Erica Garner, who has become an advocate against police brutality since her father's death in 2014, has been put on life support in a Brooklyn hospital ICU.
"Those who believe in Islam should avoid participation in such celebrations," says the Islamic leader in his decree.
It is not clear whether the attack on 19-year-old Jasmine Vega was random or targeted.
The Queen also spoke about her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, and praised him for his support in the 70 years that they have been together.
The South Korean military is reportedly considering redesigning the decks on the new warship to ensure F-35B fighters can be operated.
The US president was heard telling one child on the phone to visit him in Washington and to come and meet him in the Oval Office.
Jacob Coker's father has a blood condition that doctors have been unable to diagnose and it has had him in and out of the hospital for two years.
Dean Cotter, 29, escaped from HMP Kirkham, where he was serving a sentence for tying up an elderly man and slashing him with a machete.
Elliott Lowe shared an honest account of their harrowing experience on Facebook, alongside some before and after pictures of his cancer-stricken wife.
The girl, Maggie was unable to hear clearly as she was born with two birth defects that left her without a fully formed right ear or eardrum.
After taking office in 2012, President Enrique Pena Nieto pledged to curb gang violence but the official data proves it has not had any effect.
Families reunite on the festive occasion and decorate the Christmas tree with colourful twinkling lights.
The boy went on to shoot himself after murdering the couple and is currently being treated at a hospital in Virginia.
Many of the victims of the blaze at the Davao shopping centre were suspected of being trapped in a call centre office in the building.
A 17-year-old boy from Knowlesley, Merseyside has died after taking ecstasy, police have confirmed.
Copenhagen police said a drug dealer carrying a stash of marijuana had a surprise when he mistakenly climbed into a police car.
Marquise Byrd, 22, was the front passenger in a car when a construction sandbag crashed through the windshield and struck him.
However, researchers also found that men are more responsive to the incentives attached to paying taxes.
Pakistani fire kills 4 Indian soldiers along disputed border of Kashmir as tensions between two countries over Himalayan region escalate.
Tiananmen Square death toll at least 10,000 and victims were 'remains hosed down drains' according to telegram by British ambassador Alan Donald.
Philippines Storm Tembin kills more than 180 on Mindanao island - latest typhoon from Pacific to strike the island country after Kai-Tak.
Shameless star Tina Malone was playing the evil fairy godmother in a performance of Sleeping Beauty at the Cloud 9 theatre in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.
Anissa Weier, one of two Wisconsin girls charged in the 2014 Slender Man stabbing of a classmate, has been sentenced to 25 years in a mental hospital.
She urged people to "remember the missing" during this festive season, saying, "we must never forget them."
London Zoo fire: Aardvark killed and four meerkats missing as more than 70 firefighters and 10 fire engines tackle huge blaze at Adventure Cafe.
"Ella began angry lashing out at family members, saying she wants to die and tried to run away from home in the cold" the heartbroken mum wrote in a Facebook post.
Video footage showed primary school teacher Lian lifting his foot close to the face of girl students in an activity room.
The stunning jellyfish-like UFO, actually turned out to be a "contrail from the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket".
Everitt Aaron Jameson, who calls himself a "slave of Allah", was plotting a truck attack in San Francisco at the Pier 39 tourist attraction.
The bodies of Clara, a fitness instructor, along with eight-year-old Karina and Yesenia, 7, were found in the family's Kelowna home in British Columbia.
