Author: Henry

A 19-year-old French man was killed after being stabbed in the neck during a violent altercation in the early hours of Sunday at Fréjus-Plage in southern France. The incident occurred around 4 a.m. on Boulevard d’Alger, where a fight reportedly broke out between groups of young people, some believed to have been under the influence of alcohol. The victim died at the scene despite emergency efforts. Three other people, all around 20 years old, suffered injuries and were transported to hospital. Authorities said their injuries were not considered life-threatening. According to French media, the main suspect was arrested shortly after…

Massachusetts State Police Trooper Jacob Mick was killed in an off-duty motorcycle crash over the weekend, investigators said Monday. According to the Worcester District Attorney’s office, Mick was driving his motorcycle on Route 122 in Grafton when he collided with a car around 6 p.m. Sunday near Milford Road. He died at the scene. The driver of the car was taken to UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester with what were described as “non-life-threatening injuries.” Mick was a 31-year-old native of Northboro. State Police called his death an “enormous tragedy.” He’s survived by his wife and infant daughter, police said.…

The Archdiocese of San Francisco has agreed to pay nearly $400 million to settle claims brought by more than 500 survivors of childhood sexual abuse by clergy, in one of the largest settlements to emerge from the Catholic Church’s long-running abuse crisis in the United States. The agreement, announced on Monday by lawyers for the survivors, establishes a $395 million trust to compensate those who say they were abused as children by priests and others connected to the Archdiocese. One of the lead attorneys, Jeff Anderson, described it as the largest per-survivor settlement ever reached in a Catholic diocesan bankruptcy,…

Detectives in Gwinnett County, in the Atlanta suburbs of Georgia, have released photographs and appealed for the public’s help in identifying a man accused of threatening a taxi driver with a knife. According to the Gwinnett County Police Department, the incident happened at the end of a journey on 10 May. The driver had picked the man up and taken him to the 1500 block of Shenta Oak Drive in Norcross. Once there, police say, the passenger paid only part of the fare, telling the driver he would go into a nearby home to fetch the rest of the money.…

Millie Mackintosh has reportedly signed up for the celebrity dating app Raya, four months after splitting from her husband Hugo Taylor. The former Made In Chelsea star was convinced by pals to join the app, and has shared on her profile she hopes that someone with ’emotionally intelligence’ will be the most attractive to her. Sources claimed that Millie is in ‘no rush’ to find a new relationship, but is open to ‘having some fun and getting back out there.’ Her profile describes her as a ‘creator, entrepreneur and author,’ and in a nod to her delay in joining a dating app, her chosen track…

Four children and a man have been left fighting for their lives and with life-changing injuries after a truck exploded with a ‘massive bang’ outside a pub in Yorkshire. Footage from the scene has shown the charred wreckage of a tipper truck, in which the five victims are reported to have been found with serious burns. Emergency services raced to the incident following reports that a vehicle was on fire at the Hare and Hounds Inn, on Liley Lane in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, at around 2.15pm on Sunday. ‘The guy kicked the kids out and they ran. Kudos to the…

– An explosion at ​a rig operated ‌by state-run oil company PDVSA ​in Venezuela’s ​Apure state left at ⁠least eight ​workers injured late ​on Sunday, sources said on Monday. The ​people were ​transported to neighboring Colombia ‌for ⁠medical assistance, according to the sources and videos ​on ​social ⁠media. PDVSA did not ​immediately reply ​to ⁠a request for comment.

Kemi Badenoch has urged Andy Burnham not to appoint Ed Miliband as Chancellor when he enters Downing Street next month, warning that handing the Energy Secretary control of the Treasury would be “a disaster for our country.” The intervention by the Conservative leader comes at an unusual moment in British politics. Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor who won the Makerfield by-election on 18 June, is the overwhelming favourite to succeed Sir Keir Starmer, who announced his resignation as Labour leader and Prime Minister on 22 June. Under a timetable set by Labour’s National Executive Committee, the contest closes on 16…

A suspected murderer died of a heart attack while dragging his girlfriend’s body through the Alabama woods after strangling her to death, an autopsy has revealed. Daniel Robbins, 44, and mother-of-three Jessica Folds were found dead in a wooded area in the small, rural community of Lanett on June 10. Deputies found the 47-year-old with her hands raised over her head, Chambers County Sheriff Jeff Nelson told WTVM. Robbins was next to her in the fetal position and officials noticed a ‘drag path’ at the scene. An autopsy has since determined that Folds was strangled to death. Although it is unclear where her murder…

Around 70 firefighters are tackling a blaze at a hotel in Hackney, east London, with the public urged to stay away while crews bring the fire under control. The London Fire Brigade said ten fire engines had been sent to the hotel on Amhurst Road, close to Hackney Central station, after the alarm was raised on Saturday afternoon. A room on an upper floor of the building is alight, according to the brigade. Control officers received the first of 14 calls about the fire at 4.52pm and mobilised crews from Homerton, Bethnal Green, Shoreditch, Islington and surrounding fire stations to…