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In 1945, days before the end of the Second World War, the USS Indianapolis was sunk by a Japanese torpedo. Hundreds of sailors were left to fight off attack after attack by sharks. A new film - USS Indianapolis: Men Of Courage (pictured, left) - has just come out on DVD. But it really does not do justice to the story of the crew (top right), many of whom survived (bottom right).

A California sex offender was sentenced to death on Friday for kidnapping and murdering four women during a six-month span in Orange County. Steven Dean Gordon (pictured in court on Friday), who was convicted last year of killing the women in 2013 and 2014, was sentenced in Superior Court in Santa Ana. Some of the killings took place while the now-48-year-old was being tracked via a GPS monitoring device he wore on his ankle due to previous sex crime convictions.

Pan American Airlines pioneered the era of commercial flight from its bold inception in the late 1920s and won fame as history's most iconic airline, thanks in part to its alluring ads and trailblazing routes. Pictured, clockwise from the left, one of their attractive posters, and the twin-engined amphibious aircraft model, the Sikorsky S-38. Inset is the company's first logo from 1929.

Sarah Stern (top inset), of Neptune City, New Jersey, was allegedly strangled to death by former high school classmate Liam McAtasney (right), 19, when he was robbing her in early December. The 19-year-old was then allegedly thrown off a 50 foot bridge by McAtasney and his friend Preston Taylor (left), who had taken Stern to prom in 2014. Her father parents (bottom inset) faced the men responsible for his only child's death on Thursday. All three teenagers had attended the same high school in Neptune City, New Jersey. McAtasney was allegedly robbing Stern after she had recently withdrawn a large sum of money from a bank.

Some of America's richest people are spending billions quietly preparing for a global Apocalypse and building boltholes in New Zealand. They include the billionaire hedge-fund pioneer Julian Robertson (third from left) and the Hollywood film director James Cameron (third from right). Others, like Mark Zuckerberg (far left) and Larry Ellison (far right), have chosen Hawaii. They fear nuclear war (inset) and the collapse of western civilisation. Steve Huffman (second from right), co-founder of Reddit, has had laser surgery because he does not want to rely on post-apocalyptic opticians.

The comedian said Friday he and his wife had no idea she had a condition that caused blockages in her arteries. The blockages, combined with her taking the medications Adderall, Xanax and the pain medication fentanyl, caused his wife's death in April 2016, according to Patton Oswalt, who said coroner's officials had informed him of his wife's cause of death. 'We learned today the combination of drugs in Michelle's system, along with a condition we were unaware of, proved lethal,' Oswalt said. Los Angeles coroner's Lieutenant David Smith said McNamara's cause of death remains listed as pending.

The Celebrity Apprentice host told the Men's Journal he suggested the idea to his assistant when he proposed organizing a one-hour meeting with his predecessor. But insisted he had to be 'above all that' and would instead just put him on the spot. The former Governor of California said he made the remarks after Trump tweeted about the opening night ratings of the NBC show he left before taking office. 'I said, "Let's sit on it for an hour," ' Schwarzenegger told the magazine. 'I called my assistant and said, "I think what we really should do is request a meeting and go back to New York.... And then we just smash his face into the table."' Schwarzenegger, who has been vocal in his opposition against Trump, shot back at president's Friday morning tweet that trashed his record as Governor. But where Trump used words, Schwarzenegger opted to simply link to a 2006 article about how he released his tax records. 

President Donald Trump reunited with First Lady Melania Trump on Friday afternoon for his first weekend getaway from the White House after a whirlwind week which left Washington - and the world - reeling. 'I told you I'd win that election,' he told a crowd that welcomed him in Palm Beach after a flight aboard Air Force One. The first lady gave him a kiss at the bottom of the stairs he used to exit the presidential aircraft after the flight from outside Washington.
Traveling with the president aboard Air Force One was Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman, who chairs a panel of business CEOs for the president. The first lady has had no public appearances since the inauguration. She has been at the couple's Trump Tower home in New York while their 10-year-old son Barron attends school.

Transexual and transgender people are often shunned in the largely conservative country, and many choose to retreat to a community on the island of Java. Here they could, until last year, attend an Islamic boarding school for transgender learners, thought to be the only one in the world. Now the waria - a term which combines the Indonesian words 'wanita' and 'pria', which mean woman and man - often gather in the building to pray, but the school shut after a public outcry last year. Nevertheless, defiant teachers continue to hold occasional classes for those of the 42 students who continue their learning.

The 41st president was released from Houston Methodist Hospital on Monday The 92-year-old was diagnosed and treated for pneumonia in early January Heartwarming picture with nephew Joe Ellis was tweeted by Broncos Greg Aiello Bush Sr will make an appearance in the Houston Super Bowl for the coin toss.

Hand in hand, Prince Harry and his actress girlfriend Meghan Markle (left) walk through the streets of London as rumors of an impending engagement continue to grow. The prince was pictured holding hands with the American-born divorcee (inset), who has been spending a lot of time with him at Kensington Palace since the beginning of the year, after a romantic dinner at trendy private members' club Soho House on Wednesday. Harry, 32, was said by onlookers to be relaxed about being photographed with his new love (right), which is being seen by royal watchers as a sign of how seriously he is taking the relationship. Another indication is that Miss Markle, 35, who is based in Canada where she films the hit television show Suits, has found a sitter for her dogs, Guy and Bogart, who live with her in Toronto.

Dental technician Gary Archer has been creating cinema's chompers for more than 20 years. Archer, a Los Angeles-based British expat, is a dental technician known for creating the smiles of some of the silver screen's most memorable characters. He shares the story behind Austin Powers's gnarly grin, Blade's fantastic fangs and other memorable creations.

Sophie Gregoire Trudeau (left and right, with husband Justin Trudeau, prime minister of Canada) may seem like she has it all, with a beloved prime minister for a husband, three young children, a successful journalism career and style to top it all off. But Gregoire Trudeau struggled with bulimia as a young woman, and counts the outpouring of support she's received as the most important gift in her life. The 41-year-old recounted her struggle and eventual advocacy at an event on Thursday in Ottawa, Canada, during the country's Eating Disorder Awareness Week.

The parents of a 13-year-old girl have been found guilty of bringing her to the United States from Canada to marry the infamous polygamous leader Warren Jeffs. A Canadian court has found former husband and wife Brandon J Blackmore, center, and Gail Blackmore, right, guilty of taking their daughter Millie Blackmore, left, to the United States for a sexual purpose when they arranged for her marriage to Jeffs in 2004. Their son, Brandon S Blackmore, revealed that Millie married Jeffs, and he told Vice that his other sister, Annie Mae Blackmore was also married to the leader at an unknown date. The family's sect leader Winston Blackmore is currently being prosecuted for polygamy.

Kala Brown, 30, will speak out for the first time after her dramatic rescue from being chained in a storage container and watching her captor, Todd Kohlhepp, kill her boyfriend Charlie Carver. At the time of the rescue, the couple had been missing for two months from their home in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Now, in her first public interview since her dramatic rescue, Brown plans to say later this month on 'Dr Phil' that her captor did not break her. She said in a statement on the shows website, 'No matter what he did to me, he did not break me. He cannot destroy me, and I won'.

Model Alexandra Kutas, 23, who lives in Dnipro, Ukraine, told Femail: 'I think this could be a real game-changer in the fashion world. Alexandra, who suffered a spinal cord injury at birth, has never been able to walk - but that hasn't stopped her from chasing her dreams. With the help of New York-based friend Blake Wind, who is also in a wheelchair, she was put into contact with acclaimed Ukrainian fashion designer Fedor Vozianov, who offered to make her the face of his upcoming collection in two runway shows.

Karl Vernon Williams, 36, is charged with assault after he is seen on video charging into a school bus and slapping a 16-year-old teen he accuses of 'messing with' his stepdaughter. The teen reported the incident when he got home and his mother called police. Williams faces various charges including assault and interfering with the operation of a school bus.

A neglected dog whose matted ball of dirty fur made her breed unidentifiable has had a haircut and given a name as the RSPCA launch an investigation into how she ended up resembling a 'dirty mop'. The tiny shih tzu has been named Rosie and was handed into a veterinary practice in Bury after she was found by a member of the public. In addition to her overgrown coat her flesh was covered in deep wounds and her skin was bleeding. Rosie is thought to be aged between three and six-years-old, had no microchip or ID tag when she was handed in to vets.

The Gulf Coast Bigfoot Research Organization (bottom right), which will appear Saturday in Destination America's new show 'Killing Bigfoot', responds to reported Sasquatch sightings, hunting down each specimen. Members of the GCBRO, which include former cops as well as National Guard and military veterans, have no doubts about the existence of the creature. The group says on its website that several of its hunters have witnessed it with their own eyes. They use night-vision equipment, microphones and thermal imaging to try to capture traces of the animal (upper right). But GCBRO investigator Don Mcdonald (left) said it's hard to catch a Sasquatch on camera, possibly because of the creature's sharp vision.

A section of sea cliff above a massive 'firehose' lava flow on Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano has collapsed and splashed into the ocean as tourists and geologists watched. A large crack in the section of cliff above the gushing molten lava stream gave way Thursday afternoon as scientists stood just yards away.  Geologists with Hawaii Volcano Observatory were at the site to monitor the crack when it collapsed,  and managed to capture the scene on video.

The impressive giant puzzle, created by German artist Clemens Habicht, features all the colours in the CMYK spectrum. This makes it extremely difficult to complete, as tiles next to each other are almost identical in colour - but not exactly the same. In the time-lapse video, the jigsaw builders can be seen completing the edges of the puzzle first, before moving inwards.