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FILE - Luigi Mangione , accused of fatally shooting the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City and leading authorities on a five-day search is scheduled, appears in court for a hearing, Feb. 21, 2025, in New York. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool, File)

Luigi Mangione to face death penalty for 'killing healthcare CEO'

US 9 hours ago By Jessica Kwong

Inside one of the world?s deepest underground station that takes passengers 10 minutes to reach the bottom

The world’s deepest underground station takes 10 minutes just to reach the platform

Travel 4 days ago By Jessica Hamilton

Plan reveals how £15,000,000,000,000 tunnel could connect London and New York

World March 22, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

Boy, 16, busted for 'stabbing younger teen dead at a McDonald's on Valentine's Day'

US March 21, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Couple accused after fire kills teacher and her young daughter renting their Airbnb

US March 21, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Over 50,000 Hot Ones sauce bottles recalled because they could contain plastic

US March 20, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 4, 2017: A Delta Connection passenger jet (Bombardier CRJ-900LR) taxis at LaGuardia Airport in New York, New York. (Photo by Robert Alexander/Getty Images)

Sparks fly as plane wing strikes runway while landing

US March 18, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Demonstrators from the human rights organization Jewish Voice for Peace holds a civil disobedience action inside Trump Tower in New York on March 13, 2025. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images)

Nearly 100 protesters arrested after storming New York's Trump Tower

US March 13, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

FILE - This undated photo provided by the New York State Police shows Sam Nordquist. Nordquist, a 24-year-old missing transgender man, died after enduring prolonged physical and psychological abuse over a month by multiple individuals who later discarded his body in a field, in Canandaigua, N.Y., according to New York State Police. (New York State Police via AP)

Seven people deny torturing trans man to death in first court appearance

US March 12, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Grandma's body found burning in clothing donation bin

US March 10, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

A skyline view of Zurich, Switzerland on a sunny day

10 most stressful cities to visit revealed — four are in Europe

Travel March 4, 2025 By Sophie-May Williams

Plane bursts into flames midair before making emergency landing

US March 1, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

Rescue teams were today searching for an American tourist went missing while on a jet ski ride in Thailand. Nina Ng, 37, a nurse from New York, rented a jet ski to carve up water at the Patong Beach on the island of Phuket this afternoon, February 27. However, she reportedly disappeared while her jet ski, belongings, and life vest were found around half a mile from the shore. Jet ski rental operator Saranuwat Nasok said he set out to search for the American after she failed to return past her alloted rental time. PACKAGE: Video, pictures, text

Tourist goes missing while jet skiing in Thailand

US March 6, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealth Group chief executive Brian Thompson, appears in Manhattan Supreme Court on New York state murder and terrorism charges in New York City, U.S., February 21, 2025. Steven Hirsch/Pool via REUTERS

Luigi Mangione wears bulletproof vest in first court appearance since arraignment

US February 21, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Trans man was tortured for a month in 'beyond depraved' killing

US February 18, 2025 By Luke Alsford

Train passengers help mum give birth before cutting umbilical cord with pocket knife

US February 13, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

Map shows stormiest stretch of winter in the US

Map shows 'stormiest stretch of winter' pelting 40 US states and 200,000,000 people

US February 13, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

School bus driver 'stops to buy a gun while transporting students'

US February 5, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Mandatory Credit: Photo by U S National Guard/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock (14420581a) Trenton, New Jersey, USA - U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Robert Wittig, left, closes the helmet on Senior Airman Russell J. Bongiovanni's EOD-10E bomb suit, both explosive ordnance disposal technicians with the 177th Fighter Wing, New Jersey Air National Guard, during the Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and High Yield Explosives Characterization, Exploitation, and Mitigation Course JCCEM at the CURE Insurance Arena with FBI; New Jersey State Police, and members of the Delaware and Idaho WMD-CSTs were trained by the Eniwetok Group, LLC (EGL). Joint Agency Turnout For CST training, Trenton, New Jersey, USA - 27 Mar 2024

Nuclear incident 'training exercise' taking place in the US this week

US January 30, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Ha Long Bay, in Vietnam

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Travel January 23, 2025 By Anushka Suharu