The weekend ended in tragedy for three people in their 20s found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in western New York state.
Kelsey Annese, 21, and Matthew Hutchison, 24, both seniors at State University of New York at Geneseo, were found dead inside Annese's off-campus home Sunday morning, according to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. They were murdered by Annese's ex-boyfriend, Colin Kingston, 24, who then killed himself, authorities said. Annese and Kingston had dated for three years and recently broke up.
This is the shocking moment a woman is allegedly made to walk naked through the streets of New York after claims her husband caught her messaging other men.
The shocking video shows the woman in a towel before the man eventually pulls it away, exposing her body to everyone on the street.
She desperately tries to preserve her dignity, at one point attempting to dress herself with the canvas cover draped over a nearby motorbike.
An 85-year-old man cut 140,000 yuan ($21,252) worth of bank notes into pieces on impulse and his son and daughter-in-law spent three months putting together 108,000 yuan in Anshan, Northeast China's Liaoning province, Anshan-based Qianshan Evening News reported on Thursday.
The son, surnamed Chen, said his father sold a house for 200,000 yuan last year and kept the money with him. In October, father told Chen that he cut 140,000 yuan out of 200,000 yuan into pieces, in order to let all of his children forget about the money.
Scotland’s leading tourist attraction towers over the capital city. The Royal castle has stood in this spot since the 12th century, since David I and remained the Scottish Royal residence until the Union of the Crowns in 1603.
Built on top of an extinct volcano, its geographical location made it one of the best defended fortresses in Scottish history. But apart from its involvement in wars,
Edinburgh Castle has had a colourful history to say the least. Here are some lesser known facts about the historical landmark:
A crying baby is one of the biggest frustrations for new parents, but one doctor has figured out how to calm a fussy newborn — and the technique is not only quick, it's surprisingly simple.
Dr. Robert Hamilton, a pediatrician who has been practicing in California for three decades, first discovered a solution when he was looking to remedy a common challenge for professionals in his line of work: "One of the challenges pediatricians have is trying to communicate clear and precise information to their parents, a lot of times over a baby who is crying very loudly," he notes.
While conducting a study about a link between breast size and heart cancer, Helena Jernström, an oncologist at Lund University in southern Sweden, discovered a gene that that about half of women possess is involved in breast cancer - and so is coffee.
This is the shocking moment a street food vendor cuts off his own penis after a heated row on the telephone with his girlfriend.
The incident involving the 21-year-old man, identified only by his initials of "HB", was captured on a grainy CCTV image shot in Yenisehir District in Mersin, a city on the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey.
We all love robots - but could we one day actually fall in love with one?
This is Android Geminoid F, an eerily lifelike humanoid which stole the show at the World Robot Exhibition in Beijing this week.
Created by Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratory at Osaka University, Geminoid F was the star attraction as people crowded round her to have their picture taken and speak to the android.
This is the horrifying moment a man burst into flames after climbing on top of a high-voltage electrical pole, reportedly following a row with his girlfriend.
After scaling the pole, he accidentally came too close to the electrical wires, and was engulfed in flames when thousands of volts coursed through his body.
He then fell around 15 feet to the ground, inflicting further injuries, Chinese media reported.
If eating gold is no longer highbrow enough for you, perhaps you can consider drinking it — as a foam on top of your morning latte. Thanks to some remarkable innovations at ETH Zurich, scientists have now been able to create a super lightweight aerogel out of 20 carat gold. Composed of 98 parts air for every two parts solid material, it’s the lightest gold that’s ever been created.
