14:03:00
At least 16 people drowned today after being trapped in a bus which plunged off a pier in southern Russia.
Some 24 have been rescued or swam ashore on the Black Sea, but there were fears that the vehicle was overloaded with oil construction workers and that the toll may rise.
There were unconfirmed claims that between 38 and 60 people were in the bus when it sank at a depth of around 35 ft.

14:01:00
A thug turned up at his girlfriend's work to pop the question - and punched her in the face when she said no.

Andrei Pavel left Andrea Nagy with “significant injuries” in the horror attack after splashing out on an engagement ring and a bunch of flowers.

Following his arrest Pavel, who has no previous convictions, told police officers he was upset by the rejection.

13:52:00


After spending nearly three decades on Death Row, Jacksonville killer Mark James Asay was executed Thursday evening, the state's first inmate to be put to death in more than 19 months and the first execution under a lethal injection procedure never used before in Florida or any other state.

Asay's execution at Florida State Prison was the first since a January 2016 U.S. Supreme Court decision, in a case known as Hurst v. Florida, that effectively put the state's death penalty in limbo. He also was the first white man executed for killing a black victim in Florida.

12:58:00
Jay Thomas, a comic and character actor whose credits include roles on "Cheers" and "Murphy Brown," has died after a battle with cancer at the age of 69.

His publicist, Tom Estey said, 'Jay Thomas was one of the funniest and kindest men I have had the honor to call both client and friend for 25 years plus. He will be dearly missed by so many'.

12:55:00
 
A Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Air Beetle Aircraft today crashed in Kaduna while on a mission. The only soul on board the aircraft, one of the NAF’s experienced instructor pilots, was unfortunately lost during the mishap.
According to a statement released by the Director of Public  Relations and Information, Nigeria Air Force, Air Commodore Olatokunbo Adekoya,

11:50:00
 
A 1-month-old baby in Oklahoma is in critical condition after police say the newborn's father brutally beat him for crying.

Robert Jackson Jones Jr. was arrested and charged with child abuse after he allegedly told Muskogee police that he choked, slammed and tried to smother his son.

According to the Tulsa World, the baby's mother Emma Whitehead told authorities that she and Jones took their child to the emergency room on Sunday when the baby started having seizures.

11:29:00


A  monkey and chicken have become the best of pals.
Black macaque Niv, 10, adopted her feathered friend after it wandered into her enclosure at the Ran Gan Safari park, near Tel Aviv, Israel.
Her maternal instinct immediately kicked in and zookeepers say the pair have been inseparable ever since.

11:21:00
A mum-of-two has become more wealthy than Beyonce and Taylor Swift combined after she scooped $758.7 million ,the largest single win in American lottery history .

After realising she had won, Mavis Wanczyk, who beat odds of one-in-292.2 million, immediately called her work to say she would not be returning.


The 53-year-old, hospital cleric from Chicopee, Massachusetts, found out about her win while on what turned out to be her last night shift at a hospital where she had been for more than 30 years.

11:18:00
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed a flood of immigrants with open arms but warned them to please enter the country legally. He sounded the alarm on the growing flood of immigrants entering Canada.
"Canada is an opening and welcoming society, but let me be clear. We are also a country of laws," Trudeau said in remarks after a meeting in Montreal with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar.
He continued: "Entering Canada irregularly is not an advantage". "There are rigorous immigration and customs rules that will be followed. Make no mistake."

18:14:00

A death row inmate convicted of committing two 'racially motivated' murders sobbed his way through his final interview hours before he is due to be killed .

Mark Asay, gunned down a black man and a second victim in Jacksonville 1987, and will be executed for the crimes later this evening. Asay was 23 years old when he was convicted. He is now 53.

13:18:00
Kay Obum, Nigerian burn survivor and graduate of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, took to his Facebook page to share his story. He also used the opportunity to celebrate a fellow survivor and support system, Chizzy Francess.
Now, I get lots of requests,
Lots of God bless you,
Lots of this n that cos I decided to go viral on my list with my one through friend Chizzy Francess.

12:48:00
 
A former female Fidelity bank staff, Adenike Okuneye, 31, has been dragged before a Lagos Magistrate Court by the bank's management for allegedly parading herself as a staff of Fidelity Bank after she had been sacked.Okuneye is being accused of wearing the bank's branded T-shirt and collecting money from customers who bank with Fidelity under the pretext of saving it for them in the bank, but instead converted same to her use.

12:45:00
 
Suspected Fulani men in Ondo state are said to have raped a 72-year old woman identified only as  Victoria.

The septuagenarian, while speaking with newsmen explained that she was working on her farm when the two herdsmen attacked her.

“Before I could question them on their mission in my farm, they gagged me and tore my clothes. They raped me one after the other. They threatened to kill me if I made any noise and left me on the farm after injuring me,” she added.

12:32:00
Music star Beyonce is super happy about how great her body looks just two months after welcoming her twins, Sir and Rumi.
The 35-year old, shared a couple of snaps on her official website Beyonce.com and on Instagram showing her wearing a Stella McCartney t-shirt dress.

She flaunted her super-toned legs and trim figure in the photos taken as she sat in on her rapper husband's 4:44 rehearsal.

13:01:00
According to the Facebook user, Emmanuel Onuoha, the man pictured above was hit by his wife with a log of wood during an argument in their home about food. The woman blamed her action on annoyance saying she is tired of her husband not fulfilling his promises.
Mr Onuoha wrote; "A woman did this to her husband yesterday, just because of small argument with her about food issue, more over the man lost his job and he has been trying his best to secure a job but she takes it seriously and used log of wood on his head, I pity that woman and may God forgive her If it is you now what will you do?
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