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The Club Kids of the '80s and '90s burst onto the scene of New York City nightlife with outrageous outfits, over-the-top antics and a crazy lifestyle to boot. They ruled the nightclub scene and horrified straight-laced viewers of television talk shows, grabbing every opportunity to publicize their avant-garde existence. Their world came crashing down, however, when Club 'King' Michael Alig and fellow Club Kid Robert 'Freeze' Riggs pleaded guilty in 1997 in the killing and dismembering of Andre 'Angel' Melendez. Now, 20 years later, former Club Kids share what they've been up to since then - including Amanda Lepore (main, right) and, clockwise from top left, Michael Alig, Ernie 'Glam' Garcia, Walt Cassidy and Jenny 'Jenny Talia' Dembrow

PIERS MORGAN: Kim Jong-un must be stopped in his nuclear tracks by China before its too late. The world can no longer sit back and let this crazed upstart act with such brazen and dangerous impunity given the increasing size and power of his nuclear weaponry. The biggest threat to world peace right now is North Korea and the one country that can most effectively neutralise this threat is China. It’s simply not good enough for President Xi to stick his head in the sand and hope it all blows over, like China has consistently done in previous North Korean crisis moments. Xi has to flex China’s considerable economic muscle and do it now.

NEW While North Korea is meant to be shackled by crippling sanctions, its dictator still manages to fund a nuclear programme and his own lavish lifestyle.  Kim Jong-un supposedly does this by hacking banks, selling endangered species, Viagra and crystal meth as well as through a number of other illicit methods.   The illegal dealings could reportedly be bringing the isolated country's leader as much as a whopping billion dollars a year while the nation remains one of just 34 in the world relying on UN handouts to feed its people. 

Meteorologists say Hurricane Irma poses a 'serious threat' to the U.S. It's still unclear what route the storm will take, or if it will even hit America. But it's possible that it could make landfall in the Carolinas or in the Florida panhandle this weekend. If so, it would be a devastating second blow to the U.S., still grappling with the fallout of Hurricane Harvey in Texas.

Video posted on Facebook shows the shocking moment an aggressive law enforcement officer stopped two Illinois men from handing out supplies in Vidor, Texas. Jared Kirkendoll and Scott Green drove 16 hours to the Houston area to help victims of the Harvey flooding, only to be told that their efforts were not needed. Vidor police have said the officer in the video is not employed by them and they are thankful for the volunteers efforts.

NEW Democratic lawmakers are rallying around a last-ditch bid to save former President Barack Obama's program protecting illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as minors. Terminating DACA would be 'cruel' and 'inhumane' of President Donald Trump, Democratic lawmakers proclaimed on Twitter as they began the last day of summer recess. 'If he spoke to even one DREAMer he'd know it,' Florida Rep. Ted Deutch said in a Monday morning message. 'If he had any feeling. If he could be empathetic. If only.'

NEW The grief stricken parents of the man died at this year's Burning Man after running into a blazing effigy are speaking out about the horrific incident. Aaron Joel Mitchell, 41, was rescued from the flames of the festival's signature burning of a towering effigy Saturday but died after being airlifted to a hospital. Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen said the man ran through a human-chain of security officers at about 10.30pm Saturday during the burning of The Man event at the counter-culture festival. The sheriff said he was rescued by firefighters and later died at the UC Davis hospital burn center in California. His father, Don Mitchell, said it was his son's first time attending the festival and that they have not been told exactly what happened. 'The coroner asked us if he was depressed and we said no. He was really a happy guy,' his father said. 'Maybe he was slipped something. We really don't know. He was always very cautious about what he ate.'

The world's best and most full-bodied beards have been crowned. Thousands of facial hair aficionados flocked to Austin, Texas over the weekend to witness the crowning of the 2017 World Beard and Mustache Championships. The winners were selected from a range of categories including mustache, partial and full-beards. Best in Show was given to Jason Kiley (top left) on Sunday night for his perfectly-styled facial hair. MJ Johnson (top middle) took out first place in the cheek-beard category, while Norbert Topf (top right) was crowned winner of the partial beard category.

Mischievous wives are behind the pranks pictured here, and their husbands are the hapless victims. Pictured clockwise from top left: When a man asked his other half to make things 'sexier' in the bedroom, this wasn't what he meant; a wife demonstrates very little sympathy for her husband ahead of his vasectomy; this woman seems determined to embarrass her partner in the canteen at work; this man's wife got to his doughnuts before he could; another's request for a pair of ripped jeans was taken literally; and the woman who called her husband to help with a 'leak' in the shower had the last laugh.

A speedy 79-year-old driver took police in upstate New York on a wild high speed chase that ended on a golf course. Freddie P. Maliwacki Sr. (inset) was arrested and charged with reckless endangerment and criminal mischief for the incident that happened on Tuesday. He is currently being held in Broome County jail without bail. The elderly man was driving a 2010 Toyota Corolla when he was clocked doing 93mph on Interstate 81 near the town of Kirkwood by New York state police trooper.

The Duchess, 35, was on a tour of Warsaw when she was given a cuddly toy designed to sooth newborns and turned to Prince William and joked: 'We will just have to have more babies' (right). She speculated about having another child during the reception in Poland in July - just hours before she donned a dazzling ivory gown for a garden party in the Queen's honour. She was later seen toasting a glass wine later that evening (left). It comes as Kensington Palace announced that the couple are expecting their third child.

Kensington Palace took to Twitter on Monday to announce the news that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their third child. The tweet has thus far received over 65,000 likes from royal fans with the hashtag #RoyalBaby currently the top trending subject on Twitter. But on top of felicitations it didn't take long for wise-cracking netizens to share their hilarious tweets in response to the news. Several memes have already popped up in reaction to the announcement including one witty tweeter who shared 'have a break, have a kid Kate' parodying the famous KitKat slogan (left). Elsewhere, users remarked on the couples ever-growing brood parodying the announcement with movie sequels with one Twitter user referring to the royal heir as 'Royal Baby: Tokyo Drift'.

NEW Beaches all along the east coast were established as predominantly African American because Jim Crow laws prohibited them from vacationing elsewhere. Some, like Highland Beach, Maryland, catered exclusively to the black elite in the Northeast. Others, such as Carr's Beach, held raucous parties that were the platform for the development of rhythm & blues and jazz genres. A map, top left, illustrates a few of the most prominent black beaches of the late 19th and early 20th century. Due to post-Reconstruction and Jim Crow era racism, African Americans were prohibited from visiting most beaches that were open to the white public. With the formation of beaches that were entirely their own, black families could relax (pictured right), learn to swim (pictured left), and dance the night away in safe spaces - which paved the way for the African American identity in the United States and American culture as a whole.

Tens of thousands of costumed, paint-slathered revelers gathered on the streets in the New York borough in the early hours of today for a joyous Caribbean celebration rooted in emancipation. But this year, the festival took place with a large NYPD presence, through police barricades and metal detectors, aid fears violence could break out at the event. Two people were murdered at J'Ouvert last year, despite an increased police presence, and in 2015, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's aide Carey Gabay was killed by a stray bullet.

The University of Utah nurse who was grabbed, manhandled and put in cuffs because she refused to act unethically has spoken out about her mistreatment. Alex Wubbels (pictured left on the Today show and top-right and bottom-right being arrested by Dr. Jeff Payne) was arrested at her workplace on July 26 after refusing to draw blood from an unconscious man at the demand of a police officer who had no probable cause or warrant - leading to her being arrested. 'I think this resonates with people all over, and that's a really unfortunate problem that we... have to fix,' she told the Today show.

The story of an unsung unit of Second Word War soldiers who stood alongside the infamous 'Band of Brothers' as they fought to the last man to repel Hitler's last major offensive has been released in a new book. Images reveal how this unknown band of brothers dug into fox holes in the middle of the snowy Ardennes forest as they waited for the German army to advance, while others show troops stood over the bodies of their fallen comrades. In another picture a soldier can be seen aiming his rifle at a group of German prisoners, moving them on as they walk with their hands over their heads. The images are found in a book called The 110th Holds in the Ardennes by Walter S. Zapotoczny Jr, which tells the tale of how the 110th infantry 28th division held a line through the Ardennes forest against Hitler's army.

Prince Carl Philip, 38, and his wife Princess Sofia, 32, have shared the first image of their adorable baby son, who was born last Thursday, taken at their home Villa Solbacken (left). New mother Sofia looked relaxed and glowing as the tot slept in his baby carrier. The couple are already parents to one-year-old Prince Alexander (right).

Snapchat video shows a young boy as he kicks a little girl's feet from underneath her forcing her to fall on concrete. In another clip he jumps and kicks a little girl down with both feet. It's unclear who the victims and suspect are, as well as who recorded the video.

NEW Hilarious snaps shared on social media show how workers got their own back on the colleagues who were getting up to no good at work. Pictured clockwise from left: a colleague writes his apology in ketchup. Sarcasm is so rife in this office they keep track of it in funny signs. One worker was shamed for using the legendarily bad Comic Sans font. One angry woman labelled all the food that wasn't her's so she wouldn't have to share. A pair of co-workers debated whether Jesus would want them to share Diet Coke. Two Daves have a dispute over fridge drinks.

Video footage shows the moment a woman in China gives birth standing on the street on September 2. Medical staff can be seen attending to the woman. After she delivered the child, she left the scene with her newborn in her arms.

This is the moment that a lightning bolt blasted a tree sending tons of wood smashing onto the roof of a Canadian hunting lodge. In the dramatic clip a bolt strikes the towering timber with an explosive flash breaking off several branches - but just missing the hut. But suddenly the tree splits and heavy blocks of wood plunge down towards the lodge below. When the splintered timber hits, the building's roof is completely smashed as the man filming the video can not help but swear and yell in shock. The video was filmed by employee Oliver Dorion at the Bryson Lake Lodge in Mansfield-et-Pontefract, Quebec.

Intense footage captured on body cam shows the moment police officers in Mexico were ambushed by drugs cartel gunmen from the Juarez criminal organisation. Recorded in Madera, Chihuahua, footage reveals the moment the law enforcers in an armoured convoy react after being showered with bullets suddenly.

The clip, filmed in an unknown location, shows the pet looking longingly into the lens of the camera as its human pal warbles the Whitney Houston track. As his owner hits the iconic chorus the dog joins in. The pet doesn't quite catch Houston's mezzo-soprano town but opts to make the song its own with a baritone howl.

A police dog handler in Connecticut took the decision to have his K9 partner Hunter put down on Saturday, after it was diagnosed with an aggressive form of Liver cancer. Officer D'Aresta and Hunter served the City of Middletown, U.S. together since 2007.

This is the shocking moment a car was flung from a mountain as hundreds of tons of earth and rock were set loose by a dramatic landslide in India. The incident happened in Shimla, in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, leaving several vehicles and part of a temple buried under debris. A portion of a cliff started sliding after the region was hit with heavy rainfall late last week, according to reports. Just minutes before the landslide hit boulders began falling on the road giving pedestrians and motorists enough time to flee. Miraculously there have been no reported casualties following the mountain drama.

A chilling video showing gas masks being tested on schoolchildren by government scientists using deadly organisms paints a disturbing picture of life in the Cold War. The unsettling footage, which was taken in 1960, shows a classroom full of children no older than 10 being given a lecture about the biohazard safety devices by a visitor. The youngsters, who are the children of soldiers, are then led into a chamber where the mask's effectiveness is tested using a potentially deadly mix of microbial organisms. The children stay in the chamber for 10 minutes before being removed, with the narrator noting that 'a concentration much greater than could be reasonably expected during any biological attack' is being tested on them. The insides of their masks are then tested for any signs of leakage.

At home in Melbourne, Australia, baby Lottie was throwing a temper tantrum, much to the dismay of one of the Bannan family. Clenched between her jaws, the clever cocker brought over Lottie's old teething toy, showcasing an incredible memory, as the toy once helped to stem the nine-month-old's flow of tears. In the footage, Lottie suddenly falls silent as the toy is placed before her; Lady exits the room with a satisfied strut.

NEW The wedding of Marjona Hudoidodova, 22, and Saidsho Asrorov, 23, was a unique event, as the arranged marriage had been ordered by Tajikistan's all-powerful dictator Emomali Rahmon. Mr Asrorov, a passionate Rahmon supporter, had been approached by the dictator at a political even and when Rahmon found out he was unmarried, he ordered the local Muslim 'matchmaking committee' to find him a wife. Ms Hudoidodova can be seen looking absolutely miserable in her wedding photos, however looks can be deceiving, and it is in fact frowned upon in Tajik culture for a bride to smile, or even make eye-contact with her husband-to-be.

This is the dramatic moment a vintage Russian aircraft ploughed into the ground in front of stunned spectators during an aerobatic routine at the airshow in the town of Balashikha near Moscow. Video shot by horrified onlookers showed the Antonov propeller plane somersaulting through the air (inset left and right) before crashing and bursting into flames, with thick black smoke rising from it. Two people onboard died, but no spectators were hurt, a local police spokesperson said.

NEW A video posted online shows an adorable black cat noticing a feline clock and then trying to match its own tail with the swinging pendulum. After getting briefly distracted, the cat returns to its mission. Despite ardent efforts the cat never fully manages to match up with its mirror image, though the animal did come close a few times.

The Irish Civil War was a conflict that followed the Irish War of Independence and came alongside the establishment of the Irish Free State, an entity independent from the United Kingdom but within the British Empire. The civil war was waged between two opposing groups, Irish republicans and Irish nationalists, over the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Rare photographs show soldiers of the Irish Free State Army (main) taking a break in the capital city Dublin and a soldier in a firing position carrying a grenade launcher (bottom right). They also show the funeral procession of Michael Collins (top right) - the revolutionary leader killed in an ambush during the Irish Civil War.

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES. Ashok Bharti, 50, had reportedly been drinking alcohol before approaching the lone elephant near Kuanrmunda, Odisha state, eastern India. However, as he tried to take a selfie with the elephant, the animal charged at him, leaving Mr Bharti running for his life. The incident was caught on video, filmed by onlookers from a safe distance, and sees Mr Bharti tripping as he tries to flee the elephant. The elephant then runs over Mr Bharti, from Rourkela, Odisha, and injured him so severely that he later died.

If your working day begins and ends in a cramped train carriage or stuck in an inner city bottleneck, look away now, or prepare to be made green with envy. The 'world's greatest commute' has been revealed in an amazing 360-degree interactive video that takes viewers through coastal Norway on what really could be the most beautiful drive to work. The five-mile virtual journey starts at a single house in a sleepy-looking coastal community in Averøy but soon viewers are out on the Atlanterhavsvegen - or Atlantic Ocean Road - heading to Norway's mainland.

The contest, filmed in east Asia, was a real nail-biter with both sides taking the lead at times. Footage of the moment begins with the young man talking to the camera, which he holds with a selfie stick while riding through the streets. But then the woman in the mobility scooter comes zooming up behind him before overtaking as they cross the road. Realising he has been challenged to 'the race of the century' the gobsmacked skateboarder exclaims:  'Oh my God, we're getting schooled.'