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Police at the scene of the hit and run A man has been arrested after 60-year-old man was killed in a hit and run. The pedestrian was struck by a car in Vicarage Road, at the junction of Tile Kiln Lane, Bexley shortly after 11.30pm on Friday. Met Police officers, the London Ambulance Service and … Read more

Jeff Huckaby, president and CEO of Grimmway, holds a freshly-picked bundle of carrots in 2023. The company has recalled its carrots, sold under multiple brand names, after an E. coli outbreak. (Marcio Jose Sanchez / Associated Press) An outbreak of E. coli has infected dozens of people who ate bagged organic carrots, and one person … Read more

Backers of Mayor Eric Adams’ “City of Yes” housing plan are mounting a final blitz to try to pressure the City Council into approving the zoning overhaul — and they’re going straight to New Yorkers with it. The housing plan — the proposed first major change to the city’s zoning rules since 1961 that would … Read more

A 15-year-old boy was shot at a Bronx subway station Saturday night in the latest example of spiking violence involving Big Apple youngsters. The shooting took place around 10 p.m. on the mezzanine level of the station at River Avenue and West 167th Street, an NYPD spokesman said Sunday. The teen was wounded in the … Read more

A Maryland second grader was rushed to the hospital after he was “hung” in the boy’s bathroom by an older bully who told him “I’m going to show you how I did people back in the day,” his parents claim. The horrifying incident, which left the 7-year-old boy in the hospital with a neck contusion, … Read more

See you later, alligator! Rockland County police fished a live alligator out of a small creek as a mystery remains over how the reptile got there. Haverstraw Police Department said in a Facebook post the “juvenile” gator was found in the Minisceongo Creek Thursday — which sparked immediate confusion from some commenters. Rockland County police … Read more

A person close to Russian defense ministry said it was logical to have a mechanism to replenish losses by the North Korean side Kim Jong Un shaking hands with Vladimir Putin in 2019.Photo by Andrey Rudakov /Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Blo North Korea may deploy as many as 100,000 troops to aid Russia’s war on Ukraine if … Read more

Trains and roads could be affected over the next couple of days (Picture: Bloomberg via Getty Images) Travel warnings have been issued as the UK prepares for snow, ice and plunging temperatures. National Rail said cold weather over the next few days could affect trains across the country and urged anyone planning to travel to … Read more

The drones are packed with explosives and loaded with ball bearings to cause maximum damage (Credits: AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Russia has been quietly churning out hundreds of thermobaric drones which can collapse lungs, crush eyeballs and cause brain damage in its war on Ukraine. Also known as vacuum bombs, they suck out all the oxygen … Read more

Planned works will shut down part of the Elizabeth line between Paddington and Heathrow (Picture: Mark Kerrison/Getty) Passengers have been warned over Christmas travel disruption affecting London Euston, Paddington, Elizabeth line and the West Coast main line. Many of us will hop on a train next month to visit family and friends across the UK. … Read more