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A catastrophic fire at Paris's Notre Dame Cathedral has left a nation mourning the devastation of its cultural and historic 'epicentre' this morning as French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to rebuild the treasured landmark. Hundreds of heroic firefighters tackled the blaze through the night, battling to stop its complete destruction after the iconic spire was seen crashing to the ground before crowds of horrified Parisians yesterday evening. Meanwhile, teams raced to recover what treasures they could from the 850-year-old Gothic masterpiece, which housed priceless artefacts and relics of huge religious and international significance. The blaze, which broke out as the last crowds of tourists ended visits at around 7pm local time, was finally declared to be 'completely under control' nearly nine hours later. However, it is expected to take several days to completely extinguish all remaining pockets of fire, dampen down hotspots and secure the world-famous edifice. Attention is beginning to turn to what may have caused the landmark, part of which was being restored, to fall victim to such a disaster.

Hanna Pignato (left), 19, of Daytona Beach, Florida, witnessed a young boy struggling in a rip current from her job at a restaurant on the pier (right) prompting her to action. The waitress ran to the pier's edge and leaped 20 feet in the surf below, but she misjudged the depth and struck a sandbar fracturing her back and foot (center). She continued to make her way to the eight-year-old boy, but both he and Pignato ended up being rescued from the water after the ordeal.

In newly revealed details from a January ruling by a Navy judge, SEAL Chief Edward 'Eddie' Gallagher (left and right), charged with murder, allegedly intimidated witnesses. Navy Judge Captain Aaron Rugh (center) wrote of fellow SEALS who say Gallagher threatened those who spoke about a 2017 murder of a wounded ISIS prisoner and of 2014 charges of aggravated assault and disorderly conduct for attempting to hit a Naval police officer with a car. Gallagher's restrictive confinement while awaiting trial brought the attention of Trump who recently demanded he be transferred to better conditions, but the alleged witness intimidation is what led Rugh's original ruling on confining him.

She's facing a prison sentence along with her husband for their involvement in the national college admissions bribery scandal. And while it's not been reported that Lori Loughlin is planning on downsizing from her huge mansion in Bel Air, California, a removal truck arrived to take away some furniture on Monday. In pictures taken outside the gates of her $35 million property, movers could be seen loading up a truck with some items from Lori's home.

Casino bartender Diana Nicole Pena, 30 (left), and her roommate and ex-model Kelsey Nichole Turner, 25, (right, and inset in a red bikini top) were booked into jail in Las Vegas over the weekend in the March murder of Dr Thomas Kirk Burchard, 71 (inset). Burchard's body was found rotting in the trunk of a Mercedes-Benz C300 in a desert outside Las Vegas on March 21. Turner's boyfriend, Jon Logan Kennison, 27, remains at large. All three are charged with murder and conspiracy to murder the doctor. When Turner was apprehended in Stockton, California on March 21, she was with her child and Kennison, but he wasn't considered a suspect at the time and has since gone missing. The doctor was said to have been paying the rent in the home the three lived in together, withe a fourth unidentified roommate. Pena and Kennison were added to the homicide complaint on April 5.

The Empire actor was spotted pacing back and forth during the animated chat. He could be heard insisting: 'I did not do any of this. The charges were dropped'. An onlooker said: 'He was saying "Ryan, Ryan. You have to believe me".' Exclusive DailyMail.com footage shows Jussie, 36, walking around a parking lot as his family dined nearby. He is vacationing with his two sisters, brother-in-law and niece and nephew and was all smiles during a day at the beach last week. Smollett was accused of staging an attack on himself on January 29. The case against him was suddenly and unexpectedly dropped last month.

Katelyn McClure pleaded guilty in New Jersey on Monday for her role in scamming 14,000 donors out of $400,000 with the use of a feel-good tale involving a homeless man buying her gas. McClure (right, inset at top, and inset at bottom on the right) concocted a feel-good tale withher former boyfriend Mark D'Amico (inset at bottom in the center) about homeless man McClure will serve four years in state prison and must repay the $400,000 under the deal. Johnny Bobbitt (Inset at bottom on the left) rescuing McClure from the side of a highway to obtain scam GoFundMe contributions. Bobbitt was sentenced on Friday to five years of probation. D'Amico has denied wrongdoing.

During the ceremony honoring Daniel Romanchuk, 20, who became the youngest men's wheelchair champion the American flag was visibly left discarded on the ground. Romanchuk had at one time had the flag draped over his shoulders after his victory, but a race official removed it and left it visibly crumpled up in the corner. The embarrassing breach in protocol led to the Boston Athletic Association, the organizers of the 123-year-old race, to provide a written apology for the error

A 20-year-old Briar Cliff University student has died after plunging 100 feet off a cliff on a popular Arkansas hiking trail while posing for a photo.  Andrea Norton was fatally injured on Saturday when she accidentally fell from a rock formation within the Ozark–St. Francis National Forest when she tried to re-position herself for the picture. Police said Norton fell off the Hawksbill Crag, which is a popular hiking destination and rock formation in the forest near Jasper. The Crag is widely considered one of Arkansas' most-photographed hiking areas, according to authorities. 

Greg Palermo's friend mentioned 'he would like to be buried in the backyard'. The friend ended up dying from a suspected drugs overdose so Palermo, 50, buried him according to his 'wishes'. Police later visited the home to search for drugs and related artifacts on a completely different investigation, but while the cops were there Palermo asked how they knew to look for a body out back. The truth was, the police had no idea about the body until Palermo told them with his questions. No charges have been brought against the Orlando homeowner.

An architectural feat that led Paris’s famous Notre-Dame Cathedral to be known as ‘The Forest’ is now likely a major contributor in its destruction, as a fire rips through its all-wood frame. A fire broke out at the 12th century cathedral around 6 p.m. GMT (2 p.m. EDT) Monday and quickly grew to engulf the entire wooden interior; the spire collapsed not long after the blaze began, and officials say the frame will be completely destroyed. The entire frame of the 850-year-old building is made from timber, with an estimated 1,300 trees used for the construction of its beams.

A Twitter video of Parisians kneeling and singing the hymn 'Ave Maria' as the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral continues to burn in the twilight went viral Monday, and by early Tuesday morning, the video had been viewed millions of times. The blaze that began early in the evening took down the spire and collapsed the roof of the French landmark, but fire chiefs said the structure of the cathedral was saved. French President Emmanuel Macron vowed that Notre Dame would be rebuilt with the aid of the international community.

Gary and Lisa Fulbright (left), from Derby, Kansas, officially adopted seven siblings and gave them a new home on Wednesday, April 10. The couple had a combined seven children from previous marriages, as well as two adopted siblings and a biological son of their own before they decided to adopt the siblings. The seven siblings - Emerson, 12, Autumn, 11, Jaxon, nine, Journey, eight, Jace, seven, Piper, five, and Sawyer, three - came from a neglectful background. Speaking to Good Morning America, Lisa said: 'Not too many people are willing to adopt seven together and it was important to keep them together.'

A career conman who was bedding accused Russian operative Maria Butina (pair together main and inset) is alleged to have swindled $2.3 million from a number of high-powered Republicans using a variety of fraudulent schemes. A previously sealed search warrant reveals that Paul Erickson, 57, pocketed money from former South Carolina governor Mark Sanford and Parents Television Council founder Leo Brent Bozell III by promising big returns on a number of bogus businesses. The first was a real estate development in North Dakota's newly cash flush Bakken region, the second was a chin of retirement facilities and the  third was a wheelchair that allowed the individual using the device to access toilets without having to get off the chair. A portion of this money was then used to wine and dine and educate Maria Butina, his 30-year-old lover and a Kremlin special agent who pleaded guilty this December to charges stemming from her attempts to infiltrate conservative political groups.

Lawyers for President Donald Trump told the IRS Congress has no authority to get the president's tax returns and told an accounting firm not to comply with a House panel's request. Lawyers also blasted Ways and Means Chair Rep. Richard Neal's request for six years of Trump tax returns. They also called the House Oversight panel chairman's request for return information from an accountant 'unconstitutional.'

President Donald Trump says illegal immigrants the Department of Homeland Security cannot keep in custody will be transported to cities that promote themselves as safe spaces for illegal immigrants. 'Those Illegal Immigrants who can no longer be legally held (Congress must fix the laws and loopholes) will be, subject to Homeland Security, given to Sanctuary Cities and States!' he said in a Monday tweet. He called on Congress to return to Washington D.C. to 'fix the immigration laws' in another tweet, as he blamed Democrats for his failure to deliver on a key campaign promise to slow the flow of migrants into the United States. 'Congress should come back to D.C. now and FIX THE IMMIGRATION LAWS!' he insisted. Lawmakers are on a two-week, legislative recess. They're meeting with constituents in their congressional districts. The President has the power, under Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution, to call a special session of the Congress any time he chooses. Trump's tweet did not appear to be an order but a suggestion.

Jose Gonzalez Carranza, 30, was arrested and taken to Mexico on April 10. He is pictured left with daughter Evelyn Gonzalez Vieyra, a U.S. citizen. His wife Barbara Vieyra was 22-years-old when she was killed in September 2010. She is pictured right with Evelyn. She had been serving in the U.S. Army in Kunar Province in Afghanistan. Carranza arrived in the U.S. illegally from Veracruz, Mexico, in 2004 and the couple wed in 2007. He was granted parole in place and allowed to stay following Barbara's death. But in 2018 ICE reportedly refiled the case and the letters did not reach Carranza. ICE officials are now said to have reversed the decision, allowing him to return home. 'There are plenty of people you can go after but not a guy whose wife died in Afghanistan', Carranza's lawyer says.

Students and alums from a small evangelical college in Indiana are outraged that Vice President Mike Pence has been invited to give this year's commencement speech. More than 3,700 people have signed a petition on change.org that calls for the invitation for the vice president to be speak at the ceremony in May be rescinded. 'Inviting Vice President Pence to Taylor University and giving him a coveted platform for his political views makes our alumni, faculty, staff and current students complicit in the Trump-Pence Administration's policies, which we believe are not consistent with the Christian ethic of love we hold dear,' the petition reads. The announcement that Pence would be the school's speaker was made last week.

Ella Dorsey, a weather presenter for Atlanta’s CBS46, said she was bombarded with 'death threats' after cutting into Tiger Woods’ Masters victory to make a tornado warning. The network cut into several minutes of live coverage, splitting the screen and leaving viewers unable to watch the tremendous comeback of the golf legend, who won his first major since 2008. Networks are allowed to interrupt programming in case of extreme weather which could potentially threaten lives. Dorsey, who warned Atlanta residents of a potential tornado, said she received numerous negative comments, including death threats, for cutting into the live coverage.

The staggering map pin points every location where human waste has been reported since 2011. The result is a blanket of brown pins which almost covers the city entirely. In total, there have been 118,352 instances reported over the last eight years. Most were found in one of ten neighborhoods; Tenderloin, South of Market, Mission, Civic Center, Mission Dolores, Lower Nob Hill, Potrero Hill, Showplace Square, North Beach and the Financial District. The map was compiled by data company Open The Books. Their data revealed that the worst year was last year when more than 28,000 instances were reported.

Winter has been over for nearly a month, but it felt more like January than April on Sunday as the Chicago-area got walloped with almost six inches of snow. Temperatures dropped from the 50s into the 30s as a storm brought heavy snowfall to Chicago. Rates grew to two inches per hour in some places leading to a more then 1,000 flights cancelled. It's only the second time in history April has produced more snow than March and the previous December.

New Jersey police dash cam video captured the moment a downed power line burst into flames while in the hands of a Jersey Central Power and Light (JCP&L;) utility worker on Monday morning in Manchester Township. The worker can be seen on video holding on to the wire and jerking it (at left), succeeding in getting it unstuck from the traffic light which it had landed on following a storm. As the wire comes down and eventually hits the ground, it bursts into flames (at right). The worker then drops the wire and leaps back in surprise, before running to safety. The worker wasn't hurt, but seemed shaken up, the officer said. JCP&L; operations personnel are reviewing the dash cam video of the fire as part of an investigation into the incident.

Game of Thrones fans were sent into a frenzy after actress Sophie Turner, 23, who plays the character Sansa Stark took to Instagram to post a picture of herself laying down with her eyes closed during the final season Winterfell. The picture has since left fans terrified, with some predicting it could be a possible foreshadowing of what is to come for the eldest daughter of Eddard Stark. Asleep: Actress Sophie Turner, 23 took to Instagram to post a picture of herself laying down with her eyes closed during the final season Winterfell

James Adducci was presented with a check for more than $1.2 million Monday at a sportsbook in Las Vegas. Adducci's win represents the largest golf payout ever for sportsbook operator William Hill US. Adducci's reason for betting thousands with 14-1 odds? He said he had a feeling Woods would win because his children were watching. Woods rallied to win the Masters for the fifth time before a delirious audience at Augusta National. It had been 14 years since he last won the Masters and 11 years since his last victory in a major. Adducci does not have children, but golf is special for him and his father, who advised him against placing the bet. He described the experience of watching the tournament as a 'roller coaster.'

Police in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Monday released body camera footage that shows a 22-year veteran cop fatally shooting Danquirs Franklin (inset), 27, outside a Burger King on March 25. Officer Wende Kerl repeatedly yelled for Franklin to put down his gun and opened fire on him less than a minute after exiting her cruiser.

Charise Thompson (right after the attack and left with her son James) was attacked by a gang of six men as she changed a car tire by the side of a highway between the cities of Freer and Laredo, in Duval County, Texas. She was left for dead at the side of Highway 59 after the thugs drilled holes into her ankles and tried to hang her upside down. Thompson suffered devastating internal injuries, shattered teeth and 14 broken bones, including two fractured legs, in the horrific assault in November 1981. After the attack Thompson crawled on her elbows two-and-a-half miles along the side of the road to get back to her four-year-old, James, who was still sleeping in the car. Although the brutal ordeal took place 38 years ago, Thompson wants to help others deal with the trauma of sex attacks. She is seen inset in a recent photo.

Police in Mississauga, Canada, are asking the public to help them catch the man who shot the 44-year-old woman in a 'premeditated, targeted and isolated attack.' Security camera video shows an unidentified man wearing a baseball cap and a glove while holding a large package and standing at a front door (left). Moments later, the 44-year-old victim opens her door and the two of them exchange words briefly before the attacker fires a large arrow from the crossbow he had hidden in the box. She suffered life-threatening injuries, but survived. Police believe the weapon that was used was designed to be used by hunters to take down large game such as moose and deer (similar weapon pictured, right)

The 37-year-old former first daughter and her husband Craig Coyne, also 37, first got married in Kennebunkport, Maine back in October. They'd only been engaged five weeks and rushed because her grandma had died and her grandfather was in poor health. The former president died just a few weeks later. The couple has now had a second wedding in Crawford, Texas for 200 guests, including designer Prabal Gurung (inset). There was a Western-themed rehearsal dinner where the bride wore a white fringed dress (left), though she seems to have worn blue and green to the real reception (inset). The decor was rustic, and father-of-the-bride George W. Bush took pictures with the band (top right) and catering staff,

With a gap-toothed smile, an eye-catching Afro hairstyle, and a picture of Bart Simpson embossed on her faded blue jeans, Meghan Markle looks the epitome of high-spirited Californian youth at her 11th birthday party. Sitting bedside her in orange shorts and a top that shows off her toned midriff, her mother, Doria, then 36, almost looks young enough to be her sister. As these charming photographs reveal, as Meghan emerged from the chrysalis of childhood and entered adolescence, she remained, at heart, a devoted family girl.

Chemistry teacher Miss Keloglou, of Bath, spotted the error in the formula of water, pictured left, in a post by Primark on Instagram. She tweeted about the gaffe (inset) and admitted not many people would have picked up on the scientific mistake. A fellow science teacher pointed out the blunder suggested the water fountains dispensed hydrogen gas. It isn't the first chemistry error in the store picked up by Miss Keloglou. She previously tweeted a snap of Primark's PS H2OHH facial cleansing wipes, captioning the post: 'Found a H4O molecule in the biggest Primark of the world (pictured right).'

The bodies of two young women who were found dead in a Texas oil field that was dubbed the infamous Killing Fields have finally been identified after 30 years following a breakthrough in forensic DNA analysis. Police on Monday identified the two women as Audrey Lee Cook, from Memphis, Tennessee, and Donna Prudhomme, from Port Arthur, Texas. Cook was found in 1986 and Prudhomme was discovered in 1991. The identification of their bodies comes decades after their grisly remains were discovered in the oil field along Calder Road in League City just outside Houston. 

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, 55, took two of his four children out for lunch and ice cream in New York City on Saturday. It was the first time he was seen since he finalized his divorce with MacKenzie Bezos on April 4. Bezos headed out with his daughter and one of his three sons where they ate lunch at Emily in Manhattan's West Village followed by sweets at Mah Ze Dar bakery. Bezos' left hand was notably bare as he took off his wedding ring. His divorce with MacKenzie follows news of his affair with news anchor Lauren Sanchez. In the divorce MacKenzie will keep a four percent stake in Amazon worth $35.8billion.

Sydney Monfries, 22, died on Sunday after breaking into the Bell Tower at the university's campus int he Bronx with a group of friends in the early hours of the morning. The journalism student and her friends had just had dinner at a barbecue restaurant and decided to climb the tower as a 'rite of passage' before graduating next month, according to staff there. After climbing the narrow staircase inside the tower, Monfries uploaded a video of the view to Snapchat, captioning it: 'Bell Tower,' according to The New York Times.

Twitter user Purple Godesss, from Maryland, made waves when she shared a picture of her dermatologist (left) on Twitter on 1st April. In the shot, the man doesn't seem to be aware he's being photographed, which led many to believe that the picture had been taken and shared online without his consent. The now-deleted thread was seen more than 1.6 million times and gathered more than 900,000 interactions (right)

Phra Sathit, 38, chased the victim, Nok, 30, as he ran out of a hut at Samut Prakan temple, Thailand, last Monday. Sathit then knocked the mentally handicapped man to the ground and punched and kicked him in the head four times before frog-marching him back into the hut. He told Buddhist officials that he attacked Nok after he was 'too rough' when he had been playing with his six-year-old son earlier in the day. Nok's mother agreed not to pursue the case against the monk if he transferred to a different temple away from the area and he has now been moved 50 miles away.

Los Angeles police released surveillance video of a hit-and-run that left a man with severe injuries and are asking for help identifying the driver of the car. Surveillance video caught the moment when a man, who was crossing the street against the light, was struck by a car that did not stop on Saturday at about 10.30pm in Los Angeles. The video shows the approximately 50-year-old man — who was not carrying ID and is being called 'John Doe' — using the pedestrian crossing at Third and Witmer streets. He can be seen stopping to let a car drive by, but just seconds later, as he turns to face oncoming traffic, he gets walloped, head-on, by a greyish car that doesn't appear to even try to slow down or avoid hitting him.

The 39-year-old, who is currently pregnant with her third child with husband Marc Mezvinsky, 41, stopped in at the Los Angeles Times Festival Of Books on Saturday to talk about Don't Let Them Disappear, her new kids' book on animals and endangered species. The mother-of-two looked very casual as she spoke on stage and signed autographs, wearing fitted dark jeans, a white blouse, a gray blazer, and practical old sneakers (center) that appeared to be quite stained and worn. It seems as though Chelsea may be recycling outfits on her book tour, and was seen wearing a near-identical ensemble while in Philadelphia two days earlier.

Australian parents are leaving nothing to chance for this year's Easter hat parade - with fried eggs, stick on chocolates and even Pokemon balls being used to garnish their children's bonnets. For one day of the school year parents are expected to conjure up magical bonnets and caps from craft items they can find around the house - before their child models the final design in front of their pupils. Mother Emily Rose Harvey spent just $15 building her daughter's incredible hat, posting the result to a Kmart Facebook group (right). Others have showcased their own creations (left and inset).

Victoria's Secret started its Angel position in 1996 with Karen Muddler. The spokesmodel position quickly became a coveted job in the modeling world as women worked hard to walk the runway and join the brand. This year, Victoria's Secret added Barbara Palvin (left), Alexina Graham (middle left), Grace Elizabeth (middle right) and Leomie Anderson (right) to its Angel roster. They join veteran models Candice Swanepoel (inset), Lily Aldridge and Behati Prinsloo. One spot opened up for an new Angel after Adriana Lima retired in December.

Pippa (pictured) 35, chatted to her friend (right) as she pushed baby Arthur through London in his pushchair. Wearing both sunglasses and a coat - the Duchess of Cambridge's younger sister was prepared for the changing weather in London today. With blue skies she protected her eyes from the sun, but she also donned a pink coat, black jeans and trainers to protect herself from the cold.

A bride has been slammed for her 'strip show' wedding dress (main), with some people saying it is too risqué for the special occasion. A photo of the woman's dress, which has an open back that stops right above her bum, was posted in a wedding shaming group online. The dress has proven to be an issue of contention, however, with some praising the woman wearing it while others shared their disgust (inset: comments).

Declan Bell-Wilson, 18, and Korey Streeter, 18, were arrested Thursday for allegedly beating up an autistic man in a shocking video (pictured) filmed on March 22 in Rolling Hills, California. Bell-Wilson is the son of former Rolling Hills Mayor Patrick Wilson, who was in office at the time of the attack. The two men were arrested at their homes on suspicion of assault, robbery and conspiracy. In the shocking video they're seen repeatedly punching the autistic victim who suffered bruises in the attack and had two cellphones stolen. He said the fight was over a girl.

Chris Monroe, who is thought to be based in California, and is known online as PrankInvasion, posted the video of himself and his half sister Katilyn O’Connor, making out on camera on March 22. In the video, he announces that he knows he 'owes his fans something big' and was therefore planning to kiss his half sister 'for YouTube'. He filmed himself going up to his model sister's bedroom and making small talk, before the pair appear sitting down on her bed together. They both confess to being nervous about kissing, before they begin making out a few times during a two-minute time period. Fans quickly blasted the video as fake, insisting that the woman featured was not Chris's sister, and saying they didn't believe they were related, however over the weekend, Chris spoke out to confirm that Kaitlyn is his half-sister, saying, 'She is my real half-sister'.

The driver, judge Davi Cardoso, 35, (red circle shows his hand) is miraculously still conscious and talking in a video of the carnage, filmed after the smash in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, last Thursday. It took rescuers more than three hours to get him out of the car, by which time he had lost consciousness. Mr Cardoso had been driving home from work on the BR040 motorway when the horrendous pile-up happened in heavy traffic during rush hour. The footage shows other motorists beside the two trucks exclaiming in amazement as they discover Mr Cardoso alive and trapped in his car's unrecognisable remains.