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A 45-year-old man who wanted money to get drunk with his friends faked his kidnapping with the help of his pals but got caught after his girlfriend informed the police.

Republican Governor Matt Bevin has blamed last week's school shooting in Parkland, Florida in which 17 people were killed, on a "culture of death".

Team USA skier Gus Kenworthy shared a kiss with his boyfriend Matthew Wilkas at the bottom of the hill before his event on Sunday, and it soon went viral.

A member of the Bath Conservatives sent the tweet suggesting that parents should be able to feed their children for £10 a month.

Parliament is expected to ratify the 15-day extension as the opposition is boycotting the session, leaving only government MPs in the house.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates said that ultra-wealthy people like him should be made to pay "significantly" higher taxes.

"Someone is insecure and it isn't Oprah," one Twitter user wrote.

An ATR 72-500, a twin-engine turboprop operated by the Aseman Airlines, came down in a mountainous region in southern Iran on 18 February killing 66 people.

The pair Pyry ("Snowfall") and Lumi ("Snow") in Finnish had been kept under quarantine.

Katie Tudor, a paramedic mentor for West Midlands Ambulance Service, posted the image of the hand-written note on Twitter which read "move your van from outside my house".

War of words between Iran and Israel escalates at Munich security conference.

It is believed that the unnamed trekker, who was with a group of friends, slipped on ice and snow before falling from Clogwyn Coch.

The UK PM Theresa May says students in England face among the priciest university tuition in the world and often get poor value for money.

A 300-year-old "sex manual" that was banned until the 1960s due to its shocking content featuring magic and myth, is set to be sold in auction next month.

A major Republican donor vowed he would not write another campaign cheque unless candidates pledged to support a ban on assault rifles.

Gerard Batten, Ukip interim leader, defended his belief that Islam is a "death cult", reasserting that it is "factually and historically true."

A murder probe has been launched by officers from the Metropolitan Police after a man was fatally stabbed in Kensington, west London, in the early hours of Sunday (18 February).

Misleading pictures spread after the premiere of the movie, which has been widely celebrated for the performances of its almost entirely black cast.

Actors' union Equity is reportedly looking at new simulated sex guidelines that would create new rules around the "mixing of saliva" during kissing scenes.

Harry Potter actor Emma Watson has reportedly donated a whopping £1m to an anti-harassment campaign set up to be "a catalyst for change" around the world.

A charity linked with soon-to-be British royalty, Meghan Markle, has been tied to a scandal in Haiti which saw aid workers exchanging food and cash reserves for sex.

Duterte's comment comes days after women's and rights groups condemned him for encouraging soldiers to shoot female rebels in their genitals.

13 people including three children were killed when a helicopter flying close to the epicentre of an earthquake in Mexico, crashed on a van. All the officials survived the crash.

Democrats have criticised President Donald Trump for his demeanour in photos taken during a hospital visit.

A funeral home is forced to pay £5.7m ($8 million) compensation after losing a woman's body and then blaming the woman's ex-boyfriend and an employee who was "into Satan".

Hailemariam Desalegn announced that he was stepping down to quell months-long unrest in the landlocked African nation.

Bailey Gibson, who is selling her virginity at Bunny Ranch in Los Vegas, claims she has documents signed by a doctor to prove her virginity.

'Jeremy Corbyn knew I was a Soviet spy,' claims Czech diplomat Jan Sarkocy, accusing Labour leader of supplying information to communist regime under name of Agent Cob in 1987.

At one school, just a few miles away from the school shooting, students staged a walkout in solidarity with the victims and survivors campaigning effort for gun reform.