The opioid crisis may be worse than previously thought. A new study has found that the death toll could be 28 percent higher than reported due to death certificates omitting the specific drug involved in an overdose. After analyzing overdoses from 1999 through 2016, a researcher discovered there were 99,160 additional deaths attributed to opioids … Read more
Caroline Flack’s Xtra Factor co-star has spoken out on their friendship after her tragic death, describing the late star as a ‘complicated person’. Caroline died, age 40, the day after Valentine’s Day, at her new flat in Stoke Newington, London, hours after she was told she would face trial over the alleged assault of boyfriend Lewis … Read more
A UK passenger still in isolation after the Japan cruise ship coronavirus outbreak said today that he and his wife are being ‘really well cared for’ hours after a fellow British traveller died from the disease. David Abel and his wife Sally were both on board the ship, where more than 700 tourists became infected, … Read more
A married man allegedly took his 4-foot, special needs girlfriend to the Nevada desert under the premise of doing an S&M photo shoot where he instead bound her to a signpost as he watched her die of asphyxiation, according to a criminal complaint filed this week. John Chapman, 40, is to be formally charged with … Read more
Bear cubs freeze to death after their mother is woken up by ‘drunks’ who attacked the adult bear with a chainsaw and forced it to flee Cubs were found by hunting experts in Anuchinsky district in Far East of Russia One local claims woodcutters got drunk and decided to wake up the mother bear Experts … Read more
A man has denied obstructing the prosecution in relation to the death of 17-year-old Keane Mulready-Woods. Gerard McKenna, 50, from Drogheda, Ireland, told the court ‘no, thanks, no’ after he was charged with impending the apprehension or prosecution of another person over the murder this morning. Teenager Mr Mulready-Woods was abducted and dismembered in January. … Read more
A 15-year-old boy jumped to his death at a college after a phone call to a friend he told to ‘make sure you hug your parents’, an inquest heard. On June 3 last year George Brankov gave his girlfriend a box of chocolates on his way to classes at the UTC Media College in Salford, … Read more
Enrique ‘Kiki’ Camarena, 37, was working for the US government in Mexico when he was abducted, tortured and killed by cartel members in February 1985. A CIA operative conspired with a drug kingpin to plan the brutal murder of a DEA Agent, according to multiple witnesses who have been re-interviewed about the 1985 case. Enrique … Read more
The morning after overtaking Kobe Bryant for third on the NBA’s all-time scoring list and receiving a congratulatory phone call from his retired former rival, Lakers star LeBron James found himself leading a spontaneous prayer circle on a team flight back to Los Angeles, he has revealed, attempting to make sense of the tragic helicopter … Read more
Britain’s oldest man today said he could not believe it when he was told he was now the oldest in the world – but added he wouldn’t bother celebrating. Bob Weighton, who is 111, admitted he was taken aback when his grandson last night broke the news to him that he had inherited the title … Read more