'It's time to move the flag from the Capitol grounds': South Carolina's Republican governor demands the Confederate flag be removed from her statehouse after Charleston church massacre

South Carolina's Nikki Haley demands removal of Confederate flag from statehouse

Amid shouts of 'Thank you, governor!' South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (center) said Monday that it was time for her state to remove a Confederate battle flag that flies high above the state capitol's grounds. And if her state's legislature fails to act, she said, she will call them back for a special legislative session to force the issue. 'For many people in our state, the flag stands for traditions that are noble,' Haley said in a nod to the deep south's history. 'At the same time for many others in South Carolina, the flag is a deeply offensive symbol of a brutally oppressive past. We do not need to declare a winner and a loser here.' 'It's time to move the flag from the Capitol grounds,' (left) she said. 'This is a moment in which we can say that the flag, while an integral part of our past, does not represent the future of our great state.' The move comes a week after Dylann Roof, pictured right holding the controversial flag, shot dead nine black people in a Bible study group inside a Charleston church.

Tragedy as former Mets player and MLB analyst Darryl Hamilton, 50, 'shot dead by his girlfriend, 44, in murder-suicide while their one-year-old son was at home'

MLB's Darryl Hamilton 'shot dead by girlfriend Monica Jordan' in murder-suicide

Darryl Hamilton, 50, a former outfielder (above) who worked as a broadcast analyst for MLB, was found dead by the front door of his girlfriend's home in Pearland, Texas, on Sunday afternoon. The body of his girlfriend, 44-year-old Monica Jordan, was discovered in another part of the house. She is thought to have died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police say. The couple's 14-month-old son was found unharmed inside the home and taken into care.

Diddy 'arrested for assault with a deadly weapon after attacking football coach with a kettlebell weight at son's university'

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Diddy has been arrested for allegedly getting into a fight with a football coach at his son's university, according to a report. Sources close to him claim that he was acting in self defense.

Nasa prepares for real-life Armageddon: Agency could launch nuclear bombs into space to defend Earth from asteroids

Nasa and the National Nuclear Security Administration have announced they are now working together on the possibility of destroying future hazardous asteroid using nuclear weapons.

Man or woman? Look at the LIPS: Our brains identify gender in milliseconds using subtle variations in the colour of the skin

Researchers from the University of Montreal asked participants to guess people's gender from different parts of their faces using a colour (pictured) and grey tones scale.

Jenna Bush Hager and twin sister Barbara reveal intimate details about their close bond, their secret twin handshake - and how Jenna's marriage changed their relationship

Jenna Bush Hager and twin sister Barbara reveal details about their close bond

Jenna Bush Hager and her 'younger' sister, Barbara Bush, the 33-year-old daughters of former US President George Bush, spoke to the Today show about all the wonderful ways having a twin has improved their lives. The girls confessed during their appearance that they have a secret 'international twin symbol' and that they used to sleep in the same bed every Christmas Eve - until Jenna married husband Henry Hager in 2008.

Could fast food make you moody? Those who consume the most trans fats 'have greater difficulty with mood control'

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Trans fats, found in some fast foods and baked goods, may affect emotional wellbeing - and reducing the amount you eat could improve your mood, suggests a U.S. study.

Maryland governor says he has a 'very advanced' and 'very aggressive' cancer

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced on Monday that he has B-cell non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. The Republican, who took office in January, said it may be Stage 4, or at least a very advanced Stage 3.

EXCLUSIVE: How Audrey Hepburn weighed only 88 pounds, suffered from jaundice and anemia, survived on boiled grass and tulip bulbs and had her dream of becoming a ballerina crushed by Nazi occupation

Audrey Hepburn's son Luca Dotti's book reveals she weighed 88 lbs and survived Nazis

Surviving the German occupation, at sixteen Audrey suffered from asthma, jaundice, acute anemia and edema. 'We ate nettles and ... tried to boil grass - in addition to tulips,' she said. Audrey's anemia left her with dark circles under her eyes. It explains the passion his mother had for food, Luca Dotti writes in a new memoir about his mother. She thought her feet too long, her ears and nose too large. She was crazy about chocolate, believing it  would 'banish sadness.' No matter how much she ate, she never gained weight. She also loved fpasta and ice cream, 'which she ate with a greediness worthy of a mischievous little scamp.' Audrey's idea of heaven was being with boyfriend Robert Wolders  and her two sons at home with her dogs, a good movie, a wonderful meal, and great television.

Dad dies trying to save his 10-year-old son and teenage friend who both drowned during Father's Day kayaking outing

Police in Lisbon, Ohio, say 44-year-old Todd Vadino, his 10-year-old son, Garrett, and 14-year-old Carson Bonar all perished in Little Beaver Creek while enjoying a day on the water.

What a scruffy-looking nerf-herder! Former child actor who played young Anakin Skywalker pictured in new booking photo after high-speed police chase

Former child star Jake Lloyd, 26, seemingly suffered a cut to his face during a 25-mile police chase that ended in a crash in South Carolina, as seen in a newly released booking photo.

EXCLUSIVE: Under 24-hour guard in cell next to cop who shot unarmed black man, inmate 0001518680 Dylann Roof is sitting on his bed and speaking only to his attorney

Dylann Roof is under 24-hour guard in cell next to cop who shot unarmed black man

Two of America's most high-profile accused murderers are in neighboring cells in Charleston County Jail (left); Roof (top right) and Michael Slager (bottom right), the officer who shot Walter Scott in April. Roof is being held in his cell for 23 hours every day and has no contact with anyone other than jail staff and his attorney.

Obama uses the N-word, says slavery is still 'in our DNA' and insists 'racism is not cured' as he calls for new gun control laws after Charleston shootings

The President said during an interview with comedian Marc Maron for his WTF show: 'Racism, we are not cured of it. And it's not just a matter of it not being polite to say n****r in public.'

EXCLUSIVE: Dylann Roof was a devout Christian who went to church camp and worshipped regularly, reveals pastor as the killer's family pray for his victims

Dylann Roof's pray for Charleston church shooting victims at service

Dylann Roof's father, sister and grandparents listened solemnly as the names of the nine victims were read out by their pastor. Dylann has been charged with nine counts of murder in the massacre at Emanuel AME Church last Wednesday night. At St Paul's Lutheran Church yesterday, Franklin, 52, sat next to his daughter Morgan, 15, along with his parents Joseph and Lucy. Rev Tony Metze said that Dylann's transformation from a church-going boy to an alleged mass killer happened because 'evil is so mysterious and strong.' Sunday was the first chance Franklin Roof had to pray with his regular congregation since the shooting on Wednesday night.

White House urges Congress to act on gun control legislation following South Carolina shooting

'The case before the Congress is very clear. But ultimately it's up to the Congress to decide to act,' the White House said today.

Hillary Clinton set for 'community meeting' about Charleston murders - in church near Ferguson, Missouri

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addresses the U.S. Conference of Mayors Annual Meeting in San Francisco June 20, 2015. REUTERS/Stephen Lam

The high-intensity event will take place at a chruch in Florrisant, a St. Louis suburb near Ferguson - the town that erupted in race riots in August after a white police officer shot dead a young black man.

Couple sue the Waldorf for a refund on their wedding reception after it was cancelled when guest accidentally shot a woman in the head

Couple suing for Waldorf wedding refund after hotel cancels reception over shooting

Anna Goldshmidt, 22, and her husband Elan Stratiyevsky, say they intend to sue The Waldorf Astoria for cancelling their June 13 reception after a guest accidentally fired a gun at the hotel. The couple also is considering a lawsuit against the groom's cousin, Vladimir Gotlibovsky, who accidentally fired his gun, grazing a woman in the head.

Barack Obama attacked by environmentalists for taking golfing trip to California despite drought and restrictions slashing water use by a quarter 

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Friends of the Earth said President Obama (pictured) was sending the 'wrong message' by playing golf in California because courses use up so much badly-needed water.

White attorney calls on feds to reopen 1940 unsolved murder case of NAACP member who was shot dead and thrown in river for registering black voters in Tennessee

Elbert Williams was taken from his home in West Tennessee June 20, 1940, by a group of men led by a police officer. Three days later, his body was found in the Hatchie River with two bullet holes.

Jesse Jackson Jr. is released from halfway house after 17 months in prison for blowing $750k in campaign contributions on luxury items such as fur capes and Rolex watch

Former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. was released from a halfway house in Baltimore on Monday, where he'd been living since his release from an Alabama federal prison.

Body of former White House chef, 61, is found in New Mexico mountains a week after he failed to return from hike

Walter Scheib, 61, was last seen on Saturday June 13 before he headed to hike a trail in the Taos Ski Valley near Taos and his body was found on Sunday.

Husband 'shoots dead his wife and two young kids in Father's Day triple 'murder-suicide'

Utah husband 'shoots dead his wife and two young kids' in apparent murder-suicide

Police were called to the home in Roy, Utah, at about 10pm on Sunday after receiving a 911 call about an assault. Police believe a man killed his wife and two kids before killing himself. Officers found the bodies of 29-year-old Russell Smith; his wife, 26-year-old Shawna Smith; and their children, 6-year-old Tylee and 2-year-old Blake, inside the home. Roy City Police Lt. Kevin Smith aid there's no history of police responding to the home near Roy High School.

A portrait of Caitlyn Jenner on Father's Day: Kardashian clan unite with the Jenner boys to support her... and even Kanye's smiling!

Caitlyn Jenner and the Kardashian clan unite with Kanye West on Father's Day

Caitlyn Jenner celebrated Father's Day with her children. The former Olympian - who was known as Bruce Jenner before her transition - threw a party at her Malibu home which was attended most of her children and stepchildren. Burt Jenner and his girlfriend Valerie, Kim, Kanye, North, Khloe, Kendall, Brandon and Leah all rallied around Caitlyn on the day. She shared a picture of the celebration with her fans on Twitter along with a message of gratitude. 'Great day yesterday for Father's Day,' she wrote. 'We had so much fun off-roading. So much love and support! Love my family!'

Cat vs. Mountain lion! Brave kitty refuses to back down as mountain lion tries to paw way into owner's house 

Cat vs. Mountain lion! Brave kitty refuses to back down as mountain lion tries to paw way

A video posted on YouTube this month shows comedian Tom Mabe's cat staring down a fierce mountain lion (pictured) who wandered onto his property in Kentucky. The pretty Himalayan showed no fear in the face of the dangerous creature.

Police capture New York City man after he 'stabs the mother of his child repeatedly at her office before fleeing and attacking two others at his own workplace'

UPDATED An unnamed 36-year-old was returning to work in New York City after finishing lunch on Monday when she was attacked by her ex, who she also has a child with, and stabbed repeatedly.

Jurassic World 'will cross $1 billion at the worldwide box office after 13 days' ...faster than any other movie in history

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On Monday. Universal Pictures announced that the movie will cross $1billion at the worldwide box office after just 13 days, making it the fastest movie ever to do so in box office history.

The death of an ISIS fighter... seen through his OWN eyes: Fanatic's body camera records the dramatic moment he is gunned down by a sniper during terrifying firefight in Iraq

ISIS fighter's body camera records moment he's shot by a sniper

The shocking footage shows the jihadi firing his AK-47 machine gun (left) while frantically running between buildings in a raging battle with the Iraqi military. At one point, he or a fellow insurgent can be heard screaming 'Allah Akbar!' - God is greatest. He then commits a fatal error by stepping out from behind a wall of sandbags (top right) and is promptly shot dead by a sniper. The footage ends with the camera pointing up towards the sun (bottom right) as the militant collapses on the ground. The video is believed to have been taken on the outskirts of the city of Ramadi.

ISIS offer a Yazidi sex slave as a PRIZE for memorising the Koran in sick 'celebration' of Ramadan 

The brutal militia group known as Islamic State have launched a Koran reading competition which is set to be held in several ISIS mosques in Syria, including the Osama bin Laden mosque.

North Carolina teen 'who wanted to show his support for ISIS by killing 1,000 Americans' is arrested after his father alerted authorities

Justin Nojan Sullivan, a self-described Muslim convert from Morganton, North Carolina, was arrested on Friday and has been charged with attempting to provide material support to ISIS.

Shawshank escapees were 'smuggled tools used to break free in frozen hamburger meat as search heats up after authorities find prison-issue underwear in cabin near jail'

Clinton Correctional escapees smuggled tools used to break free in frozen meat

The two men who managed to successfully escape from a New York prison had the tools necessary to do the job smuggled to them in frozen meat. A source close to the investigation revealed to CNN that frozen hamburger meat was likely used, and that now officials are trying to determine what prison guard might have been involved in handing the tools over to the men. Meanwhile, police hunting for the two fugitives found prison-issue underwear and fingerprints belonging to one of the men inside a cabin near the prison.

California girl, 3, died in hot car on Father's day after family all thought someone else had unbuckled her car seat 

Kiara Li was asleep in the driveway of her Pomona home. The family of seven napped after returning from visiting their grandfather's grave and noticed Kiara was missing four hours after coming home.

Raising a glass as they gorge on dog meat, the Chinese fans of the Yulin festival ignore global fury to begin the annual feast

Fans of China's Yulin dog meat festival ignore global fury

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Supporters of China's Yulin festival where up to 10,000 dogs - many of them stolen pets - are beaten and caged before being butchered, grilled or boiled, claim the festival is the same as eating turkey at Christmas. Despite global outrage from animal rights activists, supporters of the brutal summer solstice celebration say it has as much cultural value as any other country's traditions. Countless images of traumatised dogs crammed into tiny cages and left in the street before being turned into food are causing shock around the world.

Why having a baby can give you OCD: Doctors often dismiss new mums' bizarre compulsions as a symptom of baby blues

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After the birth of her daughter Scarlet in August 2012, Gini Wilde, 37, from Huddersfield, couldn't quite believe how happy she was. But her joy was short-lived.

'I feel the power of Satan inside me': Women around the world take to Twitter to share entertaining updates about their periods as part of hysterical social media campaign 

One of the worst things about having your period is that you're forced to suffer through the whole week alone. Now, women are sharing their period pain using the hashtag #LiveTweetYourPeriod.

'People refer to me as pig nose': Beauty queen begs Botched surgeons to fix her enormous nostrils after her ex-boyfriend 'forced' her to undergo a rhinoplasty

Beauty queen begs Botched surgeons to fix her 'pig nose'

On the latest episode of the E! reality series Botched, Tania Mehra, a 33-year-old model and actress from Los Angeles, visited doctors Paul Nassif and Terry Dubrow in hopes that the duo would be able to fix her nose, which has left her feeling self-conscious for the past seven years. When Tania first moved to California to pursue modeling, her boyfriend at the time was very critical of her nose and he suggested that she should meet with the doctor who performed a breast augmentation on his mother.

Amal Clooney's latest cause: She goes to court for former residents of tiny Indian Ocean islands who were forced to move in 1960s to make way for US airbase

Amal Clooney and legal team say Chagos Islanders suffered 'injustice'

Amal Clooney has appeared at the Supreme Court in London to help argue the case for former residents of the Chagos Islands, who were forced to move from their homes in the 1960s to make way for a U.S. airbase. A legal team including Clooney, which is headed by Edward Fitzgerald QC, claimed the former residents of the tiny Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia (pictured inset) suffered 'a significant injustice' when moved. Clooney appeared at the Supreme Court court today to fight the case and was pictured chatting to their representative outside the court house in London (main picture).

Marc Jacobs' best friend and business partner Robert Duffy, 60, weds 25-year-old Texan just five years after marrying his first husband with whom he adopted a little girl (and Miley sang at the reception) 

Marc Jacobs' best friend Robert Duffy marries Connor Dodd

Marc Jacobs' right-hand man, Robert Duffy, has said 'I do' for the second time in five years - this time to a man 35 years his junior. The 60-year-old wed Connor Dodd, 25, on Saturday in a ceremony held in Rhinebeck, New York. The wedding took place just two and a half years after Mr. Duffy announced his divorce from ex-husband Alex Cespedes, with whom he had adopted a daughter, Victoria. At this weekend's wedding, Mr. Duffy was seen celebrating with pal Marc Jacobs and singer Miley Cyrus, who gave an impromptu performance during which she smoked a bizarre-looking cigarette.

Airline fees hit record high as air travelers fork over $1.6 BILLION in bag and change charges during first three months of 2015

The record-setting amount is up 7.4 per cent from the same period last year. It is surprising as January to March is usually the slowest period for air travel. It is the highest amount ever for a 1Q.

Just nuts! Passenger's threatening demand for more snacks 'caused transatlantic flight to make emergency landing in Belfast'

A transatlantic flight was forced to land in the UK at a cost of because of the threatening behavior of a passenger who demanded he was given more nuts, a court has heard.

Army reveals armoured trucks fitted with LASERS to blast mines out of the ground and explode stray bombs 

Army reveals armoured trucks fitted with LASERS to blast mines

The vehicles would be able to safely explode mines and other explosives from up to 300 metres away, while a robot arm can move debris and allow the laser to get a clear shot. Army bosses say with lasers, operators can negate the threat of improvised explosive devices, makeshift bombs, mines, and other unexploded explosive ordnance from a safe distance.

CANNES LIONS EXCLUSIVE: 'The Israeli Army diet was the stupidest thing I've ever done': Today's Lisa Wilkinson explains why she'll never try a faddy food regime again

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While talking on the MailOnline yacht at Cannes Lions on Monday evening, the 55-year-old presenter says she tried the Israeli Army Diet when she was 18, but it wasn't for her.

CANNES LIONS EXCLUSIVE: 'There is no such thing as having it all!' Lisa Wilkinson calls the phrase 'an albatross around women's necks'

Speaking on the MailOnline yacht at the Cannes Lion festival, the Today show host, who is a strong advocate of women's rights, called the phrase an 'albatross around our necks'.

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'I'd like to punch a kid in the face': Teachers' shocking confessions about their students reveal how many play favorites with grades, 'hate' their pupils and can't stand their jobs 

Whisper reveals teachers' shocking confessions about their students

Frustrated educators have taken to the anonymous sharing app Whisper to air their grievances about their jobs, and the students that they teach - and the secret thoughts they share aren't pretty. Many admitted to having had violent thoughts towards one of more of their pupils, while others confessed that they were guilty of favoritism in the classroom.

Florida mail man who landed gyrocopter at US Capitol rejects plea offer that would have involved prison time 

Douglas Hughes, 61, of Ruskin, Florida, was arrested on April 15 after he flew his gyrocopter through restricted airspace and landed at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.

The end of injections for diabetics? Smart patch can automatically release insulin into the bloodstream

The patch - a thin square no bigger than a penny - is covered with more than one hundred tiny needles, each about the size of an eyelash that can automatically release insulin when needed.

Does the female Viagra really work? It's said to cure women's low libido by making sex more pleasurable. But with fears over side-effects and many doctors sceptical 

Close up of woman's mouth with bright lipstick and pill

Loss of sexual relationships after childbirth is a common problem. In a study 'almost all the 1,500 couples interviewed had sex less often after having a baby'.

Activist nun, 85, who served two years after vandalizing uranium bunker with anti-nuke messages will not go back to prison on new charges

Sister Megan Rice, 85, and two fellow Catholic peace activists are likely to remain free after being set free from prison in May for Tennessee vandalism. Government will not appeal ruling it said today.

You're binned! App claims to take the pain out of breaking up with someone by doing it for you with an automated voice message

A new app, dubbed Binder, claims to make awkward break up conversations easier by letting people dump their partners through an automated voice message.

Indiana Jones, our greatest ever film hero: Character beats James Bond and Han Solo to top spot in poll of movie fans 

The intrepid archaeologist played by Harrison Ford (pictured) topped the poll of 10,000 fans, with Breaking Bad's Walter White voted number one greatest TV character of all time by Empire magazine readers.

Mummified Catholic bishop reveals dark secret: Scans show human foetus concealed under feet of 17th century church leader

Mummified bishop reveals dark secret: Scans show human foetus concealed under feet of 17th

Scientists at the University of Lund in Sweden conducted CT scans on the mummified remains of the Bishop of Lund Peder Winstrup (pictured in the portrait top right) and found a foetus (bottom right) had been hidden in his coffin. Experts said the foetus may have been a relative of the bishop or could have been hidden in his coffin by a member of his staff at the time of his burial in an attempt to conceal an embarrassing secret. They hope to conduct DNA tests to help them unravel whether the two were related. It is thought the cold dry climate in the bishop's crypt at Lund Cathedral helped to mummify his body (seen top left) to the degree that even his facial features are still visible (bottom left).

Brave girl 13, whose paternal grandfather murdered her mother testifies against family members who 'cyberstalked mother and falsely claimed she sexually abused her'

A 13-year-old girl whose mother Christine Belford was shot to death by the child's grandfather at a Delaware courthouse in 2013 testified on Monday against other family members.

Erin Andrews' NHL boyfriend hit with felony drug charge after trying to smuggle cocaine into a Vegas pool party in his swim trunks

Los Angeles Kings center Jarret Stoll has been charged with one felony count of possession of a controlled substance after trying to smuggle cocaine into a Las Vegas club in April.

The Pope condemns as hypocrites those who make weapons or profit from the industry and call themselves Christians, accusing them of 'saying one thing and doing another' 

Pope Francis issued his toughest denunciation to date of the arms industry in front of thousands of young people at a rally in Turin. He said those in the industry were hypocrites to call themselves Christian.

'Free-range' parents are cleared in the second of two neglect cases for letting kids aged six and 10 walk home alone

The second child neglect case againt Danielle and Alexander Meitiv, from Silver Spring, Maryland, has been dismissed two months after their kids were held by officers for hours for walking alone.

Pepper the 'emotional' robot sells out in ONE MINUTE: 1,000 models of the Japanese humanoid sell for $1,600 each

Pepper (pictured) is made by French firm Aldebaran Robotics. Within a minute of going on sale at the weekend in Japan, the first 1,000 units of humanoid had been ordered.

Un for the ladies! Kim Jong-Un proves he is a modern man by praising North Korea's first female fighter jet pilots, telling them: 'Even a man would find it difficult to do this'

Kim Jong-Un praises North Korea's first female supersonic jet pilots

North Korean tyrant Kim Jong-Un has inspected the training of his country's first female supersonic jet pilots, telling them 'even a man would find it difficult' to do their job. Images released by North Korea's Central News Agency (KCNA) show Jong-Un grinning as he is flanked by the two pilots - named as Jo Kum-hyang and Rim Sol - and two doting military officials (pictured).

What happened to Brooklyn? Clinton campaign says Hillary is working in Manhattan skyscraper -- which explains why Lena Dunham couldn't find her in trendier, cooler digs

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - JUNE 20:  Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks during the 2015 United States Conference of Mayors on May 20, 2015 in San Francisco, California. Clinton commented on the Charlestonmassacre during her speech after the shooting deaths of nine churchgoers at the Emanuel African Methodist Church in , South Carolina. The 83rd Annual Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors runs through June 22.  (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The Brooklyn, New York area where the Clinton HQ sits isn't actually where she works, but the campaign launched a video in April boasting about her relationship with her new 'neighbors.'

Is YOUR cat stressed out? Study reveals how to spot whether your pet is unhappy... and to get them purring again

A group of vets at the Autonomous University of Barcelona have reviewed the scientific evidence for ways of identifying and reducing stress in cats. Signs include hiding (stock image shown).

Earth's protective shield is weakening: Trio of Swarm satellites could reveal how fast the planet's magnetic field is fading

The initial results from Swarm are due to be presented at the General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics on 22 June to 2 July in Prague, Czech Republic.

'I guess I had feelings for him': Confession of teacher, 29, who had sex with one of her students and sent him nude pictures

Megan Clough, a learning support teacher at Mountain View High School in Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, admitted to having sex with the boy at her home in March.

Does the Tree of Life need to be redrawn? New groups of 'weird' bacteria are unlike anything discovered before

Biologists at the University of California Berkeley have identified 35 new phyla of bacteria in groundwater collected in Rifle, Colorado, that appear to sit on a new branch of the tree of life.

Top CEOs make over 300 TIMES the wages earned by their companies' average workers, study finds

Chieftains of America's largest corporations are raking in exorbitant sums, often leaving less money on the table to pay lower level employees.

Los Angeles is the best place in the world to find a hot holiday date, claims poll... followed by Rio de Janeiro, Paris and Miami

Research found that 37% of those polled believe that Los Angeles has the most attractive singles - more so than popular holiday spots Rio de Janeiro and Paris.

Why carbs are GOOD for you: Personal trainer reveals the real reason we need them in our diet - to help us LOSE weight

Grace Lavinia says wse need carbs for energy - and weight loss. So, avoid simple carbs, like honey and juices and instead opt for brown rice, sweet potatoes, quinoa, pulses and jumbo oats.

Girl, 12, whose arm was bitten off in North Carolina shark attack and almost lost her leg starts to walk around hospital 

Kiersten Yow starts to walk again after Oak Island shark attack

Kiersten Yow, the 12-year-old girl who was attacked by a shark in Oak Island, North Carolina, on June 14 (inset), has walked for the first time in hospital, her family excitedly announced on Facebook. After undergoing another surgery on Friday, Kiersten felt confident to get up out of her walking chair on Sunday - and did just that. Doctors feared they would need to amputate her injured leg, however after an initial surgery determined that while the bone had been exposed by the bite, there was no serious damage to the leg or sciatic nerve.

Israel blasts 'biased' UN report which says the Jewish state and Hamas were both guilty of war crimes during 2014 conflict 

U.N. investigators have announced today that both Israel and Palestinian militant groups committed grave abuses of international humanitarian law during the 2014 Gaza conflict.

'Iranian politicians chant "Death to America" as they vote to ban access to military sites' as part of its nuclear program deal 

Access to Iran's military sites, documents and scientists has been requested as a part of a future deal with world powers over the country's contested nuclear program.

Eastern cougar is declared extinct nearly 80 years after the last one was trapped and killed in Maine

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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced last week that the big cats no longer warrant federal Endangered Species Act protections and should be removed from its endangered list.

Father and son killed in DUI crash were the ex-husband and only surviving child of woman serving a life sentence for drowning her two baby daughters

Paula Sims, 56, who is serving a life sentence for the killings of her two baby daughters, on Saturday lost her only surviving son , 27-year-old Randall Sims, and her ex-husband in a car crash in Mississippi.

Seven-month-old baby dies after choking on a live fish that flipped into its mouth as her aunt held it up to make her laugh in Cambodia

The child's aunt was trying to amuse it by dangling the fish above its head on the Mekong River (pictured). But the fish wriggled free and fell into the baby's mouth where it became lodged.

European stock markets rally on fresh hopes of a deal between Greece and Europe ahead of key meetings

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Greece reacted with measured relief on Thursday after European leaders sealed a deal to contain the eurozone debt crisis that slashes the country's huge debt by nearly a third. 

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Greek stocks were up 6.8 per cent today, with the local banking sector jumping 15 per cent and Greece's 10-year borrowing costs easing.

General Mills admits Trix cereal's six colors must drop to four after failing to find bright enough blue and green for new natural formula

General Mills is dropping artificial colors and flavors from its cereals, the latest company to respond to a growing desire for food made with ingredients people see as natural.

The key to eternal youth? STARFISH may hold the secret after scientists discover they can live for hundreds of years without ageing

Swedish researchers say they have discovered that starfish - which can reproduce by cloning themselves - produce a special kind of DNA that doesn't age like the human version.

'Pyramid' spotted on Ceres: Mysterious lone mountain discovered towering over the surface of the dwarf planet

'Pyramid' spotted on surface of Ceres

Nasa scientists in California revealed images from the Dawn spacecraft (artist's impression top right). One shows a mountain (left in red ring) the size of Mont Blanc in a relatively flat area. The formation and origin of the mountain remains a mystery. And images of the bizarre bright spots on the surface were also shown (bottom right).

Mayor poses with dead squirrel which caused $20,000 of damage and left half a town without power

Bill Baker

Bill Baker (pictured), the Mayor of Piedmont in Alabama, said the pesky creature climbed into a substation and caused $20,000 of damage on Saturday.

Fears a serial killer is at large after body of missing mother, 26, found in Ohio

The body of Tiffany Sayre, 26, was found on Saturday. She was the fourth woman found dead out of eight who went missing. Ohio police and FBI are investigating if the deaths are linked.

Crews repairing sidewalk at University of Alabama discover 10 Civil War-era cannonballs

Ten cannonballs were found buried in the ground beneath a sidewalk north of the campus's Gorgas Library on Friday afternoon.

Village named 'Camp Kill Jews' in a bid to appease the Spanish inquisition finally changes its name nearly 400 years later following a referendum of its 50 inhabitants 

A tiny Spanish village has finally changed its name from Castrillo Matajudios, which means 'Camp Kill Jews', to Castrillo Mota de Judios (meaning Jews' Hill Camp) after long standing complaints.

Freedom or fillet? Middle school students must decide whether to kill and eat the class pet tilapia called Pablo or send him to a fish farm  

Middle school students at New York's Ella Baker School are debating whether to kill and eat the class pet, a 13-inch tilapia named Pablo. They have two options: eat Pablo or send the fish to a farm.

Dream come true! Motown legend Berry Gordy's historic Detroit mansion where Marvin Gaye once sang in the basement hits market at $1.3million

Berry Gordy's Detroit mansion where Marvin Gaye sang hits market at $1.3m

The palatial home once owned by Motown Records founder Berry Gordy Jr, 85 (right) comes with 10 bedrooms, nine baths, a ballroom with a stage for entertainment and a sprawling pool house with a two-lane balling alley and an Olympic-size pool

Evan Spiegel reveals how he drew ghost logo for Snapchat on his computer in his dorm bedroom

The 25-year-old billionaire was speaking at the Cannes Lions festival today. He also revealed he picked the logo's yellow background because none of the other 100 most popular apps had used it.

Pennsylvania man 'robbed bank with a machete before fleeing with undisclosed amount of money and flagging down driver he knew to get away'

Charles Risenburg, 39, of Six Mile Run, Pennsylvania was charged with robbery and theft by unlawful taking and is being held at the Bedford County Jail on a $300,000 bond.

Nanny accused of beating and burning girl, 3, faces new abuse charges after more video evidence from nanny cam emerges

Lidia Quilligana, 32, of Danbury, Connecticut was charged on Friday with 15 additional counts of risk of injury to a minor after police reviewed more video from a hidden nanny cam.

Firefighter sacked from his volunteer job after posting that Dylann Roof 'needs to be praised for the good deed he has done' 

Mabank Fire Department in Texas has also banned 'racist' volunteer firefighter Kurtis Cook after he wrote in support of Dylann Roof, who has been charged with murdering nine black people in South Carolina.

FOREVER BEAUTIFUL: Which fake tan is best for older skin and which can you safely use on your face?

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Katie, 27, and her mother Valerie, 57 were invited to take part in a makeover with tanning expert Jules Heptonstall to find out whether a fiftysomething use the same product as a 20-year-old.

Man 'threw his rabbit into a hotel pool and watched it drown before walking away' 

Steve B Rodd, of Tampa, Florida, was arrested after intentionally dropping a rabbit into the Vista Inn's pool on Friday. He watched the rabbit until it went still before walking away, police said.

Homeless community chips in to give Miami man, 53, with no family a proper funeral

When a 53-year-old man with no family died in Miami on Mother's Day, his formerly homeless friends pooled money for a proper burial and memorial service.

Lazaro Valdivia lived at Brownsville Christian Housing Center with others who used to be homeless due to drug and alcohol addiction, mental health issues and physical disabilities. He referred to them as friends and family.

When 53-year-old Lazaro Valdivia died in Miami on Mother's Day, his formerly homeless friends pooled $1,100 for a proper burial and memorial service.

Student who started dieting aged 10 suffered heart attack at 17 after exercising for 12 hours a day and becoming anorexic

Student who started dieting aged 10 suffered heart attack at 17

Jeanette Suros, 24, from New Jersey, began noticing other girls' bodies in gymnastics at age five, and cut out fatty and sugary foods at age 10. By age 16, she had been diagnosed with anorexia (left). While at school, she was subject to extreme bullying when classmates who discovered she was being treated for an eating disorder and began throwing food and shouting shouting 'you're fat' at her repeatedly. She suffered a heart attack at age 17 and her parents were told she might not wake up as her organs were so damaged. For years, she was repeatedly hospitalised until 2012, when she started to recover. Now, she has a healthy BMI and wants to raise awareness of the condition (pictured centre and right). She said: 'I'm seven and a half stone now; a healthy size for my height. I have friends who keep me on track and now I'm able to stop myself from getting trapped in my anorexia again.'

Smoking is 'clearly linked' to prostate cancer: Even men who quit still have twice the risk of disease recurring after surgery

Those who continue to smoke after being diagnosed are less likely to survive treatment - and even those who have quit have reduced odds for 10 years after kicking the habit, say Swiss scientists.

Boy Scout leader dies of apparent heart attack while on a Father's Day hike with his troop in New Hampshire

Boy Scout leader Vernon 'Rick' Rippeon, 51, of Westminster, Maryland, was on a five-day Presidential Mountains hike with his troop, which included his two sons, when he collapsed.

Cincinnati suburb overrun by feral cats is plagued by the foul stench of urine and excrement

But that's just an extreme example of a problem that affects several areas of the village along the boundary separating St. Bernard and North Avondale, St. Bernard Director of Law Curtis Walden said.

The council's Law, Contracts and Claims Committee is considering options to address the problem, but one option is off the table. At a March 19 committee meeting, Walden presented a draft of an ordinance that would have empowered police to capture and euthanize feral cats. The council immediately rejected it, Walden said.

Councilwoman Cindi Bedinghaus, who chairs the committee, said killing feral cats isn't an option.

A series of miscommunications led Charlotte White-Hull with Ohio Alleycat Resource to believe the feral cat euthanasia ordinance would be back on the table at St. Bernard's Thursday council meeting. She still plans to attend to offer her help St. Bernard with its feral cat problem..

"Managed properly, I don't consider it a problem," White-Hull said.

The suburban Cincinnati village of St. Bernard is being taken over by the smell of feral cat waste. On June 12 a house with 20 cats living inside was condemned.

Man who lost his wife hours after she gave birth to quadruplets celebrates his first Father's Day

Carlos Morales from Phoenix, Arizona, celebrated his first Father's Day, five months after his wife, Erica, 36, died hours after giving birth to quadruplets Tracy, Carlos Jr, Paisley and Erica.

PICTURED: The woman who broke into the family home of Will Smith and hung about in the kitchen refusing to leave until cops arrived

Ariel Archer is charged after breaking into home of Will Smith

A woman who broke into the home of Will Smith (left with wife Jada) was charged in court Monday. Ariel Archer (right) of Richmond, Virginia was found by a housekeeper in the kitchen of the actor's Calabasas, California home (inset) on March 21, and refused to leave until police arrived on the scene. Will, wife Jada and children Jaden and Willow were not home at the time.

Is this the world's ugliest pizza? Monstrous star-shaped pie with six pockets filled with steak, pepperoni, cheese and CHIPS sweeps the internet

Diners are rushing to Nya Gul & Blå pizzeria in Piteå, Sweden to order the £9.30 Vulcan pizza after pictures of it went viral on Facebook, where it has received more than 13,000 likes and 3,000 shares.

Twitter board warns Jack Dorsey he would have to give up Square to become permanent CEO 

Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter, and just-named interim executive of Twitter, in an interview at CNBC's San Francicso bureau, America.

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The company he helped found and now leads on an interim basis said that it is only considering candidates who can make a 'full-time commitment to Twitter.'

Jaws alert: Multiple great white shark sightings just ONE MILE off the coast of Maine prompt police to shut down beach

A passenger on a charter fishing vessel captured a photo of the fin slinking along above the surface of the water on Saturday, a mile away from Moody Beach in Portland.

The dragon chickens of Vietnam: Bizarre birds with thighs that would give Beyonce a run for her money are a rare delicacy 

The bizarre-looking and rare breed, also called the Dong Tao chicken, is prized for its delicious meat and was once bred exclusively for the country's royal family.

It's a dog's dinner! Sweet time-lapse video shows golden retriever puppies growing up while enjoying the same mad dash to their food bowls every day for nine months

Timelapse video shows golden retriever puppies run for their dinner

A video of two golden retriever cheese puppies, Colby and Bleu, running for their dinner over the course of none months has gone viral. One million people have watched the mealtime race so far. The pair have become so popular they even have their own Instagram account which has been showcasing their first few months of life.

When UN peacekeepers go rogue: Haitian women reveal how soldiers got 231 of them pregnant after trading food, jewellery and underwear for sex

UN peacekeepers traded food for sex with at at least 231 vulnerable women in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, leaving a number of them pregnant and with no financial support, a shocking report revealed

Pictured: The man with a PRINTED jaw - Man's face transformed after pioneering surgery to insert a 3D implant into his jaw 

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES. A 32-year-old Melbourne man has received a customized 3D-printed titanium jaw, after a successful Australian-first operation to correct a rare jaw deformity. 

Crews repairing sidewalk at University of Alabama discover 10 Civil War-era cannonballs

Ten cannonballs were found buried in the ground beneath a sidewalk north of the campus's Gorgas Library on Friday afternoon.

How Edward VIII was relieved by disabled brother's death: Newly unearthed letter reveals cold-hearted king thought of epileptic Prince John as an 'animal' 

Prince John, the youngest child of King George V and Queen Mary, suffered from severe epilepsy and autism and became known as the 'Lost Prince' because he was kept away from the public eye.

Horrifying moment a Fox & Friends host threw an axe at a target on live TV... and hit a performing drummer by accident

Fox & Friends co-host throwing an axe on TV misses and hits guest

Fox & Friends co-host Pete Hegseth hurled the sharp tool towards a target on a wood post prior to a segment on timbersports on June 14 but missed, hitting Jeff Prosperie, a drummer who was performing nearby with The Hellcats, which is apart of the U.S. Army's West Point Band. The marching band was playing during the show in honor of the Army's 240th birthday and Flag Day. A video shows the moment Hegseth throws the axe and misses before it strikes Prosperie on the arm.

How to keep cool: Driver installs air conditioning unit to the side of van in attempt to battle high temperatures

The modified minivan was spotted in Hangzhou in eastern China last week. Pictures show an air conditioning unit, more commonly seen on the side of buildings, fixed to the left rear of the van.

Safety first? Try a holiday in Iceland as it's officially the most peaceful country in the world... while the UK ranked only 39th and the US 94th

The island nation of Iceland was found to be the safest, most peaceful country in the world according to this year's Global Peace Index from the Institute for Economics and Peace.

Women rush to dye their hair black after rumours spread that any blondes or redheads who aren't gangsters' girlfriends could be killed as violence and fear grip El Salvador

El Salvador has just experienced one of its most violent months since the end of the civil war in 1992, with 635 homicides reported in May for the country of just over six million people.

Britain and Europe's oldest man dies just two weeks after he celebrated his 111th birthday with a pint of Stella and a whisky

Nazar Singh, from Sunderland, thought to be Europe's oldest man has died just two weeks after he celebrated his 111th birthday with a pint of Stella and a drop of whisky.

Married baseball coach, 47, resigns amid investigation that found he 'kissed a female student at prom and sent her texts calling her ''bae'' and ''BFF''

Married baseball coach, 47, resigns amid investigation over student

That investigation found that Harold Hitt, 47, had engaged in a prohibited personal relationship with the girl - who suffers from learning disabilities - for the last year at Oviedo High School in Florida. While Hitt - who is married with two children - is not accused of having any sexual contact with the girl, he did allegedly kiss her on the lips at the 2014 junior prom for Oviedo High School in Seminole County. Hitt is also accused of posing for a picture with the then-18-year-old student at the party and told her that he was drunk. Hitt remains at the school as a physical education teacher but will now likely be terminated from his position.

   

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British Royal Navy submarine which was scourge of the Nazis and scuttled off the coast of Corsica is finally discovered 72 years later 

HMS Saracen is discovered 72 years later in the Mediterranean Sea 

A Royal Navy submarine scuttled off the coast of Corsica during the Second World War has been discovered 72 years later. HMS Saracen, sunk by her own crew during the Second World War, was found lying more than 1,000ft below the surface of the Mediterranean after a two-year search. The boat terrorised the German and Italian navies during the war, taking part in daring missions before she was sunk by her own crew.

Now that's multitasking! Mom juggles her toddler to land amazing one-handed foul ball catch on Father's Day

The mom, Michelle from Gilroy, California, managed the amazing feat at the Oakland Athletics versus the Los Angeles Angels at O.co Coliseum in Oakland on Sunday.

The blind Jack Russell with his own guide dog: Pair of abandoned pets looking for a new home but they have to be adopted together because they can't cope apart 

Glenn, an elderly Jack Russell, is permanently blind and is guided by Staffordshire Bull Terrier Buzz. The inseparable pair were found abandoned together in a sea tunnel in Hartlepool, Durham.

It's bad enough when they get stuck up a tree! Pilots' shock to find a CAT clinging on to the wing of their glider thousands of feet up in hilarious video 

Hilarious video of pilot finding a CAT clinging on to the wing of their glider in the air

The black and white moggy had crawled into the wing of an open-cockpit glider - thinking it would be an ideal place for a nap. But after two people took the aircraft out for a flying session, the cat can be seen crawling along the surface of the wing before emerging at the cockpit in terrified confusion. The man and woman had not thought to check the aircraft for any additional passengers before taking to the skies in French Guiana. A video uploaded to YouTube on Sunday shows the pair enjoying the flight, at first oblivious to the feline clinging to the wing's support bars above them.

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Amazing photo appears to show Yosemite's Half Dome engulfed in flames

Austin Jenanyan'S photo appears to show Yosemite's Half Dome engulfed in flames

A photographer out to capture the majesty of Yosemite's Half Dome at sunrise recently caught on film something unexpected: massive flames shooting out from atop the 5,000 granite formation. Or, at least they appeared to be flames. In reality, 20-year-old Austin Jenanyan had snapped a cloud formation that looked uncannily like fire just as it drifted by Half Dome. Jenanyan called it a brief but 'very surreal and magical experience.'

Angry sheep 'Rambro' who has broken down fences and attacked dogs charges drone and butts it from the air... then growls at it

A drone learned just how territorial animals can be when it was butted from the sky by an angry ram after it encroached on its land near Nelson, New Zealand.

Portland Thorns goalkeeper saves the day by leaving her post and scoring heroic last-minute goal to draw 1-1 against Kansas City

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Goalkeeper Michelle Betos scored a diving header in time to rescue a point for the Portland Thorns, bringing the game against FC Kansas City to a 1-1 tie in the 95th minute.

Stop taking selfies! Sea lion turns down photo op with tourist by scaring him away with roar as he gets too close with camera

A tourist was left rather frightened after getting too close to a sunbathing sea lion and attempting to take a selfie with it. In video footage, the marine mammal roars at the man to show its annoyance.

Ten-year-old boy who lived in six homeless shelters after his Army veteran dad returned from Iraq with PTSD starts charity project sewing clothes for other kids in need 

Xavier Elliot, from Phoenix, Arizona, was shuffled around six homeless shelters after his dad came back from Iraq with PTSD. Now he wants to help other homeless kids by making them new clothes.

Teenage brains are wired to be impatient: Lack of foresight peaks in adolescence, study claims

Led by the Max Planck Institute in Berlin, the study found that teenagers reacted more to immediate rewards. Shown is Harry Enfield's Kevin the Teenager, known for his grumpy attitude.

Non-verbal teen with Down syndrome praised by Lady Gaga for her 'bravery' after starring in dynamic dance routine to the singer's chart-topping hits

Teen with Down syndrome praised by Lady Gaga for her 'bravery'

Katie Dorman, a 17-year-old sophomore at Suffield High School in Connecticut, has been mostly non-verbal since the fifth grade, but she is an active member of the United Theater program, which brings together performers of all abilities. Through this program - and with the help of a blonde wig and the Grammy winner's music - Katie transforms into Katy Gaga (left) on stage, and her dynamic performances have now earned the seal of approval from the chart-topper herself.

   

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