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Five takeaways from Luigi Mangione evidence hearings
AFP, Published on 13/12/2025
» NEW YORK - Lawyers for the man accused of gunning down a health insurance executive on a Manhattan street have been in court seeking to have key pieces of evidence ruled inadmissible at his trial.
'Friends' actor Matthew Perry dies aged 54: US media
AFP, Published on 29/10/2023
» LOS ANGELES: Matthew Perry, one of the stars of smash hit TV sitcom "Friends", was found dead at his home Saturday, US media reported. He was 54.
At least 6 dead as wildfire razes Hawaiian town
AFP, Published on 10/08/2023
» LOS ANGELES - At least six people have been killed in a wildfire that has razed a Hawaiian town, officials said Wednesday, with desperate residents jumping into the ocean in a bid to escape the fast-moving flames.
Huddled in giant refrigerator, nine lives saved from US tornado
AFP, Published on 28/03/2023
» ROLLING FORK (UNITED STATES) - As the thunder roared outside and the lights inside Chuck's Dairy Bar began to blink, owner Tracy Harden realized the tornado conditions forecasted for her small Mississippi town Friday night were far more severe than she realized.
Intruder attacks husband of top US Democrat with hammer
AFP, Published on 29/10/2022
» WASHINGTON - An intruder attacked the husband of the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hammer after breaking into their California home Friday, police said, leaving him needing hospital treatment.
Russian tourists' luxury cars fill up Helsinki airport
AFP, Published on 23/08/2022
» HELSINKI: Porsches, Bentleys and other luxury cars with Russian licence plates are filling up the parking garage at Helsinki's airport as Finland becomes an important transit country for Russian tourists flying to Europe.
Primate suspect: US monkey dials 911
AFP, Published on 17/08/2022
» LOS ANGELES: California cops rushed to a zoo after a 911 call -- only to find it had been placed by a mischievous monkey.
Schoolgirl tells Congress of playing dead to survive Texas massacre
AFP, Published on 08/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - An 11-year-old who smeared herself with her murdered friend's blood to play dead during last month's school shooting in the US state of Texas relived the horror of her ordeal before a panel of lawmakers on Wednesday.
Harrowing new accounts emerge from Uvalde's young survivors
AFP, Published on 28/05/2022
» UVALDE (UNITED STATES) - Fresh harrowing accounts emerged Saturday of the ordeal faced by survivors of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, fanning public fury over the massacre even as the deeply traumatized town prepared for a visit Sunday by US President Joe Biden.
At least 13 injured in Brooklyn subway shooting
AFP, Published on 12/04/2022
» BROOKLYN (UNITED STATES) - At least 13 people were injured during a rush-hour shooting at a subway station in the New York borough of Brooklyn Tuesday, where authorities said "several undetonated devices" were recovered amid chaotic scenes.