The sister of a Hasidic Jewish woman who committed suicide by jumping from a New York rooftop bar has taken her own life. Sarah Mayer, (circled in red as a young girl) who was also known as Suri, 31, committed suicide at her parents' home in Borough Park, Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon, friends and family said. Sources told Daily Mail Online that she had overdosed on pills and previously spent time as an in-patient at a psychiatric facility. Miss Mayer was found at the home by her parents, the NY Daily News reported. The paper reported a law enforcement official said the cause of death was hanging. It is believed that a modified autopsy in line with the Hasidic faith was taking place on Sunday night. On July 20, her sister, Faigy Mayer, 29, (left as a young girl and right as an adult) leapt to her death from the 20th story 230 Fifth Rooftop Bar (inset) in the Flatiron District of Manhattan, onlookers said.

The Bush family gathered in Boca Grande, Florida this weekend for the wedding of one of their own - Marshall Bush, daughter of George H. W. Bush's youngest son Marvin.  Not only was the 41st president there to support his granddaughter on her big day, but her uncle George was too.  First cousins Barbara and Jenna also made the fete, which featured a tented reception, lots of monograms and even fireworks. Jenna and Barbara kiss their grandfather down right, while George W. Bush poses with Jenna's daughter Mila top right.

Kathie Fazekas, who works for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said she emailed her husband in Atlanta, Georgia, in case she would not survive the attack, which saw 19 people killed on Friday. She had been was on her way to the U.S. embassy in Bamako, Mali, and had just placed her hand on the doorknob to walk out into the corridor when the shooting began. She barricaded herself in her room at the Radisson Blu hotel as gunmen roamed the corridor outside, and even attempted to come after her - by knocking on the door.

Defence Minister Steven Vandeput tweeted: 'Police are asking the public not to report their movements on social media, please support & rt #BrusselsLockdown.' Instead of taking pictures of what they could see or describing police operations, Belgians posted pictures of cats.

Russia's strongman Vladimir Putin has been overseeing the daily airstrikes in Syria from a colossal three-floor war room in Moscow. Long rows of identical desks and computer terminals are crammed into the enormous space, filling up three floors with analysts monitoring activities in the conflict zone. Sitting at a desk on the central level of the first floor, the Russian President can be seen observing every detail. Putin is surrounded by his trusted military advisers, who have been working hard to shore up the Assad regime in Syria.

The Russian Defence Ministry confirmed that almost 500 ISIS targets in Syria had been destroyed by Russian jets in cities including the capital Damascus and the ISIS stronghold of Raqqa. Moscow launched a bombing campaign in support of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's forces at the end of Spetember. However, the bombing campaign has been stepped up since ISIS blew up a Russian airliner over Egypt's Sinai Peninsula at the end of October, killing all 224 people on board.

The flight headed to Los Angeles International Airport from Indianapolis diverted to Kansas City on Sunday morning so the three men could be escorted off the plane and questioned by the FBI. Southwest said the three men did not follow the crew's instructions during takeoff and continued to display 'suspicious behavior' during the flight. Passenger Stacey Lee said the men had gotten up and swapped seats in the last row of the plane while flight attendants were giving pre-takeoff instructions. The men were booked on later flights and no charges were filed. Passengers were deplaned for nearly two hours as bags were rescreened and K9 units were brought in to inspect the aircraft.

Donald Trump (right) has come under fire for retweeting made-up statistics (left) about murders committed by black people. The Republican presidential candidate was branded 'racist' by critics on Twitter after he re-posted the fake crime figures, which wrongly state that most murders of both black and white people are committed by black killers. Dozens of people quickly pointed out that not only are the numbers wildly wrong, but the 'source', the Crime Statistics Bureau - San Francisco, does not exist.

Megan Phelps-Roper (pictured recently, inset, and in 2011, left) had her first doubts about Westboro Baptist Church after other members were overjoyed by the death of actress Brittany Murphy (right), while she was saddened. A year later she burst out crying after reading about famine in Somalia while her own mother said it was revenge from God. Phelps-Roper eventually quit the church in 2012 and now has little contact with her family.

A neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee, is reportedly facing a huge spider nuisance. According to WMC , the spiders' web in North Memphis stretches half a mile. Thousands of spiders are said to be in the area. Steve Reichling, a Memphis Zoo curator, has said 'It's a mass dispersal of the millions of tiny spiders that have always been in that field.' Reichling told local media: 'The presence of these spiders tells us that all is well with nature at that location.'

Interior designers Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent's 2,800-sq-ft apartment located in Manhattan's Greenwich Village is on the market after they received several inquiries about selling it. The three bedroom duplex, previously described as 'the home of their dreams', appeared on the cover of Architectural Digest in October. The extravagant apartment on the 14th and 15th floors of a prewar building boast a wrap-around terrace, a second terrace, three wood-burning fireplaces, French limestone floors and a huge walk-in closet, divided into two sections.

You could never accuse Ronda Rousey of being yellow, but you can't say the same about her feet. After she was knocked out after a kick to the jaw from Holly Holm in Melbourne, her feet appeared to turn a bizarre shade of yellow and purple as she sat dazed on the canvas. It has sparked a furious online debate - with theories ranging from jaundice to mere dirty floors.

The helpless street dog, who has since been named Alice, was discovered lying in the back of an abandoned tuk-tuk in India (main). She was suffering from mange - a skin disease caused by parasitic mites that results in severe itching and hair loss - and her skin had become as hard as stone. The dog was taken to the Animal Aid Unlimited rescue centre in Udaipur, and after six weeks made a full recovery (inset).

NEW A Hollywood studio has paid more than $1million to settle the court-ordered restitution for Colton Harris-Moore, known as the 'Barefoot Bandit', in exchange for the rights to his story. The studio, 20th Century Fox, wrote a check to the U.S. Marshal's office earlier this month. It was the final payment toward Harris-Moore's restitution, according to The Seattle Times, and the 'Barefoot Bandit's' life on the run is now headed for the big screen.

The Zarnowiec facility (main), in northern Poland, was supposed to be the country's first nuclear power station - but it was never completed because of a public outcry after the Chernobyl disaster. Pictures show deep chambers filled with water (bottom right) - making it dangerous for visitors - and trees and bushes growing up around its crumbling walls (left). Motorcyclist Laurens Corijn stumbled across the power plant whilst on a road trip through Europe.

A Pennsylvania baby's brain tumor, which cannot be operated on, reportedly reduced in size following a kiss on the head from the Pope. Pope Francis kissed one-year-old Gianna in September, during a papal procession in Philadelphia. A comparison of Gianna's MRIs from August and November shows a noticeable difference. The toddler has a sibling named Dominic -- and the first name of the bodyguard who hoisted the girl up during the kiss is Domenico. The Masciantonios have reportedly credited this as divine intervention.

Chief executives, A-list actors and supermodels will be spending their winter holidays on these extravagant yachts as they sail from island to island in the Caribbean. One of the most expensive is Kismet (inset), which has a weekly rate of $1.2million (£790,000). My Seanna (top left) boasts an outdoor cinema and swim-up bar, while Skyfall comes with a wine refrigerator (top right) and cigar humidor. A stunning master bedroom awaits those who charter Callisto (bottom left), and for the ultimate party boat Christina O (bottom right) can accommodate 34 guests.

The sugar babes featured in the calendar from Danish dating site SugarDaters share stories of alcoholism and abuse to challenge the common perceptions surrounding its members. The 12 women, aged between 20 to 52, shared their moving testimonials and stripped off for a sexy photoshoot - including (pictured from left) Heidi, 44, who wanted to celebrate her 60kg weight loss, Noelle, 21, who lives every day like it's her last and Lærke, 20, a victim of abuse.

The little Schnauzer sprints out of the room and leaps onto a female who is kneeling down by the front door at the house in Utah after she had been away for a few days. The follows a period of heavy petting. The pooch acts as though it believed he would never see the owner again, leaping onto her face and neck. But all it seems the dog wants is a kiss, and after trampling over the woman's face once more, she exclaims 'It got my mouth,' and the dog is seen sloping off.

Canadian photographer Paul Zizka climbed into the heart of the Booming Ice Chasm (pictured), a 459 feet deep fissure inside Sentry Mountain, Canada, to capture a world that will never melt. Inside, crystal clear blue sheets of ice slides line the chasm. Because of the ice's solidity, some explorers have described moving along its surface as a feeling like flying.

Daisy the dog is so excited to run for the first time in her new prosthetic legs, that she has no problem overtaking her 'fur brother' in a race around Los Angeles. Her owner, Sheena Main, adopted the plucky pooch when she was abandoned on the streets. Daisy was born with deformities in her elbows, right shoulder and back hips, but is now every inch a blade runner.

NEW The 'mouse' (ringed) was spotted by amateur astronomer Joe White from Bristol. He noticed the bizarre rock on the ridge of the red planet's Gale Crater. Nasa has been beaming photos from Mars since Curiosity landed in 2012 and it follows on from the release of an image last week of a rock on Mars that is said to resemble Nabu - the god of wisdom to the Neo-Assyrians.

The cute images show the intimate moment a young cub tried to wake his mother in Kenya's Masai Mara national reserve but she takes the young animal by surprise by tickling his stomach. The cub can then be seen roaring on the floor with laughter after trying to wake his mother for more milk. The heart-warming pictures were taken by Husain Hakim Alfraid, from Safwa, Saudi Arabia,

Alex Bernasconi has travelled the world capturing images of mother nature at her best, and now has compiled some of his most stunning photographs into a new book, Blue Ice. The breathtaking panoramas reveal the spectacular beauty of the Antarctic landscape which is shaped by its extreme climate. Images include shots of the phenomenal ice arch near Paulet Island (left), a stand-off between an elephant seal and a king penguin (top right) and Gentoo penguins standing tall on an ice-capped island (bottom right).

Philadelphia-based Jessica Ruiz, 26, was born with arthrogryposis, a congenital birth defect that left her with limited use of her arms and hands. She honed her craft with the help of YouTube tutorials after being rejected by a series of beauty schools and landed her first fashion show job last month.

Foxie, who lives at a sanctuary in Washington, will not be parted from the Dora The Explorer doll and two trolls that she has adopted as her babies. She is so enamored with them that she has no interest in any other activities. But staff say that while it is endearing, it is also a sad reminder that she was never able to keep any of the four children she gave birth to during years in animal testing labs, which were taken from her just days after they were born.