A toddler fatally shot a woman while she was on a work-related video call, police in Florida have said. Shamaya Lynn, 21, reportedly fell backwards and never returned to the Zoom call after the young child found an unsecured, loaded handgun inside the apartment. Altamonte Springs police said someone on the video call rang 911
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Britney Spears’ father has agreed to step down as the pop star’s conservator. Court documents say: “Mr. Spears is willing to step down when the time is right, but the transition needs to be orderly and include a resolution of matters pending before the Court. “In order to reach that result, the Court should encourage
US President Joe Biden has said he does not regret his decision to withdraw from Afghanistan, as officials say three more provincial capitals have fallen to the Taliban. Nine out of the country’s 34 provinces are now in the insurgents’ hands as US troops continue their withdrawal. The fall of the capitals of Badakhshan and
They are two of the most notorious serial killers in US history after murdering more than 60 young men and boys between them. The horrific crimes of Dean Corll and John Wayne Gacy shocked America in the 1970s – but how closely they were linked has only recently been discovered. Corll tortured, raped and murdered
In two weeks time, New York will have its first female governor. Kathy Hochul is currently Andrew Cuomo’s deputy, and will soon replace him in the top job after his dramatic resignation on Tuesday. Mr Cuomo has quit – effective in 14 days time – following a blistering report from the New York attorney general’s
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has resigned following sexual harassment allegations. In a report last week, Mr Cuomo, a Democrat, was found to have groped, kissed, or made suggestive comments to 11 women in violation of the law, prompting prosecutors to launch a criminal investigation and calls for him to resign or for him to
Late into the night on the Diamond Mountain Road, north of Taylorsville, California, firefighters battled against the advancing flames. They are on just one of so many frontlines created by this vast blaze. They fight it in the air and on the ground. Through the afternoon we’d watched as relays of helicopters went back and
A lawsuit has been filed in the US accusing Prince Andrew of sexually abusing Virginia Giuffre, according to one of her lawyers. Ms Giuffre claims she was a victim of late financier and convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. She has previously said she was made to have sex when she was 17 with Prince Andrew, who
A senior aide to Andrew Cuomo has resigned after a report found the New York governor sexually harassed 11 women. Melissa DeRosa, who was Mr Cuomo’s secretary, has been linked in the report to efforts to cover up the governor’s actions and retaliate against one of his accusers. In the 168-page report by the state
Jury selection is due to take place today for the sexual abuse trial of disgraced R&B singer R Kelly. The 54-year-old is expected to go on trial in Brooklyn federal court, New York, on racketeering, sexual abuse, and bribery charges – all of which he denies. Prosecutors allege the I Believe I Can Fly singer
The body of a woman has been found buried in concrete in her basement two months after she was reported missing, authorities say. According to police, Lynn Gay Keene, 70, from North Carolina, was killed and officers are now hunting for her live-in carer. Ms Keene last spoke to her family on 14 June and
NASA is looking for applicants to spend a year pretending they are isolated on Mars. The space agency wants people to apply so that it can prepare for eventually sending astronauts to the red planet. Applications opened on Friday for four people to live for a year in Mars Dune Alpha. The 1,700-square-foot Martian habitat,
Britney Spears’s father is fighting back against a challenge to his control of her money and affairs, saying there are “no grounds whatsoever” for removing him from the conservatorship. In a new court document, Jamie Spears said he had “dutifully and faithfully served as the conservator of his daughter’s estate without any blemishes on his
Five children, all younger than 10, have died in an apartment fire in St Louis, Illinois. The children’s mother had left home to pick up another adult from work and returned to find the building on fire, officials said. The mother entered the building several times in a bid to rescue her children. Although it
A woman has filed a criminal complaint against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, accusing him of groping her breast. The former employee in Mr Cuomo‘s office, known only as “Executive Assistant #1”, filed the complaint with the Albany County Sheriff’s office on Thursday. The development increases the possibility that Mr Cuomo could face criminal charges.
Ten people are dead after an overloaded van crashed on a remote south Texas highway. The van was carrying 29 migrants when it crashed just after 4pm on Wednesday on Highway 281 in Encino, a small community about 50 miles north of McAllen. The driver is among the dead and about 20 other passengers were
New York governor Andrew Cuomo is facing growing calls to resign after an investigation found he sexually harassed multiple current and former state government employees. Two lawyers independent of his department spoke to 179 people, and found that his administration was a “hostile work environment” that was “rife with fear and intimidation”. Its findings have
Simone Biles has won bronze in the women’s balance beam final in her eagerly awaited return to action at the Tokyo Olympics. Biles made her dramatic return to the Games after she withdrew early in the women’s final last week, citing a desire to protect her mental health. The 24-year-old had arrived at the Tokyo
A US police officer has become the third suicide among those who defended the Capitol building from rioters in January. Washington DC police officer Gunther Hashida was found dead at his home on 29 July, leaving a wife and three children. Mr Hashida, 43, was part of the emergency response team in the Special Operations
Simone Biles, who has pulled out of several events at the Tokyo Olympics citing the need to protect her mental health, will compete in the balance beam final, USA Gymnastics has said. “We are so excited to confirm that you will see two U.S. athletes in the balance beam final tomorrow – Suni Lee AND