The woman, who works at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, was in the lab with samples from Thomas Eric Duncan (bottom right) while he was being treated for Ebola. He died on October 8. When it emerged she had taken a cruise on the Carnival Magic (pictured left on board and top-right from a distance today) during the possible incubation period for the virus, she went into isolation while the State Department scrambled to have her flown home. But the governments of Belize, then Mexico, rebuffed attempts to get her off the ship via their ports, saying they wanted to protect their own citizens from the deadly disease.

Tiago Rocha, 26, has confessed to murdering at least 39 people in Brazil, making him one of the most prolific killers in the world. Rocha (center) always stuck to his system: Prostitutes were stabbed, homeless men were shot and gays choked. Young women - the victims he came to savor killing the most - he would shoot in the chest. In all, he killed 15 women ages 13 to 29 in seven months in the city of Goiania. Even as late as Sunday, he tried to kill a woman - but the attempt was foiled when his gun didn't go off, and he ran away. In a sick twist, it has been revealed that Rocha was in a romantic relationship with a pretty church girl with long hair who looked like his victims.

DR EBEN ALEXANDER, a neurological scientist, recalls how he met his biological sister in heaven after having spent his entire life being sceptical of patients who spoke of such spiritual experiences.

When high school students Charles Krueger (top) and Mason Mudge (inset bottom) heard that school officials wanted them to dress up as their favorite celebrities for Spirit Week, they did just that. Sadly, the administrators at White Pass Jr. Sr. High School in Randle, Wash., didn't think that was the appropriate spirit, and told the tenth graders to go home.  

A Baltimore teacher at Carver Vocational-Technical High School was placed on administrative leave after a cellphone video emerged showing her brawling with a 17-year-old senior following a verbal spat over the girl's cellphone use. In the footage, the educator is shown slamming the teen against a row of lockers and pulling on her hair, with a male student caught between them.

PIERS MORGAN: Russell Brand (right), aka The Revolutionary, locked horns with Donald Trump (left), aka The Donald, in a manner so unedifying most people probably felt like they needed a long hot shower afterwards to eradicate the sweat formed by persistent shuddering. However, as someone who knows them both well, and who has myself been known to engage in the odd Twitter feud, I have to admit to thoroughly enjoying it.

A film about the boxer's life, I Am Ali, will be released in America this week. But it serves largely to remind us of the sad shadow of a man Ali, ravaged by Parkinson's for 25 years, is now, with one of the latest photographs of the athlete taken at the Olympic Games in 2012 while propped up by his fourth wife Lonnie (left). His image is a far cry from the graceful man who carried the Olympic Torch through Georgia to herald the beginning of the 1966 Games (right), and of the ferocious world heavyweight champion who emerged in the Sixties (centre).

Nicholas Henin (centre) was captured by jihadists while working in Syria last year, spending nine months in a cramped cell alongside (clockwise from bottom left): Alan Henning, David Haines, Steven Sotloff and James Foley. All of them are now dead, having been murdered by ISIS, each in brutal beheading videos. Despite being released by the terror group in April, Henin says he still doesn't feel truly free of the horrors of his time in captivity, adding that news of the murder of former cellmates - men he came to look upon as friends - brings back 'brutal' and 'gruesome' memories. He described Alan Henning, an aid worker, as like a 'teddy bear' who would never harm anyone, while fellow aid worker David Haines had 'dedicated himself to humanitarian action'.

Dame Maggie Smith, 79, was made a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour by the Queen in a ceremony at Windsor Castle in Berkshire. Eurosceptic Conservative MP Bill Cash was also honoured during the investiture.

Season two of TLC's hit show 90 Day Fiancé will debut Sunday October 19, charting the risky romances of six Americans who move their foreign spouses to the U.S. to marry them. Pictured, Ohio-based mother Danielle, 46 (center) met her Tunisian fiancé Mohamed, 26, (left) on a chat room and has paid for him to move to the U.S. with her. Pictured (top right), Mohamed awkwardly accepts an embrace from a sobbing Danielle at the airport.

Since age seven, fifth-grader Shyanne Roberts has had one passion - firing guns. Now aged 10 she has become a sensation in competitive shooting tournaments across the United States, using a weapon painted in her favorite colors, purple and black. And despite the perceived dangers, the Franklinville, New Jersey, girl believes: 'Kids and guns don't always mean bad things happen.' Shyanne, who now has 20 sponsors backing her in competitions, takes on junior shooters, who are 18 or younger and has even begun entering adult tournaments. At the end of October, she will go up against 200 of the top women shooters at the Brownell's Lady 3-Gun Pro-Am Challenge in Covington, Georgia, and will be in with a chance of winning $5,000.

The head of the tiny British territory has urged people to seek high ground, with the storm set to batter the island today. Residents rushed to batten down the hatches at restaurants and stores (pictured top right), while others stocked up on supplies. Tropical storm-force winds began to hit the island Friday morning, with hurricane-force winds predicted to batter Bermuda for at least eight hours. Forecasters said seas would rise between 35 to 45 feet (11 to 14 meters) and would cause significant flooding on an island about one-third the size of Washington, D.C. A map, left, shows the storm's predicted route towards eastern Canada, which it will hit with weaker winds.

Photographer Alicia Vera, based in New Mexico, met her subject Vera, now 21, three years ago, and formed a deep bond with the young San Francisco-based sex worker. Pictured (left) Eden takes a moment to herself and (right) poses with a selection of her childhood toys.

The Lady A sank north of Dungeness Spit, which is in the Strait of Juan de Fuca near the town of Sequim after the people on board said they were taking on water. It went down with 700 gallons of diesel on board, but no one was injured and there were no reports of a spill. They were picked up by a 45-foot rescue boat from Port Angeles and did not require medical attention. Officials say the Washington Ecology Department is now working with the owners to see if the vessel can be salvaged from 180 feet of water.

Speaking at a finance meeting in Washington today, Obama (left) revealed his credit card was rejected when he went out for dinner with his wife, Michelle, in New York during the U.N. General Assembly last month. Instead, Mrs Obama had to pay. Although the president did not reveal at which restaurant his plastic problems occurred, he was spotted having a romantic date night with his wife of 22 years at Estela in downtown Manhattan last month. Bottom right: The couple at Estela and, top right, a piece of paper showing their order.

A college freshman has died as a result of bacterial meningitis. Sara Stelzer (above), an 18-year-old who was attending San Diego State University (top left), was admitted to the hospital on Tuesday with flu-like symptoms and passed away on Thursday. The teen, who had previously been vaccinated for meningitis, actually complained about the number of sick students at her school on Twitter (bottom left). 

Hollywood actress Tippi Hedren has admitted the family 'should never have taken those risks' in allowing nine-foot long lion Neil share their home after intimate images are revealed. In pictures taken for LIFE magazine, the Lion – named Neil – can be seen relaxing by the family’s pool, lounging in Melanie’s bed and becoming a distraction in the office. ‘I cringe when I see those pictures now,’ she told me this week. ‘I have to tell you we were stupid beyond belief. We should never have taken those risks. These animals are so fast, and if they decide to go after you, nothing but a bullet to the brain will stop them.’

The Georgia peaches of RHOA recently hit the beach in San Juan, but the mood was hardly playful. Newcomer Claudia Jordan was baiting NeNe, looking to pick a fight. NeNe blasted Claudia for sleeping around Hollywood and her 'cheap' clothes. Now Jordan's Kenya Moore's nose is out of joint too as Claudia, the friend she brought to the show, tries to take center stage.

A young mother so wanted to live the life of a 'normal teenager' that she left her baby with a known heroin addict, even changing her phone number so the woman could not contact her. Desiree Ann-Marie Cozzoni (above) of St. Charles, Missouri, then decided to report to authorities that her 16-month-old son (top right) had been kidnapped, which led to her arrest on charges of making a false report and endangering the welfare of a child. She was also charged with unlawful use of drug paraphernalia when police found a pipe containing marijuana residue in her purse while booking her. In her mugshot, the teen was seen smiling for the camera (inset).

American photographer Christopher Makos has released a new book featuring stunning celebrity photographs taken over the past three decades. Among those featured are Brooke Shields,Michael Jackson and Calvin Klein at a party at the American Museum of Natural History in 1983 (left), Queen Elizabeth out at Ascot back in 1991 (right), and photos of actors Rob Lowe and Matt Dillon taking in 1983 and 1980 respectively.

The leader of a criminal gang suspected of conspiring with Mexican police to kill 43 missing students has been detained, authorities said on Friday. On Friday, officials said they had captured the group's leader, Sidronio Casarrubias Salgado, along with a collaborator, weapons and vehicles.

Issued to US soldiers at the start of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003 showing the names descriptions of Saddam Hussein's government henchmen, the cards are now on display in the Pentagon. The majority of the 52 henchmen featured - including one woman then-known as 'Mrs Anthrax - have been either killed or captured. At the top was ofcourse Saddam Hussein, who was executed in 2006. Several still remain unaccounted for or at large. Rumored to only had about 200 decks printed by the military, the cards have gone on to become a major collectors item.

Cayne Miceli, 43 (main), died in hospital in 2009 after she was placed in five-point restraints (inset) at a New Orleans prison and found without a pulse four hours later. She never regained consciousness. Miceli had been in hospital after having a severe asthma attack and allegedly attacked a security guard when staff tried to discharge her, insisting she needed more treatment. She was then restrained in a bed at Orleans Parish Prison (top right) after an alleged suicide attempt. A wrongful death lawsuit brought forward by her family has now been settled for three payments of $600,000.

A man who hit on a woman in the streets of eastern Kazakhstan got more than he bargained for - he got floored by the response, right. Kondrat Golubev, 32, had been partying with friends in the city of Atyrau when he went outside for a cigarette and spotted two girls. Initially Mr Golubev asked them if they fancied a drink, but when his offer was rebuffed he changed his tact and asked them how much they charged for sex.One of the women, inset, then punched him to the ground, before the other kicked him in the groin.

Drunk J.Crew was created this week by Chicago-based writer and actress Jen Ellison, and displays ten photos taken from the retailer's website, with added misspelled captions that speak to the models' vacant, slack-jacked expressions (pictured). J.Crew, which is led by creative director Jenna Lyons and rakes in over $2.4 billion in annual sales, has remained quiet over the matter, so far at least.

The Los Angeles-based artist, who goes by Skid Robot, posts photos on Instagram of all the imaginary homes he creates for homeless people on Skid Row - from four-post beds and pillows to windows with a view of the moon.

A 15-year-old boy was injured in Philadelphia on Thursday after a group of angry women armed with mace and a baseball bat attacked his school bus(pictured). The teen was cut up by broken glass after the women angrily broke the a bus window (right) during an explosion of road rage.NBC reports that the incident occurred at around 3 p.m. when the bus stopped for a red light.

Sitting proud and upright as he stares defiantly into the photographer's lens, this is one of the last images ever taken of the most famous Native American chief, Sitting Bull (far right). His picture is among 127 rare images collected by English adventurer Charles Alston Messiter through the latter third of the 19th century, about to go under the hammer. A moving and intimate window into a way of life almost completely wiped out by the modern world, the collection reveals an ancient culture in transition with an array of portraits from tribal chiefs to

A Russian container ship carrying hundreds of tons of fuel was drifting without power in rough seas off British Columbia's pristine, northern coast Friday, raising fears it could run aground and cause a spill. Canadian Navy Lt. Paul Pendergast said the ship was drifting nine nautical miles from shore, though he said it was largely maintaining that position.

Caim Mortis is one fellow who won't need to get dressed up to go trick or treating this Halloween - but whether you'd want him banging on your front door asking for sweets is another matter entirely. The 42-year-old has spent 11 years modifying his body including having his eyeballs tattooed completely black, horn-like dermal implants put into his forehead and forearms and dozens of piercings.

An extravagant mansion built on the site of Alexander Hamilton's duel with Aaron Burr (center) has been snapped off the market for a cool $6.2m. The patch of land on New Jersey's Gold Coast played host to one of the most influential moments in US political history. Now, it has been transformed into a marble-paneled monument with panoramic views of New York City's skyline. Designed just 12 years ago, it was fashioned in the neoclassical style popular in the early 19th century when Hamilton was fatally shot by his political nemesis. The distinctive Mansard roof and dormer windows pay homage to France’s Second Empire, while the interior boasts the perfect combination of modern luxuries and comfort.