Commuter train and passenger bus collides - 18 dead

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A commuter train slammed into a passenger minibus Sunday at a railroad crossing in Indonesia's capital, killing at least 18 people and seriously injuring six others.

Morgan Freeman uninjured after private plane crash in Mississippi

Actor Morgan Freeman was uninjured Saturday after the private plane he was flying in blew a tire after takeoff from a Mississippi airport and had to make an emergency landing, authorities said. No one else on the plane was injured.

Bodies of 7 dead babies found in German flat

MUNICH - German police said Friday they had found the bodies of “probably seven” babies in an apartment in the southern state of Bavaria after being alerted by a local resident.

Magnitude-7 earthquake strikes off southwest Japan

TOKYO (AP) — A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Saturday off the coast of southwest Japan, triggering a small tsunami. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

Multiple Paris Terror Attacks Leave as Many as 120 Dead

The death toll in attacks across six sites in Paris could exceed 120, Paris Prosecutor Francois Molins said on French television early Saturday. He said at least five assailants have been neutralized.

Giant 'Sinkhole' Swallows Over Dozen Cars

A giant 'sinkhole' about 50-feet wide opened up in an IHOP parking lot in Mississippi over the weekend, swallowing at least 14 vehicles, officials said.

ICE highlights dangers of illegal decorative contact lenses

WASHINGTON – Officials from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have announced a consumer warning ahead of Halloween about the dangers of counterfeit and unapproved decorative contact lenses after key developments in ongoing investigations targeting the unsafe items. 

Woman Charged in Her Baby’s Killing Was a Day Care Provider

The Bronx woman accused of throwing her 6-month-old baby to her death from a window in a sixth-floor apartment was a licensed day care provider who until recently cared for children in that home.

The woman, Tenisha Fearon, 27, was charged with murder on Friday. The case is the third in recent months in which babies have been thrown to their deaths from windows in their New York City homes — two by mothers who had jobs directly related to the welfare of children.

Six year old dies after accidentally setting fire to her cotton dress with a lighter she found

A six-year-old girl tragically died from severe burns after accidentally setting her dress on fire while playing with a cigarette lighter in her father's house.

An inquest heard that Keira-Leigh Garland suffered more than 66 per cent burns to her body after her flimsy cotton dress caught fire.

EU states have struck a deal with Turkey to try and tackle migrant crisis

Nigel Farage warned plans to allow Turkey's 75million citizens into the UK was 'bordering on insanity'

Britain faces the spectre of another wave of mass migration after Brussels bureaucrats opened the gates of Europe to Turkey's 75million citizens.

Unarmed policeman shot dead by bailed IRA suspect in murder-suicide

Killed: Father-of-three Tony Golden was gunned down by a suspected IRA man while trying to break up a domestic dispute

An unarmed garda was last night shot dead by an IRA suspect out on bail – who turned the gun on his girlfriend and on himself.

Father-of-three Garda Tony Golden was responding to a domestic dispute in Omeath, Co. Louth at 6pm yesterday when Adrian Crevan Mackin pulled a gun and killed him.

Man arrested in rape of 10 year old stepdaughter who became pregnant

A man in Paraguay accused of raping his 10-year-old stepdaughter and getting her pregnant was arrested Saturday, police said.

Benitez Gilberto Zarate, 42, had fled in the wake of the accusation against him. But he denied any wrongdoing to police and local media, and has demanded a DNA test on the unborn child to back up his claim.

Canadian man wanted for raping disabled child 4 decades ago deported

LOS ANGELES – A Canadian man accused in his native country of raping a disabled girl four decades ago was turned over to Canadian authorities in Vancouver, British Columbia, late Tuesday culminating a nearly two-year legal effort by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to gain his deportation.

5th girl from London school tried to flee to join ISIS but was stopped on airport runway

The trio (pictured) followed their friend Sharmeena Begum who first went to the Middle East to join IS. All of the girls knew each other well

A 15-year-old who wanted to join Islamic State as a jihadi bride has been revealed to be the fifth girl from Bethnal Green Academy trying to join the extremist group.

15-year-old schoolgirl killed when car smashed into a tree

Tributes have been pouring in for a teenage schoolgirl, who was killed alongside a 22-year-old man when their car smashed into a tree.

Levi Jade Apsley, 15, was killed when the blue Vauxhall Corsa in which she was travelling careered off the road in Offerton, Stockport, Greater Manchester, early this morning.

Grandmother arrested after using power saw to cut baby's throat

• CHICAGO, IL - FEBRUARY 28: Police stand guard as demonstrators protest outside a Chicago Police facility on the city's Westside on February 28, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois. The demonstrators were demanding changes after a British newspaper article recently claimed the facility was used by Chicago police as a 'secret interrogation facility.' (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) (2015 Getty Images)

Commuter train crashes–Six dead

• A commuter train slammed into a sport utility vehicle stuck on the tracks at a crossing Tuesday evening, killing 6 people, mostly on the train, and injuring at least a dozen others, authorities said.

AirAsia flight vanishes off coast of Indonesia - relatives of victims agonized

A massive search and rescue operation for the missing AirAsia flight which lost contact with air traffic control over Indonesia has been suspended for the night due to unworkable conditions.

The fishing boats and official vessels that were sent out by Indonesia's national search and rescue authority, along with helicopters and Hercules aircraft from Singapore, will resume their efforts at sunrise on Monday morning.

Husband and wife found dead in their home on Christmas morning

Police are investigating a suspected double suicide by two parents said to be in 'financial trouble'.

ran executes woman who killed her alleged rapist

An Iranian woman convicted of murder -- in a killing that human rights groups called self-defense against a rapist -- was hanged Saturday, state news agency IRNA reported.