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Gainesville police have arrested two people in the death of a University of Florida cheerleader, who was killed and then burned to conceal evidence. The suspects, reportedly named as Antonio D. Drayton, 24, and Cassandra M. Kimbrough, 42,  were both charged. Drayton was charged with first-degree murder and Kimbrough was charged as an accessory. The victim, Saleha Huuda, 21, was reportedly the girlfriend of one and the rival of the other. The two suspects were also was charged with grand…

Canadian consumers have been warned earlier this month to avoid Nature’s Reward brand fresh cilantro over the potential that it may be contaminated with Salmonella, reports say. The recall was issued by Fresh Taste Produce Ltd., the importer of the recalled herb. The Nature’s Reward brand fresh cilantro was produced in the United States, and was sold in bunches held together with a twist tie that bears no brand name, but does have the following numbers: PLU 4889 and UPC…

Police officers have been praised for their efforts to save a man from drowning in a treacherous stretch of the River Trent after a bystander witnessed a man enter the water near in the early hours one Sunday morning and immediately became pulled downstream. The police, who arrived within three minutes of the emergency call, first threw a rope to the struggling man, who was about 200ft away and being pulled away by strong currents. But the man was unable…

Reports say a Holland America Line passenger from the US was killed when she was snorkeling at Goff’s Caye in Belize and got caught in the boat’s propeller. The incident caused her to be cut quite badly. In addition, her head was slammed against the vessel. She received, among other injuries, a large cut to her right leg and two smaller wounds to the right side of the face. Apparently, she and her husband were aboard a 65 foot catamaran,…

Reports say the woman who ran a west Houston day care that caught fire late last month and killed four children fled to Nigeria before she was charged.   The daycare operator, Jessica Tata, 22, reportedly flew to her home in Nigeria on Saturday late last month before she was ever charged with the deaths of the four children in her care.   An arrest warrant was issued on the last day of February for one count of reckless bodily…