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Climate change is killing off kelp around the globe

When diving in the Gulf of Maine a few years back, Jennifer Dijkstra expected to be swimming through a flowing kelp forest that had long served as a nursery and... read more

Paris sees tourism surge despite terror attacks

Paris is on track to welcome more tourists this year than ever before despite a wave of terror attacks across Europe. The Paris region saw 16.4million arrivals ... read more

Jared Kushner in Gulf in new push for Middle East peace

President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner quietly slipped out of the country Sunday to embark on a trip to the Persian Gulf and Israel. Kushner is... read more

Video shows shoplifter get slapped by a store employee

Video posted online shows the moment  a would-be shoplifter gets stopped by a store clerk The video starts with the pair slapping each other and fighting After... read more

Ex-Alabama gym teacher jailed for sex with teen student

A former private school teacher accused of having sex with two male students, including in a cemetery, has been jailed for three years after pleading guilty to ... read more

Flooding leads to Kansas City residents stranded on roofs

Flash flooding engulfed metro areas in Kansas City Monday and Tuesday, forcing residents to take desperate measures to stay alive. The National Weather Service ... read more

Brooklyn officer forces woman to perform a sex act on him

A Brooklyn court officer has been slapped with charges after allegedly forcing a young woman to perform a sexual act on him in a courthouse stairwell. Sergeant ... read more

Parents angry after transgender talk in CA kindergarten

Parents are angry after a kindergarten lesson had a student’s transgender reveal occur mid-class. The incident took place last year after a Rocklin Academ... read more

Scottish blogger arrested over ‘malicious’ tweets  

Stuart Campbell, who runs the Wings Over Scotland website, was arrested on at an address in the Avon and Somerset area and bailed pending further inquiries  It... read more

Florida auto theft suspect arrested while watching eclipse

A man suspected of stealing a car was arrested in Florida on Monday  He was unknowingly being followed by police who caught him when he stopped at a hardware s... read more

Baylor U failing to pursue sexual assault cases lawsuit

A woman who reported that she’d been sexually assaulted filed a lawsuit Monday against Baylor University, alleging questions she faced from the university... read more

Mark Wahlberg named world’s highest-paid actor in 2017

Mark Wahlberg soared to the top of the world’s highest paid actors on an annual Forbes magazine list that highlighted a huge disparity between male and fe... read more

Nottinghamshire woman caught with vodka inside sandwich

A cheeky racegoer’s ingenious plan to smuggle booze onto a racecourse was foiled by eagle-eyed security. The crafty guest was left red-faced after she was... read more

Police hunt man spotted with missing Edinburgh woman

Fiona McMaster, 41, was last seen outside a Marks & Spencer two weeks ago Police are trying to track man seen with her at a shop in Glasgow days later She i... read more

Virginia Catholic priest was former member of Ku Klux Klan

Father William Aitcheson, 62 (pictured), a Catholic priest, stepped down after revealing in an editorial on Monday that he used to be a member of the Ku Klux Kl... read more

Robert De Niro banks $775k an episode for new Amazon drama

A favorite of fans and critics alike, Claire Foy garnered a host of awards for her role as Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix’s The Crown.  But it’s cle... read more

Church signs vs. Donald Trump

While white evangelicals voted overwhelmingly (81 per cent) for Donald Trump in the 2016 election, not all churchgoers are happy with the President. And now man... read more

Flock car tracking device could cut crime in your area

A new ‘neighbourhood watch’ sensor device that can track traffic on local streets has been unveiled. Flock’s sensor logs the number plate of e... read more

New York’s Plaza Hotel to be up for sale valued at $560m

The famed New York City landmark The Plaza Hotel is expected to go up for sale. The Sahara Group, an India- based conglomerate and the hotel’s majority ow... read more

Natalee Holloway case breakthrough from van der Sloot pal

It was revealed last week that a tip as to where Natalee Holloway may have been buried led to the discovery of human remains, a sequence of events that marked o... read more

Drone footage shows brawl between biker gangs in Illinois

Drone footage has captured a massive brawl between two rival biker gangs in Ottowa, Illinois, 80 miles southwest of Chicago. Four men from the motorcycle gangs ... read more

Ildiko Ferenczi shares breastfeeding photos online

A Playboy model dubbed the ‘world’s hottest mother’ is sharing intimate photos of herself in a bid to ‘normalise’ breastfeeding an... read more

Wolverhampton son who stabbed sister was discharged

A son was allowed to walk free from a mental health unit a month before he stabbed his sister to death despite suffering ‘severe delusions’ he was a... read more

California man disguises himself in a burka for proposal

This is the awkward moment that a boyfriend disguised himself in a burka for a prank marriage proposal that appeared to spectacularly backfire. Brad Podray, fro... read more