An emergency room doctor has shared a startling reminder that gunshots are the number one cause of death for children and teenagers in the US. Dr Sam Ghali shared the chest X-ray of "a young boy suffering from a condition that is now the #1 cause of death in children...
Nicholas Rossi: Rape suspect accused of faking his own death can be extradited to the US, court rules
A Scottish court has ruled a suspected rapist who apparently faked his own death can be sent back to the United States to face serious sex charges. Nicholas Rossi, who claims he is an Irish orphan named Arthur Knight, has been at the center of a long-running extradition battle in...
Plane crashes into roof of Texas home
A small plane has crashed into the roof of a home in Texas, US authorities said. All three people who were aboard the plane were hurt and taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The two-storey property in the city of Georgetown was empty at the time of the crash, which...
Demand for AI helps Microsoft outperform financial expectations
Microsoft has beaten Wall Street expectations, posting better than expected revenues as its cloud computing and office software business grew amid increasing demand for artificial intelligence (AI). Revenue rose to $56.2bn in the fourth quarter, the three months up to the end of June - up 8% on the same...
Carlee Russell: Woman whose kidnapping sparked nationwide search admits she wasn’t abducted
A woman has admitted that she lied about being kidnapped in Alabama. Carlee Russell had claimed she was abducted after stopping to check on a toddler who was walking on the side of a busy highway. The 25-year-old had called 911 shortly before disappearing on 13 July - sparking a...
Unarmed truck driver attacked by police dog after surrendering to officers in Ohio
Police in Ohio have launched an investigation after a 23-year-old truck driver was attacked by a police dog after surrendering to officers with his hands up. Driver Jadarrius Rose was pursued by the Ohio State Highway Patrol on 4 July after failing to stop his truck that was "missing a...
Chaos in the US: there are already thousands of canceled and delayed flights
More and more canceled flights are piling up for Christmas Eve in the United States. Snow, rain, ice, wind, and freezing temperatures are disrupting air travel plans across the United States. Airlines have canceled more than 2,200 flights scheduled for Thursday through 4:30 p.m. Miami time and proactively canceled more...