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Slender Man stabber ‘cuts off police tag’ and escapes custody

She was last seen in the area of Kroncke Dr. at around 8pm with an adult acquaintance, but her whereabouts are unknown as of this morning.

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Is ‘alien’ comet 3I/ATLAS now targeting Jupiter? Harvard scientist lists 13 anomalies

Interstellar comet 3I/Atlas streaking through space on November 19, seen from Italy (Picture: Gianluca Masi via AP) The mystery of the alien comet probe sent to steal all our solar system’s secrets (possibly…) just intensified, as a Harvard scientist has claimed it could be on a miss...

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London man charged over £30,000 iPhone 17 heist at Apple store

Avram Stoica appears in court on Monday accused of offences at Lakeside and Brent Cross shopping centres

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Perfectly-preserved Superman #1 found in dead mother’s attic sells for £7,000,000

'If it had been in an attic here in Texas, it would have been ruined'

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Devastating fire rips through Usain Bolt’s restaurant in Jamaica

They were supporting World Central Kitchen to prepare daily meals for storm-affected communities.

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Teacher who faked death and lied about cancer now ‘running dance school’ for kids

Lara Simpson deceived her colleagues and pupils by posing as her aunt to back up claims that her 'terminal illness' had claimed her own life.

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Donald Trump blasts Ukraine for having ‘zero gratitude’ for his attempts to end Russia war

A widely leaked 28-point US-backed peace plan acquiesces to many Russian demands

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King to visit US to mark country’s 250th anniversary alongside Donald Trump

King Charles is set to travel across the pond to meet Donald Trump next year to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States.

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Passenger, 73, dies after falling from Disney Wonder cruise ship

'The body of the 73-year-old Moonee Ponds man is yet to be recovered and the death is not being treated as suspicious.'

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Man disguised himself as his dead mother to continue collecting her pension

The man turned up to the town hall dressed as his dead mother (Picture: Commune Borgo Virgilio) A man blew the cover on his elaborate pension fraud when he was dressed up as his mother to renew her ID – leading police to find her mummified remains in his basement. The 57-year-old had ...

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Passenger’s watch that stopped moment Titanic sank sells for over £1,700,000

Isidor Straus and his wife Ida, who both perished on the Titanic (Picture: Straus Historical Society) A gold pocket watch which stopped the moment the Titanic sank into the Atlantic has sold for a record breaking £1.78 million. The timepiece stopped as the huge ship sank beneath the w...

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Mystery object that broke United Airlines plane windshield at 36,000ft revealed

As the windshield shattered, shards of glass struck both pilots, leaving the captain with multiple superficial cuts on his right arm.

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London businesses see ‘Wicked’ boom as fans splash out on costumes, nails and karaoke

New sales data analysed by SumUp shows the ‘Wicked effect’ is pushing shoppers towards themed outfits

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Pub where dozens fell ill after Sunday lunch given zero-star hygiene rating

At least 19 of the customers were confirmed to have been 'violently' sick with food poisoning.

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Family of missing sailor say they have found burnt remains of iPad and phone

James ‘Jemsie’ Nunan’s family have found burnt remains of an iPad, a phone and an unscrewed GPS aerial(Picture: SWNS) The family of a sailor who vanished during a round-the-world voyage said they have discovered the burnt remains of an iPad and phone. James ‘Jemsie’ Nunan from...

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John F Kennedy’s granddaughter, 35, blasts cousin RFK Jr after terminal cancer diagnosis

'My first thought was that my kids, whose faces live permanently on the inside of my eyelids, wouldn’t remember me.'

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Stalked by a suicide bomber – life as the youngest ever female war artist

Charlie's assignment took her to Camp Bastion in Afghanistan.

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London mum left penniless by Tinder predator who posed as businessman in fake investment scam

Caitlyn, a mother of two, is among several London women targeted by convicted fraudster and rapist Christopher Harkins

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Girl taken to hospital after drinking ‘disinfectant’ from McDonald’s Happy Meal bottle

The child got the bottle from a drive-thru in Germany (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) A two-year-old girl ended up in hospital after drinking from McDonald’s Happy Meal bottle ‘filled with cleaning fluid’. Katharina Schlemm, 34, visited the drive-thru of a McDo...

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Teenager convicted for not paying tax on car she didn’t even know she owned

The girl was given the car as a surprise early birthday present – after getting the tax letter (Picture: Getty) A teenage girl has been given a criminal conviction for not paying £1.67 tax on a surprise car she hadn’t been given yet. The woman, from Porth in South Wales, had been b...