The suspects in the brutal murder of three friends on a fishing trip went to McDonald’s and ordered 10 double cheeseburgers immediately after the killings, says the local sheriff. He described last Friday’s incident in a rural area of Florida as a “massacre” and one of the worst murder scenes he had witnessed in decades
A 93-year-old former guard at a Nazi concentration camp has been found guilty for his role in the murders of more than 5,000 prisoners during the Second World War. Bruno Dey, who had been an SS guard in the Stutthof concentration camp in German-occupied Poland during the final months of the conflict, was given a
China launched an unmanned probe to Mars on Thursday, aiming to demonstrate its technological prowess as it makes a bid for global leadership in space with its first independent mission to visit another planet. Here are some facts about missions to Mars by China and other countries: China’s unmanned Mars probe, named Tianwen-1 after “Tianwen”,
Face coverings will be compulsory in shops in England from Friday to stop the spread of coronavirus. But they are still not mandatory in cafes, pubs and restaurants, which has led to confusion over where the new rule applies in relation to buying food. Does a takeaway, for example, count as a shop or a
China has joined the search for signs of life on the red planet by launching its own Mars rover into space. Tianwen-1, which means “quest for heavenly truth”, took off successfully from Hainan Island off the south coast of China on Wednesday, according to state media, with hundreds of onlookers watching from a nearby beach.
11:25 PM BST World Rugby has recommended a revised international calendar following the disruption due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the sport’s ruling body said on Wednesday A temporary international window between Oct. 24 and Dec. 5 has been proposed by World Rugby’s executive committee. The Six Nations Championship can resume at the end of October
Dave Grohl has criticised the Trump administration’s plans to reopen US schools in the autumn, saying “teachers want to teach, not die”. The Foo Fighters frontman released an audio note titled “In Defence of Our Teachers”, arguing that reopening classrooms “could mean life or death for some”. Grohl, whose 82-year-old mother used to work as
Boris Johnson is visiting Scotland claiming the “sheer might of our union” has strengthened the fight against coronavirus north of the border. In a trip billed as kick-starting a campaign to save the union, he will tell Scots that if they stick with Britain they will continue to benefit from huge economic support. But the
Liverpool have lifted the Premier League trophy for the first time after waiting 30 years to win a league title. Jurgen Klopp’s men have finally placed their hands on the silverware nearly a month after they were crowned champions. The Merseyside club have lifted the trophy after defeating Chelsea 5-3 at Anfield stadium. Fireworks could
The spectre of a new stay-at-home order haunts the streets of West Hollywood. The small city of 30,000 people, squeezed between Los Angeles and Beverly Hills, is experiencing the same dramatic surge in coronavirus cases as the rest of its neighbours. And, four months after officials in LA were among the first in the country
The UK pilots’ union says it is reluctantly recommending its members at British Airways (BA) accept a deal to avert more than 1,200 job losses. BALPA said an agreement, following almost three months of negotiations with the airline, was the best that could be achieved and still result in about 270 compulsory redundancies. Sky News
NHS England’s coronavirus contact-tracing app could be revamped with new features designed to bring “personal benefits” to users, Sky News can reveal. The proposed features include “Fitbit-style” alerts letting people know whether they might have been at risk of catching coronavirus, and “check-ins” with QR codes at the entrances of businesses, according to a person
7:29 AM ET MIKE BROWN WAS sitting at a desk in Jorge Masvidal‘s Las Vegas hotel room. It was July 5, hours before Brown was scheduled to accompany Masvidal on a flight to “Fight Island” for UFC 251. While Brown, one of American Top Team’s head MMA coaches, was on his laptop, Masvidal’s manager, Abe
Boris Johnson has told MPs there was “no smoking gun” in the Russia report, as Sir Keir Starmer claimed the prime minister “sat on” the “extremely serious” document. The Intelligence and Security Committee’s report into the threat posed by Moscow to UK democracy dominated exchanges between the PM and Labour leader at the final PMQs
People in care homes are set to be reunited with family members after the government said visits will once again be allowed. Care home visits, which had been halted during the coronavirus crisis, will resume once local officials decide it is safe to do so. The government published new guidance on Wednesday for how care
It has been described as a right-wing conspiracy theory, an emerging religious movement, and even as a domestic terrorism threat in one FBI bulletin – but what exactly is QAnon? Put simply, QAnon is a surprisingly popular hoax based on the cryptic posts of an individual or group purporting to possess inside knowledge of the