Big data helps put centuries-old Shakespearean debate to rest; White high schoolers in Miss. put noose around black student’s neck and ‘yanked,’ NAACP says; River ride malfunction at Australia’s Dreamworld kills four people, horrifies onlookers; World’s tallest church has a waste problem — young Germans with full bladders; Dad jumps with his toddler sons from N.J. bridge. He dies — they miraculously do not.; After Detroit Animal Control quarantined her pet, a computer error led to the dog’s death; Police in Wash. fatally shoot ‘suicidal’ pregnant woman they say had handgun; ‘Frantic,’ ‘distressed,’ ‘violated’: Taylor Swift describes alleged groping in deposition; Emmett Till was brutally slain in 1955. Now, a sign marking where his body was found is riddled with bullet holes.; The skintight surprise 300 women delivered to man who disparaged yoga pants; Pastor pleads guilty to manslaughter, assault after church’s ‘counseling session’ turned fatal;
 
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He gave her his liver. She gave him her heart.
"I think first of all that it shows everyone, when all you hear is negativity, that there really are sincerely true, kind people out there," said Heather Krueger, who is completely healthy today.
Big data helps put centuries-old Shakespearean debate to rest
For centuries, scholars have debated whether Christopher Marlowe, a contemporary of Shakespeare, might have helped write the three "Henry VI" plays long credited to The Bard. Now the Oxford University Press believes it has resolved that debate.
 
White high schoolers in Miss. put noose around black student’s neck and ‘yanked,’ NAACP says
Police initially discouraged the black student's parents from filing criminal charges.
 
River ride malfunction at Australia’s Dreamworld kills four people, horrifies onlookers
Two riders were ejected from the raft and two other were trapped inside, authorities said. The victims were two men and two women, between the ages of 32 and 42.
 
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World’s tallest church has a waste problem — young Germans with full bladders
"Once again, it's coated with urine and vomit," one of the building's preservers lamented.
 
Dad jumps with his toddler sons from N.J. bridge. He dies — they miraculously do not.
It's unclear how the children were able to survive such a long fall, or why it killed their father but not them.
 
After Detroit Animal Control quarantined her pet, a computer error led to the dog’s death
"I wish it was all a dream, truthfully," the dog's owner told a local television station.
 
Police in Wash. fatally shoot ‘suicidal’ pregnant woman they say had handgun
A relative said Renee Davis had struggled with depression and texted someone to say she was feeling distraught. Deputies found her armed with a handgun and opened fire.
 
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‘Frantic,’ ‘distressed,’ ‘violated’: Taylor Swift describes alleged groping in deposition
"Right as the moment came for us to pose for the photo, he took his hand and put it up my dress and grabbed onto my ass cheek and no matter how much I scooted over it was still there,” Swift said. "It was completely intentional, I've never been so sure of anything in my life."
 
Emmett Till was brutally slain in 1955. Now, a sign marking where his body was found is riddled with bullet holes.
A graduate student working on a short film about Till's slaying recently discovered that the memorial marker had been vandalized and posted about the discovery on social media. With racial tensions running high in the country, the post struck a chord.
 
The skintight surprise 300 women delivered to man who disparaged yoga pants
"To all yoga pant wearers," Alan Sorrentino wrote in a letter to the editor, "I struggle with my own physicality as I age. I don't want to struggle with yours."
 
Pastor pleads guilty to manslaughter, assault after church’s ‘counseling session’ turned fatal
The 14-hour session held by some members of Word of Life Christian Church in upstate New York a year ago left one brother dead and another severely beaten.
 
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