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The L.A.-based shaman and 'spirit hacker' who has wooed Norway's Princess Martha

Shaman Durek, whose real name is Derek Verrett, 44, touched down in Oslo on Tuesday and was greeted by his 'twin flame', Princess Martha Louise, who he is 'madly in love with' (left, center and inset). The pair announced their relationship on Instagram on Monday. A friend of the shaman's tells DailyMail.com that they met when she was one of their clients. Verrett is a Los Angeles-based celebrity favorite who claims to be able to reverse ageing and says he came back from the dead after taking ill. He is the son of an African-Haitian father and Norweigan-Indian mother. Online, he says he first learned he was a shaman when he was two. He has been practising since he was 11 and counts Gwyneth Paltrow and Rosario Dawson among famous fans (right, top and bottom). While he told reporters he was there in Norway to 'spread love', he and Martha will embark on a five-city tour this weekend where they will teach paying crowds about shamanic exercises and meditation techniques. Tickets for the event are being sold online for up to $140 each. 

Trump believes the Democratic race is down to just Bernie, Biden, Beto and Buttigieg

'Boy, you got some beauties there!' the president said during a speech in Louisiana about energy infrastructure. 'Three hundred and fifty million people and that's the best we can do?' 'It's going to be one of these people,' he said, referring to Bernie, Biden, Buttigieg and Beto. So far 23 different Democratic White House hopefuls have declared their candidacies. Trump seemed to rule out Elizabeth Warren: 'Pocahontas, I think, is probably out.'

Also in the top five of the new Big 7 Travel survey were New York, Maine, Chicago. Mississippi, Hawaii, Philadelphia, St Louis, California rounded out the top 10.

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America should be the nation tourists are most familiar with - given how pervasive U.S culture is. But apparently it still has the power to baffle, according to a recent online discussion.

Kate and William met Harry and Meghan's week-old son for the first time today, it is understood, more than a week after Archie's birth.

Republican Governor Ron DeSantis will now decide whether to sign the bill creating the 'Soliciting for Prostitution Public Database,' which passed both houses of the legislature on May 3.

The president grinned as he asked reporters: 'You want to know something? You want to know something? We always win.' And Trump warned that he might stack even more tariffs on Beijing.

Traveling carnival worker, 23, charged with killing two women and teen

Virginia carnival worker James Wright (left in mugshot and right) has been charged with killing three young women in two states over the course of 18 days, in what he described as accidental shootings. Killed between February 28 and March 17 were (top to bottom), 17-year-old Jocelyn Alsup, 22-year-old Elizabeth Vanmeter, and 25-year-old Athina Hopson. Police found bodies believed to be those of Alsup and Vanmeter buried on properties near Wright's home in Virginia. Hopson's body has not been recovered.

Pat Brown is the 64-year-old CEO of Impossible Foods - a startup that is now estimated to be worth $2 billion and is back by celebrities like Serena Williams and Katy Perry.

FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2018, file photo, demonstrators hold images of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos near their faces during a Halloween-themed protest at Amazon headquarters over the company's facial recognition system, "Rekognition," in Seattle. San Francisco is on track to become the first U.S. city to ban the use of facial recognition by police and other city agencies as the technology creeps increasingly into daily life. Studies have shown error rates in facial-analysis systems built by Amazon, IBM and Microsoft were far higher for darker-skinned women than lighter-skinned men. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Departments will need to get board approval to continue using or acquiring technology. The legislation bans municipal use but not personal, business or federal government use of face ID technology.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and girlfriend Sandra Lee deny separation rumors

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and his longtime partner, TV chef Sandra Lee, have been forced to deny rumors that they have separated and are no longer living together. Cuomo, 61, and Lee, 52, who have been dating for 14 years, spoke out as it was reported they have been living separate lives for several months.Lee, who is best-known for her Semi-Homemade brand of cookbooks, magazines and TV shows, has been dividing her time between her home in Battery Park City in Manhattan and California.Meanwhile Cuomo, who was previously married to Robert Kennedy's daughter Kerry,  is living and working at the Executive Mansion in Albany, sources told Page Six.'[Cuomo] has moved out of her home in Westchester, and he has moved into the governor’s mansion in Albany,' a source close to Cuomo told Page Six. Another friend claimed their living situation has remained the same for months.It is understood that real estate agents have been at the location the Mount Kisco property ahead of putting it on the market.Speculation had mounted that the pair had parted ways previously when Lee was notably absent from the Governor’s campaign website as he sought re-election and appeared to be making a bid for the Presidential election.

A scientific paper explains how retired geologist and marine ecologist Mario Wannier found the so-called Hiroshimaites littering the beaches 3.7 miles from the razed city.

The FTC opened an investigation into Facebook's data dealings after it was revealed last Match that some 87 million users' data had been harvested and shared with Cambridge Analytica.

Explosive-laden drones attack oil pipelines in Saudi Arabia in 'act of terrorism'

Magnetic limpet mines were used to blow holes in Saudi oil tankers in the Gulf of Yemen yesterday, experts believe. The mysterious 'sabotage' has sent tensions spiralling in the Middle East as the U.S. blamed Iran and its allies for the attack - but both sides today tried to calm the situation. Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said today there 'won't be any war' while Donald Trump's Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, said the U.S. 'fundamentally does not seek any war' with Iran. It came as two pumping stations on a major Saudi oil pipeline were today attacked by explosive-laden drones, halting the flow of crude along it - just two days after the sabotage of four tankers off the UAE coast.

According to newspaper Haaretz, batteries of missiles which are designed to intercept incoming projectiles, have been deployed across the country amid security concerns.

The bulk carrier is the first North Korean cargo vessel to be seized by the US for sanctions violations, after years of cat-and-mouse games in which Korean shippers disguised vessels, used false flags and turned off transponders to avoid discovery

North Korea's state news agency demanded the US return the Wise Honest coal tanker, which was towed to American Samoa at the weekend, saying it violates the pact that Kim signed with Trump.

Jeremy Meeks insists he's 'in love' with Chloe Green after cosying up to model Andreea

He's well-known for his model looks and his romance with Sir Philip Green's daughter Chloe, who he is thought to be engaged to.   And Jeremy Meeks, 35, was pictured living the high life on Tuesday as he stepped out in the sunshine at the 72nd annual Cannes Film Festival.  The handsome chap was accompanied by a fellow model and Instagram star Andreea Sasu, 29, who walked alongside him wearing a hot pink trouser suit.

An investigation has revealed how two junior officers with the 'Zappers' of Electronic Attack Squadron 130 decided to draw a penis in the sky over Washington, DC, on November 16, 2017.

Selena Gomez joins co-star Tilda Swinton at the premiere of their new movie at Cannes Film

Selena Gomez, left with Chloe Sevigny,  looked effortlessly chic as she joined her ethereal co-star Tilda Swinton, far right, at the premiere of their new horror flick, The Dead Don't Die, at the opening ceremony of Cannes Film Festival held at Palais des Festivals on Tuesday.  The singer joined  Desperate Housewives star, Eva Longoria, 44, center, who stunned in a gorgeous dusty pink gown with a daring thigh-high split. The dress, which gathered in pleats across her left shoulder, was strapless on one side, with the beautiful silk fabric flowing to the ground.

The iconic comedian was best known for his role on The Carol Burnett show but he also starred in the series McHale's Navy and is the author of the memoir What's So Funny? My Hilarious Life.

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Pamela Turner, 44, was not pregnant when a Baytown, Texas, cop shot her after she allegedly shocked him with his own Taser.

Meghan Markle sent a  touching apology for not being at her 20-year high school reunion

Markle, 37, sent a letter in a Kensington Palace envelope (left) to her fellow alumnae of Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles as other members of the class of 1999 celebrated 20 years since graduating. 'Everyone was disappointed that they did not get to catch up with Meghan given everything that has happened to her,' said one high school friend. 'They were so excited to get that letter from her. She is remembered as someone who is very thoughtful.' The Duchess of Sussex's yearbook photo was featured in a display in the school (top right). The reunion was the day before she gave birth to Archie, her first son with Prince Harry (right).

'I absolutely agree!' Biden backs up voter who calls Trump 'illegitimate president' and says America is 'run by Vladimir Putin' – and then jokes that she should be his running mate 

Former Vice President Joe Biden agreed with a woman on Tuesday who called President Donald Trump an 'illegitimate president' who was elected with the help of Russian President Vladimir Putin..The exchange came about at a house party in Nashua, N.H., when the former vice president was taking questions from the crowd of voters. 'He is an illegitimate president in my mind,' she said of the Trump to applause and cheers from the crowd. 'Would you be my Vice Presidential candidate?,' Biden responded to laughter and cheers. 'Folks look I absolutely agree,' he added.

Elizabeth Warren rejected Fox News's invitation for her to participate in a town hall. 'Fox News is a hate-for-profit racket that gives a megaphone to racists and conspiracists,' Warren said.

Howard Stern says interview with Robin Williams about affair with son's nanny is 'biggest

The world's highest-paid radio host reflects on his 33 years in the industry in his new memoir Howard Stern Comes Again, admitting that he was a 'maniac' early in his career. 'I have so many regrets about guests from that time,' Stern writes in the book, which hit the shelves on Tuesday. 'Possibly my biggest regret was my interview with Robin Williams.' Stern, who is infamous for asking his guests about their sex lives, interviewed the 'Mrs. Doubtfire' actor in the early 90s. Williams had recently divorced his wife of 10 years Valerie Velardi after cheating on her with their infant son Zach's nanny Marsha Garces. He married the mistress in 1989, one year after the divorce, while she was pregnant with their first child. 'I was attacking the guy, and he was justifiably furious with me,' Stern writes.

Farhan Warfaa has flown to the US for the trial of Yusuf Abdi Ali, who he alleges was a colonel in Somalia's notorious Fifth Brigade and shot him five times after torturing him.

The next book Comey writes may be his prison diaries, with his fellow Trump-hating FBI

As Comey's behaviour has recently grown more defensive and erratic, there is a mounting belief that he and his FBI agents illegally cut corners and broke the rules in their zealous desire to stop Trump becoming President, and later - under Director McCabe - have him removed when he did. If that is now proven to be true, then the repercussions for all those involved will be incredibly serious and probably involve some of them going to prison. Comey needs to be asked, under oath, at what stage did he decide to proceed from a preliminary investigation or inquiry (a 'PI') to a full-blown investigation (an 'FI')?

Russian hackers gained access to voter databases in two Florida counties ahead of the 2016 presidential election, Republican Gov.Ron DeSantis said Tuesday.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Vladimir Putin for talks in Sochi, a Black Sea resort - with the Kremlin leader crowing that the Robert Mueller probe showed there was 'no collusion.'

Trump's job approval rating surpassed the half way mark in a Zogby Analytics poll. Trump earned 51 per cent approval from likely voters and 48 per cent disapproval.

Trump will build his wall through a national monument and a wildlife refuge home to 275

Barriers will go up at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, (pictured) and Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, both in Arizona. Environmental advocates who have sued to stop the construction of the wall say this latest plan will be detrimental to the wildlife and habitat in those areas. In Arizona, construction will focus on four areas of the border and will include the replacement of waist-high fencing meant to stop cars with 18- to 30-foot barriers that will be more efficient at stopping illegal crossings.

Thomas Ravenel 'offered Uber driver $500 to wipe cocaine off him', court papers claim

Thomas Ravenel's (left) ex nanny Dawn Ledwell (inset) accused the ex Southern Charm star of abusing illegal drugs and of domestic violence in a deposition, according to court papers obtained by DailyMailTV. The deposition was given as part of Ravenel's ongoing custody battle with ex Kathryn Dennis, 26, the mother of his two children Kensie, 5, and Saint, 3 (pictured together right). Ledwell claimed Ravenel, who ran for Senate in 2014, told her he had 'sniffed cocaine off his campaign sign' and offered an Uber driver $500 to clean the drug off him. She claimed Ravenel, 56, drank bourbon daily, once drunkenly 'vomiting down the bed' in his sleep, told her he took Viagra and 'something for bi-polar'. She also claimed he wanted Kathryn to abort their son Saint, once threw cigarette butts in the mother of his children's face for sleeping late.

Missouri police have launched an investigation into a Kickapoo High School student's racist video that was shared on Snapchat. He reportedly said in the video that 'we should f**king lynch you'.

An estimated 623,000 Americans with children younger than age 18 are addicted to opioids, according to a new study published this week in the Annals of Family Medicine.

Brawl breaks out after a man hurls racist insults and makes ape-like gestures at LA sushi restaurant when he was told he had to wait to be seated

A fight broke out at a California sushi restaurant after a white man hurled racist insults at several Hispanic and African-American patrons and even made ape-like gestures at them because he had to wait for seating. In the video, the man was told that there was a wait time for seating at the packed Aburi Premium AYCE Sushi restaurant in Long Beach on Sunday. The man, who was with a woman, is heard arguing with restaurant employees about seating when he tells a woman: 'F**king look over there b***h!' That prompted another man in the background to yell: 'Yo, get the f**k out!' After several F-bombs, the man then makes ape-like gestures at the patrons and is heard calling someone a 'monkey man'. While the man was still yelling, a black woman threw at least five punches at him after he lunged at another diner.

Monica Mencheski, 32, was drunk driving through back yards in Ashwaubenon on Friday when she crashed her SUV, carrying her three young children. She was charged with nine counts.

Scientists from the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, injected volunteers (pictured) with either E.coli or a placebo before asking others how sick they looked two hours later.

Shelley Gilbert told police her suspicions of son Thomas Gilbert Jr just moments after discovering her husband Thomas Sr shot dead in their apartment. She is due to testify against her son.

James Charles' career continues to go up in flames: Enraged fans of the 19-year-old YouTube star set FIRE to his eyeshadow palettes, as others deface and destroy the products in the wake of sensational online scandal 

Former fans of the teenage beauty guru are showing their displeasure with the YouTuber by taking it out on his makeup palette. The 19-year-old collaborated with Morphe on a $39 eyeshadow palette, which was incredibly popular after its November release - but since his feud with fellow beauty influencer Tati Westbrook captivated social media users, many customers are left feeling less than thrilled with their purchase.  So some have taken to destroying it, with at least one dramatically lighting it on fire in a metal trash can while recording the scene for a TikTok video.

A 27-year-old student has been arrested for eating free KFC meals for a year by walking into chains around Durban, South Africa, after reportedly showing off a 'head office' ID card.

Federal authorities allege Vietnamese nationals paid up to $70,000 each to a Houston-based woman so that she would arrange fake marriages with Americans in order to obtain green cards.

The NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center issued a storm watch earlier this week for Wednesday into Thursday and has since extended the forecast into Friday.

Isaac Kappy dies at 42: Thor actor who once 'assaulted' Paris Jackson commits suicide

Thor and Terminator: Salvation actor Isaac Kappy jumped to his death on Monday, according to TMZ. The 42-year-old made headlines in 2018 for allegedly threatening celebrities including Paris Jackson and Seth Green. The native Angeleno was also accused of assault against Michael Jackson's daughter, after 'allegedly choked [Paris] during a game night party' last year, claimed the gossip site.

The silver screen star left specific instructions in her will that she would not have a funeral or any commemoration of any kind, her manager and friend Bob Bashara told People .

Alexis Faye died hours after dancing the night away with her boyfriend of three years. After the dance finished, their group went to a friend's house to continue celebrating together.

Earl Spencer's third wife Countess Karen Gordon reveals changes to Althorp

Canadian-born former model Lady Spencer (pictured with Earl Spencer at Royal Ascot in 2015, inset) is still settling in to her first year living full time at Althorp (estate exterior bottom left), the final resting place of Princess Diana. She started planning renovations around three years ago, when Earl Spencer tasked her with remodelling the island in the middle of the manor's ornamental lake where Diana is buried. Countess Spencer (pictured in one of the many rooms with her husband, bottom right), 46, famously installed a bouncy castle in the silk-lined dining room for her six-year-old daughter Lady Charlotte. But that's not all she's been up to. In an interview with Town and Country Magazine she revealed she has shaken up the classic English country house weekend. Pictured top left, the grand staircase, top right, bedroom and bottom right drawing room.

Security researchers have discovered a new set of flaws in Intel processors that could leave users exposed to cyber-attacks akin to those caused by the Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities.

Some of the homeless in Sacramento have been digging into the slope of levees to create a flat surface for their tents, potentially compromising the entire structure.

Newly discovered color images offer a rare glimpse of 1950s America during its boom years

Wolfgang Wild has always been fascinated with the past, and in 2010 he launched a blog called Retronaut. 'It took off very quickly,' Wild told DailyMail.com. 'One of the posts went viral within the first few weeks. And it grew from there.' After several years and posting thousands of archival images, Wild decided he wanted to turn his attention to color images, and started a new website called the Lost Colour Library. The online collection features images, such as the ones above of 1950s America that show the country from coast to coast: a ferry crossing the river from New York City, inset, to San Francisco, top right, to Chicago, main, to a storefront in Michigan, bottom left.

Challenging new multiple choice quiz shared by the National Numeracy charity tests even the greatest math whizzes with problems from pesky percentages to tough multiplication.

Rosa Manjarrez Hernandez was attacked around 12.30pm on a sidewalk in Long Beach on Monday. She had been dropping off a gift to a relative's home in her neighborhood.

Adorable toddler steals the spotlight at a party with impressive moves while a cheering crowd gathers and copies his dance

The clip shows two-year-old Bryce Moody at a student party in Nashville, Tennessee, with his mother, as he decides he wants to boogie. As the students gather to dance to the groovy music, little Bryce, from Detroit, Michigan, jumps in and quickly wins over the crowd's attention with his swift moves. He can be seen bopping around and pulling impressive hip hop moves as the patygoers form a circle around him and begin filming him.

Matthew Farrar, 27, was arrested on assault of a child charges after his girlfriend fled to this 7-11 store in Lakewood, Washington, and called police saying that the man had waterboarded the girl.

Drew Pescaro, 19, posted the 21-second clip to his Twitter account on Monday. It shows him walking down a hospital hallway with an IV in one hand and a hospital worker's arm in the other.

Shocking moment a lane merge on a busy Texas interstate descends into a violent standoff as one driver smashes rival's car with a bat before his own vehicle is rammed from behind

A tense standoff on Dallas Interstate 635 on Friday ended up with one driver bashing his rival's car with a baseball bat before his own car was rammed from behind, causing his hatchback to spin around and face the heavy oncoming traffic. The incredible footage was captured by another driver on the busy road.

Shinesty, which prides itself on offering 'outlandish' clothing, is offering the Daytona Dong Sarong 'Jeado' Swim Briefs, which have recently gone viral.

An unnamed woman, thought to be from the US, was slammed online after a photograph was shared of her resting her bare feet on top of another passenger's headrest during a flight.

Houston firefighter cradles an 11-month-old baby after his desperate mom left him at the fire station when she was turned away from a shelter

Firefighter Captain John Nanninga (at left, and inset left) in Texas took in 11-month-old Duran (in his arms, and at right) when his mother, Corterra Payton (inset at right), feared she'd have to spend the night in her car after being turned away from a homeless shelter. Payton said she left her home with her son late on Monday because she feared an argument with her boyfriend would turn violent. In Texas, the Baby Moses Law, also called the Safe Haven Law, designates safe baby sites where parents who are unable to care for their newborns who are 60 days old or younger can take their children, with no questions asks. Payton was grateful the southwest Houston Fire Station 68 was able to help, despite Duran being nearly one year old. Her plan now is for the child to stay with his grandmother and other relatives in Cleveland, while she stays at a shelter for the night and works to get on her feet.

In the US, only two ingredients are broadly approved to block both kinds of UV radiation. There are 27 in Europe, but the FDA continues to block new filters that it claims 'may not be safe.'

Match announced today that it is beginning to roll out a new service called AskMatch which allows its paid users to chat on the phone with one of the company's dating 'experts.'

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Newly released bodycam footage shows the moment Texas cop shoots a knifeman who was stabbing a woman to death following frenzied 30-minute attack

Texas police have released horrifying new bodycam footage that shows the moment an officer shot and injured a man who was stabbing a woman to death. The incident unfolded just after 6.30am on December 15, 2017, after officers from the Austin Police Department received multiple 911 calls about a man stabbing a woman at a home on Lynnwood Street. In the video, the man, who was later identified as Aubrey Garrett, 52, is seen standing over Andrea Faye Lindsey and stabbing her with the knife. 'Put the knife down dude,' Officer Delvalle is heard saying. But Garrett ignored the order and tried to continue attacking Lindsey. The officer then fires one shot at Garrett, striking him along his lower body. On the same morning of the stabbing, Garrett pleaded guilty to the crime. He was later sentenced to 40 years in prison for first-degree murder.

Mob boss began writing to Candace Lind in 2014 after he befriended her dad. 'Looking forward to' seeing 'the sun sky + fresh air', he wrote last year shortly before his death.

A week before Juan Guiado announced the start of Operation Liberty to oust Nicolas Maduro, four men including Chief Justice Maikel Moreno met in Caracas to discuss tactics, a source claims.

Shocking footage and pictures have captured how workers in Asia savagely collect hair from goats for the cashmere industry. The goats are sent to slaughterhouses to be cruelly killed after.

£350million superyacht by Kurt Strand has a waterfall and a wave pool you can SURF in

The California will feature a machine that creates artificial waves in the vessel's swimming pool, allowing passengers to grab their boards and ride the swell without having to get in the sea. The 135-metre-long (442ft) boat will also boast its own waterfall as well as a bowling alley and a desalination system to turn seawater into drinking water. The design concept has been created by Norwegian yacht designer Kurt Strand. It also includes a club style lounge area with bar, night club, games room, gym with a Turkish bath, massage studio and a wellness spa.

Researchers took DNA samples from 250 medical students who graduated from the University of Michigan, first before starting their intern year, then 12 months later, and found a huge shift.

Facebook has been under fire for privacy concerns, data breaches - and a new survey by Security.org reveals that many users aren't having it, with 26 percent deleting the app from their phone.

Heroic pet owner dives into pool to save French bulldog after it slipped in and sank to the bottom

Tony Lucero jumped in to his family's pool after one-year-old Cookie slipped on the edge and fell in to the water in Lakewood Caifornia, US. The dog had been trying to skirt around garden furniture which did not leave much of a walkway around the pool. Misjudging its ability to fit through narrow spaces the bulldog slipped and plummeted straight to the bottom of the pool. Capturing the moment the family gathered around CCTV to watch the dramatic incident unfold was Tony's sister Elena Lucero, a college student.

More than 14,000 children have been killed by guns in the U.S. over the past 10 years. More than a third of those were suicides and roughly 6 percent were classified as accidents.

A mother-of-two is fighting for her life after being dragged into a large fan used to inflate a hot air balloon in Turkey. Tatiana Golden, 62, was about to have a romantic ride in the balloon in Cappadocia.

American in pickup truck 'hits five people and smashes into 17 cars' as he flees from

The man (center in the left image) allegedly threatened a pedestrian in Tijuana with a knife before fleeing when cops approached him. The chase ended close to the San Isidro border crossing with San Diego, and the incident sparked extensive delays on Monday. Images from the scene show a damaged black Chevrolet with Utah plates close to the crossing.

Survey of Britons found 67 per cent of female owners say that their device fails to respond to a voice command at least 'sometimes', compared to 54 per cent of male owners.

With a few steps, Alexa Guard turns Amazon's voice-activated speakers into smart home security devices that can listen for things like broken glass and carbon monoxide or smoke alarms.

FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2018, file photo, demonstrators hold images of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos near their faces during a Halloween-themed protest at Amazon headquarters over the company's facial recognition system, "Rekognition," in Seattle. San Francisco is on track to become the first U.S. city to ban the use of facial recognition by police and other city agencies as the technology creeps increasingly into daily life. Studies have shown error rates in facial-analysis systems built by Amazon, IBM and Microsoft were far higher for darker-skinned women than lighter-skinned men. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

San Francisco's move reflects a growing backlash against a technology that's creeping into airports, motor vehicle departments, stores, stadiums and home security cameras.

Researchers looked at millions of rides in San Francisco that took place between 2010 and 2016 -- pre and post Uber and Lyft -- looking at factors like the number of vehicle miles traveled and delays.

The country's paternity leave policy, introduced in 2007, initially proved extremely popular - with 55 per cent of men eligible for the benefit opting to take it in the first year of the scheme alone.

In just seven months, 86 people in South Carolina have been diagnosed with hepatitis A, which typically sickens just 19 a year, prompting the state to declare an outbreak amid a 300% surge in US cases.

Just 10 brands account for half of litter which ends up on beaches and riverbanks, according to a report of a huge UK-wide clean-up involving 45,000 volunteers of who collected the waste.

Experts from Macquarie University in Australia took fragments of a thin plastic carrier bag and PVC matting, which were left in artificial seawater for five days.

Multi-millionaire YouTuber Jeffree Star opens up the steel-lined closet 'VAULT' where he keeps his priciest designer items - which are secured by an armed guard, and can only be accessed with fingerprint and retina scans

Thirty-three-year-old makeup mogul Jeffree Star unveiled his secret pink vault, which contains his most valuable possessions, in his latest video for his YouTube channel. Since the video was uploaded Friday, May 10, it has accumulated more than 10 million views. Jeffree, best known for his makeup-focused YouTube channel, that boasts over 14 million subscribers, revealed that his vault is secured with an armed guard who stands inside the closet 24 hours every day. Among the most expensive are two Hermes Niloticus Crocodile Himalaya Birkin bags, one of which is worth approximately $379,200 (top right) as well as and a Louis Vuitton Soft Trunk that is worth around $33,000. One of his favorite pairs of shoes are a pair of limited edition Christian Louboutin Swarovski crystal boots (bottom right).

The NASA-funded project is being led by aerospace engineer Phillip Ansell, electrical engineer Kiruba Haran and colleagues at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in the US.

Doctors said Bhola Shankar, from Bundi in Rajasthan state, India, was lucky to be alive after gobbling down the two-inch spikes. Somehow, the nails didn't pierce his stomach.

Frederic Pechier worked as an anaesthesiologist at two private clinics in Besancon, eastern France, when seven patients, aged 37 to 53, went into cardiac arrest from 2008 to 2017.

More than half of the pages, which had a total of almost 2.5m followers, supported the far right anti-immigrant League Party or the anti-establishment Five Star Movement, activists claimed.

Haunting D-Day photos capturing moment Nazi soldiers surrendered to US troops are released

On June 6, 1944, American, British and Canadian troops stormed beaches in Normandy, northern France, in what proved to be a key turning point in the Second World War. In just one day, around 4,300 Allied personnel lost their lives in what would be the largest amphibious invasion ever launched. One photo taken by the U.S. coastguard, dubbed 'The Jaws of Death' (top right), shows troops from Company E, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, wading through the sea as they leave the U.S.S. Samuel Chase. Another shows a group of soldiers from the 16th Infantry Regiment waiting to be evacuated to a field hospital (top left), while another shows German soldiers surrendering.

The woman, named Lovely Acosta Baruelo, 26, (pictured) was said to have been working for a wealthy family in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for several months before the incident.

A Tesla Model S electric car caught fire in a parking lot in a Hong Kong shopping mall on Sunday, just three weeks after a similar case was reported in Shanghai.

Experts from Washington State University miked up 17 toddlers and gathered day-long audio recordings of conversations with their parents to see who initiates communication with who.

A study by the Qilu Children's Hospital of Shandong University in Jinan, China, found children with autism spectrum disorder have a unique make-up of bugs in their stools.

Footage shows Elizabeth Pullen standing at Sugar Mill Pond in in Youngsville, Louisiana, while Lynne Wray - the daughter she gave up for adoption as a baby - is ushered towards her with her eyes closed.

The shallow quake occurred off the north coast of Papua New Guinea at around 11pm, some 27 miles (44 kilometres) northeast of Kokopo on New Britain island.

Pete Donatello, 31, wore the outfit to a party at the firehouse in Rochelle Park on December 29 last year and photos of him surfaced on social media which enraged local residents.

Gebrele Amare, a 23-year-old from Oakland, has been charged with kidnapping to commit a sex crime and sexual battery by restraint in connection to two separate rides he took on May 2.

Dance like EVERYONE'S watching! Boldly boogieing five-year-old girl steals the show with her hilarious moves at a preschool performance

Little Lily outshone her classmates in a performance at a church in Ohio on Wednesday. The five-year-old's grandmother, Martina Blair, filmed her 'hysterical little blessing' enthusiastically bobbing to the rhythm of the kid's song 'Tooty Ta' with her tongue stuck out and eyes shut. In the video, the audience can be heard laughing as they start to notice the preschooler's hilarious moves. Blair said Lily was a 'natural performer'.

Users can fold it in half to read their favorite book in bed, unfold it and stand it up using the built-in kickstand to watch videos hands-free, or use it as a full-screen tablet to take notes during a meeting.

EXCLUSIVE: Debbie Wosskow, former CEO of Love Home Swap, and Anna Jones, former CEO of Hearst UK, share advice in their new book, Believe, Build Become: How To Supercharge Your Career.

Animal rights activists have urged Chinese authorities to launch an investigation after a video appears to show live puppies being put inside a claw machine for gamers to grab.

Bored Panda have collated hilarious photos of birds caught on camera

Bored Panda has collated a gallery of amusing Snapchats featuring birds caught on camera which were sent in by people from across the globe. From unlikely feathery friendships between birds and other household pets to another who took to a puddle like a duck to water when it couldn't find the nearest pond (bottom left), these funny images are sure to bring a smile to your face. Pictured: eagle-eyed (left), bird warmer (top middle), long-legged owl (top right), pouting parrot (bottom), and an angry bird (bottom right).

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If at first you don't succeed...: Heartwarming moment karate class erupts into cheers when sobbing boy, 5, finally manages to snap a board in two after breaking down in tears when he struggled to do it at Florida dojo

Tear-jerking footage shows five-year-old Phoenix take on his belt test at Bobby Dixon's American Martial Arts Academy on May 6 in Orlando. The youngster struggles to break a board with a kick, bursting into tears of frustration after repeated failed attempts. With the support of his fellow students, Phoenix eventually snaps the board in two, sending the room into cheers and applause as his friends rush to hug him.

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Terrifying moment spare tire from a truck breaks free, flies across Chinese highway and injures a driver after smashing through his windscreen

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