SpaceX has lost contact with its Starship mega rocket following explosions during its second test flight from south Texas. The two-stage 397ft rocket – the largest and most powerful ever built – arced out over the Gulf of Mexico after blasting off from the Elon Musk-owned company’s launch site near Boca Chica. SpaceX was aiming…
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John Madore named as gunman who killed guard at psychiatric hospital in New Hampshire
The gunman who killed a security guard in a shooting at a psychiatric hospital in the US has been identified. John Madore, 33, entered the front lobby at New Hampshire Hospital on Friday night and opened fire, with police initially reporting “multiple victims”. On Saturday, New Hampshire’s attorney general, John Fomella, said Madore shot dead…
Suspect in killing of three women and girl in Memphis found dead after manhunt
A US man wanted for the killing of three women and a teenage girl has been found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The body of Mavis Christian Jr, 52, was discovered in his car during a manhunt in Memphis, Tennessee. It came after police attended a shooting in Howard Drive at 9.22pm on Saturday…
Former US first lady Rosalynn Carter dies aged 96
She died peacefully with her family by her side at her home in Plains, Georgia, according to the Carter Center, a not-for-profit organization founded by her husband and former president Jimmy Carter, 99. They were married for 77 years. Mrs Carter had been suffering from dementia. “Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever…