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Tom Petty died from a combination of prescription medicines used to combat severe pain, coroner's report revealed.

The weird-looking squid, scientifically known as vampyroteuthis infernalis, was spotted at a depth of 1,290m off the Socorro Island.

In the last three months, five porn actresses have died including Shyla Stylez, August Ames, Yuri Luv and Olivia Nova.

She is the fifth actress to die suddenly as the shadow of death continues to grip the American porn entertainment industry.

Authorities said that a 17-year-old girl survived a raging house fire, while a 13-year-old boy and his father died as the child tried to help his paralysed parent.

The size of a 500g packet of Digestives will be cut by 100g due to rising costs following UK's Brexit vote.

Stormy Daniels claims to have had an affair with Trump and witnessed firsthand his "obsession" with sharks.

Donald Trump will be visiting Switzerland where he will meet world leaders at the World Economic Forum.

Staff at a funeral home in South Africa discovered the body of a stillborn child underneath its deceased mother, local media reported.

A once famous German rapper has died following an air strike in Syria. "Deso Dogg" joined the Islamic State in 2014.

In temperatures as low as minus 30 degrees Celsius (–22F), believers immersed themselves in cross-shaped holes cut into thick ice covering rivers and lakes.

Norwegian people using snus – an orally taken snuff tobacco – now outnumber smokers for the first time in history. Snus is healthier than cigarettes, yet it is banned by the EU.

I couldn't press charges against my ex who shared videos of us having sex online, so I launched the first civil revenge porn case in UK history - and won.

Boris Johnson has reportedly floated the idea of a bridge connecting the UK and France in a meeting with Emmanuel Macron.

A coalition of Indian churches has challenged the country's law currently used to penalise homosexuality.

Almost 5,000 Airbnb hosts in San Francisco have had their properties removed from the website after failing to comply with new registration laws.

For four nights, London's dark streets are being lit up by more than 50 light-based artworks across the city as part of the Lumiere arts festival.

Two decapitated chickens were found under a bench in the audience area of a courtroom in Connecticut.

Helen Grace James, from Pennsylvania, received an 'honourable discharge' after a 60-year battle with authorities.

Dogs seized from home of Turpin family up for adoption as parents deny multiple allegations of child neglect and torture.

Scientists said test was aimed at detecting eight common forms of the deadly disease.

Nine-year-old girl at Albuquerque School of Excellence says she felt room was "flipping to the side" after accidentally eating THC edible.

Patient arrived at the hospital complaining of "bloody diarrhea" and asked to be treated for tapeworms.

Russian President Vladimir Putin immersed himself in a frozen lake to celebrate Epiphany, a major holiday in Orthodox Christianity marking the baptism of Jesus.

Trump had tests done to assess his cognitive abilities which he passed with a maximum score, but it could deter some voters.

The child captured in the video on Weibo has been identified as Li Changjiang or simply "the delivery boy".

A baby was killed and more than a dozen people were injured after a car rammed through pedestrians near Copacabana beach in Brazil.

Pope Francis conducted an impromptu wedding of a couple of flight attendants aboard the papal plane as he traveled from Santiago to Iquique, Chile.

Essence Evans wrote a Facebook post about how she makes her 5-year-old pay her rent and others parents had a lot of opinions.