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A 21-year-old student who went missing earlier this week has been confirmed dead by her father. Samantha Josephson was not seen again after getting into the back of a stranger's car, after mistaking it for an Uber. Her designated Uber driver cancelled her ride when she failed to show at…
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A woman has spoken out about how she lost her forehead and two teeth in a car crash after resting her feet on the dashboard of her boyfriend's car. Grainne Kealy's knees were sent flying into her face when the airbags inflated at 200 MPH, when the jeep she was…
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A shopping mall's attempt to make their site more appealing with some wildlife went drastically wrong recently after one of the fish was spotted eating its feathered friends. Lakeside shopping centre in Thurrock, England, was forced to remove an 11kg (24lb) catfish from a man-made lake because it kept attacking…
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A woman from West London is to be jailed for a decade for falsely accusing over a dozen men of sexually assaulting her. 27-year-old Jemma Beale, who hails from Bedfont, was handed a lengthy prison sentence for perverting the course of justice and perjuring innocent men in 2017, one of…
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A woman in Xiamen City, China, has reportedly given birth to twins - from two different fathers. And while it may be your first instinct to assume this isn't possible, it's actually backed up by scientific research as a rare occurrence in some pregnancies. The Chinese news site Strait Herald…
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One month after giving birth, most women are beginning to find their feet as new mothers. But what if you gave birth to two more children just 26 days after having your first baby? This is exactly what happened to one young woman in Bangladesh. Arifa Sultana gave birth to…
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A hairdresser from London has been giving free haircuts to homeless people living rough. Joshua Coombes goes out into the streets of Britain's capital, cutting hair and trimming beards to give them amazing transformations. But 31-year-old Joshua Coombes doesn't just cut hair, he also talks to the people he helps,…
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A long-fought debate has finally reached something of a conclusion, with Facebook announcing on Wednesday that white nationalism and white separatism will soon be banned on both Facebook and Instagram. Facebook has repeatedly been criticised for allowing hate speech to flourish and, separately, was accused of allowing misinformation to spread…
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Last August, a video of a woman pushing her teenage friend off a bridge went viral after it transpired that the girl had suffered severe injuries from the incident. Jordan Holgerson, 16, was left with six broken ribs, punctured lungs, and air bubbles in her chest after Taylor Smith (who…
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Back in January, Empire star Jussie Smollett made headlines after allegedly suffering a racially-motivated attack. The 36-year-old actor told police he had been attacked by two "unknown males" dressed in black at around 2 am in downtown Chicago. He reported that they had called him "racial and homophobic slurs," hit…
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A teenage employee at an American car rental company allegedly spiked his co-workers' drinks with LSD to "remove their negative energy". The Missouri 19-year-old, who works at Enterprise Rent-A-Car, is facing possible charges of second-degree assault and possession of a controlled substance after admitting to adding the hallucinogenic drug to…
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Every time society takes two steps forward with progress for the LGBTQ community, something happens to make it take another step back. Today, Amnesty International announced that "cruel and inhuman punishments" will come into effect in Brunei Darussalam from next week, making same-sex relations liable for punishment by stoning. "Pending…
