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By JOE HUTCHISON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 11:51 EDT, 18 April 2025 | Updated: 12:04 EDT, 18 April 2025 A dining room worker at Florida State University has been identified as one of the victims of Thursdays shooting. Robert Morales was shot dead on the Tallahassee campus after 20-year-old student Phoenix Ikner opened fire. One other as-yet unidentified victim was also killed, with cops saying neither person murdered was a student at FSU.In a post to X, his older brother Ricardo said: ‘Today we lost my younger brother. He was one of the victims killed at FSU. ‘He loved his job at FSU and…

A father and son have been killed after they were swallowed up by a sinkhole in flood-ravaged Italy.It comes after ‘exceptional’ Storm Hans battered Europe with extreme weather, leaving a path of destruction in its wake.The brutal tempest swept over parts of Spain, Switzerland, and large parts of Italy yesterday, bringing torrential rain, flash floods, and meters of snow.Many roads were shut in all three countries due to fallen trees or the risk of avalanches and tourists in snow-hit French ski resorts were told to stay inside.Leone and Francesco Nardon, aged 64 and 33, were killed when they fell into a sinkhole…

A representative of the late Kyren Lacy dropped a bombshell statement Friday that took aim at the league over the NFL prospect’s death. Lacy died Saturday in Houston due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound after crashing his vehicle while trying to evade local police, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. The 24-year-old was already facing several felony charges following a fatal car crash on December 17 that claimed the life of 78-year-old Louisiana native Herman Hall. Two days later, Lacy declared for the NFL Draft, sparking backlash.  Almost a week later, Rocky Arceneaux, who represented the NFL hopeful, spoke out as…

By HUGO DUNCAN Updated: 17:00 EDT, 17 April 2025 Donald Trump has launched a blistering attack on the head of the Federal Reserve and said that his ‘termination’ as the US central bank chairman ‘cannot come fast enough’.In an extraordinary outburst on social media, the US president lambasted Jerome Powell over his reluctance to cut interest rates in the world’s largest economy, derisively nicknaming him ‘Too Late’.The comments came as the European Central Bank (ECB) cut rates in the eurozone for the seventh time in a year – to 2.25 per cent – to prop up a struggling economy facing…

Martha Stewart demonstrated ‘expert trolling’ against Katy Perry and the Blue Origin ‘astronauts’ while posting a throwback Thursday reminding her fans of the time she experienced weightlessness on a Zero-G flight in Florida back in 2006.’In case you spaced out,’ the 83-year-old lifestyle guru – who boasts 8.7M social media followers – captioned her Instagram video.’Martha has always been ahead of her time.’In the clip, Stewart (born Kostyra) expertly performed flips and push-ups as she bounced and floated through the air inside the only FAA-approved parabolic flight provider.’I boarded a Boeing 727 aircraft called G-Force One and experienced what astronauts…

With the Easter weekend almost finally here, many households will be stocking up on delicious treats. But if you have a dog, make sure you don’t fall for their puppy-dog eyes. Vets have warned that a popular Easter treat could be lethal to dogs. Your first thought is probably chocolate, which is widely known to be toxic for our furry friends. However, the Kennel Club says that dog owners should also be wary of hot cross buns and Simnel cake. ‘Easter brings a wealth of different festive food into the household, and although highly dangerous to dogs, their acute sense of smell means they can sniff them…

A newlywed couple is taking legal action after the groom contracted a life-threatening infection on their honeymoon that’s left him with a permanent disability. Thomas Coupland, 44, spent a week in Sorrento, Italy, last summer with his new wife Natasha, 40, as they celebrated their recent wedding. But on the flight back from their stay, Mr Coupland became increasingly ill.Upon returning home, the aerospace engineer developed diarrhoea and severe flu-like symptoms before being taken to hospital when his condition worsened.Mr Coupland, from Sheffield, said: ‘It was terrifying how quickly everything unfolded and how close Natasha and our son were to losing me.’In…

By HAYLEY MINN Published: 05:09 EDT, 18 April 2025 | Updated: 05:10 EDT, 18 April 2025 Packing up your life and moving to sunny Spain is a dream for many Brits.But one person who did that, after just one holiday to Benidorm, is Harry Poulton – who says he’ll never return to ‘cold, dreary and depressing’ Britain.The British content creator – who shares his life on TikTok as @harrytokky – was just 18 when he visited Benidorm on a lads’ trip, and instantly knew he wasn’t going home.Now 24, Harry says choosing to move to Spain was the best decision…

Cruise holidays have become hugely popular in recent decades…but tourists at sea are also becoming more vulnerable to scammers offering ‘free’ day trips to luxury resorts on land, says one cruise expert. YouTuber Gary Bembridge has revealed in his latest Tips for Travellers video how holidaymakers are being targeted with the promise of five-star days out on land – but end up getting locked into monthly contracts where prices soon spiral.In the video, Bembridge says that often the scammers in question target tourists in Caribbean, Mexican and Mediterranean ports, posing as friendly locals or travel reps. In fact, they’re actual fraudsters trying…

Details are emerging surrounding the horrifying final moments of a British couple who died alongside two others when the cable car they were travelling in plummeted 100ft into an Italian mountainside.The holidaymakers were travelling up Monte Faito, which overlooks the bay of Naples, alongside two Israeli tourists and the cabin’s driver, named in Italian media as 59-year-old Carmine Parlato.The group had set off up the mountain in one of the cableway’s two cabins, leaving from the station in the historic town of Castellammare di Stabia at 2.40pm yesterday afternoon.Six minutes later, with the cabin understood to have been just 20 seconds away from…