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Climate change forecast to make giant hailstones across North America

Climate change forecast to make giant hailstones across North America

Giant hailstones are set to become the norm over parts of North America as a result of climate change according to a new study in the journal Nature Climate Change, which looks at how projected climate conditions over the coming decades will affect hailstorms, including their frequency and the size of the stones produced.
Jun 27, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Shocking CCTV footage shows assault with bottle on London street

Shocking CCTV footage shows assault with bottle on London street

The Met Police have released footage of the assault in Seven Sisters that took place in March 2017. Police are seeking more information on the suspect, who can be seen hitting a man over the head with a bottle after what appears to be an argument.
Jun 27, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Dramatic CCTV shows tourists knocked out and robbed in New Orleans

Dramatic CCTV shows tourists knocked out and robbed in New Orleans

A pair of tourists walking through the French Quarter of New Orleans were attacked from behind and robbed by at least four men on 24 June. New Orleans Police said the two male victims from Boston were taken to hospital, one of them in critical condition. Police have arrested two suspects and seeking two others.
Jun 27, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Dashcam footage released shows police officer assaulting motorist

Dashcam footage released shows police officer assaulting motorist

 This is the moment  Agent Joe Joswiak of the Buffalo Ridge Drug Task Force pulled over a motorist and assaulted him. An off duty police officer said Anthony Promvongsa was driving aggressively and called in Joswiak who pulled him over. The American Civil Liberties (ACLU) of Minnesota released dash camera footage of the incident on Thursday, June 23.Police have charged Promvongsa with various offenses, including two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and fleeing in a motor vehicle. The ACLU has called for an investigation into Joswiaks behavior and is working with Promvongsa and his criminal counsel. 
Jun 24, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Woman clings onto car in bizarre traffic incident

Woman clings onto car in bizarre traffic incident

A video of a bizarre traffic incident in Virginia Beach shows a woman clinging onto the bonnet of a car after getting into an argument with the female driver of the vehicle. Both women are now being investigated by police classifying the incident as a mutual aggressor issue.
Jun 23, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Grenfell Tower blaze sparked by fridge says Scotland Yard

Grenfell Tower blaze sparked by fridge says Scotland Yard

Detective Superintendent Fiona McCormack, who is overseeing the investigation, said the cause of the fire was a faulty Hotpoint fridge-freezer. The Metropolitan Police investigation confirmed that the blaze was not started deliberately. Tests conducted also showed that the outside cladding and insulation on Grenfell Tower failed safety tests.
Jun 23, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Queensland Police Forces adorable new recruits are of the fluffy variety

Queensland Police Forces adorable new recruits are of the fluffy variety

Meet Queensland Polices new recruits: seven adorable puppies. The force posted a video of the litter on their site on 22 June, asking for name suggestions for the two male and five female six-week -ld pups. They were swamped by the response. Name nominations will close on 27 June.
Jun 23, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Queensland Police Forces adorable new recruits are of the fluffy variety

Queensland Police Forces adorable new recruits are of the fluffy variety

Meet Queensland Polices new recruits: seven adorable puppies. The force posted a video of the litter on their site on 22 June, asking for name suggestions for the two male and five female six-week -ld pups. They were swamped by the response. Name nominations will close on 27 June.
Jun 23, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Girl dropping McDonalds takeaway breaks the internets heart

Girl dropping McDonalds takeaway breaks the internets heart

This video might be almost physically painful for food lovers and McDonalds fans might want to look away now. Uploaded to Twitter, the viral video shows high school student Delaney Cooper tripping over a set of stairs while carrying a cup of soda and a McDonalds bag. As a result, much of her food goes flying and according to Cooper, only her hamburger could be salvaged; a loss the Twittersphere immediately began mourning.
Jun 23, 2017
By Staff Reporter
I dont want you to get shooted 4-year-old daughter of Philando Castiles girlfriend tells mother

I dont want you to get shooted 4-year-old daughter of Philando Castiles girlfriend tells mother

Minnesota police have released a new video that shows the four-year-old daughter of slain Philando Castiles girlfriend begging her mother to cooperate with the police, out of fear she would also get shot.I dont want you to get shooted, the little girl told Diamond Reynolds as they were being held in the back seat of a police vehicle immediately after Castile, a black man, was shot and killed by a police officer in July 2016.
Jun 23, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Police drag away protesters in wheelchairs from Mitch McConnells office

Police drag away protesters in wheelchairs from Mitch McConnells office

Capitol Police removed protesters, many of whom are disabled and wheelchair-bound, from outside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnells office after text of the GOP Senate health care bill was released Thursday. Protesters were organized by a group called ADAPT, which identifies itself as a non-profit for people with disabilities.
Jun 23, 2017
By Staff Reporter
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India@75: Article-370 in J&K is history, three glorious years later, "nothing" has changed

India@75: Article-370 in J&K is History; Three Glorious Years Later, "Nothing" Has Changed

By Danish Manzoor