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Two rats help care for orphaned kittens at Brooklyn café 

Rat and cats aren’t famous for their friendship, but a New York café is challenging that stereotype. The Brooklyn Cat Café on Atlantic Avenue has recrui... read more

US wife of Barcelona victim seeks last person who saw him

The wife of the American man killed in last week’s Barcelona terror attack is trying to find a waiter who may have been the last person to see her husband... read more

Connecticut nanny accused of burning kids gets 15 years

A Connecticut nanny accused of burning a 3-year-old’s hand and leg on a hot stove, swinging her by her hair and trapping her inside a toy chest has been s... read more

Growing number of Chinese army applicants too fat to join

In one city in China, 57 per cent of try-outs were rejected on grounds of fitness  One in five said to be too fat, while 8 per cent had overly large testicular... read more

Songs with chord changes light up brain’s reward centre

Record bosses have spent millions trying to create the perfect pop song. They find heart-throb singers who will set teenagers’ hearts aflutter, employ tea... read more

Heidi Klum says Simon Cowell ‘deserved’ Mel B attack

Mel B threw a cup of water on Simon Cowell during America’s Got Talent on Tuesday and walked off the stage after he cracked a crude joke at her expense. ... read more

Calf born with fifth leg brings good luck to India

A calf born with a fifth leg is causing quite the stir in villages in northern India The mutant dairy calf is viewed as a rare animal, expected to bring good lu... read more

Carol Guzy’s photos show the faces of innocents in Mosul

For more than three years they lived under the brutal ISIS ‘caliphate’ in Mosul, and the faces of civilians caught up in the war-torn city show the ... read more

Kim Jong-Un steps up North Korean missile programme

Kim Jong-un has stepped up his ballistic missile programme as North Korea releases images of at least one new warhead.   The dictator reportedly told scienti... read more

Reading Festival early arrivals soak up the sun

It was a tale of two festivals when revellers arrived at Reading and Leeds today. Music fans in the south arrived in high spirits by boat while their northern c... read more

Republicans not rushing to defend Trump’s shutdown threat

Conservative Republicans weren’t rushing to publicly defend President Donald Trump on Wednesday after he demanded funding for his border wall even if a go... read more

Berlin school builds 6ft anti-prostitute fence in Germany

Französisches Gymnasium in Berlin builds a 400-ft long barrier costing £52,500 Officials said prostitutes were walking into the grounds and relieving themselv... read more

Boy found safe after police shoot dead father in LA

Konstantin Morozov, 48, was shot dead by Los Angeles police on Tuesday night  His nine-year-old son Daniel Morozov was found with him but was unharmed Morozov ... read more

Couple in Idaho killed while watching solar eclipse

A Utah couple tragically died in a boating accident while watching the total solar eclipse on Monday in Idaho. Mike Kingston was operating a boat on the Ririe R... read more

Humans to blame for atmosphere’s rocketing methane levels

Humans drilling for oil and gas are to blame for rocketing levels of the greenhouse gas methane in our atmosphere, experts have warned. New research found that ... read more

Texas girl dresses up as hotdog for ballet class

A little girl in Austin, Texas decides she wants to be a hotdog when she grows up Video shows the little girl, Willow, dressed up during a fancy dress ballet cl... read more

North Carolina dog wearing baby clothes is unamused

A video taken in New Hope, North Carolina shows a dog named Luna dressed up The clothes appear to belong to her three human sisters Luna stands in the kitchen u... read more

Man shoves mother-of-three onto New York City subway track

A mother-of-three was shoved onto the tracks of a New York City subway station Tuesday night by a man who said he ‘wanted to die’. The New York Poli... read more

PA parents charged with suffocating toddler with mattress

A Pennsylvania couple accused of tying and weighting down a mattress on top of their toddler son’s crib so he couldn’t climb out have been charged i... read more

Wal-Mart and Google reveal voice shopping to take Amazon

Wal-Mart is teaming up with Alphabet Inc’s Google to enter the nascent voice-shopping market, currently dominated by Amazon.com Inc, adding another front ... read more

Woman who had Yorkshire Terrier seized will see police

Claudia Settimo-Bovio (pictured today) appearing at Kingston police station today A 73-year-old woman who had her Yorkshire Terrier seized by seven officers aft... read more

Florida executing a white man for killing a black person

Mark Asay, 53, is set to be executed at Florida State Prison on Thursday night Asay, a white supremacist with swastika tattoos, was convicted by a jury of two r... read more

Jennifer Medina on how to avoid the freshman 15

Most 18-year-olds have heard about the ‘freshman 15’ – the 15-pound weight gain people are said to be at risk of gaining during their first ye... read more

Louise Linton’s Instagram outfit cost $15,000

Louise Linton’s outfit that she showed off on Instagram in a post that prompted a social media firestorm and has been widely bashed as tone-deaf cost clos... read more