A 14-year-old girl who died of cancer has been cryogenically frozen in the hope that she can be "woken up" and cured in the future after winning a landmark court case in her final days.The girl's divorced parents had disagreed over whether her wish to be frozen should be followed, so the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, asked a High Court judge to intervene.Her grandparents sold a hou
In June 2016, a death was reported in a Yellowstone National Park hot spring. Details surrounding the death at the park were very sparse; the media only reported that the victim was an Oregon man who had fallen into a thermal feature in an off-limits area of Yellowstone. New details are emerging regarding the June 7 Yellowstone National Park death. The man who died at Yellowstone over the summer
Two white South African men will face trial for allegedly forcing a black man into a coffin and threatening to put petrol and a snake inside with him.Willem Oosthuizen and Theo Martins Jackson were allegedly filmed in a 20-second video which went viral, showing them push the lid of the casket down.Victor Rethabile escaped, although it is not clear how.He told reporters outside court he wanted just
An alleged thief was beaten up by an angry mob before he was burnt to death.The boy was set upon after being accused of repeatedly robbing local residents and businesses, and even threatening to kill people, according to reports.The incident took place in the Badagry district of the city of Lagos in the south-western Nigerian Lagos State.The shocking footage shows the boy holding his hands up as
A woman was trapped under a double-decker bus in London after it mounted the pavement while trying to avoid a car crash.Fourteen others, including the driver, were also injured in the crash in Ladbroke Grove, near Canal Way, just before noon on Thursday.Emergency services rushed to the scene where they found the woman trapped under the number 52 bus for a short while.The passengers were rushed to
American officials are facing pressure to resign after calling Michelle Obama an 'ape in heels'.In a racist Facebook post that has since been deleted, Pamela Ramsey Taylor – the Development Corporation Director for Clay County in West Virginia – compared the First Lady to 'classy, beautiful' Melania Trump.'It will be refreshing to have a classy, beautiful, dignified First Lady in the White Hou
An alleged child abuser accused of raping and killing a 4-year-old girl has been murdered after a mob stormed the police station where he was held and dragged him out to hang him from a tree.Locals from the city of Reyes in northern Bolivia's Beni Department were shocked to find out earlier this week that a child had been found dead in their community and emotions were running high when the attack
A shocking video has captured children chanting a racist slogan at their Latino classmates following the election of Donald Trump.The clip shows children sitting in a lunch hall and shouting "build that wall" as others look on while their Latino classmates are left crying.The shocking incident at Royal Oak Middle School in Michigan was posted on Facebook by Dee Perez-Scott.Dee wrote: "This happene
A woman and six men were killed in South London as the tram careered off rails and skidded on to its side.A man living near the scene of the carnage in East Croydon captured the 42-year-old driver's arrest on video.He said: "He did not seem physically hurt. But his face looked pained."A teenager was the first of the dead to be named. Crystal Palace fan Dane Chinnery, 19, had been on his way to wor
Hillary Clinton has won more votes than Donald Trump, even though she will not become the new president.On the morning after election night, Clinton had collected 59.4 million votes, giving her a 47.7% share, while Mr Trump had 59.2 million votes and a 47.5% share. But because of the way that the electoral college works, Donald Trump is the winner of the presidency. The Republican candidate has o
A father-of-six in the UK has been forced to flee his home under police guard after he said he suffered 'years of persecution' for converting to Christianity.Nissar Hussain, who converted from Islam 20 years ago, was hospitalised after one attack when two men, armed with a pick-axe, left him with a smashed kneecap.Last week, he and his family left their home in Bradford, West Yorkshire, to a safe
Three jockeys in the UK have reportedly been arrested over the alleged rape of an 18-year-old woman at a party.The alleged attack is said to have taken place on November 3 at a house in Chiseldon, Swindon, Wiltshire Police said.The Sun reported that one of the jockeys was arrested while weighing in for a race due to take place last Saturday.The trio, all in their early 20s, have been bailed until
Axed employees in the Tshwane CBD, SA, held their former employer hostage demanding that he pay them their salaries.They also demanded that he give them their jobs back saying they were fired on Monday with claims that the company was being liquidated. The company is responsible for cleaning the streets in the city. And they also provide security in the CBD.The workers claimed their trouble starte
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has comforted embattled South Africa's President Jacob Zuma during his visit to Zimbabwe: "We are happy you are still in one piece in spite of what the papers are writing every day."Speaking at the opening of a Bi-National Commission in Harare on Thursday, the 92-year old leader told Zuma: "Comrade president, we need each other even more now than before."Both lead
A woman in the US has been jailed on charges she killed her toddler son and sent a video of the boy's apparently lifeless body to his father in a jealous, vengeful rage during a text-messaged argument that lasted more than two hours, police said in a criminal complaint.Christian Clark, 21, of McKeesport, was jailed without bond after being arraigned on charges of criminal homicide in the death of
A 14-year-old girl who died of cancer has been cryogenically frozen in the hope that she can be "woken up" and cured in the future after winning a landmark court case in her final days.The girl's divorced parents had disagreed over whether her wish to be frozen should be followed, so the girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, asked a High Court judge to intervene.Her grandparents sold a hou
In June 2016, a death was reported in a Yellowstone National Park hot spring. Details surrounding the death at the park were very sparse; the media only reported that the victim was an Oregon man who had fallen into a thermal feature in an off-limits area of Yellowstone. New details are emerging regarding the June 7 Yellowstone National Park death. The man who died at Yellowstone over the summer 
Two white South African men will face trial for allegedly forcing a black man into a coffin and threatening to put petrol and a snake inside with him.Willem Oosthuizen and Theo Martins Jackson were allegedly filmed in a 20-second video which went viral, showing them push the lid of the casket down.Victor Rethabile escaped, although it is not clear how.He told reporters outside court he wanted just
An alleged thief was beaten up by an angry mob before he was burnt to death.The boy was set upon after being accused of repeatedly robbing local residents and businesses, and even threatening to kill people, according to reports.The incident took place in the Badagry district of the city of Lagos in the south-western Nigerian Lagos State.The shocking footage shows the boy holding his hands up as 
A woman was trapped under a double-decker bus in London after it mounted the pavement while trying to avoid a car crash.Fourteen others, including the driver, were also injured in the crash in Ladbroke Grove, near Canal Way, just before noon on Thursday.Emergency services rushed to the scene where they found the woman trapped under the number 52 bus for a short while.The passengers were rushed to 
American officials are facing pressure to resign after calling Michelle Obama an 'ape in heels'.In a racist Facebook post that has since been deleted, Pamela Ramsey Taylor – the Development Corporation Director for Clay County in West Virginia – compared the First Lady to 'classy, beautiful' Melania Trump.'It will be refreshing to have a classy, beautiful, dignified First Lady in the White Hou
An alleged child abuser accused of raping and killing a 4-year-old girl has been murdered after a mob stormed the police station where he was held and dragged him out to hang him from a tree.Locals from the city of Reyes in northern Bolivia's Beni Department were shocked to find out earlier this week that a child had been found dead in their community and emotions were running high when the attack
A shocking video has captured children chanting a racist slogan at their Latino classmates following the election of Donald Trump.The clip shows children sitting in a lunch hall and shouting "build that wall" as others look on while their Latino classmates are left crying.The shocking incident at Royal Oak Middle School in Michigan was posted on Facebook by Dee Perez-Scott.Dee wrote: "This happene
A woman and six men were killed in South London as the tram careered off rails and skidded on to its side.A man living near the scene of the carnage in East Croydon captured the 42-year-old driver's arrest on video.He said: "He did not seem physically hurt. But his face looked pained."A teenager was the first of the dead to be named. Crystal Palace fan Dane Chinnery, 19, had been on his way to wor
Hillary Clinton has won more votes than Donald Trump, even though she will not become the new president.On the morning after election night, Clinton had collected 59.4 million votes, giving her a 47.7% share, while Mr Trump had 59.2 million votes and a 47.5% share. But because of the way that the electoral college works, Donald Trump is the winner of the presidency. The Republican candidate has o
A father-of-six in the UK has been forced to flee his home under police guard after he said he suffered 'years of persecution' for converting to Christianity.Nissar Hussain, who converted from Islam 20 years ago, was hospitalised after one attack when two men, armed with a pick-axe, left him with a smashed kneecap.Last week, he and his family left their home in Bradford, West Yorkshire, to a safe 
Three jockeys in the UK have reportedly been arrested over the alleged rape of an 18-year-old woman at a party.The alleged attack is said to have taken place on November 3 at a house in Chiseldon, Swindon, Wiltshire Police said.The Sun reported that one of the jockeys was arrested while weighing in for a race due to take place last Saturday.The trio, all in their early 20s, have been bailed until 
Axed employees in the Tshwane CBD, SA, held their former employer hostage demanding that he pay them their salaries.They also demanded that he give them their jobs back saying they were fired on Monday with claims that the company was being liquidated. The company is responsible for cleaning the streets in the city. And they also provide security in the CBD.The workers claimed their trouble starte
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has comforted embattled South Africa's President Jacob Zuma during his visit to Zimbabwe: "We are happy you are still in one piece in spite of what the papers are writing every day."Speaking at the opening of a Bi-National Commission in Harare on Thursday, the 92-year old leader told Zuma: "Comrade president, we need each other even more now than before."Both lead
A woman in the US has been jailed on charges she killed her toddler son and sent a video of the boy's apparently lifeless body to his father in a jealous, vengeful rage during a text-messaged argument that lasted more than two hours, police said in a criminal complaint.Christian Clark, 21, of McKeesport, was jailed without bond after being arraigned on charges of criminal homicide in the death of 
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