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Comic became famous in sitcom Diff’rent Strokes, wound up ‘4-foot, 8-inches, 86 pounds of nothing’ Gary Coleman, the diminutive, wisecracking child star of the sitcom Diff’rent Strokes, whose adult life collapsed into a tabloid calamity, […] […]

LONDON—It was black and strapless, with a sassy sequined flounce at the bodice and a gloriously full, swishy skirt. The dress was, Lady Diana Spencer thought, so grown-up, just right for her first official engagement […] […]

A teacher who bludgeoned a disruptive teenage pupil with a dumbbell will be unable to receive his pension for 10 years after he was sacked yesterday. Peter Harvey, 50, was this week spared jail and […] […]

Children as young as four could be fingerprinted to take out books from a school libaray. Students in Manchester are having their thumbprints digitally transformed into electronic codes, which can then be recognised by a […] […]

A 60-year-old retiree has become the oldest woman in China to give birth, bearing twins after becoming pregnant via in-vitro fertilisation, state media reported on Thursday. The woman, whose was identified by the pseudonym Cheng, […] […]

IF only real life for the child stars of Diff’rent Strokes was anything like the fictional Park Avenue life of luxury they inhabited on television. The death of pint-sized star Gary Coleman on Friday at […] […]

Police seize $11.5 million worth of cocaine Drugs replaced with fake substitutes Police arrest four men and one woman FOUR men and one woman will face court in Sydney after police seized $11.5 million worth […] […]

NEW YORK—In October 2007, federal drug enforcement agents were questioning a man who had been arrested in the Bronx on gun and drug charges when he began to talk about someone he called “one of […] […]

Haiti’s worsening rape problem targets women, judge finds. A groundbreaking Federal Court ruling has opened doors to Haitian women who are seeking refugee status in Canada because they are afraid of being raped in their […] […]

SAN BERNARDINO — Police say a 2-year-old who was killed by his family’s pit bull in San Bernardino was playing outside his home when the attack occurred. Police say Nathan Aguirre was riding his tricycle […] […]