A man was mauled to death by a tiger after jumping into the animal's enclosure at a zoo in England ... sparking a massive emergency response and forcing the park to evacuate.
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According to South Yorkshire Police, officers were called to Yorkshire Wildlife Park Saturday after reports of a man entering the tiger enclosure.
Police say the tiger attacked the man, leaving him with serious injuries. Emergency responders rushed to the scene, but despite efforts to save him, he was pronounced dead.
The causes of death for two University of Mississippi students found dead on the same day have been revealed in court ... with one reportedly dying from a combination of substances, including cough syrup, and the other from inhalation asphyxiation.
According to Action News 5, the new details emerged Friday during a federal court hearing involving two men accused of selling illegal narcotics at a smoke shop near the Ole Miss campus.
The students were both found dead September 21. A defense attorney revealed the causes of death during the hearing, though the findings have not been publicly released in official medical records.
Mariusz Komenda has died after a months-long battle with brain cancer.
The "MasterChef Poland" star's death was announced Wednesday by the show's production team, TVN, which paid tribute to Komenda in an emotional social media post.
Komenda was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor in January after being hospitalized for what doctors initially believed was a possible stroke.
A gunman fatally shot 9 people -- including two kids -- in Pennsylvania before taking his own life during a tense police standoff, according to a media report.
Erie News Now reports that shots were fired in the city of Erie, PA, Friday night when witnesses saw a man with a handgun shooting outside a house before he went inside the home. Two women were reportedly found dead with gunshot wounds in the street.
Police officers and a SWAT team responded to 911 calls around 5 PM, according to Erie News Now.
Samantha Natalie Phythian was found dead inside a burning van in Wales and was apparently still alive and pregnant when someone set the vehicle on fire.
According to the BBC, the judge said in a court hearing Friday ... "At the time of ignition the person was alive. Someone set the van alight and the person was alive and was killed as a result of the fire."
38-year-old Thomas Bell -- who's been charged with Samantha's murder -- appeared in court on video.
Mike Ditka -- one of the most legendary figures in NFL history -- is dead.
The Pro Football Hall of Famer's family announced his death Friday, saying in a statement ... "It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, Mike Ditka."
The family continues ... "While the world knew Mike as a Hall of Fame football player, legendary coach, and leader of the Chicago Bears' Super Bowl XX championship team, we knew him as the heart of our family."
They add ... "Mike will be missed beyond measure and remembered forever."
Chad Lowe seems to be diving into advice about grief in the aftermath of his 13-year-old daughter's tragic death ... sharing an emotional post about loss on social media.
The younger brother of Rob Lowe shared a clip from Olivia Hunt's podcast "On Healing" ... in which Irish author Gerry Hussey says people possess both the human and the divine -- and we're connected to everything and everyone around us.
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In the clip, Hussey says ... "So when we die, where do we go? We return to a state of peace and love.”
A wrestler in Mexico was arrested and hit with criminal charges after he slammed a referee to the canvas during a match and apparently killed him ... and it's all on video.
Shocking footage shows Hijo de Fishman -- a wrestler clad in a facemask and green pants -- picking up legendary ref Gerardo Germán Pineda and slamming him to the ground. The ref rolls around on the canvas, seemingly in pain.
According to reports ... Hijo de Fishman later performed a piledriver on Pineda, who fell unconscious after the move and was ultimately pronounced dead at the venue.
A 5-year-old boy lost his life Wednesday after a large video display board reportedly came crashing down on him at a Florida school.
Cops say the tragic incident occurred around noon at Riviera Elementary School in Palm Bay, FL, which is nearly 175 miles north of Miami.
Palm Bay PD Deputy Chief Nick Szczepanski told reporters that school staff quickly called 911 and administered first aid to the severely injured boy as police and paramedics raced to the scene.
The boy, identified by his family as Bellamy Dawkins-Morris, was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
A contractor who appeared as a guest on the hit HGTV show "Go Big or Go Home" died while hiking one of the most notorious mountains in California.
Kalem Peter Kazarian died in Sequoia National Park earlier this week ... and local reports say he was hiking Mount Whitney when he mysteriously passed.
According to the California Post, the Tulare County Coroner's Office has not yet revealed a cause of death.
One of Patty Hearst's kidnappers, Bill Harris, has died.
Harris passed away September 10 in San Francisco ... according to The New York Times.
Harris became infamous in 1974 as a top lieutenant of the Symbionese Liberation Army, a radical left wing group that kidnapped Patty from her Berkeley, CA apartment.
Dr. Hannah Terry, a mother of three, was found dead in her home in England while hosting a sleepover ... and a man was later arrested on suspicion of murder.
According to multiple UK outlets, Dr. Terry was found dead in her Dersingham estate early Sunday morning. Her home is near King Charles III's Sandringham Estate.
Cops say they arrested a man on suspicion of murder ... though they have not yet revealed his identity. Dr. Terry was said to be hosting a sleepover when she was found dead. According to reports, it's believed the police took the children from her home after she was pronounced dead.
Two people were killed and 35 injured during a mass shooting in Georgia on Sunday -- and police have launched a manhunt for the gunman or gunmen, according to authorities.
The bullets started flying during a block party in the early morning hours Sunday in Vienna, GA, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) announced in a press release.
GBI officials said deputies from Dooly County Sheriff’s Office were patrolling the neighborhood when the shots rang out and they dashed to the scene, where they discovered the carnage.
Reggie McFadden, best known as a comic on HBO's "Def Comedy Jam" and Fox's "In Living Color," has died, according to his family.
Reggie's sister, author Bernice McFadden, tells TMZ ... the U.S. State Department contacted their family Sunday and informed them that Reggie had died in Tanzania, where he had been living for approximately the last 18 years.
Bernice says the State Department did not indicate when or how Reggie had died. She also said Reggie had been estranged from his family for a while over "family s--t."
