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Three people were killed in an apparent series of ramming attacks in Nottingham, England Tuesday morning. The first attack occurred just after 4:00 a.m. on Ilkeston Road, leaving two people dead. Police were later called to scene of a second attack, on Milton Street, which left three people injured. A third fatality was reported on Magdala Road. A 31-year-old male suspect has been apprehended by police on suspicion of murder. “This is an horrific and tragic incident which has claimed the lives of three people," said Chief Constable Kate Meynell. “We believe these three incidents are all linked and we...

A Texas woman allegedly ran over her ex-boyfriend’s mother and texted him “Hows Life LOL” after doing so, KXAN-TV reports. Elizabeth Segundo McClain, 22, was charged with third degree felony of stalking and assault. Police say that McClain has a history of stalking her ex- boyfriend, Ryan Boyd, 25. She reported called Boyd hundreds of times a day over a three month period. According to court records, McClain texted him on Nov. 4, her birthday, 126 times in a row. All of the texts were black with the exception of two that read, “Annoying Uh?” Austin police say the Boyd’s...

PORTLAND — A Missouri man has been charged in U.S. District Court with interstate stalking. Benjamin Lee, 52, threatened to kill his estranged wife and “mount her head on the wall,” according to an FBI affidavit. He made his first appearance Wednesday in federal court in Portland. U.S. Magistrate Judge John H. Rich III ordered that Lee be held without bail until a detention hearing can be held Monday. Lee originally was arrested in September and charged in state court with domestic violence stalking and having a loaded firearm in a vehicle after his wife reported that he was driving...