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A woman standing in front of an art installation of TVs with red writing painted over them. She is wearing blue shorts, a white tank top and sunglasses.

The 'last free place in America' — squatters, hippies and not a cent on rent

Channel: Travel Travel January 19, 2026 By Sadie Whitelocks
Play Video People walk near a U-Haul truck that reportedly was driven into a crowd during an anti-Iranian regime rally on January 11, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. The Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights (IHR) said it had confirmed the killing of at least 192 protesters but warned the actual death toll could already amount to several hundreds, or even more. The IHR has an extensive network of sources in the country. The protests, initially sparked by anger over the rising cost of living, have evolved into a movement against the theocratic system in place in Iran since the 1979 revolution. They have already lasted two weeks. (Photo by Jonathan Alcorn / AFP via Getty Images)

Truck crashes into crowd of pro-Iranian freedom protesters in Los Angeles

Channel: US US January 12, 2026 By Sarah Hooper

Body of female triathlete found after 'shark attack' off beach

Channel: US US December 29, 2025 By Luke Alsford
Play Video FILE - Fire crews monitor the Palisades Fire in Mandeville Canyon, Jan. 11, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Top 10 climate disasters cost more than $120,000,000,000 in 2025

Channel: World World December 27, 2025 By Frankie Lister-Fell
Aspen Brook in a photo inside.

'I used social media filters to make myself prettier - they left me hating my own face'

Channel: US US December 21, 2025 By Ryan Prosser
Play Video Amazon driver goes on the run after 'stealing woman's cat outside her house'

Amazon driver goes on the run with cat he stole from woman's doorstep

Channel: US US December 18, 2025 By Molly Lee
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World's largest plane made out of two Boeing 747s spotted over California

Channel: US US December 13, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva
Amari Peterson holding a football

Boy, 14, among three children shot dead at birthday party named

Channel: US US December 2, 2025 By Brooke Davies
Play Video Mandatory Credit: Photo by Michael Ho Wai Lee/SOPA Images/Shutterstock (15977474i) Police officers from multiple police departments respond to the shooting at Westfield Valley Fair shopping mall. Shoppers are escorted out of Westfield Valley Fair after a Black Friday shooting that injured two people. Multiple law-enforcement agencies including San Jose Police, CHP and the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office responded within minutes ordering a shelter-in-place and sweeping the mall for any ongoing threat. Westfield Valley Fair shopping mall shooting in San Jose, USA - 28 Nov 2025

'Complete chaos' after three people shot in Black Friday attack at shopping centre

Channel: US US November 29, 2025 By Ryan Prosser
Katie with her husband, Stephen Paul and their baby, posing at a pumpkin patch.

British woman arrested by ICE agents in California while holding newborn son

Channel: US US November 25, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
Maria Rubalcava de Ruesga was crossing the street around 8 a.m. Wednesday near Pio Pico Elementary School in Santa Ana, just as parents were dropping their kids off, when she was mowed down, authorities said. 15314713 Grandmother, 69, survived cancer - only to be decapitated in horrific freak accident near horrified families

Grandmother decapitated by bin lorry after recently beating cancer

Channel: US US November 22, 2025 By Ryan Prosser
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Robotaxi runs over and kills popular cat that greeted people in a corner shop

Channel: US US November 6, 2025 By Sarah Hooper
Play Video The wreckage of a helicopter that crashed is seen on Pacific Coast Highway on October 11, 2025 in Huntington Beach, California. (Photo by Michael Heiman/Getty Images)

Five injured after helicopter crashes near beach ahead of 'Cars and Copters' show

Channel: US US October 12, 2025 By Luke Alsford
Jack Skellington from "The Nightmare Before Christmas" dressed as Santa Claus is displayed in front of the Haunted Mansion Holiday at Walt Disney Co.'s Disneyland Park, part of the Disneyland Resort, in Anaheim, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013. The Walt Disney Co. is scheduled to release earnings figures on Nov. 7. Photographer: Patrick Fallon/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Woman dies of 'heart attack' on Disneyland's Haunted Mansion ride

Channel: US US October 10, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

Man, 29, arrested over Los Angeles wildfire that killed 12 people

Channel: US US October 8, 2025 By Josh Milton
Firefighters work to contain a large fire that broke out at the Chevron refinery, in El Segundo, California, U.S., October 2, 2025. REUTERS/Daniel Cole TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Massive fire erupts at oil refinery near Los Angeles

Channel: US US October 3, 2025 By Sam Courtney-Guy

Missing woman found dead behind a secret wall inside a hoarder home

Channel: US US October 1, 2025 By Jessica Kwong
Play Video CCTV footage shows a horde of people wearing masks and black clothing as they funnel through the front door to a jewellery shop stealing its goods

Dramatic moment gang of masked thieves raid shop and steal $1m jewellery

Channel: US US September 26, 2025 By Sarah Ping
Errol Musk left and Elon Musk right

Elon Musk's estranged father accused of 'sexually abusing five of his children'

Channel: World World September 24, 2025 By Luke Alsford

Former pastor 'sexually abused and trafficked dozens of children at a shelter'

Channel: US US September 19, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

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