People & Places

Surgeons removed more than 200 stones from a woman’s body in China, claiming they were likely caused by her regularly skipping breakfast for more than a decade. Some of the stones were as large as eggs, according to the Guangji Hospital in Hezhou. Surgeons in Hezhou, China, removed over 200 …

During nearly four decades of marriage, Akosua Budu Amoako and her husband tried to have a child, without success. But last month, at age 59, Budu gave birth to her first child after fertility treatments. On June 15, she gave birth to a full-term 7lb 4oz boy at Bellevue Woman’s …

A Welsh teenager is supposed to be UK’s first transgender Prom Queen after her fellow students crowned her. Lori Beynon, 16, from Cardigan, said it was the ‘best moment of her life’ when she found out that her classmates had voted for her to be Prom Queen, and she was …

Two years ago, Becky Turney from Alaska experienced the worst day of her life when her son Triston died, aged just 19. But despite the pain, Becky had no choice but to carry on with her life. Two years after her son’s death, she married the man of her dreams, Kelly …

In a lot of places around the world people don’t have access to some of the luxuries we take for granted: electricity, internet, running water, or even regular supplies of food and clean water.Add to that the unbearable heat of summer temperatures in places like India and half the population …

The horrific events that transpired on 9/11 will forever be remembered as a day that will live in infamy. Now, a video has been making the rounds once again, reminding us how truly terrible those moments were. Shocking raw footage from New York University student Caroline Dries shows the horrific terrorist attacks …

It’s one of the most beautiful things a couple can share, but a few years ago it ended in tragedy for Lucinda Allen. The woman from England was enjoying a night of passion with her husband and was well on her way to her second orgasm when something happened that changed …

It was just an average afternoon at Marina Dunes beach in California. Eleven-year-old Conner Fitz-Gerald was playing with his friends in the dunes, running around, jumping into the huge piles of sand, and building sandcastles.   At one point Conner did what most kids do when they have the chance: he began …

At the time, this was a unique case of child abuse in the United States. A young girl underwent a truly horrific ordeal that destroyed her entire life and still afflicts her as an adult today. remus In 1957, Genie — the protective pseudonym of Susan Wiley — was born in …

Using your phone while driving is incredibly dangerous, and is unfortunately fairly prolific on the road. If you haven’t done it yourself, it is likely you have at least been in the same vehicle as someone who has, an act which puts everyone in the car at risk. You don’t …