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The mother of a man charged with murder over the Kansas City Super Bowl parade shooting set has up a GoFundMe for him - as his sister insists he's not a monster. Teneal Burnside set up the cash appeal for her alleged killer son Lyndell Mays, 23, complete with a photo of him seriously-ill in his hospital bed. He was among those shot at the celebration on February 14 - and was blasted nine times. Prosecutors now say Mays was one of the two men to blame for the horrific bloodbath, although his unnamed sister insists he was just trying...

Two young boys died after being locked in their bedroom with a box of matches so their parents could enjoy a "romantic evening" downstairs, a court heard yesterday. Nathan and Jeremy Miller were overcome by smoke and fumes after accidentally starting a fire, but could not escape because the door was deliberately wedged shut. Their parents, Lindsey and Scott Miller, ignored their screams, thinking that the boys were merely playing up. They only rushed to their children's aid when they heard a smoke alarm going off. By then the fire had become "like a furnace" in the bedroom. Nathan, two...