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Shocking moment father punched his tiny toddler son in the face so hard he sent him flying to the ground in California supermarket

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WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Surveillance footage of Justin Whittington allegedly hitting a boy believed to be his three-year-old toddler son (pictured) spread around the world on Friday after it was shared by the Vest Market in California. The shocking footage shows the man chasing the boy down the aisle before apparently confronting him and slapping him in the face. The young boy is sent flying to the floor and bursts into tears. Owner of Vest Market Harry Dindral said the incident was the worst thing he'd ever seen. Whittington has now been arrested.

Husband kills himself IN COURT moments after jury found him guilty of wife's murder and his two daughters testified against him

Faville dead of apparent suicide after jury finds him guilty of voluntary manslaughter

A man took his own life shortly after he was convicted of killing his wife in court on Friday. Mark Ward Faville (pictured main), of Christiansburg, Virginia, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the death of his wife Anne (pictured inset), who died in 2000 after being suffocated in a homicidal manner. Faville had reported at the time she had choked on a piece of chicken, something that was supported by an initial autopsy. After the verdict was, read, Faville was taken away, and it was then he took his own life in the courthouse.

Transgender teen, 16, who shared horrific stories of bullying at school takes her own life - the seventh such suicide this year

Taylor Alesana, a 16-year-old transgender girl who spoke about being bullied at school in San Diego, California, killed herself on April 2 according to a local LGBTQ group.

Popular Virginia teen who died suddenly after complaining of a headache had meningococcal meningitis

Madison Small, from Ashburn, Virginia, left school early on Monday and passed away on Tuesday morning after suffering from a headache.

Heartbreak for NYPD cop who discovered his parents and two others dead after car accidentally left running in their garage gave them carbon monoxide poisoning

Jerry and Marie Hugel from his Facebook page. Police say four people in their 70s and 80s have been found dead in a New York City home in an apparent carbon monoxide poisoning after a car was left running in an attached garage. Police say the victims were a couple in their 80s, a 70-year-old tenant and a 76-year-old friend. Officials say they were found Friday afternoon when a relative of the couple went to check on them because they hadn't answered their phone. The husband was found next to a running car in the garage. The Cape Cod-style, two-story home is in the Floral Park neighborhood, next to Long Island's Nassau County. A neighbor says the couple had five children. She says they were "wonderful people" active in the local German community.

New York City cop Robert Hugel checking in on his elderly parents on Friday in queens discovered Jerry Hugel, 83, and Marianna Hugel, 80, dead along with two friends from 'carbon monoxide poisoning.'

Air Force Major General fired for saying retiring A-10 plane for budgeting reasons amounts to 'treason'

Major General James N. Post III, An Air Force major general has been formally reprimanded and removed from his job for telling a group of officers that talking to Congress in a bid to block retirement of the A-10 Warthog amounted to "treason," the Air Force said on Friday. An investigation of remarks by Major General James Post III, who was the vice commander of Air Combat Command, found that his words to some 300 airmen at Nellis Air Force Base on Jan. 10 may have had a "chilling effect" on some of them, convincing them not to speak with lawmakers. Representative Mac Thornberry, chairman of the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee, said the Air Force action against Post was "important and correct." "Members of Congress must be able to receive unfiltered facts and opinions from service members...," he said in a statement. "Attempts to prevent or restrict that communication cannot be allowed." The incident added fuel to a controversy over efforts to retire the low-flyi

An Air Force Major General James Post III was fired after saying the retirement of the A-10 Warthog amounted to 'treason,' the Air Force said on Friday.

SOUTH CAROLINA POLICE SHOOTING SCANDAL
 

Killer cop Michael Slager receives first visit eight months pregnant wife and mother in prison where he is being kept in isolation amid fears he will be killed by inmates

A wake was held Friday in South Carolina for Walter Scott, who was shot and killed last Saturday by North Charleston police officer Michael Slager. His funeral will be Saturday. Now fired and charged with murder, Slager remains at the Charleston County Detention Center, awaiting a bond hearing. His attorney says the ex-cop is being held in an isolation unit, for his own protection. On Friday, Slager's wife Jamie -- who is eight-and-a-half-months pregnant -- and his mother, Karen Sharpe, were able to see him for the first time since he was charged. Sharpe told CBS News she's worried. He's a wonderful person, he's very sharing, very caring. He and his wife are having a baby very shortly," Sharpe said. "I'm anxious about that -- he won't be there for the birth, so I'm worried about her," Sharpe continued. "This is not how you would think it would ever be."

NEW Officer Michael Slager has received a visit from his mother and pregnant wife in prison for the first time since he was charged with fatally shooting Walter Scott. Slager, 33, is being kept in isolation and can not walk down a hall in Charleston County Jail without the entire cell block being cleared first, according to his lawyer. But on Friday, his wife Jamie, who is eight-and-a-half months pregnant, and his mother Karen Sharpe were allowed to speak to him.

New dash cam video shows Walter Scott's passenger and another officer staring towards the park after father-of-four fled chased by killer cop

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The latest footage shows there was a man in the car with Scott when the pair got pulled over in a parking lot as part of a routine traffic stop on Saturday morning.

Killer cop Michael Slager is in isolation behind bars and can't walk down a hall without entire cell block being cleared first over fears other inmates will try to kill him

Officer Michael Slager is housed in a room with one small window and does not have any interaction with any other detainees at Charleston County jail.

Al Sharpton claims he couldn't go anyway after being 'banned from Walter Scott's funeral'

The controversial preacher and civil rights campaigner said a report the family wanted him gone to avoid 'another Ferguson type of circus' in North Charleston, South Carolina, is 'bogus'.

Walter Scott was jailed for assault and battery in 1987 and shoved a deputy when he was arrested 

A report released by the Charleston County Sheriff's Department on Friday says deputies responded to a call about a fight between Scott and another man.

EXCLUSIVE: The Real Reason Thugs Die - One of the eight cops at the scene of South Carolina shooting posted video of black men gunned down because their baggy jeans prevented them from moving quickly

These are three of the seven police officers who arrived at the scene to join Michael Slager after he shot Walter Scott to death. Daily Mail Online is identifying all the officers for the first time. One of those officers had previously used a Taser stun gun four times to shock a 230-pound mentally challenged man before restraining and handcuffing him. Another patrolman was named in a federal lawsuit by a black man who claimed that he was kicked in the face while he was handcuffed and lying on the floor.

Harvey Weinstein will NOT face criminal charges after claim by Italian model Ambra Battilana that he groped her in his office

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The Manhattan District Attorney concluded a 'criminal charge is not supported' in Weinstein's case. The 63-year-old was accused of grabbing her at his Tribeca Film Center office. He denied the claim.

'What people will do to make a buck off of a child': Family horrified to find phony GoFundMe accounts were set up for dead 4-year-old who drowned

Jeff West, of North Carolina, said when he tried to launch an online campaign to help with his grandson Austin's final expenses, he found multiple pages carrying the deceased boy's name.

Gwyneth Paltrow vows to live on just $29 worth of food for a week as part of a charity challenge - but is already under fire from critics for her 1,000 calorie-per-day menu

Gwyneth Paltrow has certainly had her fair share of Michelin-rated meals at swanky restaurants around the globe, but the Oscar winner is switching things up a bit for a good cause. The mother of two took to Twitter yesterday to reveal that she's joining the #FoodBankNYCChallenge?where she'll rely on only $29 to feed her for seven days. She posted a collage of food?which included beans, rice, a dozen eggs, a sweet potato and more?and wrote the following caption next to the tweet: "This is what $29 gets you at the grocery store?what families on SNAP (i.e. food stamps) have to live on for a week."

Gwyneth Paltrow has vowed to live on just $29 worth of food for a week, after agreeing to take on a charity challenge aimed at raising awareness and funds for New York's food banks. The 42-year-old mother-of-two, who founded popular lifestyle wesbite Goop, posted a picture of her $29 grocery shop on her Twitter account yesterday afternoon, showcasing a range of healthy options, including a variety of fresh vegetables, some brown rice and some black beans.

Off-duty Secret Service agent ARRESTED in Washington D.C. 'trying to stage a midnight break-in'

Agent Arthur Baldwin was taken into custody at 12:30am on Friday in south-eastern D.C. by the Metropolitan Police and charged with a felony count of attempted burglary.

Married to a whole mob: Bronx mom, 39, pleads not guilty to marrying TEN men from 'red flag' countries for money ... but didn't divorce ANY of them

One of the men Lianna Barrientos wed was deported back to Pakistan for making threatening statements against the United States in 2006 after a terrorism investigation, it has been revealed.

Gone in 60 minutes: Shoppers queue around the world to try on the Apple Watch as it sells out online in just an hour

April 10, 2015, Tokyo, Japan - A throng of Apple lovers gathers at its store in Tokyo's upscale Omotesando neighborhood Friday morning, April 10, 2014, for in-shop previews and try-ons of the Apple Watch to get first-hand feel for what it's like and how it works. The wearable gadget will be on sale from April 24. ( Pictured: apple watch fans in Japan Ref: SPL995007 100415 Picture by: Aflo / Splash News Splash News and Pictures Los Angeles: 310-821-2666 New York: 212-619-2666 London: 870-934-2666 photodesk@splashnews.com

People flocked to Apple's stores around the world (pictured, fans in Japan) to get a close-up look at the Apple Watch, the tech company's first foray
into the personal luxury goods market.

Might is right: Obama accuses the China of 'using its size and muscle' to push other nations out of the South China Sea by building incredible artificial islands

China's leadership has hit back at the United States who accused the Asian powerhouse of bullying neighbouring countries by creating artificial islands (pictured in 2014) in the disputed South China Sea.

Mary Kay Letourneau wants to go back to TEACHING nearly two decades after she was imprisoned for having sex with her student-turned-husband

Mary Kay Letourneau, 53, is currently working as a legal assistant. Her teaching license was revoked during the rape trial, but recently she has started tutoring and giving piano lessons. On the eve of their 10th wedding anniversary, Letourneau and Vili Fualaau, 31, spoke about their relationship in the aftermath of the rape scandal in an interview with Barbara Walters for '20/20 ', which will air tonight.

Dog walker freed kidnapped woman with NAIL CLIPPERS after she was 'held prisoner and sexually assaulted by Canadian man for five days' 

The 27-year-old emerged from a home in Toronto, Canada, bound by handcuffs, naked from the waist down and begging for help after allegedly being held captive by Rejean Hermel Perron.

Man, 48, who kidnapped woman and shot Census Bureau guard dead before leading police on chase ending with gun battle that left officer injured, was previously convicted of manslaughter

Ronald Anderson was charged with armed kidnapping and assault on a police officer in Thursday's spree but he remains in the hospital in an unknown condition.

My friend, the voice of the summer: As Richie Benaud dies at 84, we reproduce a heartfelt tribute from the late legendary Mail sports writer IAN WOOLDRIDGE 

International cricket fans in England lost the legend's voice after the 2005 Ashes when coverage switched from terrestrial to satellite TV, leading Ian Wooldridge to pay homage to 'cricket's finest commentator'.

Argentine court orders arrest of Justin Bieber over assault claim... while he lives it up at Coachella 

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An Argentine judge
ordered the arrest of pop star Justin Bieber if he sets foot in the country after the Canadian singer failed to face questions about an alleged assault at a Buenos Aires nightclub.

'We have not forgotten our roots': Somber Kim and Khloe lay red tulips at memorial commemorating 1.5m victims of the 1915 Armenian genocide during eight-day tour of their homeland

Wearing a long red jumpsuit, Kardashian laid red tulips near the eternal flame of the Armenian Genocide Memorial Complex on the outskirts of the capital Yerevan. She and her sister Khloe then stood in silence in honour of the victims and spent about 10 minutes near the eternal flame. Kardashian arrived with her rapper husband Kanye West, their child North West and Khloe on Wednesday and were greeted by hundreds of fans.

Purple hearts given at ceremony to honor to the survivors of 2009 Fort Hood attack that left 13 dead and 31 injured

Teena Nemelka, right, mother of Pfc. Aaron Nemelka who was killed during the attack by Maj. Nidal Hasan in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, looks down at her son's Purple Heart as it is given to her by Secretary of the Army John McHugh during a ceremony held at Fort Hood, Texas, Friday, April 10, 2015. Survivors and family members of those killed were awarded medals: the Purple Heart for soldiers and Defense of Freedom Medals for civilians. (AP PHOTO/ AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN/Pool Rodolfo Gonzalez)

Purple hearts given at ceremony in Fort Hood, Texas on Friday to honor to the survivors of 2009 Fort Hood attack that left 13 dead and 31 injured.

Antibiotics given to babies in the first six months of life 'raise risk of obesity'

In the large scale study published in the respected Pediatrics journal, researchers said that just as antibiotics are used to make farm animals put on weight, the may also be fattening our children.

Married teacher, 32, who had sex with her student, 16, celebrates avoiding jail by posting a smiling selfie on Instagram - but still faces charges over 'threesome' she had with same youngster and another teacher

Shelley Dufresnein, 32, from St Charles Parish, Louisiana, uploaded the image hours after she took a plea deal that gets her out of serving any prison time or having to register as a sex offender.

Camilla shouldn't be Queen, say the British public: And four in ten say Charles should step aside and let William be King

A majority of the British public does not want to Camilla to become Queen if the Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne, a poll for the Daily Mail reveals today.

Hitler's last 24 hours: New book mesmerizingly recreates the minute by panic-filled minute, as madness and terror engulfed the Fuhrer's bunker

Hitler's Last Day: Minute by Minute tells the amazing story of the tyrant's final fall, including how he finally married his mistress of 14 years Eva Braun (left) as Berlin crumbled above them. The entrance to the bunker in the garden of the Reich Chancellery (right) sat atop 10ft of concrete protecting the remaining Nazi high command, including propaganda minster Joseph Goebbels (pictured inset eating with Hitler in the Fuhrerbunker).

John Kerry 'is delusional' says McCain and is likely trying to sell Americans 'a bill of goods' when it comes to Iran nuclear deal

Kerry 'is delusional' if he expected to claim the Iranians agreed to the phased lifting of sanctions when they didn't and get away with it, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said.

Can birth control SHRINK your brain? Study finds the Pill may alter the structure of womens' minds

Researchers at University of California, Los Angeles say the lateral orbitofrontal cortex and the posterior cigulate cortex can shrink in response to synthetic hormones found in the drug.

Three-year-old girl found wandering streets alone had been kidnapped from her home then DUMPED in a trash can by her father, officials say

The father, Faiz Ikramulla, 35, was charged with aggravated kidnapping Thursday in Van Buren Country, Michigan, after allegedly dumping his daughter in an Illinois forest.

Mother who 'abandoned hours old baby girl in tied plastic bag and left her in a dumpster' turns herself in to police

Horry County Police said the woman, who will be identified once she is formally charged, turned herself in on Thursday night after seeing herself on television in pictures released by the police.

Phallic shapes, awkward typos and animals in lewd positions: The hilarious children's drawings that definitely did NOT make it on to the family fridge

From phallic-looking scissors and apples to hilariously unfortunate misspellings, these artistic creations are not safe for work, let alone the playground. Nevertheless they certainly make for some very funny keepsakes to show to the youngsters when they are all grown up. (Clockwise from top left) This child's drawing of Buzz Lightyear is impressively accurate. The same cannot be said about the spelling of 'I come in peace'; Mrs Edwards was probably not very happy about her pupil's unfortunate spelling error; What starts out as a sweet holiday letter ends with a rather blunt comment; This innocent children's drawing of two unicorns engaging in some questionable behaviour likely did not make it onto the family fridge.

Obama and Castro to have a substantive 'discussion' tomorrow at Panama summit - the first in more than 50 years between U.S. and Cuban leaders

Ahead of an anticipated run-in this weekend in at the seventh Summit of the Americas, the two presidents spoke by phone on Wednesday for only the second known time in as many years.

Obamas file annual tax return showing $477,000 in income but they paid $93,362 in federal taxes and got a $20,000 REFUND

epa04699140 Panama's President Juan Carlos Varela (CR) and US President Barack Obama (CL), smile next to Copa Airlines President, Stanley Motta (back), and CEO of Copa Airlines, Pedro Heilbron (R), during signing act in Panama City, on 10 April 2015. The leaders present, following their bilateral meeting, an agreement of 6,600 million dollars on the Panamanian airline Copa to buy manufacturer Boeing a total of 61 Boeing aircraft. Obama and Varela will be take part in the Americas Summit held this Friday and Saturday. EPA/Alejandro Bolivar

The president and first lady made $70,712 in donations to 33 different charities. They also claimed a whopping $160,000 in tax-saving itemized deductions.

Disturbed 10-year-old who killed younger boy by bashing his head with a force similar to high-speed car crash excitedly described murder to friends and blamed a 'big guy' with a rock

Lee Allan Bonneau, 6, died from blunt force trauma to the head in August 2013 following a savage attack on a reservation in Saskatchewan, Canada, carried out by a boy identified only as L.T. During a corner's inquest this week, it was revealed that the 10-year-old killer initially blamed a man for the slaying, but later came clean to his friends, begging them not to tell on him because he was scared of going to jail. L.T. will not face any charges in the murder because of his age.

Mystery 'blob' in the Pacific Ocean: Strange patch of warm water could be causing California's mega-drought

A 'blob' of warm water 2,000 miles across is sitting in the Pacific Ocean (shown in diagram). It has been present since 2013 and causing fish to seek shelter elsewhere.

NYPD cop suspended 'after CCTV caught him stealing $2,650' from deli during raid for untaxed cigarettes 

Brooklyn Cop Caught On Video Allegedly Stealing Rent Money From Deli

The manager of the deli in Brooklyn said Detective Ian Cyrus, who has been suspended without pay, was caught on camera stealing cash. His supervisor has been placed on desk duty.

Former Royal chef reveals that a young William and Harry once forged note from their nanny in an failed attempt to get him to cook pizza 

Former Royal chef Darren McGrady said that as children the brothers swapped the instructions from their nanny for their own in which they asked for fast food.

The ten foods you didn't know could be frozen (and could help improve taste, too)

While most of us are aware of the benefits of freezing vegetables such as peas and beans, did you know that there are some other unusual foods which benefit from a stay in the freezer?

How Manilow fooled his fans for 40 years: Shocked by the news that Barry Manilow's married a man? MICHAEL THORNTON wasn't - and here's why 

The American singer (left) has previously been linked to a series of high-profile ladies (bottom right with a female date) and even married Susan Deixler for 18 months in 1964. He married manager Garry Kief (top right with Manilow) in a secret ceremony last year. Despite this millions of fans, particularly women, still feel that this enigmatic and sexually ambiguous man represents something unattainable in their lives, writes MICHAEL THORNTON.

ISIS execute ten doctors with a bullet to the head each after they refused to treat wounded members of the terror group in Iraq

A photograph taken in the battle-ravaged area 15 miles south of the extremists' northern Iraqi stronghold Mosul captures the moment ISIS fighters killed several of the doctors.

Inside the female jihadist training group: Female fanatics chant as they are trained to use assault rifles (though they're making at least one firearms blunder)

A chilling new jihadi video has emerged on social media, showing a new militia of female jihadis firing machine guns and practising drills in Syria.

Twitter suspends 10,000 accounts linked to ISIS in just 24 hours 'for tweeting violent threats' 

Jihad-watchers noticed thousands of accounts vanishing from the social network last week, most of them claiming to be linked to the extremists currently terrorising vast swathes of the Middle East.

Western ISIS fighters who are seen as cannon fodder by their commanders desperately try to prove their worth by committing the most sickening atrocities, says former prisoner 

Ranked well below battle-hardened foreign jihadis from warzones such as Chechnya and East Africa, the Westernisers believe ultra-violence is the only way to make their name in Syria and Iraq.

US arrests suicide bomb suspect in Kansas: 20-year-old detained after he 'enlisted in the Army so he could stage an ISIS- style attack at a military base'

John T. Booker Jr, 20, was arrested and is facing multiple terror charges after telling his friends he intended to commit jihad and is said to have targeted Fort Riley in Kansas.

Lady Death, the female sniper who killed 300 Nazis: Russian-Ukrainian biopic about legendary sharpshooter hopes to unite the former allies despite crisis that's torn them apart

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ANNA MALPAS AND MARINA LAPENKOVA (FILES) -- A file picture taken on June 6, 1942 shows Red Army Soviet sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko holding a rifle as she defends Sevastopol from the Nazis. A Russian-language film about Ukrainian-born Pavlichenko, nicknamed "Lady Death", is targeting rare box office success in both Russia and Ukraine -- despite the crisis that has turned the two ex-Soviet nations against each other. Titled 'Battle for Sevastopol' in Russia but 'Indestructible' across the border in Ukraine, the movie is a co-production between the two countries that was shot before relations nosedived. Trained as a sharpshooter and sent to fight on the frontline in 1941, aged 25, Pavlichenko in less than a year was said to have killed 309 Nazis during battles in Odessa and the strategic city of Sevastopol on Ukraine's Crimea peninsula. AFP PHOTO / RIA Novosti / Ozersky = MANDATORY CREDIT AFP PHOTO/RIA NOVOSTI/OZERSKY =Ozerksy/AFP/Getty Images

Titled 'Battle for Sevastopol' in Russia but 'Indestructible' in Ukraine, the biopic tells the remarkable story of Lyudmila Pavlichenko who reportedly killed 300 Nazis during World War Two.

Has it been a ruff week? It's Friday - so start the weekend by looking at the cutest animal pictures you'll have seen all day

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The picture-perfect photoshoot is the handiwork of John Daniels, 61, from Dunsfold in Surrey, who has decades of experience working with animals. The photographer also experiments with some unusual animal pairings, making his charming snaps the perfect way to celebrate National Pet Day, which takes place tomorrow. In this shot, a puppy chills out in a blue and white hammock on a summer's day.

Man, 39, 'impregnated stepdaughter, 17, who gave birth alone at home as she looked after her 3-year-old sister who then died'

Jondrew Lachaux is married to the teenager's mother 38-year-old Kellie Phillips, (left) and assaulted her teen daughter

Jondrew Lachaux, from Las Vegas, is married to the teenager's mother 38-year-old Kellie Phillips (pictured). They have six children together while the teen is from another relationship.

Mother who drugged her two-year-old daughter and suffocated her because she was worried her ex's new girlfriends would take her place is jailed for 37 years 

Leanna Norris, 25, of Auburn, in Maine plied two-year-old Loh Grenada with Benedryl to make her sleep before by covering her mouth and nose with duct tape and a blanket, a court heard.

College basketball player Lauren Hill dies age 19 after brave cancer battle

The Indiana native, who was diagnosed with a rare brain cancer shortly after her 18th birthday, had defied doctors' expectations after they told her that she would not live past December.

Alabama mayor arrested and police chief in hospital after they fight in front of city hall

Lipscomb police chief Warren Carey was trying to arrest Mayor Lance McDade when the fight broke out. McDade is currently in jail for resisting arrest and assaulting a cop.

Mother who was told her baby girl died shortly after childbirth reunites with the daughter she thought was gone 49 YEARS later

When Zella Price gave birth at 49 years ago, she was told shortly after delivery that the infant had died. But her daughter Melanie was alive and for an unknown reason adopted by another family.

Path of destruction: Stark aerial photographs show how Illinois town was leveled by deadly tornado that tore through the Midwest, killing at least two

Powerful tornadoes ripped through central Illinois Thursday night, killing at least one person, injuring eight others and leaving a 50-mile trail of devastation in the region.

Cop pulled over teens for broken license plate light, 'beat and Tasered minor then walked away thinking he had deleted phone footage of the incident' - but he hadn't...

A police officer has been filmed beating and Tasering a 17-year-old boy during a traffic stop in Virginia. The footage has prompted an investigation into the officers' conduct - and claims he even tried to delete the video, but failed.   Brandon Wyne was in the backseat of the car driven by his friend Courtney Griffith, 18, when they were pulled over for a broken tail light.

Apple Watch customers take to Twitter to vent frustration after announcement that devices aren't expected to ship until JUNE

Online pre-orders of the Watch (pictured) are available in the US, Canada, UK, Germany, France, Australia, Hong Kong, China and Japan.

Apple Watch's sapphire glass screen IS scratch-proof - even after being DRILLED

The durability test was conducted by an iPhone repair company based in Cardiff, Wales, which said 'sapphire glass is pretty strong and virtually impossible to scratch'.

'I lied to get into this country': David Bowie's wife Iman reveals she was under 18 when she came to the US from Kenya to model 

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She's found international success, but Iman took a risk when she first kicked off her modelling career in the United States.

Outcry rises for judge who reduced pedophile's sentence as it's revealed the victim's parents may have influenced his decision

Orange County Superior Court Judge M. Marc Kelly (pictures) reduced the 25-year-sentence down to ten years for child rapist Kevin Jonas Rojano-Nieto, 20, who sodomized a three-year-old girl.

Days after going to look at a $125,000 BMW, former murder suspect Raffaele Sollecito goes on lingerie shopping spree ahead of compensation payout 

The 31-year-old was spotted out and about with a blonde companion this week looking through the lingerie section of a shop in Rome, Italy.

Radio host reveals her year of terror after stalker 'bombarded her with letters, calls and gifts including candles and sausages'

Twin Cities radio host Maria Lucia shared details of her year-long battle on The Current 's website on Wednesday as she revealed she would be taking some time off from the station.

Rocker John Mellencamp's sons sentenced to just FOUR days in jail and community service for beating Indiana student in 2013

Rocker John Mellencamp's sons sentenced for 'punching and kicking' Indiana student in 2013 brawl A judge has sentenced the sons of rock star John Mellencamp after they both pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery charges stemming from a July 2013 altercation. The Herald-Times reports 19-year-old Speck Mellencamp was sentenced to four days in jail and 20-year-old Hud Mellencamp must serve 50 hours community service. They entered the pleas Friday after the charges were reduced from felonies. They allegedly attacked a 19-year-old man in Bloomington who they believed had hit Speck Mellencamp. Authorities previously said Speck entered the porch of a man's Bloomington, Indiana home on July 29, 2013, and punched him in the face, believing the man had hit him earlier that evening. Court documents said the brothers, along with another teenager, 'punched, kicked and stomped' the man, who suffered facial fractures and cuts requiring stitches. Police documents reveal the men claimed the fight w

A judge has sentenced the sons of rock star John Mellencamp after they both pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery charges stemming from a July 2013 altercation. The Herald-Times reports 19-year-old Speck Mellencamp, pictured in court left and in his mugshot bottom right, was sentenced to four days in jail and 20-year-old Hud Mellencamp, pictured in his mugshot top right, must serve 50 hours community service.

Sex pest, text idiot: Obsessed limo boss fired employee because she wouldn't have sleep with him - then put it in a text

Geralyn Ganci, 32, will receive more than $700,000 from her manager Raymond Townsend and US Limousine on Long Island, New York after her civil rights lawsuit.

DUI convict is booked again outside court after turning up to hearing 'drunk' and driving away

Police say they repeatedly told J.B. Silverthorn of Orchard Park, New York, to not drive home from Grand Island Town Court on Monday night after they noticed he 'smelled of alcohol'.

'It's wonderful': Mentally disabled man's joy as he's released from prison 23 years after being convicted for killing wife's grandmother

A 69-year-old mentally impaired man from Connecticut celebrated walking free from jail today after spending more than two decades behind bars for the rape and murder of his wife's grandmother.

Eighth grader charged with a felony after changing 'annoying' teacher's computer background to picture of two men kissing

Domanik Green, 14, allegedly accessed a computer at Paul R. Smith Middle School in Holiday, Florida, without permission by using an administrator's password to alter the image.

Chelsea Clinton explains why the US needs a female president in new interview just days before mother Hillary announces campaign

Chelsea Clinton(above) is opening up about life in the public eye, being a new mother and whether or not she would like to see her own mother become president in a new interview. Clinton, whose mother Hillary (inset) is expected to formally announce her presidential campaign this Sunday, said it is time the United States had a female leader. 'One of our core values in this country is that we are the land of equal opportunity, but when equal hasn't yet included gender, there is a fundamental challenge there that, I believe, having our first woman president-whenever that is-will help resolve,' said Clinton.

Hillary Clinton reveals how Bill cried after granddaughter Charlotte was born in new book chapter - released just days before she is expected to announce run for the White House

The former Secretary of State gave details of her daughter's pregnancy and her experiences as a grandmother in a new Epilogue for her memoir, Hard Choices, on Friday.

Hillary Clinton will launch presidential campaign SUNDAY on Twitter as on-the-ground operatives say her work in a crucial swing state has been 'surprisingly slow'

A Democratic Party insider said the former secretary of state will launch a White House bid on Twitter, and then barnstorm the Hawkeye State. Her staff is already holding secret meetings with reporters.

An elephant never forgets: Mother is overcome with emotion when reunited with her daughter after three years apart

After a 62-mile (100km) trek through the Thai jungle, Me-Bai, the small elephant can be seen nuzzling her mother, Mae Yui (both pictured) and joyfully flapping her ears in the Elephant Nature Park sanctuary in the north of the country. Me-Bai was sold to provide rides for tourists in Thailand when she was three-and-a-half years old, and didn't see her mother, who also worked in the trade, for three years.

Criminal cases against 32 black defendants that involved cops who shared racist videos and texts have been dropped

Twelve felony cases, 19 criminal misdemeanor cases and one juvenile case have been dismissed. Police Chief Frank Adderley (pictured) said the cops' conduct was 'inexcusable.'

EXCLUSIVE: Russian oligarch pledges $1 million prize to the first person that can live to be 123

Dmitry Kaminskiy, a senior partner of Hong Kong-based firm, Deep Knowledge Ventures, is hoping his million dollar gift will trigger a new group of 'supercenternarians'.

Man keeps a giant LEECH as a pet... and lets it drink his blood 

A blood-curdling video has appeared of a man feeding his giant pet leech from his own arm. The film, thought to have been shot in Japan, shows the parasite has grown as long as his arm

The man with the 7lb penis: 45-year-old who enlarged himself with silicone injections is now so big he struggles to have sex

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Micha Stunz, 45, from Berlin, has had four procedures to inject silicone into his penis. He said enlarging his manhood doesn't make him feel 'beautiful', it simply makes him feel 'better'.

The child-like drawing that killed 150,000: US pilot's plan to drop the world's first atom bomb on Hiroshima seen for the first time

The documents which include the flightplan (left) and an eyewitness account of the bombing were compiled by the co-pilot of the plane which carried out the mission have been put up for sale - and expected to fetch £300,000. The incredible lot is being put to auction by the son of Captain Robert Lewis who was on the Enola Gay that fateful day. The plane dropped an atom bomb on the Japanese city on August 6, 1945 (bottom right) - killing around 150,000 people and obliterating as much as 70 per cent of the city.

'I watch a lot of A&E;': Mom sets up a sting to get back stolen parts from her husband's truck - and crook who showed up had a gun

Cristina Coria's husband's truck was stolen from their home in Houston, Texas. It was found the following day but its custom-painted bed had been taken. She went on Facebook and saw an ad for the missing bed.

EXCLUSIVE: Body in suitcase teen is given 'star treatment' and her own cell in Bali prison after complaining about raising her baby in jail

Heather Mack (pictured), from Chicago, and her baby Stella today received a personal visit from a government minister who offered extra comforts at the Bali prison.

Third grade teacher suspended for having her students write 'get well soon' cards for convicted cop killer Mumia and then sending them to him in hospital

Marilyn Zuniga, a teacher at Forest Street School in Orange, New Jersey, controversially had her third graders write letters to Mumia Abu-Jamal and sent them to the 60-year-old after he collapsed in prison.

Thirteen-year-old apologizes face-to-face to woman whose night at Alabama movie theater she ruined after mother finds offended woman through social media plea

Lexy Wood, 13, apologized to Rebecca Boyd after her mother Kyesha found out that she had ruined her night at an Alabama movie theater and posted on Facebook asking to find the offended woman.

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Ten California deputies put on leave after shocking helicopter footage showed them 'punching and kicking horse thief as he lay on the ground with hands behind his back'

In the video, Francis Pusok (left), 30, is seen falling off the horse he was suspected of stealing after being pursued several miles through the southern California desert by a group of deputies. Seconds later, the officers catch up to Pusok and stun him with a Taser (top right), before punching and kicking him for two minutes as he lies on the ground (bottom right). Now, San Bernardino County Sheriff John McMahon has placed 10 deputies on paid administrative leave (inset) for their alleged roles in the video, which he said had 'disturbed and troubled him'.

Wyoming man who stole locomotive and crashed it into a train because he was mad about a phone call with his boss sentenced to five years' probation

This photo provided by the Campbell County Sheriff's Office shows Derek Skyler Brux, who pleaded guilty to a federal charge in connection with taking two locomotives from a coal mine and crashing them into another train last fall. He faces sentencing Friday, April 10, 2015. (AP Photo/Campbell County Sheriff's Office)

Derek Skyler Brux, 22, unhitched a pair of locomotives and took them on a high-speed run 13 miles down one of the busiest tracks in the country. He then crashed into an inactive train twice.

The app that can predict an earthquake: New system uses GPS in phones to create early warning system

Myanmar residents gather as they inspect large cracks on a road two days after an earthquake struck the area, in Tarlay township near the northeastern city of Tachilek on March 26, 2011. Survivors surveyed the wreckage of their Myanmar villages as details of an earthquake that left 75 dead and reduced homes to rubble began to trickle out of remote areas. AFP PHOTO/ SOE THAN WIN (Photo credit should read Soe Than WIN/AFP/Getty Images)TOPSHOTS

Virginia researchers say the GPS receivers in a smartphone can detect the permanent ground movement (displacement) caused by fault motion in a large earthquake.

How DOGS can help diagnose prostate cancer: Canines SNIFF out disease with 98% accuracy

Experts at the Humanitas Clinical and Research Centre in Milan found two dogs were able to detect the majority of prostate cancer cases after sniffing the urine samples of 900 men, 360 with cancer.

Had a heavy night drinking? Then eat KALE: Scientists reveal how Vitamin E rescues the body's immune cells

ETH Zurich found that mice whose immune system was weak could fight off cell damage when they were given a high dose of vitamin E. The vitamin can be found foods such as kale and almonds.

Is this a 300 million-year-old SCREW? Group claims it could be proof of aliens living on Earth - but scientists say it's just a fossilised sea creature

The stone containing the 'screw' (pictured) was found in the Kaluga region in Russia and is said to be 300 millions years old by the team of UFO and paranormal researchers who found it.

For sale, a castle fit for a pop princess: French château featuring in music video for Rihanna's hit Te Amo goes on market for £4million

Surrounded by a moat-turned-water feature, Le Château de Vigny, based just outside Paris, was first built in 1504 for Georges d'Amboise, the Prime Minister to King Louis XII.

Welcome to Broslavia? Self-proclaimed presidents, kings and dukes that claim territory from Reno to Antarctica will gather for Micronation convention 

MicroCon 2015 is the first North American gathering of micronations. Places like Molossia, Westarctica and Vikesland will be in attendance. They print their own stamps and mint their own money.

Meteor explodes above terrified city in massive fireball seconds before impact

The 'out-of-this-world' action was spotted by hundreds of worried people in the eastern part of Slovakia shortly before dusk on April 6 - who feared it would crash into their homes.

Mercury in stunning detail: Nasa's Messenger spacecraft reveals best views yet of Earth's sun-scorched cousin

Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Baltimore and Nasa have exhausted the last of the spacecraft's fuel trying to increase the height of its orbit above Mercury's surface.

Horrified bystanders watch as 32-year-old man shoots himself in the head during a firefight with police

Dustin Wayne South died Wednesday night in Louisville, Kentucky, after a shootout with police. Neighbors had called the police after seeing South walking around a field with a gun.

'I wanted to simplify my morning struggle': Meet the woman who has worn the exact same outfit to work every day for THREE years

A New York woman has worn the same ensemble to work every day for three years. Matilda Kahl, an art director at Saatchi & Saatchi, wears the exact same 'uniform' - an outfit made up of black trousers, white shirt and a custom leather rosette - every single day because, as she explains to DailyMail.com: 'When at work, I want to be judged on my work and my work only.'

Kim Kardashian's lost luggage, Kelly Osbourne's black eye and a Game of Thrones actress barred from the business lounge: Why celebrity travel isn't as glamorous as we think

United Airlines lost Russell Henley's golf clubs on Sunday ahead of his Master's performance. Celebrity airport horror stories prove that regardless what they pay, they still have travel woes.

Passengers endure 'excruciating' 33 HOUR delay on Virgin flight from Las Vegas to London after air conditioning fault leaves plane 'too warm to board'

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Passengers on board a Virgin Atlantic flight from Las Vegas to Gatwick who endured a 33-hour delay have described the incident as 'excruciating' and 'an absolute nightmare.'

Darren Sharper will be subject to sexual arousal testing after his release from jail as terms of plea deal for serial rapist are revealed 

The former NFL player may only serve nine more years in prison as part of his plea agreement. Upon Sharper's release, he will wear a GPS and also have penile plethysmograph tests. He also cannot drink alcohol.

Funny Philadelphia PSA warns pedestrians to wear bubble wrap on streets in bid to end phone distraction accidents

SafetySuiter characters including Bubbleman and a 'Fashionista' in a bubble wrap bow went around the City of Brotherly Love telling residents about the dangers of using their phones while walking.

End of the road for motorist who hid cheeky message in his license plate as Texan officials finally get the joke after three years 

Safer Hassan has 30 days to get rid of the license plate '370H55V' which has been on his Lamborghini for three years, when the Texan state department saw it spelled 'A**HOLE' upside-down

Fighting to desperately escape its tiny cage with one paw already lopped off: MailOnline goes inside the cruel Vietnamese bile 'farms' where moon bears are brutally butchered for Chinese medicine

MailOnline goes inside cruel bear bile farm in Halong Bay, Vietnam, to find maimed and dying animals cooped up in tiny cages - ready to be slaughtered and sold for Chinese medicine

White supremacist with 'Satan' face tattoo and a split tongue sentenced to life in prison for stabbing black man to death then telling his mother he enjoyed it

David Adam Pate from Lancaster, North Carolina pleaded guilty to knifing 33-year-old Ricky James 39 times after luring him into some woods with wine in November 2013.

Nurse charged with manslaughter after Canadian mother was taken off life support without consent 

Police in Canada have also charged Joanna Flynn, a former nurse at Georgian Bay General Hospital in Ontario, with criminal negligence causing death after she was arrested on Thursday.

One-in-a-million baby girl twins defy the odds when one is born black and the other white: And even dad doesn't think they look alike!

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Mother Rebecca Horton, 28, who is white, and father Curtis Martin, 24, who half Jamaican, said even they struggle to believe Kendall (centre left) and Baylee (centre right) are related. The girls are dizygotic twins, meaning they come from two separate eggs fertilized by two different sperm, meaning they do not share the same genetics, and can therefore appear different. However, the chances of them having such a contrasting skin tone is still extremely rare.

Man, 48, who kidnapped woman and shot Census Bureau guard dead before leading police on chase ending with gun battle that left officer injured, was previously convicted of manslaughter

Ronald Anderson was charged with armed kidnapping and assault on a police officer in Thursday's spree but he remains in the hospital in an unknown condition.

'Women have always been in charge': American Apparel attempts to revamp its risqué image with new 'pro-women' ad campaign featuring its female employees

The first print ad in the campaign ran in the most recent issue of Vice magazine.

Gang dubbed the 'tattoo terrorists' jailed for torturing man for three days and tattooing his body with vulgar and racist images ... because they believed he hurt their cat Pebbles

A Philadelphia man says he was held hostage by his roommates who beat him and tattooed racial slurs and obscene sexual images on his body.

Three people have been sent to prison - two of them for 20 years - in Philadelphia for their roles in a horrific assault on a 53-year-old man, who was beaten, tied to a chair, and covered in tattoos.

Alan Turing's notebook set to fetch $1million: Rare handwritten papers reveal there were some equations that completely baffled the Enigma machine genius

Benedict Cumberbatch, who played Turing in the Oscar-nominated The Imitation Game (above), said: 'The thought of holding a manuscript by him is thrilling'

The 56-page book contains Turing's thoughts on the clearly tricky 'Leibniz notation dx/dy'. It was written at the Bletchley Park code-breaking headquarters in 1942.

World's first cloned camel is pregnant: Calf could prove that cloned creatures can be fertile and reproduce normally

The mother-to-be, whose name is Injaz (pictured here as a calf), was cloned from the ovarian cells of a slaughtered camel in 2009 and born by surrogate mother in Dubai.

Fruity! How 'transgender' avocado trees change their sex overnight in a matter of hours 

Professor John Warren, a botanist at the University of Aberystwyth, in west Wales, discovered avocado trees switch from male to female in a matter of hours.

Moment Atlanta Hawks star Thabo Sefolosha is wrestled to ground by six NYPD cops in late-night incident that saw Indiana Pacers player stabbed

Footage taken outside a nightclub in Chelsea, New York, appears to show Thabo Sefolosha being grabbed around the neck by an officer and bundled over before being led away.

Watch moment man is Tasered at Toronto airport security gate 'after trying access restricted area and refusing to drop his briefcase'

The man, believed to be mentally disturbed, was caught on video at Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario trying to enter a restricted area but refusing to comply with security.

EXCLUSIVE: Mindy Kaling's brother lashes out at his sister claiming she knew all about about his decision to pose as African American 'Jo Jo' to get into medical school in 1998 - while the actress says she had no clue

The brother of the Mindy Project star reveals that she was one of the few family members he told about his scheme to pass himself off as an African American. Vijay Chokal-Ingam wrote about his experience on his blog 'Almost Black.' Kaling has sought to publicly distance herself from her brother. And Vijay was told that representatives for Mindy have even gone as far as to quietly suggest that he is mentally unstable to undermine his credibility.He says he has never been diagnosed with any form of mental illness. Today he writes resumes for a living and the irony is not lost on him: 'I tell people not to lie,' he says

Catholic Church is accused of blocking the appointment of the first ever gay ambassador to Vatican City 

Laurent Stefanini, 55, was in January asked by French President Francois Hollande to represent their country at the Holy See. But the controversial appointment was met 'with a stony silence',

Suffer from travel sickness? Don't buy a self-driving car: Autonomous vehicles make passengers feel ill, study claims

The research was carried out at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute.They surveyed more than 3,200 adults across the US, India, China, Japan, Great Britain and Australia.

Nokia leads the way for 5G: Technology is 40 TIMES faster than 4G - and it's so powerful your phone can't handle it yet

Nokia Networks demonstrated the technology at the Brooklyn 5G Summit. It allows full-length HD films to be downloaded in a second by sending sends the data over a frequency 73GHz.

How good is YOUR colour vision? KukuKube app tests your ability to see subtle differences in shade - but it might leave you cross-eyed

KukuKube was created by Canada-based Network365. The free app is available on Facebook, Android, iOS and on desktop browsers and a score of 31 or above is a sign of great eyesight.

Moment President Obama meets Usain Bolt and strikes the six-time Olympic champion's trademark 'lightning pose'

President Barack Obama told Usain Bolt on Thursday (pictured left) 'Nobody's ever been faster than this guy. Ever...of all the billions of people' before asking the world-class sprinter to make his signature pose before joining in himself (Obama pictured right striking the pose with Bolt and inset right Bolt). This week, Obama became the first president to visit Jamaica since President Ronald Reagan in 1982.

Police discover body of woman in a Australian national park as they hunt for bride-to-be Stephanie Scott almost six days after she was allegedly murdered

Police have found a body at the Cocopaara National Park in the NSW Riverina region at 5pm on Friday as they search for Stephanie Scott almost six days after she was allegedly murdered.

Boy, 14, who hanged himself four months after mother lost cancer battle used to wear her favorite bandana and spray her perfume round the house

William Smith, 14, from Grimsby, wanted to remind himself of his mother, Alison Overton, following her death from leukaemia, an inquest into his death was told.

Kim Jong-un learned to drive at three years old and won a yacht race aged nine: Bizarre claims made in textbooks all children in North Korea are now forced to study

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rides on a boat, heading for the Wolnae Islet Defense Detachment, North Korea, near the western sea border with South Korea. For the outside world, North Korea's message is largely doom and gloom: bombastic threats of nuclear war, amateur-looking videos showing U.S. cities in flames, digitally altered photos of military drills. But a domestic audience gets a parallel and decidedly softer dose of propaganda - and one with potentially higher stakes for the country's young leader. (AP Photo/KCNA via KNS, File)

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the manual contains now mention of the country's history, instead devoting chapters to minor - and questionable - details about Kim Jong-un's childhood.

So much for their nuclear weapon threats... North Korea IS Un-armed! Dictator Kim reveals wrist injury as he tours weapons factory

Footage of the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un inspecting a weapons factory in Pyongyang apparently show that the 32-year-old leader has hurt his right wrist, as it is covered in bandages.

Former college women's softball coach arrested on almost 100 sex-related charges for 'abusing 13 players at Christian school'

Kurt Ludwigsen was fired by Nyack College in March after the allegations surfaced. Police say he kissed, fondled and was inappropriate towards 13 players. Ludwigsen was charged with 94 counts.

Lesbian daycare workers told to 'change their lifestyle' before both were fired for being gay are now set to sue

Two Central Florida women said they were fired from their jobs as day care workers because they are gay. "I still want to work with young kids because I love them," said Jaclyn Pfieffer. "They told me I was one of the best." For the past year and a half, she loved working with 2-year-olds at the Aloma Methodist Early Childhood Learning Center and she thought she was doing a good job. Quick Clicks Bill: Adoption groups can refuse gays Trader Joe's opens in Dr. Phillips Orange Co. warns of garage sales Girl nearly abducted near bus stop Buying online: Facebook vs. Craigslist But on March 18, she said everything changed. The director heard rumors and then asked if she was gay. "I said, 'Could I be fired?' And she said, 'Yes,'" said Pfieffer. "I never thought they would actually fire me for being gay." Until then, she kept her personal life private. Recently, her girlfriend got a job as a substitute at the day care. They both say the director gave them an ultimatum -- change lifestyl

Jaclyn Pfeiffer, 29, worked at the Aloma Methodist Early Childhood Learning Center in Orange County, Florida, for about 18 months, while her partner, Kelly Bardier, 33, was employed part-time.

Woman goes from 'unhealthy' to super-toned in SIX WEEKS taking body selfies (and found it so motivational, she launched an app so others can do the same)

Charlotte Li, 26, from London, decided to design Healthy Selfie with her husband Joe after they both achieved incredible results taking photos of their bodies while on a health kick. She said the idea for it came after an over-indulgent Christmas left her feeling 'fat and unhealthy'. She said: ''I was by no means overweight, however, by looking at my body objectively, I wasn't happy with what I saw and I decided I needed to make a change. She said: 'At the end of a six-week period, I compared the images. The results were incredible - my body had completely changed - all in complete contradiction to the number on the scales - which had risen as I gained more muscle.'

Fort Hood victims receive Purple Hearts - but will miss out on crucial financial support as Army refuses to class injuries as being in line of duty 

Authorities initially classed the killings at Fort Hood in Texas, as 'workplace violence' but it has since been acknowledged that the 13 people killed and 30 injured were victims of terrorism.

How clean is your plane? Inventors create robot that uses UV light to blast E.coli bacteria and superbugs that can survive on tray tables and seats for a WEEK

Arthur and Mo Kreitenberg, from Los Angeles have created a a robot, called the Germfalcon which uses ultra violet light to kill bacteria throughout aeroplane cabins.

Could blue lights stop birds crashing into aircraft? Bright flashes could be key to avoiding avian collisions

The study was conducted by scientists at Purdue University in Indiana. They were investigating how to reduce bird to aircraft collisions by keeping birds away from planes (stock image shown).

Amazon gets go ahead to test out its delivery drones in the US

This undated handout photo released by Amazon on December 1, 2013 shows a flying "octocopter" mini-drone that would be used to fly small packages to consumers. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed on December 1 that his company was looking to the future with plans to use mini-drones to deliver small packages. AFP PHOTO / AMAZON --- EDITORS NOTE --- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / AMAZON " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSAMAZON/AFP/Getty Images

Amazon has won approval from U.S. federal regulators to test the latest version of its delivery drone, less than a month after it blasted regulators for being slow to approve commercial drone testing.

Growing numbers of immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean are reshaping the US and now account for almost ten per cent of overall black population in America 

Foreign-born blacks made up 3.1 per cent of the black population in 1980. That number has been on the rise and they were 8.7 per cent of group in 2013. The majority of black immigrants are from Jamaica and Haiti.

Fury in India as Pakistan releases mastermind of 2008 Mumbai terror attack on bail to a hero's welcome 

Pakistani security personnel escort Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, the alleged mastermind of the 2008 Mumbai attacks, as he leaves court after a hearing in Islamabad on January 1, 2015 ©Aamir Qureshi (AFP/File)

Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi was allowed to leave Adiala Prison in Rawalpindi late on Thursday. His release was slammed with Indians calling it an 'insult' to the victims of the brutal attack.

Baby's best friend! Boo the husky dog gives seven-month-old girl loving licks as they roll around at playtime

Forget teddy bears. One baby girl has found the ultimate snuggle buddy: Boo the husky dog. Troy Slezak from Huntington Beach, California, filmed his seven-month-old daughter Stella playing with the pooch on the living room floor at home. Footage shows the duo rolling around together and even stopping for nose rubs.

'I didn't want to give up': Eight-year-old amputee performs emotional dance solo one year after being hit by a truck and losing her leg 

Alissa Sizemore, from Vernal, Utah, did a series of leg stretches and even a cartwheel before she removed her prosthetic limb in the middle of her dance routine.

Photographer builds elaborate indoor set on Brooklyn sidewalk for man to propose to his girlfriend

New York's Justin Bettman began the popular Set in the Street project in December and caught the attention of Jose Luis, who asked for his help. Luis told his girlfriend they had been cast in a photo shoot.

'I was from the Sixties, who didn't have threesomes?': Watch as parents and grown-up children dare to play revealing drinking game... with excruciating results

US parents and their grown-up children are filmed while playing an unconventional version of the drinking game Truth or Drink as mums and dads reveal too much information.

Not daddy's girl! Boisterous toddler refuses to clean up after emptying contents of kitchen cabinets all over the floor

Little Catalina from America was filmed emptying out the contents of the kitchen cupboards at home.

Game of clones: New series of Game Of Thrones is blamed for a 45% surge in Internet piracy 

The return of hit show Game of Thrones is behind a huge increase in the number of illegal downloads between February and April this year, experts claim.

Moscow opens its doors to Russia's first ever cat cafe where guests can drink tea with a moggie... and even take one home

The feline-friendly cafe named Cats and People is the first of its kind to be opened in Russia. Customers are invited to bring their own pet or take a cat home if they pass an extensive interview.

Ship wreck floating off Oregon coast is debris from Japanese tsunami four years ago

This image provide by Oregon Parks and Recreation Dept. shows a chunk of a fiberglass boat 25-30' long that was spotted off the Oregon shore west of Ona Beach in Lincoln County around 9:30 a.m. April 9, 2015. The debris appears to be half to two-thirds of a larger vessel, possibly damaged and set adrift during the earthquake and tsunami that struck the east coast of Japan in 2011. (AP Photo/Oregon Parks and Recreation Department)

This large chunk of fiberglass boat spotted floating off the coast of Oregon is believed to be debris from the Japanese tsunami of 2011. The 25-ft wreckage will be towed and taken to landfill.

Police rescue 54 dogs and 18 cats from one mobile home after raid on known animal hoarder who was banned from keeping pets

Police raided the house of John Koepke, in Wittmann, Arizona and found 54 dogs and 18 cats living in disgusting, cramped conditions.

Inside the ghost town of Evansville, which was once home to the largest cattle ranch in Kansas' history with a post office, a grocery store and even a school house... but now has only TWO residents

Hidden along a dusty dirt track across several miles of scenic hills, it was formerly home to a post office, a grocery store and even a school house. But now, Evansville in Comanche County, Kansas, is a shadow of its former self, with its once-thriving commissary building (top left and top right) in a state of disrepair. However, the ghost town (bottom left, a springs at the site) is still home to two final residents - rancher Larry 'Dee' Scherich (bottom right) and his wife, Phyllis (inset).

Adopted woman who spent eight years searching for her biological mother tracks her down in just 44 days after posting her photo on Facebook

Kelly Baumgartner, 28, was born in Indiana and raised in Florida. She spent eight years and thousands of dollars on her search, before finally tracking her mother down on Facebook.

Are driving goggles making a comeback? Mini's augmented reality glasses add extras to the dashboard - and give wearers X-ray vision

Munich-based BMW Group's answer to Google Glass is designed to let drivers of its Mini model see pop-up virtual displays for showing maps and other features

Will robots get away with war crimes? Human Rights Watch warns that NO ONE will be accountable if AI commits atrocities

The organisation will present their report at the UN in Geneva next week. They say that we must consider banning 'fully autonomous weapons' (image from the movie Terminator shown).

Disruptive bus passenger arrested for 'throwing Snickers bar at driver's head'

Joel Parker, 33, was riding the bus in St John County, Florida when police said he threatened the driver and was disruptive during the ride. As he got off the bus he offered the candy bar to the driver, who declined.

Charcoal to detox, freekah for heart health and bone broth to lower your blood pressure: The latest health food fads revealed...but which ones REALLY work? 

Dietitian Sophie Claessens picks the 'miracle' foods from the fads as she examines the latest 'superfoods' promising 'detox', weight loss aids and better heart health.

The man who slept his way round trip of a lifetime: Hilarious photos document dozy traveler on incredible Amazon holiday to see sloths and monkeys in the rainforest... who missed the whole thing

Redditor Roxambops, aka Roxy de la Rosa posted the pictures of her dozing cousin Alex Elenes on the social networking site with the caption: 'Went to the Amazon, cousin slept everywhere.'

'Cat ladies are cute, not crazy!' New York photographer captures portraits of women with their beloved pets in an attempt to debunk the feline-focused stereotype 

The long-standing stereotype of the crazy cat lady is on its way out. And to give it that extra boost out the door, a New York-based photographer has created a touching photo series of beautiful and stylish women posing with their feline friends. Brooklyn resident BriAnne Wills created a Tumblr blog entitled 'Girls and Their Cats' to showcase her latest project, which includes intimate snaps of cats and their owners.

Chinese leukaemia sufferer GRILLS himself over hot coals because he believes heat will kill cancer cells 

A leukaemia patient in China who cannot afford hospital treatment is hoping to kill cancer cells by lying above a fire each day. Jia Binhui built the device after doctors told him cells die at above 42C.

Why healthy eating may be the new eating disorder: Raw food and paleo dieters 'at risk of a dangerous obsession with nutrition'

Sufferers of orthorexia nervosa, the 'health food eating disorder', may be 'plunged into gloom' by eating a piece of bread, and become anxious about when their next hit of kale, chia or quinoa is coming.

Bunny monster: Meet the ex Playboy model who breeds the world's largest rabbits - and says this one's son will be even bigger!

Annette Edwards has held the record for owning the world's largest rabbit since 2008, and claims her current record holder's offspring is on track to grow larger than 4ft and take his father's crown.

'What people will do to make a buck off of a child': Family horrified to find phony GoFundMe accounts were set up for dead 4-year-old who drowned

Jeff West, of North Carolina, said when he tried to launch an online campaign to help with his grandson Austin's final expenses, he found multiple pages carrying the deceased boy's name.

'I can knock Stephen Hawking out of his wheelchair!': Katy Perry's comedian ex-husband Russell Brand boasts he's more intelligent than the professor... as he speaks of death threats over political stance

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While Russell Brand has often stirred the pot of controversy with his outbursts, the comedian may have taken things a step too far while jokingly assessing his own intelligence.

Boy, 12, has chunk of flesh blown from his FACE after his mobile phone explodes while charging 

Pictures show the horrific injuries caused when a charging mobile phone exploded in a 12-year-old's face in central China. Hanghang was playing with the phone after waking up early for school.

   

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Upsadaisy: Moment baby elephant trips over his trunk... and mommy comes rushing to check he's ok

The cute but clumsy calf had been taking a stroll through the bush with his mother at Idube Game Reserve in South Africa. The adult had strolled out into the road but when the baby elephant rushed to catch her up he appeared to get his leg caught in the grass. Eventually he fell over and landed - trunk first - down in the mud.

Bag-napped! The moment curious cat falls head-first into a suitcase before wrangling himself free

Carol Bennett-Chevereau from Quebec, Canada, filmed her pet moggy getting up to mischievous as he investigated a row of empty suitcases.

'I didn't want to give up': Eight-year-old amputee performs emotional dance solo one year after being hit by a truck and losing her leg 

Alissa Sizemore, from Vernal, Utah, did a series of leg stretches and even a cartwheel before she removed her prosthetic limb in the middle of her dance routine.

Is the periodic table WRONG? Elements may need to be reordered after scientists find Lawrencium looks out of place

Scientists at the Japan Atomic Energy Agency have studied lawrencium for first time. The radioactive element is extremely difficult to make and has a half-life of just 27 seconds.

Borat's call of beauty? Kazakhstan military unveils its 123 'prettiest soldiers' in bid to attract more people to sign up

Pic shows: Uzbehanova Marjane Abilovna.\n\nMilitary officials in Borat¿s homeland Kazakhstan have introduced a Miss Army competition to encourage more people to sign up for duty.\n\nThe Kazakhstani Ministry of Defence has chosen 123 of its prettiest female soldiers and posted their photos online where viewers can vote for their faves.\n\nThe photos show the women posing in three set poses: one with military uniform, one with weapons and one in civilian clothes - and they have already been seen by over 30,000.\n\nA spokesman for the MOD said: "Voting began this week and the competition is open until the 10th of May.\n\n"We¿ve been flooded with views and the clear favourite at the moment is Sergeant Aigerin Karakuchukova who is in the lead with over 1,100 votes.\n\n"There is still a long way to go though and anyone could win."\n\nThe spokesman revealed that the competition was also open to voters not only from Kazakhstan but also neighbouring countries Krygystan, Azerbaijan and Russia.\

The Kazakhstani Ministry of Defence has posted photographs of the soldiers online for its Miss Army competition - and asked viewers to vote on their favourites.

Slather with baby oil, apply deodorant and always use a MEN's razor: The simple steps that mean you'll never get shaving rash again 

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A former stripper has shared her trusted techniques to a blemish-free bikini area on Reddit - and her handy tips have gone viral.

Drops that transform foundation to suit ANY skin and mascara brushes bespoke for your lashes... is this the future of make-up?

The newest generation of beauty products will be personalised to meet all your particular needs - from bespoke mascaras and eyeliners to foundations and powders unique to you.

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Petrified real estate brokers get the fright of their lives in haunted house practical joke (and the men have the most hysterical reactions)

As a part of Sky Living's promotion for its upcoming three-part ghost drama, The Enfield Haunting, real London estate agents were invited to value a house in Enfield. What they weren't aware of, is that the house had been rigged with secret cameras, microphones and booby traps which gave the house the appearance of being haunted. As the pranks began to come into play, they were met with hilarious reactions from the unsuspecting and petrified estate agents.

She's going to need a bigger freezer! Chinese soldier makes his wife all her meals for the next YEAR before he returns to his regiment

Pic shows: The wife.\n\nA Chinese soldier stationed so far away from home that he sees his wife once a year has cooked her up enough food to last for an incredible 12 months.\n\nYin Yunfeng, 27, said was shocked when he realised how hard his wife Zhao Mai was working as a schoolteacher where she had little time free to cook properly for herself.\n\nSo while he was on home leave from being stationed in a remote outpost in Tibet, he decided to surprise her by cooking up enough food to last a year.\n\nThe dishes created included more than 1,000 dumplings, 150 litres of her favourite noodle soup, and dozens of different dishes with various meats and vegetables all packed in individual portions.\n\nThe devoted husband then filled not only the family freezer, but the freezer of nearby family with the items he had cooked, and left a note for his wife explaining what he had done.\n\nHe said: "You¿re so focused on your work and so much to read when you get home that I want to make life easier f

A senior high school teacher from Anshun has been dubbed the 'luckiest wife in China' after her husband prepared enough food to last for a year before he returned to service in Tibet.

Has black flamingo been spotted in Cyprus? Bird thought to be first ever seen with pigment condition that turns its skin darker 

This is the amazing black flamingo that has stunned birdwatchers in the coastal city of Limassol on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. The unusual bird stopped off to feed on brine shrimp.

That's a novel way to learn about the birds and the bees: Giant inflatable woman unveiled in China features a playground that teaches children about sex

The 30-metre-long inflatable has appeared at Wanda Plaza in eastern China's Nanjing city. The attraction, which features a ball pit, slide and climbing area, can be accessed via the doll's right foot.

Banksy mural painted on the only remaining piece of a bombed house in Gaza is reunited with its homeless owner who says he was duped into selling it for just $200

Gaza police have seized the world famous street artist's work from Bilal Khaled, who bought the piece painted on a door belonging to the Darduna family allegedly without telling them its real value.

The ones who didn't get away: New book reveals the haunting pictures of people caught by the Stasi trying to flee East Germany across the Berlin Wall

A new book brings together photos of failed escapes taken by East Germany's secret police which were hidden in the Stasi's secret Berlin archives for decades. Reenactment MfS showcases the photos taken by the Stasi after they caught families trying to flee the communist regime and even made them recreate their escape bids.

   

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