BBC News11 hours agoRandy Cox: Officers charged after black man paralysed in vanbbc.co.uk - By Nadine YousifFive police officers in the US state of Connecticut have been charged after a man they arrested was partially paralysed in the back of a police van. Randy Cox was being driven to a police station in New Haven when the driver braked hard, causing him to be flung headfirst against the van's rear doors. …
BBC News12 hours agoGiving Tuesday: How day for 'radical generosity' went globalbbc.co.uk - By Brandon DrenonMore than 80 countries from around the world are expected to join this year's Giving Tuesday, when acts of "radical generosity" are encouraged. The growing global phenomenon takes place each year on the first Tuesday after US Thanksgiving. GivingTuesday, the non-profit that created the movement in …
BBC News14 hours agoTrudeau pledges support for First Nation rocked by stabbingsbbc.co.uk - BBC NewsCanada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has paid a visit to the indigenous community where 11 people were killed in a stabbing spree earlier this year. Mr Trudeau visited James Smith Cree Nation in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan three months after the September attacks. He paid his respects at …
BBC News16 hours agoMinnesota: 200 anglers rescued from broken ice chunkbbc.co.uk - BBC NewsAround 200 people have been rescued after they were stranded on a large chunk of ice that broke away in a Minnesota lake. The local sheriff's office said the people adrift on Upper Red Lake in northern Minnesota were fishing when the ice broke. Anglers were surrounded by up to 90ft (27 metres) of …
BBC News1 day agoMauna Loa: World's largest active volcano erupts in Hawaiibbc.co.uk - By Sam CabralThe world's largest active volcano, Hawaii's Mauna Loa, has erupted for the first time in almost 40 years. The lava flow is mostly contained within the summit, but residents have been placed on alert and were earlier warned about the risk of falling ash. The US Geological Service (USGS) has said the …
BBC News21 hours agoTeen charged with murder after Instagram video chat - policebbc.co.uk - BBC NewsA US teenager has been charged as an adult after police say he killed someone and asked an Instagram friend for help getting rid of the body. Police in Bensalem, Pennsylvania claim a woman told them on Friday that her daughter had received an Instagram video call from an acquaintance. During the …
