and came after Walmart issued […]
A teenager who vanished last month after she ran out of petrol has been found alive in a remote section of the Cascade Mountains in the US. King County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Ryan Abbott said it was a “miracle” that 18-year-old Giovanna Fuda was discovered on Saturday after a week-long search. Mr Abbott said she […]
Hundreds of firefighters backed by helicopters, water-dumping planes and trucks working to put out the blaze. More than 1,300 firefighters are battling a blaze burning out of control in southern California, threatening thousands of people and homes in Los Angeles. Thousands of people were under evacuation orders on Sunday after the so-called Apple Fire in […]
An overnight camp for children was forced to shut down after 260 campers and staff tested positive for coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control said. The camp – identified as YMCA Camp High Harbor in Georgia – opened up on June 21 only to be shut down six days later after dozens of children got […]
COLUMBIA (NYTIMES) – Tropical Storm Isaias buffeted Florida’s eastern edge Sunday (Aug 2) with more heavy rainfall and powerful winds as it skirted the Atlantic Coast, leaving many people bracing for the threat of flash floods, storm surges and even tornadoes as the storm made its way north. The storm failed to deliver the punch […]