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Authorities have said they are investigating the “catastrophic failure” of a dock gangway that collapsed and killed seven people in Sapelo Island, Georgia. Crowds had gathered for an autumn celebration by the island’s tiny Gullah-Geechee community of Black slave descendants. The gangway, installed in 2021, was crowded with people waiting for a ferry boat when
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Donald Trump’s microphone cut out for almost 20 minutes during a campaign event in Detroit, Michigan, leaving the Republican presidential candidate visibly irritated. With just over two weeks to go before the US election on 5 November, the 78-year-old was addressing the crowd on Friday evening and saying how he “loves” the key battleground state
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Cimarron Thomas, 12, took her own life with her father’s handgun, rather than comply with the demands of the UK’s most prolific catfish. Warning: This article contains details readers may find distressing Her heartbreaking death had equally tragic repercussions, when her father Ben Thomas, a former US Army veteran, died by suicide 18 months after
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“Not one of our typical calls for service.” Warning: some readers might find the images below graphic A huge great white shark washed up on a beach in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on Wednesday. The New Orleans police department shared photos from Nauset Beach, adding that a tow truck was called to remove the animal, with
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Sean “Diddy” Combs has been accused of raping a woman as alleged payback for her saying she believed he was involved in the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur, a new lawsuit shows. The court document, filed in California, is the latest civil case to be filed against Combs, who is currently behind held in New
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Kamala Harris is in “excellent health” and has “the physical and mental resiliency” required to serve as president, her doctor has said, as details of her medical status and history were released. Dr Joshua Simmons, physician to the US vice president, wrote that she maintains a healthy, active lifestyle and that her most recent physical
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