A Milwaukee woman died after waiting several hours in the emergency room — and her family is blasting the hospital for not providing her more urgent care, according to reports. Tashonna Ward, 25, went to the emergency room at Froedtert Hospital, complaining she was experiencing chest pains and shortness of breath, news station WITI reported. […]

Japan is bracing for a devastating earthquake that could kill thousands and force millions to flee its capital, Tokyo. The world’s largest city – when measured by metropolitan area – is home to 38million people, most of whom are aware that a calamitous tremor could happen at any time. In 1923, Tokyo was rendered unrecognisable […]

Dramatic dashcam video captures the moment an Iowa state trooper and a stranded truck driver are nearly creamed by an out-of-control pickup truck during a blizzard. The video, released by the Iowa State Patrol, first shows a truck nearly side-swipe a state trooper’s car in the background along Interstate 80 near Council Bluffs on Friday. […]

A MARRIED police officer had sex with a missing 17-year-old girl as his fellow cops were hunting for her. PC Andrew Brooks, 30, who has been found guilty of "gross misconduct”, met the teenager in Maidstone town centre in Kent in March 2018 before inviting her to go back to his house. It has been […]

An old drummer joke has been circulating all week: Q: How many drummers does it take to screw in a light bulb?A: Five. One to do it and four to talk about how much better Neil Peart would have done it. There’s so much truth in that. Peart’s skills were among the best — maybe […]

BERLIN/BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Forces loyal to eastern commander Khalifa Haftar have shut off production at all Libya’s major oil fields, an escalation that threatened to strangle the country’s finances and overshadowed an international peace summit in Berlin on Sunday. Haftar, whose self-styled Libyan National Army (LNA) is bearing down on the capital Tripoli with […]

VEJPRTY, Czech Republic (Reuters) – A fire in a home for people with disabilities killed eight people and injured 30 in northwest Czech Republic early on Sunday, fire and state officials said. The blaze occurred in a home where mostly men with mental and other disabilities lived, in Vejprty about 130 km (80 miles) northwest […]

A streaking meteor soaring low over Puerto Rico amazed and unsettled residents already grappling with devastating earthquakes. Puerto Ricans posted photos and videos of the fireball on social media after it passed overhead Friday afternoon — with some fearing that it was a crashing aircraft. Eddie Irizarry, an astronomy professor in Puerto Rico and vice […]

U.S. President Donald Trump’s legal team issued a fiery response Saturday ahead of opening arguments in his impeachment trial, while House Democrats laid out their case in forceful fashion, saying the president betrayed public trust with behaviour that was the “worst nightmare” of the founding fathers. The duelling filings previewed arguments both sides intend to […]

The Queen has “brought down the iron fist” after making a “seismic” decision over the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle crisis, it has been claimed. The monarch dropped a bombshell last night by announcing the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will no longer use their HRH titles. In a statement, Her Majesty also said the […]