Obituaries

A 20-year-old man died Sunday after lightning struck 14 people at a popular Los Angeles beach and a golfer on Catalina Island during rare summer thunderstorms that swept through Southern California, authorities said.

The hunt for two Philadelphia carjackers who rammed a stolen SUV into a family, killing three children, entered its third day Sunday as officials offered a $110,000 reward for information leading to their capture.

Richard Reddish, believed to be from the Bolsover area, sadly passed away in the early hours of Tuesday 8th July when he became 'trapped under concrete.'

Police say a Rhode Island dealership owner who was struck with a two-by-four in a fight over a junk-car deal that went wrong has died.

Deona Bien had worked through seven years of infertility treatments, and finally she was pregnant with twins.

THE murderer of Pendle schoolgirl Jayden Parkinson - strangled while carrying his unborn child - must have had a 'heart of stone', a court heard.

Ryan Bancroft of Weston measures one of the lobsters he caught in the waters of Biscayne Bay near Fishermen's Channel in July 2013.

Friends of a Doncaster engineer who was killed in a lift accident last month have organised a charity football match in his memory this weekend.

The widow of a New York City man who died this month in a videotaped confrontation with New York City police demanded justice on Saturday, saying the victim wasn't asking for trouble.

A third execution by lethal injection has gone awry in six months, renewing debate over whether there is a foolproof way for the government to humanely kill condemned criminals, and whether it's even worth... A third execution by lethal injection has gone awry in six months, renewing debate over whether there is a foolproof way for the government ... (more)

A 22-year-old man believed to be from the South Woodham Ferrers area has died after his motorbike was in collision with a Volkswagen Golf on the A132 at South Woodham Ferrers.

Hundreds more flowers and tributes line the road where six-year-old Lara Fernandes-Pontes died after a car accident last Sunday.

U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake was attending a ceremony for a judicial colleague when he received an urgent - and unusual - request: Lawyers for a condemned inmate wanted him to stop an execution that didn't... A large family that lives at the shore and suffered losses during Superstorm Sandy will share a $20 million lottery jackpot that one of ... (more)

Two men forced a woman into the backseat of her sport utility vehicle at gunpoint, drove off but later lost control and plowed into a group of people on a corner near a fruit stand on Friday, police said.

Kaufman was a middle-age teacher and single mother in the mid-1960s when her autobiographical novel became a surprise best-seller.

Former astronaut Henry "Hank" Hartsfield, who logged 483 hours during three trips into space and commanded two shuttle missions, has died.

TWO from Broadway died as a result of his motorbike colliding with a car near Wellington, an inquest has heard.

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There were emotional scenes in Oxford Crown Court this after the jury of six men and six women returned its verdict, by a majority of 11-1.

According to police, 59-year-old Feng Liu suffered serious head wounds Wednesday and was taken to UNC Hospitals.