New York state has sued PepsiCo for allegedly polluting one of its rivers with plastic bottles and wrappers. The lawsuit accuses the soft drinks company and its Frito-Lay subsidiaries of creating a public nuisance by the mass production of the single-use items, some of which inevitably fall or blow into the Buffalo River when they
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A mother in Virginia has been sentenced to 21 months in prison after her six-year-old son shot his school teacher with a gun. Deja Nicole Taylor, 26, pleaded guilty in June to possessing a firearm while using cannabis and making a false statement while purchasing a pistol. Taylor also pleaded guilty to a charge of
Direct lines of communication between American and Chinese military forces are to be reopened for the first time in more than a year, Joe Biden has announced. Speaking after a meeting with China’s premier Xi Jinping in California, the US president said the restoration of military-to-military communications would help to prevent accidents which could spiral
Friends stars Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer have paid tribute to Matthew Perry. Aniston, who played Rachel Green in the show, wrote in an Instagram post: “Oh boy this one has cut deep… Having to say goodbye to our Matty has been an insane wave of emotions that I’ve never experienced before. “We all experience
Bernie Sanders was forced to step in to prevent a fist fight during a heated war of words at a US Senate hearing. The experienced senator played peacekeeper after Republican senator Markwayne Mullin, a former-cage-fighter-turned-politician, took to his feet to confront union chief Sean O’Brien. Moments earlier, Mr Mullin branded Mr O’Brien, the president of
Matt LeBlanc has paid tribute to his Friends co-star Matthew Perry, saying it was an “honour to share the stage with you and to call you my friend”. In a post on Instagram, LeBlanc wrote: “It is with a heavy heart I say goodbye. The times we had together are honestly among the favourite times
A five-year-old girl whose body was found encased in concrete in the US 35 years ago has finally been identified, police say – and her mother and a live-in boyfriend have been charged with her murder. DNA tests and a crucial tip given earlier this year finally gave officers the breakthrough they needed, as they
A “courageous” teenager in the US was beaten to death when he confronted a mob over a friend who was being bullied, his family has said. Jonathan Lewis, 17, was attacked by up to 15 people near a school in Las Vegas, according to reports. The teenager had confronted the group after “one of his
Five US service members have been killed on a routine training mission after the military aircraft carrying them suffered a “mishap” and crashed into the sea. The military personnel were taking part in a routine air refuelling mission in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on Friday as part of their training, the US defence department confirmed
A menu for first-class passengers travelling on the Titanic has sold for more than £80,000 at auction. The “remarkable” relic fetched £84,000 at Henry Aldridge & Son in Devizes, Wiltshire, on Saturday. The menu, which shows signs of water damage, boasts a menu of oysters, beef, spring lamb and mallard duck. It was served on
A pond in Hawaii has mysteriously turned bright pink – with experts voicing concerns about the bizarre phenomenon. Curious onlookers have been flocking to the pond after images first appeared on social media. Volunteers at the Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge on Maui, some of whom have been around the water for 70 years, say
A man who spent 35 years behind bars after being wrongly convicted of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl has been freed from prison thanks to a DNA breakthrough. Louis Wright, now aged 65, had lived near the child’s home in Albion, Michigan, at the time of the attack in 1988 and an off-duty officer reported
Surgeons have performed the world’s first ever whole-eye transplant, a feat hailed as a breakthrough despite the patient not yet regaining his sight. Doctors “never expected it to work at all”, patient Aaron James said, but the eye has shown signs of health, such as functioning blood vessels and a promising retina. It has been
Three years ago in Detroit, Robert Williams arrived home from work to find the police waiting at his front door, ready to arrest him for a crime he hadn’t committed. Facial recognition technology used by officers had mistaken Williams for a suspect who had stolen thousands of dollars worth of watches. The system linked a
Bruce Willis’s daughter Tallulah has spoken about her father’s “really aggressive” dementia and why it is so important for her family to be open about it. The Hollywood actor, 68, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) a year after his family revealed he was suffering from aphasia, a condition affecting speech and language. “What’s going
Donald Trump’s rivals for the Republican presidential nomination have taken to the stage in Florida as they try to dislodge the frontrunner from his commanding lead in opinion polls. Local Governor Ron DeSantis and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley both criticised the former president for skipping a third event. Meanwhile, Mr Trump – who was