Waco, Texas: Dan Vasquez used to push the lever on the gas chamber, or the "coughing box", as it was known on death row. As California's state executioner, he stared into the eyes of condemned men while they passed to the next world. "They try to hold their breath, but it seeps in through the pores," he says. "It takes seven […]

Spice Girls gig descends into chaos as female fans are filmed punching, shoving and pulling each other’s hair in front of stunned children Spice Girls tour has been hit by more criticism after a fight erupted between fans A grown woman was filmed pulling another’s hair while a third tried to punch her A woman in green also appeared to […]

Reined in! Hundreds of traveller families are urged not to go for a dip at Appleby Horse Fair as heavy rain closes the River Eden amid safety fears The annual horse fair, in Cumbria, lasts four days and attracts around 10,000 people The show attracts traveller families, horse breeders and Shetland pony lovers and is used as a courting venue […]

MOSCOW — A prominent Russian investigative journalist has been charged with drug dealing after four grams of a synthetic drug called mephedrone were found in his backpack, Moscow police said Friday. Ivan Golunov, who works for the independent website Meduza, was stopped by police in central Moscow on Thursday afternoon. Police also said that more drugs were found at his […]

A New York woman’s bones were positively identified thousands of miles away in Florida, and local police have classified the case as a homicide investigation, officials say. The Palm Beach County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the remains belonged to Jenna Jacobsen, a 20-year-old woman from Long Island. “The medical examiner has advised detectives that Jenna died of undetermined means, however, […]

NEYMAR'S sponsor Nike says it's "very concerned" about the rape allegations against the football star – as Mastercard reportedly axed him from an ad campaign. The sportswear giant spoke out after a woman claimed the £900,000-a-week PSG forward raped her in a Paris hotel room. It comes as the Brazil star was questioned by detectives for two hours for allegedly […]

THE is the first picture of a two-year-old toddler who was mauled to death by a leopard in front of his family.  Courtney Ntimane was playing outside his home when the beast jumped down from a wall and attacked him. The leopard dragged the little from his garden at a family BBQ in Kruger National Park, South Africa. It comes […]

A 16-YEAR-OLD boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a 23-year-old woman was stabbed to death. The victim was found with multiple stab wounds when cops and paramedics rushed to a street in Halifax, West Yorkshire, at around 5.30am today. Paramedics treated the injured woman at the scene and raced her to hospital — but she later died […]

‘You’re going to hate me. I’m a paedophile’: Moment pervert, 49, made shocking confession to his employer after vigilantes caught him messaging ’13-year-old girls’ Malcolm Barnard, 49, thought he was talking to girls online as young as 13 He was targeted by paedophile hunters Silent Whispers in an Essex car park While being filmed, he answers a call to his […]

Russia says it is ready to send more ‘military specialists’ to Venezuela – after President Trump claimed Moscow had just finished pulling its people OUT Russia is ready to send military specialists to Venezuela, foreign ministry says Moscow is also willing to increase the overall size of its military presence there Comes after Trump claimed that Russia had withdrawn ‘most of […]