RISING star ice skaters and their world champion coaches are among the first victims to be named in the horrific Washington DC plane crash. Sixty-four people are believed to have died after a Black Hawk slammed into an American Airlines passenger plane above the Potomac River. 4 Photographs of victims in the American Airlines airplane … Read more
JUST as I’m trudging away from the locked-up bar, the door swings open and a voice yells: “Wanna come inside?” You bet I do — for the Stone Pony is no run-of-the-mill drinking den.This is the famed watering hole where Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band entertained punters long before their Glory Days. 22 … Read more
A MULTI-millionaire who died in the Titan sub tragedy left his wife almost nothing despite being the heir to a £1.3billion company. Shahzada Dawood, 48, was one of five tragic passengers on board OceanGate Expeditions’ Titanic submarine, along with his son Suleman, 19. 12 Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman both died in the Titan … Read more
AN attorney for one of the West Memphis Three has blamed “satanic panic” for the wrongful conviction of the three teenagers. The West Memphis Three were believed to be in a satanic cult due to their choice in music, clothing and books – but this was far from the truth. 14 The West Memphis 3 spent 17 years behind … Read more
BEAUTY editor Tara Ledden gets up close and personal with giant Redwoods, samples refreshing wine, and tucks into American grub on California’s Golden Coast. I have never hugged a tree before, but I can’t remember the last time I felt this calm. 5 West Coast is the best coast at Bodega BayCredit: getty 5 No … Read more
STONY-faced US Secret Service guards protect former President Jimmy Carter one last time as his six-day state funeral begins. His personal bodyguards yesterday carried his flag-draped coffin through his hometown of Plains, Georgia, where he died on December 29 aged 100. 7 Jimmy Carter’s personal bodyguards carried his flag-draped coffin through his hometown of Plains, … Read more
THIS is the moment a man is cornered by SWAT officers outside the Texas home of the New Orleans “terrorist” that killed 15 people. The city’s famed Bourbon Street became a bloodbath after the gunman ploughed his white pick-up into revellers before opening fire in the heinous attack. 10 A man outside the New Orleans … Read more
MORE than twenty years ago an American artist was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack as she jogged through a park. Student Margaret Muller, 27, was murdered in Victoria Park in Hackney, east London, on the morning of February 3, 2003. 6 Student Margaret Muller, 27, was murdered in Victoria Park in 2003Credit: Handout … Read more
FIGHTING for every last breath as her ex-husband pressed the pillow on her face, Alisa Mathewson was convinced she wasn’t gong to make it out alive. But the shocking moment was just the start of a nightmare ordeal for Alisa that would last a shocking 55 hours and end with her attempted murder. 13 Alisa … Read more
ALL it took was three words: “Howay the lads!” for Britain to fall in love with President Jimmy Carter. He was in Newcastle when he won over a crowd of 20,000 with the Toon Army’s most famous chant. 7 Britain fell in love with President Jimmy CarterCredit: Getty – Contributor 7 The longest-living US leader … Read more
