Viral photo response to shocking research which revealed 65.1% of Brazilians think women provocatively dressed ask to be attacked. A provocative new study has revealed that the majority of the Brazilians believe that a woman who dresses skimpily deserves to be raped.This outrageous finding in a land famous for its micro minis and voluptuous carnival dancers has lead to widespread protests from men and women.Brazil’s Institute of Applied Economic Research […]

Flight from Amsterdam to Birmingham was hit by lightning on Friday Passengers heard a ‘massive bang’ – but the plane landed as normal Woman photographing the storm caught a picture of one bolt striking The aircraft’s captain only told passengers afterwards what had happened   A bright flash of light and booming noises in a cramped seat thousands of feet in the air would be enough to put off even […]

Scientists fear a growing impact of global warming on humans   The impacts of global warming are likely to be “severe, pervasive and irreversible”, a major report by the UN has warned. Scientists and officials meeting in Japan say the document is the most comprehensive assessment to date of the impacts of climate change on the world. Some impacts of climate change include a higher risk of flooding and changes to crop […]

STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: There are “indications” the train’s driver dozed off, union official says Almost all of the 32 people hurt have been released from hospitals, official says Video from the train and station wil be examined by investigators Blue Line train passes end of line, moves up escalator A federal investigator said he’s never seen a train climb an escalator like the one that jumped the tracks at Chicago’s O’Hare […]

Flight MH370: ‘All lives are lost’ STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: “It’s almost felt like a miniature roller coaster within the day” Nasty weather forces officials to call off Tuesday’s search for the plane Prime Minister says analysis of satellite data shows the plane went down in the Indian Ocean “They have told us all lives are lost,” a relative of a missing passenger tells CNN For families whose loved ones were […]

Golda Humphrey, 79, went to hospital with a badly broken leg While she was there she developed a large scab on her nose Doctors told her it was a reaction to the medication she was taking Staff at the unnamed hospital nicknamed her Pinocchio She was eventually diagnosed with skin cancer and had to have surgery She is now considering taking legal action against the hospital It is not possible […]

  STORY HIGHLIGHTS Rescuers searched for people crying for help in the debris 5 airlifted to one Seattle hospital, including a baby and 2 men in critical condition At least 6 homes are destroyed; the road and a river are blocked Locals are urged to evacuate for fear of a “catastrophic flood event” A devastating landslide in Washington state killed three people Saturday and sent rescuers desperately digging for people […]

To show how alcohol and drugs affect a user’s appearance, a website called Recovery.org used mugsho ts to average the faces of male and female abusers of marijuana, alcohol, and meth. Is Weed Legal In DC? know today. For each face in the graphic below, 100 mugshots were merged together using software. To rule out the influence of race and age, only the mugshots of white drug and alcohol offenders between the ages […]

Editor’s note: CNN contributor Amanda Enayati ponders the theme of seeking serenity: the quest for well-being and life balance in stressful times. Follow her on Twitter or Facebook.(CNN) — New research shows that some students are doing more than three hours of homework a night — and that all that school work may be literally making them sick. It may be tempting to dismiss this latest research, conducted in upper-middle-class […]

STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: Sailors aboard Norwegian cargo ship will search through the night, spokesman says Australia calls off surveillance flights until morning They are looking for objects spotted by a commercial satellite that could be Flight 370 wreckage Officials caution the objects may not be plane debris, but shipping containers or something else A day that began with high hopes ended with uncertainty late Thursday in Australia as darkness put an […]