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Tampa mayor finds 70lb of cocaine on fishing trip
Jane Castor was on a family fishing trip in the Florida Keys when she found a suspicious package. It wasn’t long before Castor, a former police officer and Tampa’s first female Chief of Police, knew that it was cocaine. The 70lb (32kg) are estimated to be worth $1.1 million (£865,000).
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Haiti: US nurse Alix Dorsainvil and child freed by kidnappers, charity says
El Roi Haiti By Sam Cabral BBC News An American nurse and her child kidnapped in Haiti nearly two weeks ago have been freed, according to the Christian charity she worked for. El Roi Haiti confirmed “the safe release of our staff member and friend, Alix Dorsainvil” and her young daughter, who has not been…
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More than 50 injured in Russia factory explosion
Reuters By Antoinette Radford BBC News One woman has died and more than 50 have been injured following a warehouse explosion near Moscow, officials said. Moscow’s state governor Andrey Vorobyov said on Telegram that six people were in intensive care. Videos shared online showed a large plume of smoke billowing from the facility in the…
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Sudan conflict: Call for gravediggers in Omdurman as fighting intensifies
AFP By Zeinab Mohammed Salih Omdurman, Sudan Residents of Omdurman, the twin city to Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, have had to live through massive aerial bombardments and heavy fighting over the past three days as the conflict between the army and a paramilitary force intensifies as it approaches its fifth month. A call went out on…
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Hawaii wildfires: Residents flee into sea to escape blazes
Alan Dickar By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News Residents of a Hawaiian town were reportedly forced to jump into the sea to escape flames as fierce wildfires sweep across parts of Maui. Local media reported “apocalyptic scenes” in Lahaina, parts of which were destroyed or severely damaged by the blaze. The fire prompted evacuations and…
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Sixto Rodriguez: Searching for Sugar Man singer dies aged 81
Getty Images By Steven McIntosh Entertainment reporter Sixto Rodriguez, the musician and subject of the documentary Searching for Sugar Man, has died aged 81. The Detroit-born singer’s official website confirmed he died on Tuesday. Rodriguez launched his career in 1967 but initially struggled to find success in his native US and was ultimately dropped by…
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Boy, 6, boasted about shooting Virginia teacher Abigail Zwerner
ABIGAIL ZWERNER/FACEBOOK By Chloe Kim BBC News The six-year-old student who shot his teacher in the US earlier this year, boasted about the incident saying “I shot [her] dead”, unsealed court documents show. While being restrained after the shooting at a Virginia school, the boy is said to have admitted “I did it”, adding “I…
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Hillary Clinton offered to set me up on a date, says Welsh minister
Getty Images By Lucy Ballinger BBC Wales It wasn’t exactly where he expected the conversation to go when he sat beside Hillary Clinton. But Welsh government minister Jeremy Miles found himself being offered to be set up on a blind date by the former US secretary of state, presidential candidate and First Lady. Sitting beside…
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US lottery player wins $1.58bn Mega Millions jackpot
Getty Images By Bernd Debusmann Jr BBC News, Washington A winning ticket in Florida has matched every number to win a $1.58bn (£1.18bn) Mega Millions lottery jackpot, the third largest in US history. The winning ticket was sold at a supermarket in Neptune Beach in northern Florida near Jacksonville. The lucky draw follows 31 consecutive…
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Planet of the Bass: How a ridiculous Eurodance parody song became the most addictive song of the summer
A TikTok comedy song parodying ’90s dance bangers has become a global sensation. With a full-length version set to be released next week, Nick Levine examines why it has been such a hit across different generations. “All of the dream, how does it mean?” This is the existential question posed by Ms Biljana Electronica on…