Jihadi John is 'evaporated' at ISIS' 'crucifixion' clocktower: US drone strike takes out British executioner at site of fanatics' worst crimes - but victims' families say they wanted 'coward to suffer' 

Jihadi John dead after airstrike on ISIS' 'crucifixion' clocktower in Raqqa, Syria

The depraved ISIS militant (left and inset), whose real name is Mohammed Emwazi, has been hunted for more than a year after appearing in a string of sickening beheading videos of Western hostages including two British aid workers. The 27-year-old from London is believed to have been wiped out by a drone missile while getting into a car near a symbolic clock tower (circled, centre, and pictured, bottom right) in the heart of Raqqa where ISIS has staged a number of horrific public executions (top right) since capturing the city two years ago. Bethany Haines, the daughter of one of his British victims, David Haines, today told how she felt 'an instant sense of relief' after hearing reports of his death. Pentagon officials say they are '99 per cent' sure they had killed the executioner. However, ISIS sources in Raqqa are claiming that he survived the attack and was taken badly injured to a hospital which has been placed in lockdown by the Sunni militant group.

ISIS uses medium range missiles for the first time: Terror group kill boy and his grandfather alongside two farmers after launching attack on grain silos

Islamic state fighters  removing the border between Syria and Iraq

ISIS reportedly fired four missiles from Al Heisha, about 30 miles south of Tel Abyad, north towards grain silos yesterday. The target is home to a training camp of rebel group Raqqa Revolutionaries Brigades

James Foley's parents say they find 'no solace' in the death of Jihadi John because the US government made 'half the effort' to save their son as they did to kill the ISIS executioner 

John and Diane Foley, who have been vocal of the US government's hostage policy since their son was killed in August 2014, said Friday that too much effort was put in to find and kill Jihadi John.

PIERS MORGAN: It's far better that Jihadi John got vaporised by a drone than given his gloating day in court - he's the ISIS lead singer and now they've lost their deadliest voice

 Not much fills the heart with unrestrained glee at 5am on a cold, dank Fall morning. But I awoke to news that Mohammed 'Jihadi John' Emwazi was 'probably' dead - and felt like dancing a jig.

Texas teen's death ruled a suicide by SNAKEBITE: Exotic animal-lover, 18, purposely let venomous monocled cobra bite him 'several' times, autopsy reveals

Grant Thompson death ruled suicide by SNAKEBITE as cobra bit him 'several' times

A Texas teen's death has been ruled a suicide by snakebite, according to autopsy results released this week. Grant Thompson, 18, was found unresponsive on July 14, inside a parked car at an Austin Lowe's home improvement store. He was later pronounced dead at the hospital. Inside the car authorities found an empty snake cage - and later discovered the missing monocled cobra dead in the same parking lot.

Flying home for the holidays? The best and worst airlines for seasonal travel revealed

Sifting through three years of holiday travel statistics, for the 12 biggest airlines in the United States, a research team has compiled a list of the best and worst airlines for holiday travel.

'He doesn't know much about it': Obama belittles Ben Carson for suggestion that ISIS could be destroyed in Iraq 'fairly easily' by targeting oil fields

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President Barack Obama laughed off in an interview a question about Ben Carson's suggestion at the most recent presidential debate that ISIS could be defeated 'fairly easily'

'I felt waves of pleasure': Mother claims she had an orgasm during LABOUR - and tells women that birth doesn't have to be painful

Rebecca Hanscombe, 45, from Wales experienced an orgasmic birth with her daughter Arwen, eight. She describes how sensual feelings rippled through her entire body.

'Ultrapower' laser that can heat materials to temperature hotter that the core of the SUN could revolutionise energy production

Colored laser lights at a nightclub in Paris.

The technique, developed by theoretical physicists from Imperial College London, could heat certain materials to ten million degrees in much less than a million millionth of a second.

EXCLUSIVE: Porn star who had sex with Hollywood actor secretly battling HIV fears epidemic as she reveals he has slept with at least 50 'adult actresses' AND transsexuals

Porn star who had sex with Hollywood HIV actor secretly fears epidemic

A major Hollywood star is rumored to have been diagnosed as HIV positive. The 27-year-old porn star, who spoke to Daily Mail Online exclusively on condition of anonymity,, fears he may have infected dozens of women. She says she was tested and got the all clear. The actor reportedly has a long list of celebrity exes including an award-winning actress, a religious movie star, a top Hollywood personality with a controversial past, a TV star, a media personality and a model. He may face possible legal action from several women.

Cop 'had no choice' but to shoot 13-year-old Tamir Rice dead, claims THIRD report on his death

Retired Florida police officer W. Ken Katsaris, an expert on police use of force, is the third expert who has concluded that patrolman Timothy Loehmann was justified in shooting Tamir Rice.

San Diego resident used 13.8 MILLION GALLONS of water this past year during drought - even more than the much despised 'Wet Prince of Bel-Air'

A resident in the San Diego area of Rancho Santa Fe used an astounding 13.8million gallons of water last year, the most that has been reported in California during the drought.

'I almost died tonight': NCIS actress Pauley Perrette attacked by 'psychotic homeless man' who said he was going to kill her outside her Hollywood home

'I almost died tonight': NCIS actress Pauley Perrette attacked by 'psychotic homeless man'

The attack occurred about 5 p.m. Thursday while Perrette walked to meet a friend across the street from her Hollywood Hills home, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The 46-year-old actress tweeted about the ordeal early Friday, posting a picture of a computer screen where she had written an explanation of what happened to her (left), saying she was 'alone, terrified and trapped'. Perrette says she was pinned down, repeatedly punched in the face and told by the man she was going to die. She believes she escaped by reasoning with him. However Perrette was then able to draw a sketch of the assailant and a friend tracked him down at a nearby 7-11. David Merck, 45, was arrested and booked on suspicion of aggravated battery.

Suu Kyi party wins historic Myanmar election: Nobel peace prize winner secures landslide victory five years to the day since she was released from house arrest

Confirmation of the landslide win comes five years to the day since Suu Kyi, the driving force behind Myanmar's democracy movement, was released from house arrest by the military.

Alien planet battered by 5,400mph winds: First weather map of an exoplanet shows gusts are 20 times stronger than ever seen on Earth

Researchers at The University of Warwick found the wind speed on HD 189733b (illustrated) is 20 times greater than the fastest ever known on Earth.

Phew! Mysterious UFO dubbed 'WTF' burns up in the atmosphere as it reaches Earth - but we may never know what it was

A mysterious piece of space debris named WT1190F re-entered the Earth's atmosphere at 6.19 am GMT (13.19 ET) in the skies above the Indian Ocean.

Donald Trump compares Ben Carson to a CHILD MOLESTER in a 90-minute tirade - and suggests the surgeon's 'pathological temper' that drove him to try and stab someone as a boy cannot be cured

Donald Trump compares Ben Carson to a CHILD MOLESTER at Iowa college rally

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said yesterday that rival Ben Carson has a 'pathological temper' that can't be cured any more than a child molester can be cured. Trump first made the claim in an interview with CNN, then continued the strong criticism during a 95-minute rant at an Iowa rally. 'If you're a child molester - a sick puppy - you're a child molester, there's no cure for that,' Trump proclaimed, other than what he called the 'ultimate cure' - and death. He said he didn't believe Carson's story about his religious awakening in his bathroom, either, and questioned the retired neurosurgeon's tale about nearly stabbing a friend. Trump imitated the incident, moving his belt up and down to demonstrate how difficult it would be to strike the buckle instead of flesh, and bellowed moments later, 'How stupid are the people of Iowa?' 'How stupid are the people of this country to believe this crap?' Trump said during the campaign event at Iowa Central Community College.

Trump calls Missouri student protests 'disgusting' and says he 'should have been the chancellor of that university'

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump on Thursday showed little sympathy for either the administrators of the University of Missouri or the students who have been protesting there.

Obama mocks Donald Trump's immigrant background as he accuses him of 'playing on fears' over migration 

President Obama said Donald Trump's call for a 'deportation force' was unrealistic and pointed out, that often, those most against immigrants are the products of immigrants themselves.

Ben Carson and Ted Cruz won't ask NBC for 'equal time' after Trump's Saturday Night Live ratings triumph

So far no presidential candidate is making much of a fuss about frontrunner Donald Trump's hosting gig on Saturday Night Live last weekend, as no hopeful has come forward requesting 'equal time.'

Father whose 18-year-old daughter died from heroin overdose relives his desperate struggle to save her from addiction - and says he even tried to send her to jail

Man whose 18-year-old daughter died from a heroin overdose details his desperate struggle

Scott Meyers (right), 50, from Spokane, Washington, explained that when he wasn't able to keep his daughter Rachel (left) in rehab because of state law, he took pictures of her passed out on her bed surrounded by syringes (inset) in the hopes of getting her put in jail for possession of heroin - and possibly sent to court-ordered rehab.

Vladimir Putin deploys advanced 'Growler' anti-aircraft missile system in Syria able to hit jets at an altitude of up to 90,000 feet as far away as Tel Aviv

Vladimir Putin has deployed an advanced air-defence system in Syria, circled, which can possibly target British jets leaving RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus as well as covering most Syrian airspace.

'Get away from me': Ruth Madoff lashes out after she is tracked down at her Connecticut apartment and asked about the victims of her disgraced husband's Ponzi scheme 

Ruth Madoff lashes out after she is tracked down on Crime Watch Daily

Ruth Madoff lashed out at a reporter after being tracked down at her apartment in Connecticut. The wife of disgraced banker Bernie Madoff was coming home from running errands when she was asked if she had anything she would like to say to the victims of her husband's Ponzi scheme, who lost billions of dollars. After trying to ignore the man and camera crew while attempting to open her door, she turned around and hissed at the man; 'Get away from me.' The complete encounter with Madoff will air on Crime Watch Daily on Friday, November 13.

Forget Paleo - try the VICTORIAN diet! Eating onions, cabbage, beetroot and cherries meant 19th century people were healthier than we are today

Victorians were healthier and had stronger immune systems than us, Dr Paul Clayton, of the Institute of Food, Brain and Behaviour, and Dr Judith Rowbotham, of Plymouth University argue.

Tired, thirsty and always need the loo? YOU could be one of the hundreds of thousands of people with undiagnosed diabetes

Research for World Diabetes Day found only one in five people can mention a single symptom of the disease, which affects nine per cent of adults worldwide.

Bill Cosby wins appeal to delay testifying in Janice Dickenson defamation case

The disgraced comedian is being sued by Dickinson for denying that he drugged and raped her in 1982. He was ordered to testify but now has until the end of the month to present an appeal.

Me, myself and I: Female solo traveler reveals what it's REALLY like going around the world alone 

Female solo traveller reveals what it's REALLY like going around the world alone

Californian Kristin Addis, began travelling in 2012 after a shoulder injury left her re-evaluating her career. She sold all of her belongings and headed to Cambodia armed with only a carry-on bag. The 29-year-old has visited destinations such as the Ahrntal Valley (top left), Namibia (top right), South Africa's canyons (bottom left), South Tyrol (bottom right) and even the Burning Man festival in Nevada (centre). She reveals how to avoid the dangers and make the most of taking a solo journey.

Catholic high school football player, 16, dies 'falling off of a building' just hours after championship qualifier triumph 

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Delano Cowan allegedly fell off a building in the Bronx district of New York City on Saturday, not long after the Cardinals, the team at Cardinal Hayes High School, won the game.

Mother 'bound her toddler in packing tape and left him alone in a locked car for hours' 

The Hall County Sheriff's Office said a locksmith was called on Wednesday to unlock 18-year-old Grace Love An's car which is when he spotted the child lying on the backseat floorboard of the car.

Incredible moment alligator and a Burmese python photographed in the throes of deadly combat in Florida Everglades 

Alligator and a Burmese python photographed in the throes of combat

The Burmese python was photographed trying to constrict the angry reptile, not far from an asphalt road with people travelling down it in Everglades National Park, Homestead, Florida. An unnamed photographer caught the scene, which shows the two in the midst of battle.

Defense Secretary Ash Carter sacks his senior married military aide for misconduct over 'improper relationship'

In this photo provided by the Department of Defense, then-U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Ron Lewis, right, greets then-Deputy Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, left, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, May 13, 2013. Defense Secretary Ash Carter suddenly fired Lt. Gen. Ron Lewis, his top military aide Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015, citing allegations of misconduct, and referred the matter to the department's inspector general. Defense officials would not provide any details about why Lewis was removed from his job. A senior defense official said Carter learned of the allegations Nov. 10 and later informed the inspector general.  (Glenn Fawcett/DOD via AP)

U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter removed his senior military assistant, Lieutenant General Ron Lewis, from his position on Thursday over allegations of misconduct around an 'improper relationship.'

Knife attacks on Jews spread to Italy as man is stabbed seven times in the back and face in Milan's Jewish neighbourhood

The 40-year-old victim, named as ultra-Orthodox Jewish man Nathan Graff, was stabbed outside a kosher pizzeria in San Gimignano, Milan (pictured).

EXCLUSIVE: Vladimir Putin's media Svengali who was found dead in DC hotel was 'murdered for being an FBI informant' - or could even still be alive, claim Russians

Mikhail Leslin, 57, was found dead last Friday in a a Washington DC. He was called Putin's 'bulldozer', making Russia's media fall into line. Speculation is mounting that he was murdered.

Transgender man reveals shock at learning he was 21 weeks pregnant, the joys of raising his new daughter and the difficulty of being forced to come out

Transgender man Kayden Coleman reveals shock at learning he was 21 weeks pregnant

A transgender man is revealing how shocked he was to learn that he was pregnant almost a decade after he began to transition. Kayden Coleman (left), 29, was experiencing some back pain one day and asked his then-boyfriend Elijah to give him a massage. 'It felt like there was a pillow under my stomach but there was no pillow,' said Kayden of the moment he laid on his stomach. He then joked that they should go get a pregnancy test - and it came back positive. Soon after he welcomed daughter Azaelia (above).

Obama awards Medal of Honor to vet who threw himself on suicide bomber - as brave soldier says he is still haunted by his comrades who didn't make it home

Florent Groberg, 32, was awarded the Medal of Honor on Thursday after being credited with saving fellow soldier's lives when he tackled a suicide bomber while serving in Afghanistan in 2012.

They really DO think they've got money to burn! Rioters firebomb Greece's central bank as left-wing group marches through Athens to protest austerity cuts

A group of youths, who broke off from the 25,000 protesters marching against austerity cuts in Athens, threw petrol bombs at the police and Greece's central bank building.

Impostor arrested on Veterans Day for posing as a member of the airborne military police by a former Marine who is now a cop

Michael Porter, 25, was arrested on Wednesday in New Jersey by Gary Brenner, who served four years in the Marines, after he recognized Porter from another incident and knew he wasn't in the military.

EXCLUSIVE: Autistic boy, six, was 'murdered' by police after cop and his father were in 'months-long' love-triangle with meth-user mom-of-two who had 26 criminal filings

Jeremy Mardis was 'murdered' by police after cop and his father's love-triangle

The details of a love triangle which came before the shooting death of a six-year-old Louisiana boy last week can be revealed. Jeremy Mardis (left), an austistic six-year-old was killed when two officers opened on his father Christopher Few's (inset, left) car last week. One of the cops was Norrs Greenhouse jnr (inset right). Both men had spent the last few months in on-off relationships with Megan Dixon, 29 (right). She has 26 criminal filings - and was arrested herself for DUI on the day of the shooting.

Wife accidentally snaps her husband's penis by rolling off him while they have sex so she could do some online shopping on her phone

The accident happened as the woman, from Chongqing in China's southwestern Sichuan Province, abruptly moved to turn off a alarm she had set on her mobile phone at midnight.

Latest U.S. estimate suggests one in 45 children have autism - almost DOUBLE the rate four years ago 

The latest estimate released on Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a significant leap up from the previous figure: one in 68.

Mom charged in her teen daughter's overdose after she 'let a male friend give the girl a fatal dose of painkiller fentanyl'

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A 41-year-old New Hampshire mother is accused of standing by as a male friend gave her 17-year-old daughter a lethal dose of potent painkiller fentanyl in a roadside motel room, authorities say.

Jazzmyn Rood was arrested yesterday on charges of endangering the welfare of a child and reckless conduct in the 5 a.m. overdose death of her daughter Evangelique ?Eve? Tarmey at the Riviera Motel here on Oct. 17.

Jazzmyn Rood (pictured) was charged with child endangerment after her daughter Evangelique 'Eve' Tarmey died of an overdose at the Riviera Motel in Rochester on October 17.

'You have no right to represent us': Caitlyn Jenner confronted by trans protesters in angry scenes at LGBT charity luncheon

Caitlyn Jenner confronted by trans protesters at LGBT charity luncheon in Chicago

The demonstrators were angered that the 66-year-old former Olympian, who they dubbed 'a clueless rich white woman,' was being held up as representative of their community. The reality star had been speaking at a luncheon (right) held by an LGBT charity in Chicago and attempted to engage with the protesters as she left, sparking a confrontation (left) which was caught on camera.

Waking up at the SMACK of dawn: Alarm clock slaps you in the face to get you out of bed

Robotics enthusiast Simone Giertz built the device dubbed 'The Wake Up Machine' on her houseboat in Sweden. It uses an alarm clock wired to a motorised rubber arm.

Man, 19, who threatened to shoot black Missouri students is denied bail as the university appoints an interim president

Hunter M. Park, 19, charged with making threats on social media to shoot black students at the University of Missouri's main Columbia campus was denied bond on Thursday.

Inside a gangster's paradise: The Miami mansion where Al Capone plotted the infamous St. Valentine's Day massacre and eventually died is restored to its former prohibition-era glory

Miami mansion where Al Capone died is restored to it's former glory

The waterfront South Florida mansion gangster Al Capone bought as a family retreat in 1928 has now been restored to its Prohibition-era opulence. The site is actually a collection of three houses: a gate house, a main villa and a cabana overlooking a large pool on one side and Biscayne Bay on the other. Marco Bruzzi, co-founder and chief executive officer of the MB America property investment company, said the purchase price was more than $8 million, with an additional $1.75 million in renovations ongoing. As many 1920s touches as possible were kept, including some original light fixtures and a red coral bridge over an outdoor pond. It will have a new name: 93 Palm. 'It's important to keep the same look for the property,' Bruzzi said.

Newborn baby girl is 'bludgeoned to death and dumped outside an apartment block in Chicago with her umbilical cord still attached'

A newborn baby girl found dead outside an Uptown neighborhood high-rise Wednesday night was beaten to death, an autopsy Thursday revealed.

The girl was found in the grass about 11:45 p.m. outside a high-rise in the 800 block of West Eastwood, according to Chicago Police and the Cook County medical examiner?s office.
An autopsy Thursday revealed the girl died of multiple blunt force injuries, authorities said. Her death was ruled a homicide.

Police could be seen searching for evidence and taking photographs outside a building in that block early Thursday.

Area North detectives are conducting a death investigation and no one was in custody as of late Thursday afternoon.

An unidentified baby girl whose bludgeoned body was found outside of a Chicago apartment building late on Wednesday was beaten to death, police confirmed on Thursday.

Apple is pulling the plug on Beats Music: Subscriptions to the streaming service will be cancelled at the end of November

The California-based tech giant will fade out Beats Music (pictured) on 30 November, with all subscriptions to the service cancelled on that day.

Google's driverless car is pulled over by police for driving too SLOW: Vehicle is stopped for travelling 10mph under the limit

Google's self-driving car pulled over by cops for driving too slow

Police in Mountain View, Silicon Valley explained in an online post that an officer noticed traffic backing up behind a self-driving car going 24mph (39km/h) on a street with a 35mph (56km/h) speed limit. Google posted a photo of the motorcycle cop pulling over the self-driving cars with the caption: 'Bet humans don't get pulled over for that too often.'

'You might need this': New look at Star Wars - The Force Awakens shared during ABC's TGIT shows Han Solo shooting a gun and handing a weapon to Rey

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There was not a lot of new material in the clip, which lasted around 10 seconds as most of it was taken from the past two trailers. But there was a new glimpse of Han Solo, played by Harrison Ford.

Luking for me? Mark Hamill and JJ Abrams FINALLY address Skywalker's absence from the Star Wars - The Force Awakens posters and trailers

Han and Chewie are home, Princess Leia is now a general... but where is Luke Skywalker? The Jedi's absence from all promotional material for The Force Awakens have sent theorists into overdive

Grinfellas! New York mob boss accused of taking part in 1978 Lufthansa heist that inspired Goodfellas is found NOT GUILTY

Reputed Bonanno crime family leader Vincent Asaro smiles after departing Brooklyn Federal Court in New York November 12, 2015. Asaro, who was charged with taking part in the 1978 airport heist that helped inspire the Mafia movie "Goodfellas," was found not guilty in Brooklyn federal courtroom. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Vincent Asaro, 80, was found not guilty today of taking party in a brazen robbery at JFK Airport in 1978 that inspired the award-winning Mafia film Goodfellas.

Shamed Jared Fogle 'paid prostitutes hundreds of times and watched porn featuring children he KNEW and kids as young as SIX'

The disgraced former Subway spokesman is facing more than 12 years in jail after he pleaded guilty to child pornography charges amid a sexual abuse probe by the FBI.

Maureen O'Hara's Irish escape by the sea: Spectacular home in County Cork the star sold for $1.8m just weeks before she died 

Maureen O'Hara's Irish escape by the sea: Spectacular home in County Cork the star sold

The Hollywood legend (center), who was buried this week in Arlington National Cemetery, reluctantly parted with Lugdine Park (top right) in Glengarriff, County Cork, for $1.8million last month. The five-bedroom home sits atop the dramatic scenery of Ireland's western coast (top left), and included in its 35-acre estate are two private islands. Pictured below are the master bedroom, which has a walk-in wardrobe, and the living room, which boasts a dramatic view of Glengarriff Bay.

Would YOU volunteer for the snip?Thousands of men line up to be sterilised in global 'vasectomy-athon' 

Thousands of men around the world are to be sterilised today in what organisers dubbed a global 'vasectomy-athon'. Men in Indonesia, India and the USA are taking part in a mass sterilisation.

How eating candy leaves an indelible mark on your brain: Taste imprints a memory 'that controls eating habits'

Scientists in Georgia found sweet foods activated the neurons in the dorsal hippocampus, the part of brain responsible for episodic memory - that which the researchers believe controls food habits.

Women will have dieted for three YEARS by the time they are 30: Average woman 'diets twice a year and loses 4lb each time'

The average female dieter will have spent 168 weeks trying to lose weight between the ages of 18 and 30 and by the time they reach 40, this rockets to just under six years, a survey found.

'I have lost my best friend': Pastor husband shares tribute to pregnant wife, 28, who was shot dead by home intruder as police clear him and family of any involvement

Pastor Davey Blackburn shares tribute to pregnant wife Amanda who was shot dead

Amanda Blackburn (pictured left with her husband Davey Blackburn and son Weston, and right again with Davey), 28, was shot in her Indianapolis home as she tried to defend herself and her one-year-old son, Weston, from a burglar on Tuesday morning. She was pronounced dead on Wednesday. Her husband, Resonate Church pastor Davey Blackburn was at the gym when the incident occurred and came home to find his wife wounded at about 8.30am. The suspect is still on the loose and police are offering a $1,000 reward to anyone with information. Officers are still investigating the incident and say that her husband is not a suspect in the case.

Dentist who killed Cecil the Lion under investigation in Minnesota for allegedly 'herding deer back onto his land'

Walter Palmer DDS of River Bluff - The American dentist who killed Cecil, Africa's most famous lion, with a bow and arrow on $55,000 hunting trip.
Britain joins clamour over Cecil the lion and demands ban on illegal hunting.

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources said Thursday it was investigating a report of potentially illegal hunting activity on land owned by dentist Walter Palmer.

Paw-some! This cute kitten bounces for joy balancing on its back legs giving owner a surprise welcome home

Kitten bounces for joy balancing giving its owner a welcome home

It's usually pet dogs that jump up and down when their owners return home. But in this cute video, this tiny kitten has shown that cats can be just as enthusiastic. As shown in the footage, the adorable moggie initially appeared to play it cool before it caught sight of its owner. Humorously, the owner was then seen teasing the little thing with their finger, causing the cat to bounce higher and higher. The short clip, which was initially posted on online platform Imgur, has amassed over an incredible 5 million views since Tuesday.

Billionaire New Jersey Devils owner 'truly sorry' for stopping kids' soccer game by landing his helicopter in the field 

Two Under 13s teams had been due to play on Saint Benedict's Preparatory School fields in New Jersey at 7.30pm on Sunday when the helicopter landed in the middle of the pitch.

Man, 21, arrested after he 'accidentally shot and killed his date, 18, while role-playing with a gun during sex inside in a motel'

A woman was accidentally shot and killed during what police describe as 'freaky sex' inside of a Florida motel Saturday. Tyrone Fields was arrested for shooting and killing Christina Meagher.

Mystery of man missing for a decade is solved by Google Maps: Aerial image captures outline of submerged car that had the body of an elderly man trapped inside

Google Maps shows 'car in Michigan pond with David Lee Niles' body in it' after he went

A car that was recovered Tuesday from a Michigan pond with a man's body inside has been visible on Google Maps for years. David Lee Niles (top left), 72, disappeared on October 11, 2006 after he was seen leaving his regular watering hole, Jake's Bar, in Byron Township, Michigan. On Tuesday, a man decorating a tree for the holidays outside of a funeral home, spotted the car (bottom left) in a pond while he was on a lift and called authorities. The car is also visible on Google Maps (right) inside of the murky pond.

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'We've come a long way': Single dad melts hearts after detailing his struggle to raise his 10-month-old daughter alone after the baby's mother abandoned them 

Richard Johnson details struggle to raise his 10-month-old daughter alone

Richard Johnson's happiness about starting a family was interrupted when his daughter's mother took off a month after she was born. The Las Vegas resident, 21, still wishes the best for the woman, who he suspects is suffering from postpartum depression - but he was still scared to raise baby Persephone by himself. He manned up, though, by learning the basics, picking out her outfits, and watching hair-braiding videos on YouTube for the future. He also found a Facebook group for fathers, Life of a Dad, that served as a support system and made him feel like he wasn't alone. He wrote Life of Dad a message to thank them, and the note - which they later posted with permission - has gone viral.

Double trouble: Teenage twin brothers 'shoplift identical items from South Carolina Walmart'

A security officer reportedly saw brothers Malik and Shamel Toppin steal goods at the South Carolina store. The shoplifting allegedly took place Wednesday night.

German grandmother, 87, is sentenced to ten months in jail for denying the Holocaust and saying Auschwitz was 'just a labour camp' 

Ursula Haverbeck was sentenced in a court in Hamburg, Germany, for sedition over an interview she gave to a television station denying that Jews were murdered in extermination camps.

Conjoined male twins who shared a heart and a liver die just two days after being born at Georgia hospital

The Augusta conjoined twins receiving treatment in the neonatal intensive care unit at Children's Hospital of Georgia died Wednesday night due to multiple complex medical complications.

Babies fed on cow's milk 'risk fatness': Children put on weight faster and stay heavier up to the age of ten 

Those having 600ml or more of formula milk on a daily basis grew faster in infancy and weighed more than breast-fed children up to two-and-a-half years old, researchers from the University of Bristol found.

You've got to be yolking! $18 Negg gadget promises to peel a boiled egg in SECONDS simply by shaking it

Two friends from Connecticut came up with the Negg Maker (pictured) after becoming frustrated with having to peel eggs for a dish they were making for a cocktail party.

Dropped your phone down the toilet? Apple patent reveals future iPhones could squirt water from their speaker ports to dry themselves

An Apple Inc. patent application , published today, reveals details how electrical charges can be used to push liquid out through the speakers and microphone ports.

Facebook takes aim at Snapchat with 'self destructing' messages that disappear after an hour

Facebook is testing disappearing messages, à la Snapchat, in its Messenger app in France, the company confirmed on Thursday.

The trial allows users in France to select messages that will only last for an hour using an hourglass option in Facebook's messenger app. If the trial goes well it could launch the service elsewhere.

'My mom was a 17-year-old high school drop-out and a stripper': How celebrity tattoo artist Bang Bang went from a life of poverty, drugs and crime, to inking the likes of Rihanna and Cara Delevingne

Keith 'Bang Bang' McCurdy went from a life of povert to doing Rihanna's tattoos

Bang Bang, 29, recalls growing up in public housing and being raised by his single mother, who worked as an exotic dancer to support him, in his new memoir, Bang Bang: My Life in Ink. The tattoo artist's life changed forever when a 17-year-old Rihanna walked into the New York City shop where he worked a decade ago. The singer (top right) is still his client, and he has since inked numerous celebrities, including Cara Delevingne (left) and Selena Gomez (bottom right).

'It's not you, it's him': New company The Breakup Shop charges $30 to end your relationship for you 

The new website offers a variety of services to end your relationship, including emails, texts, letters and an $80 gift pack which includes cookies, a copy of The Notebook and wine glasses.

Moment ex-teacher at a top New York public school is caught trying to sell a cache of guns to undercover cops he thinks are terrorists

Theophilus Burroughs, of Newark, New Jersey, who was sentenced to 15 years behind bars last week was recorded trying to sell guns to undercover agents he thought had ties to terror groups.

It's thirsty work! Burglar takes a time-out for a slurp of OJ in the middle of ransacking a California home

Footage released by the San Jose Police Department shows the moment a burglar decided to take a time out to slurp some juice, while in the middle of ransacking a California family home.

Indian chef dips his BARE HANDS in searing 200C cooking oil to fry street food... and doesn't suffer any burns

Indian chef dips his BARE HANDS in searing 200C cooking oil

Ram Babu (pictured) regularly attracts hundreds of spectators, who come to see the daring cooking technique at his roadside stall in the city of Allahabad in India's Uttar Pradesh. The 60-year-old cook can bury his bare hands into searing cooking oil heated up to 200C for frying fritters. Babu stopped using apparatus as a young man to save time - opting instead to spoon his pakoras out with his hands.

How Earth became the blue planet: Lava from deep within the mantle suggests our world formed with water already on it

Scientists at Nasa and the University of Glasgow studied water trapped inside tiny fragments of glass carried up from deep inside the Earth's mantle under Baffin Island, Canada.

That's one way to get your post: Couriers resort to riding HORSES after electric tricycles are banned in Chinese city

Couriers in Inner Mongolia, China, are using horses to get mail delivered after the city banned electric tricycles. The horses attracted a lot of attention and appeared to be very efficient.

An orange GLOW could guide us towards alien life: Researchers finds mists could be key to finding habitable planets

Research from the University of Washington (UW)-based Virtual Planetary laboratory has emerged suggesting a faraway planet might have potential to be the next Earth.

CAN-ouflage: Smuggler caught trying to sneak 48,000 cans of beer into Saudi Arabia by disguising them as PEPSI

Customs officials said the cans, which were part of a consignment labelled 'soft drinks', arrived at the Al Batha border crossing via truck. They posted photographs of the find on Twitter on Wednesday.

Pictured: Canadian couple who died having sex in Mexican hotel hot tub after husband, 67, had heart attack and smothered wife, 63, just days before their daughter's wedding

Charles McKenzie, 67, died after suffering a heart attack in the tub at the Playacar Palace Hotel in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. His wife, Dorothy, 63, was then submerged in the water and drowned.

Flyer-fighters! Firemen in Dubai are to be issued with JETPACKS 

The city's Directorate of Civil Defence has ordered 20 of the $200,000 machines, made by New Zealand-based Martin Aircraft Company plus two simulators for training.

Straight man commends 'brave' gay stranger who approached him at a wedding to give him his mobile number - in touching text message exchange that has gone viral

Straight man commends 'brave' gay stranger who approached him at a wedding

Chad, from the US, was given a gay man's number at a wedding (left). Chad text to say he had a girlfriend but applauded his bravery for walking up to him and the exchange has gone viral with 350,000 views and others inspired by the exchange to 'live in the moment'. Chad said: 'I'm sharing this to remind everyone to live their lives without regrets. Almost all of my regrets come from the things I didn't do, not the things I did.'

Texas plastic surgeon denies paying a hit man $9,000 to kill a pathologist who was dating his ex-girlfriend

Thomas Dixon, pictured left, from Texas, allegedly paid David Shepard to kill Joseph Sonnier III, pictured right, whose stabbed and bullet-ridden body was found inside his home on Wednesday. Sonnier was allegedly dating Dixon's ex-girlfriend.

Dr. Thomas Michael Dixon is on trial for the second time facing allegations that he hired his business partner to kill Dr. Joseph Sonnier III in July 2012, in exchange for three bars of silver valued at $9,000.

The secret lives of second-hand books: How one author made it his mission to discover the previous owners of pre-owned books

Second Hand Stories
by Josh Spero

There is something bold and beguiling about this book - it is also a little (good Latin word) pugnacious. The author's idea is simple - tracking down the previous owners of his second-hand books.

AI 'could put workers out to pasture': Real estate billionaire Jeff Greene warns that robots are taking over human jobs

Democratic Senate candidate Jeff Greene speaks Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010 in West Palm Beach, Fla. Greene lost the Democratic Senate primary election to Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Fla. (AP Photo/Steve Mitchell)

The Florida property investor said that artificial intelligence currently has the capabilities of a person with an IQ of 100 - and believes that the American economy 'could be heading off a cliff'.

I'm afraid you've failed: Driving instructor is killed when female learner loses control and crashes into the SEA on Colombian island

The learner survived after being dragged out of the rough waters by police who happened to be close to the scene of the accident on the Colombian archipelago of San Andres.

Australian woman has live PARASITES 'wiggling around everywhere' in her blood

Lyme disease sufferer Tahlia Smith had live parasites in her blood

Lyme disease sufferer Tahlia Smith (left), 21, from the New South Wales Hunter Region has flown to Germany to undergo controversial treatment where doctors found live parasites in her blood (right, inset). Tahlia was diagnosed with Lyme disease and co-infections babesia and bartonella in January this year. She fundraised $100,000 to undergo the treatment in Germany where doctors found live active Spirochetes, which causes Lyme Disease, in her blood.

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Petty went from hillbilly to rock icon in a 'fiery' relationship with Stevie Nicks to a heroin addict haunted by father who 'beat the living s***' out of him

Tom Petty escaped his dysfunctional home life by watching television and dreaming of going to Hollywood. 'I was used to living in hell,' reveals the rock legend. Petty also opens up about his family.

Bridge deck from doomed ship El Faro which vanished with 33 crew onboard during Hurricane Joaquin is found but investigators are still searching for the black box

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Investigators have found the bridge deck but a search is still underway by Navy remote underwater vehicles for EL Faro's voyage data recorder or that was attached to the bridge deck.

One man's incredible will to survive: Adrift in the Pacific for 14 months, fisherman caught seabirds with his bare hands, chewed driftwood - and ate his fingernails

One day in November 2012, a fisherman called Salvador Alvarenga made a fateful decision to ignore bad weather warnings and head out to sea regardless in his 25 ft fibreglass boat.

TWICE as many US mothers die in childbirth as Canadian women, WHO reveals - as only 9 nations reduce maternal death rates over the last 25 years

The WHO report, published by the UN and World Bank, reveals 13 countries have worse rates of maternal mortality in 2015, compared with 1990, of which the US is one. Overall, deaths have halved in 25-year period.

Welcome to Donatella's house: Inside the ultra-luxurious Versace hotel where the ceilings are detailed in GOLD and every room was designed by the fashion queen

Versace Hotel Dubai where the ceilings are detailed in GOLD

Versace's five-star resort in Dubai (top right) is meant to look like a 16th century Italian palace and is truly one of a kind, as every piece of furniture and fabric was made exclusively for the hotel. With views of Dubai's glittering skyline, the high-end hotel boasts 215 rooms and suites, a stunning main lobby (bottom right), spa, eight restaurants and bars, and three outdoor pools (left). There are also 169 private residences with one to six bedrooms.

Smoking ban sought for all public housing across the U.S. over dangers of secondhand smoke 

The Department of Housing and Urban Development proposed a rule Thursday to require the more than 3,100 public housing agencies across the country to make their properties smoke-free.

Controversial $90million replica of Noah's Ark paid in part with tax dollars gets a July opening date

Currently under construction in northern
Kentucky, Ark Encounter will include a full-sized wooden replica
of the ship from the Biblical story of Noah and the great flood.

Former Motörhead drummer Phil 'Philthy Animal' Taylor dies aged 61 as former bandmates pay tribute to their 'dear friend and brother'

Taylor's death at the age of 61 was reported by his friend and bandmate Fast Eddie Clarke - whom Taylor introduced to the world famous band, on his Facebook page on Thursday.

Gone but not fur-gotten: Funeral with full military honors held for beloved service dog shot dead by a bicyclist who claimed the animal attacked him

Military service held for dog killed in Wyoming

A funeral (left) was held on Wednesday in Powell, for Michael (pictured), a 9-year-old military dog turned service dog for Sgt. Matthew Bessler (pictured). Mike was tragically shot by a bicyclist on October 10. Mike later became Bessler's service animal after the two were discharged and helped Bessler deal with injuries from his military service.'He was dedicated not only to his job in the military, but as my service animal,' Bessler said.

A spudding friendship! Brazilian teen gains thousands of online fans after dressing up a bizarrely-shaped POTATO as a 'little baby' and documenting 'her' life on Facebook 

Roberta Bernardo, a 19-year-old radio and TV student from São Paulo, Brazil, met her new friend while on a trip to the supermarket. 'She looked like a little baby with little arms,' she said.

'I'd do it all again... for you': Veteran, 93, gives a heartwarming response to a young girl who asked if he would go to war again as an image of their encounter goes viral

The photo - believed to be of Ralph MacLean, from Canada who served in WWII - has been viewed 1.6 million times since being posted on Imgur. He was asked by the girl if he would do it all again.

Economics teacher, 37, arrested inside Georgia school and charged with sexually assaulting an underage pupil

MCDUFFIE CO., Ga. (WRDW) -- The former Thomson High School teacher accused of having sexual contact with a student is out on bond tonight.

According to workers at the McDuffie County Jail, Jennifer McCall-Hubert, 37, has been released.

Earlier today, McDuffie County investigators confirmed McCall-Hubert had a bond of $25,000.

UPDATE: 4:30 p.m.

MCDUFFIE CO., Ga. (WRDW) -- The McDuffie County School System says a Thomson High School teacher is out of a job today.

Jennifer McCall-Hubert, 37, was arrested for allegations of having sexual contact with a student by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

McCall-Hubert was escorted from the school building Tuesday and charged with one felony count of sexual assault by persons with supervisory or disciplinary authority. Hubert is currently being held at the McDuffie County Sheriff's Office Detention Center on a $25,000 bond, according to the McDuffie County Sheriff's Office.

According to the McDuffie County School System's website, Hubert

Jennifer McCall-Hubert, 37, was arrested at Thomson High School on Tuesday and escorted out of the building after being charged with sex assault, which carried a term of up to 50 years behind bars.

'Exposing sex organs is a crime punishable by law': Angkor Wat introduces new code of tourist conduct that bans stripping naked, smoking and taking selfies with monks

Angkor Wat in Cambodia is officially cracking down on inappropriate behavior, introducing a brand new code of conduct, developed by monks, guides and UNESCO officials, for visitors.

Forget something? Shaq hosts Inside The NBA with no pants on and walks around the set in his underwear

Shaq hosts TNT's Inside The NBA with no pants on Thursday night

The surefire Hall of Fame player arrived on the set wearing a shirt and tie along with a suit jacket and not much else to the horror of co-hosts Ernie Johnson Jr, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley. While the cast of the Emmy-winning show joked about O'Neal's intentional wardrobe malfunction, the show cut to a pre-taped scene of a member of the production crew with the missing pants. The pants were thrown in a garbage can, which then exploded in a burst of flame and fabric after it was set on fire by a discarded cigarette, much to the delight of the rest of the members of the show. If O'Neal decides to get a replacement pair of pants, it shouldn't be an issue considering he has his own line of big & tall clothing at Macy's.

Fundraising campaign launched to fly World War II veteran, 93, from Virginia to Australia to meet with his long lost love after 71 years apart

Norward Thomas, a 93-year-old from Virginia, met Joyce Morris, 88, in London in 1939 and fell in love, but were torn apart by war. After tracking each other down, they two are trying to meet in person.

Terrified couple have their 'ghost home' in Argentina exorcised after eerie shadows appeared on the walls and their son even started drawing crosses to keep away evil spirits

The unnamed couple, from Castelar, Argentina, called in the bishop to perform the exorcism, which included chanting, burning incense and holding crosses, in a desperate bid to keep away the spirits.

Korean veteran who lost his twin children when they were adopted without his knowledge is finally reunited with them 40 years later

Allen Thomas, now 68, had twins James and Sandra with girlfriend Sun-Kim while serving in Korea in 1966, but was forced to leave them behind when he returned to America, before they were adopted.

Amazing space! Incredible footage shows a US astronaut performing a hymn on the BAGPIPES while working on the International Space Station 

Kjell Lindgren, a 42-year-old flight engineer, posted a link of himself playing the tune on his Twitter on Thursday. The specially-made bagpipes are from a company in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire.

Kindergarten kitsch: A fascinating photographic tour of North Korea's colourful and bizarre interiors which resemble Wes Anderson movie sets

North Korea's colourful and bizarre interiors in stunning photographs

London-based architecture critic Oliver Wainwright visited North Korea over the summer and was captivated by the pastel interiors he encountered. Displaying his findings on a tumblr page, he revealed the kindergartens with flowered carpets (bottom right), plum-coloured theatres (top right), and coloured stadiums (top left and centre) and health complexes (bottom left).

Brave five-year-old battling terminal brain cancer who is beloved by University of Michigan football team enters hospice care after his health deteriorates

From the facebook stream of Tammi Curtis Carr, with her son Chad

Chad Carr, son of former Michigan quarterback Jason Carr, has inspired hundreds from the University of Michigan to rally around him in his fight against Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma.

Shocking video shows tiny Palestinian boy given a flick knife and egged on by adults to fight and 'spill Jewish blood'... before he runs away scared and hides in a cupboard

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This is the moment a young Palestinian child was filmed holding a knife, encouraged by an adult urging him to fight. According to one report , the toddler was told to 'spill Jewish blood'.

Toddler is turned into a fire-breathing GODZILLA in special effects video after her father is inspired by her temper tantrum

William Zilliox, 32, from Texas, turned his daughter Patricia, two, into 'Godzilly'. The two-minute clip, which features skyscrapers made out of boxes, has been viewed more than 50,000 times on YouTube.

High school basketball coach on leave after allegations he orchestrated play to slam opponent in the face with the ball

Cache High School girls basketball coach Kenny White (pictured) is under investigation for allegedly designing a play with a goal of breaking an opponent's nose during a game on February 10.

A MONSTER of a yacht: Kraken concept is 200ft long with spiral staircases, luxury sleeping quarters and a helipad at the bow

Kraken yacht concept is 200ft long with spiral staircases and a helipad

The concept luxury yacht (pictured left and bottom right) is a catamaran-style ship with four decks including accommodation in each hull. It was created by Sweden-based designer Eduard Gray. It features a large beach club and reception area at the aft of the yacht and space for a helipad at the bow. The proposed 200ft (60-metre) ship has a top speed of 35 knots and in red and chrome with stained teak decking. Kraken was designed by the same team that created the Vapour GT concept car (top right), a Batmobile-esque supercar with top speeds of 180mph (290km/h).

   

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He's no rocket scientist: Teenager screams in agony after launching fireworks directly into his chest as an 'experiment' 

Teen screams after launching fireworks into his chest on video

The video, called 'Learning The Hard Way' shows the schoolboy (left) fixing two plastic bottles to his upper body before loading them with the ignited rockets. Seconds later, the teenager lets out a high-pitched scream as the fireworks begin to shoot out sparks before he starts to hop around the room. Unable to bear the pain any longer, he pulls the rockets out and points them towards the floor (right).

One more hug please! Watch the adorable moment orphaned kangaroo joey Indi refuses to let go of her handler

Video has captured the heart warming moment an orphaned kangaroo joey is being very affectionate by hugging her handler at the Kangaroo Sanctuary in Alice Springs, central Australia.

Amazing Race goes viral as next series features the stars of YouTube, Vine and Instagram

The next series of award-winning reality series The Amazing Race is going viral. For season 28, the long-running CBS show will include the stars of Instagram, YouTube and Vine.

Commuter rage! Shocking video shows two women PUNCHING each other during public brawl on subway platform because one didn't walk fast enough

Two women PUNCH each other on video on subway platform in China

A quarrel, which started as two woman disembarked a Chinese metro train, culminated in a full-on grapple fight (pictured) dangerously close to the edge of the platform. The tiff began after one woman asked the other to 'hurry up' as lots of people pushed to leave the station in Wuhan, central China, during rush hour yesterday. A video of the well-dressed duo, who had never met prior to the incident, coming to blows went viral on Chinese social media platform Weibo.

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Is this the end of hobo chic? Barber heads out onto the streets to give the homeless free trendy haircuts

Exeter barber Joshua Coombes gives the homeless free haircuts

Hairdresser Joshua Coombes (left), 28, was inspired by a similar scheme he saw running while on a trip to New York and decided to start his own when he got home to the UK. He now faces huge queues when he sets up shop on the streets of the city, which he does after a full day of work at a local salon. The people he helps (right) are transformed by the haircuts and he says that it 'breaks the generalization' experienced by many people who sleep rough.

They're adder-ly clueless! Five firefighters struggle to squeeze 10ft snake into a tiny plastic bag in China 

The emergency workers arrived at the Guangxi region equipped with a tiny bag, a plastic sack and a short stick on Thursday after the huge snake was discovered in an open grass area.

Now THAT'S a watering hole! Herd of elephants slurp water from a luxury camp's swimming pool in South Africa

The group of tourists were sitting looking out over their veranda while eating at nThambo Tree Camp in the Kruger National Park, South Africa, when the animals arrived and took a long drink.

Baby elephant takes a tumble while running down a hill... and trips up his brother who SQUASHES him 

The calamitous calf was filmed reaching the steepest part of a hill, losing his balance and taking a tumble at Biyamiti Camp in the Kruger National Park in South Africa.

Incredible film shows trio of adventurers traverse Iceland's breathtaking landscape of otherworldly glaciers and deadly icebergs

Photographer Tim Kemplejoins, from Salt Lake City, took Europe's best ice climbers to Iceland, where they scaled icebergs and a glacier so large it can be seen from space.

The moment heavy winds sends a staircase hurtling across the tarmac and into a plane 

As a brief tornado hit Des Moines International Airport in Iowa on Wednesday, a passenger waiting for their flight recorded the accident.

Dazed camel ends up sitting inside a car and its injured occupants sprawled on the roadside after bizarre crash in Saudi Arabia

Shocking moment camel ends up in front seat of car after man drove into it

WARNING. GRAPHIC CONTENT: The camel became lodged in the front seat of the car, with its head left poking out of the shattered windscreen in the accident in Saudi Arabia.

'You have a horse face. Your girlfriend is a whore': Horrific racist abuse suffered by white British man and his partner while travelling on a train in Taiwan 

Christopher Raymond Hall and his girlfriend were travelling on a busy train when a man began abusing them, so Mr Hall's partner began recording the verbal attack on her smartphone.

Nice arts! Baffling live art show sees nude performers 'prowl around like lions to explore the physicality of the human form'... but the audience is left looking nonplussed

Xavier Le Roy's 'Temporary Title' sees naked performers lie on a Sydney floor

Twelve performers strip bare naked and lie on the floor (pictured in main) in front of an audience (pictured bottom right inset), for a provocative live art performance by French choreographer and artist Xavier Le Roy showing at Carriageworks in Redfern, south of Sydney. The naked performers strike poses and prowl like lions for a live art project that looks to challenge perceptions of the naked human body and its capacity for physical expression.

   

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