Author: Lucas Bennett

Donald Trump’s plans to redraw state voting lines have stalled out in South Carolina. The South Carolina State Senate adjourned Tuesday without taking up a measure that would redraw the state’s congressional districts. A Republican-backed plan moving through the legislature aims to tilt all seven districts to the right. Out of all the state’s seven congressional districts, just one is Democratic. The new maps would effectively ensure that all seven would be GOP held. But at least a dozen Republicans voted to adjourn through June 10, one day after the state’s upcoming primary elections. They argued it was too late to change the districts given…

The UK record for the hottest May day has been broken for a second day in a row, as parts of London surpassed 35C on Tuesday. Kew Gardens in south-west London recorded a provisional temperature of 35.1C, beating Monday’s 34.8C record-high in the same place. Wales also broke May records for a consecutive day, as provisional temperatures reached 32.3C at Cardiff’s Bute Park, surpassing Monday’s 32.2C at Hawarden Airport in Flintshire. It comes as police are warning people to take care in open water after five young people and one man drowned in separate incidents in the past few days.…

A body has been found in a search for a 12-year-old boy who went missing while swimming in a river. The boy was with friends when he got into difficulty in the River Ribble, Ribchester, Lancashire, at about 14:00 BST on Tuesday. Police and fire crews with underwater units launched a major search of the area until a body was recovered from the water at about 19:50 BST. Formal identification has not yet taken place, but Lancashire Police said: “We believe it to be the body of the missing boy.” The force said the death was not believed to be…

A dramatic scene unfolded in Croydon this evening after a black SUV caught fire on Whitehorse Road, sending plumes of thick grey smoke high into the air and forcing emergency services into action. The blaze broke out near the junction with Windmill Road, just a short distance from the local Lidl supermarket and the Legacy Youth Zone. Witnesses described seeing flames erupt from underneath the vehicle before the fire quickly took hold. London Fire Brigade crews were dispatched to the scene, with firefighters in protective gear seen working to bring the fire under control. Hazard tape was put up around…

The wife of a long-time deputy turned presumptive sheriff winner in Alabama has been arrested for domestic violence. Aggie Kalyn Hunt, 36, was booked into the Lee County jail on a domestic violence III charge after police responded to a domestic disturbance call on Monday. Her husband, Cam Hunt, 36, defeated the longtime incumbent sheriff in Lee County, near the border of Georgia, in the Republican primary last week and is running unopposed in November’s general election. Opelika Police confirmed Hunt’s arrest to WRBL but declined to provide additional details, citing safety concerns. ‘We can confirm that Aggie Hunt was arrested for domestic violence,’ said Chief Jonathan…

Eight spectators had to be taken to hospital after a motorbike rider crashed into a crowd on the opening day of practice in the Isle of Man TT races. Organisers said the incident at the exit to Parliament Square in Ramsey involved a single competitor and “several spectators”. The session was red flagged at about 13:50 BST following the crash, which led to the implementation of “serious incident procedures”. The spectators were “reported as conscious, and were transferred to Nobles Hospital for further assessment and treatment”, organisers said. The rider, who has not been identified, suffered leg injuries and was…

A ritzy private school attended by the children of major celebrities is being sued for allegedly allowing a student-run ‘kissing club’ to operate and failing to report sexual abuse that resulted. The Sierra Canyon School in Chatsworth, a suburb of Los Angeles, was named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by the parents of a nine-year-old girl who went to the school. She was identified as E.K. in court documents. The civil complaint, which was reviewed by FOX11, said that E.K. was just seven years old when the abuse began. Older students allegedly ran the ‘kissing club’ in school bathrooms and bullied…

Lindsie Chrisley has reportedly been arrested for suspicion of DUI.  TMZ reported that Chrisley was arrested on suspicion of DUI in Georgia on Saturday night.  She was booked into jail and bonded out early the following morning. ‘I got pulled over speeding past a car on a two lane road because they almost hit an animal and I was trying to miss hitting them and whatever the animal was,’ she told the website. Chrisley told the site she was immediately released after she was booked and intends on fighting the charge. The Daily Mail has contacted a representative for Chrisley for comment…

Penelope Cruz has opened up about having a brain aneurysm scare as she filmed her movie The Black Ball last year. The 52-year-old actress shared during the Cannes Film Festival that she thought she was going to die after being informed of the health emergency, according to Variety. Her doctor had told her that she might need to take a break from filming to deal with the aneurysm, which is a weak, bulging area in an artery wall. A ruptured aneurysm causes bleeding into the brain which is life threatening, according to the Mayo Clinic. ‘When we were about to go out to shoot the…

AN Army reservist who served on a Ukraine mission was denied paternity pay from his civilian job as his deployment counted as a break from work. MPs and campaigners hit out at the rule, which could affect thousands of other reserve soldiers answering a call to duty. The sergeant, who works as a lorry driver in his civilian life, spent six months on UK operations supporting Ukraine.  He then returned to his normal job, where he has worked since 2017, before welcoming a son weeks later in February. He believed he was eligible for two weeks’ statutory paternity pay, but HMRC informed him he was not entitled to…