Two Canadians have been killed after a vehicle struck a 220kg black bear at high speed, sending it flying through the windscreen of an
oncoming vehicle. The 25-year-old woman and 40-year-old man were reportedly killed instantly. The bear did not survive what police have called a “freak accident”.
Murder novelist charged with murder
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An American novelist who wrote an essay called How to Murder your Husband has been charged with the murder of her husband. Police believe 68-year-old Nancy Crampton Brophy shot and killed her husband Daniel at his workplace.
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