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Parents charged after 13 siblings found starved, chained in California

The 13 California siblings who police say were starved and chained to beds by their parents rarely left their dishevelled…

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Fake restaurant becomes London’s top-rated eatery

A non-existent restaurant supposedly based in a garden shed briefly became London's top eating place on travel and restaurant website…

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Chinese woman undergoes plastic surgery to evade $3.7 million debt: media

 A 59-year old woman from the central Chinese city of Wuhan transformed her appearance through plastic surgery in order to…

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Saudi prince ´arrested over leaked abuse videos

A Saudi prince was arrested Thursday on King Salman´s order, a state-run broadcaster reported, as outrage grew on social media…

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I’ll have a rat with that: San Francisco’s new rodent cafe

The rodent-borne bubonic plague may seem unappetizing, but for a few San Francisco visionaries, it proved just the inspiration needed…

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Girlfriend convicted in US texting suicide trial

A 20-year-old US woman was convicted of involuntary manslaughter Friday for ordering her teenage boyfriend to follow through on his…

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Girl persuaded teen boyfriend to kill himself so she could get sympathy as ‘grieving girlfriend’

An American girl has been accused of persuading her teenage boyfriend to kill himself with a string of text messages in…

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French artist succeeds in ‘hatching eggs’

French artist Abraham Poincheval, who famously spent a week inside a rock and two weeks inside a bear sculpture, has…

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US man dies ‘peacefully’ after told Trump was impeached

A 75-year-old man died “peacefully” at his home in the US state of Oregon after his ex-wife led him to…

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