Raccoon ‘dragged US baby across room’ in Philadelphia attack
A baby girl has been attacked in her room by a raccoon in the US city of Philadelphia, her family says. Four-month-old Jourini Black suffered claw marks to the face […]
Author: Elise Weatherall
Slender Man stabbing: Girl gets 25 years in mental hospital
One of two US girls convicted of a 2014 stabbing to honour the horror character Slender Man has been sentenced to 25 years in a mental hospital. Anissa Weier, 16, […]
Sesame Street to help Syrian refugees
Characters from the children’s television programme Sesame Street are going to be used to help teach children displaced by war in Syria. The Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee […]
Too fat cats? Russian circus under fire over ‘obese’ lionesses
“Greedy” fat cats at a Russian institution have caused a stir on social media, after incriminating pictures emerged online. But in the lionesses’ defence, the row isn’t really their fault. […]
Kenya teen’s court victory over police strip-search
A Kenyan court has awarded a schoolgirl four million Kenyan shillings ($40,000; £30,000) after she was strip-searched by police looking for drugs in 2015. Half-naked pictures of the young woman, […]
Police investigate four baby deaths at South Korea hospital
Police are investigating the deaths of four newborn babies who died within 90 minutes of each other in an intensive care ward in South Korea. The babies all went into […]
Japan court rules father legally responsible for secret IVF child
A Japanese court has ruled a father legally responsible for a child who was born after his ex-partner impregnated herself with a frozen embryo without his knowledge. The man conceded […]
France Millas train crash: Children killed as bus cut in two
A train and a school bus have collided near Perpignan in southern France, leaving at least four children dead and many other people injured. Twenty people were injured and 11 […]
Sea reptile fossil gives clues to life in ancient oceans
A new fossil is shedding light on the murky past of the sea reptiles that swam at the time of the dinosaurs. With tiny heads on long necks and four […]
Polar bear video: Is it really the ‘face of climate change’?
It is harrowing footage. An emaciated polar bear searches for food on Baffin Island, north-eastern Canada. Exhausted, it drags one leg slowly behind it, eventually trying to eat some discarded […]