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Connecticut man raped dead girlfriend thinking it would wake her up, court hears

Aaron Graser reportedly believed "the victim hated having sex with him so he figured that she might wake up if he had sex with her".

'Deranged' former student who shot dead cheerleader and football player was known to FBI

William Atchison, 21, was identified as the gunman who shot two students and injured 15 others at Aztec High School in New Mexico on Thursday (7 December).

YouTube prankster who cemented his head in microwave offers to pay fine for stunt

Five firefighters spent an hour freeing Jay Swingler after his head was trapped in a microwave. The 22-year-old has offered to pay the £650 it cost the fire service to come to is rescue.

Two jailed for "horrifying, cruel and barbaric" acid attacks on unsuspecting women

Joshua Jordan and Sadik Kamara were both jailed for 14 years for brutal acid attacks on women during two violent robberies.

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At least 25 race horses killed in Southern California wildfires

25 race horses have been killed after wildfire tore through stalls at a training facility in San Diego. The surviving horses were transported to the Del Mar race track.

Chinese boy, 13, 'filmed himself decapitating mother and throwing her head in a bucket'

A 13-year-old boy is said to be behind a gruesome beheading video that was circulating on closed group chat in Wenxing town of Dazhu county, Sichuan Province.

Dad arrested after video appears to show him strike girl with a belt over 50 times for getting Snapchat

30-year-old Alex Harrison was arrested after reports said a video surfaced appearing to show a man beat a child and shave her head because she downloaded Snapchat.

"I'm literally grabbing you by your b***s": Tory politician caught up in bizarre train row

London Assembly member Keith Prince was filmed getting into a heat argument with an unnamed woman which quickly became personal.

The Indian hospital that mistakenly pronounced newborn dead has lost its license

Max Super Speciality Hospital in New Delhi, India, has lost its license after mistakenly pronouncing a newborn baby boy as dead.

$100m Ponzi scheme mastermind flees US prison

The hunt is on after a US man serving 18 years in prison for orchestrating a $100m Ponzi scheme escaped from a minimum-security work camp Wednesday (6 December).

Anorexic teenage student starved to death after catalogue of NHS failures

Averil Hart, a 19-year-old student with anorexia, starved to death in a matter of weeks after a series of NHS failures, a scathing report has found.

Dramatic Footage Shows the Moment North Korean Defector Escapes to the South

North Korea has a 62-part propaganda film series about how great North Korea is

North Korea's long running film series about how terrible it is everywhere that's not North Korea.

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi may receive royal pardon 5 years after being jailed for 'insulting Islam'

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi may receive royal pardon 5 years after being jailed for 'insulting Islam', his wife Ensaf Haidar was told by MEPs.

Gang that can steal a motorcycle in less than 10 seconds banned from touching vehicles

Five men and six youths given banning order preventing them from touching vehicles following spate of thefts across Leeds.

Mohamed Al-Fayed accused of sexual harassing female Harrods employees, including two teens

Mohamed Al-Fayed has been accused of sexually harassing three of his female employees, including two teenagers, while owner of Harrods.

A Christmas miracle: Houston celebrates first snow in eight years

It snowed in Houston, Texas for the first time in 8 years. While the snow isn't that rare in the north of the state, the South just enjoyed a rare occasion to have a bit of fun.

'Angel of Death' Texas nurse suspected of killing 60 infants denies fresh murder charges

Genene Jones, a former nurse suspected of killing up to 60 infants in Texas, has pleaded not guilty to murder charges relating to five children in the early 1980s.

Ed Sheeran's Liberia appeal voted most offensive charity campaign of 2017 - is the award fair?

Comic Relief video featuring Ed Sheeran was branded "poverty tourism" by the Norwegian NGO that runs the awards.

Jerusalem Israel capital Palestinians protest Trump

In pictures: Muslim world erupts over Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israeli capital

People set fire to US and Israeli flags and destroyed effigies of Donald Trump in Muslim-majority countries around the globe, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Egypt and Indonesia.

Mystery over 'scary' amount of children who have gone missing in Enfield area

Police looking into possibility children and teenagers who have disappeared from north London borough may have gone missing together.

Somerset school abbots 'encouraged child abuse and sheltered paedophiles'

Adrian Bellenger, former abbot of Downside Abbey, accuses predecessor Father Richard Yeo of encouraging sex abuse and sheltering child sex offenders.

Manchester jihadi who wrote 'sniper specialist' on Isis application form jailed

Mohammed Abdallah jailed for 10 years after being found guilty of travelling to Syria to team up with terrorist group.

Photos: Palestinians and Israeli police clash after Friday prayers over Trump's Jerusalem decision

In the occupied West Bank, Palestinian stone-throwers traded volleys in the streets with soldiers firing tear gas and rubber bullets.

An old lady is leaving scarves for the homeless in Indianapolis

A Redditor discovered that an "old lady" had knitted about 20 scarves and left them by trees and poles in University Park in Indianapolis for the homeless to use.

Italian man 'murdered unclean grandparents with rat poison'

Italian man Mattia del Zotto arrested after police accuse him of using thalium, ingredient in rat poison, to murder his grandparents and aunt in Monzo, near Milan.

Did vigilante killer dismember sex offender father and strangle daughter?

Detectives investigating the double murder of sex offender Noel Brown and daughter Marie Brown in Deptford, east London are looking at whether they were killed by a vigilante.

Earthquake-proof house can fold in half and cost as little as £19,000

A new "earthquake-proof" house will be built to fold in half and cost home buyers as little as £19000.

Fake pants worth £1.5m seized in Christmas counterfeits crackdown

Calvin Klein underwear, among hoodies, fans and shoes impounded by UK officials.

'I cannot go back': 400 Nigerians have been freed from the horrors of Libya's slave trade

More than 400 Nigerians flown out of Libya to Lagos following outcry over migrant slave trade reports.

Ai Weiwei's extraordinary film about refugees is a call to action we cannot ignore

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is showcasing a new film, Human Flow, about 21st century refugees

Video showing teenage girl sexually abusing boy, 6, goes viral in UK school

The shocking clip was sent to students of Knole Academy in Sevenoaks, England, via Snapchat and Instagram.

Raped after confession: Catholic priest who murdered Texas beauty queen in 1960 is found guilty

Former priest John Feit has been convicted of murdering 25-year-old Texas schoolteacher and beauty queen Irene Garza, more than half a century after her death.