A horrific new account about the ongoing persecution of gay men in Chechnya has revealed that authorities are asking parents to kill their own gay children. According to one survivor who managed to escape the gay torture camps the country has set up, police are telling parents of gay men to “sort it out” or they will take matters into their own hands. “They tell the parents to kill their child. They say ‘Either you do it, or we will,’” an unidentified male told France 24 News. “They call it: ‘Cleaning your honour with blood.’

But a local crackdown on building access is making expeditions more difficult.

Students who avoid making eye contact with their peers could be guilty of racism, according to Oxford University’s latest guidance.

The DMV says this is one of several changes taking place in order to comply with strengthened federal security standards.

A Navy veteran from Midlothian, Texas is suing for what he calls a defective electronic cigarette battery that exploded in his pocket.

The Department of Homeland Security's call for proposals for a wall to be built along the Mexico–US border elicited hundreds of designs. Here are six of them.

Demand for potato chips has surged in Japan this week, with products on offer for 6 times their retail price online after Japanese snack company Calbee Inc. halted the sale of some of its most popular chip brands.

A 14th century burial ground has yielded an uncommon archaeological case of "coffin birth," which occurs when a deceased pregnant woman's fetus is expelled within the grave.

Massive animal abuse in Belgian corporate slaughterhouse. The organisation filmed, in secret, “the fraudulent practices of Belgium's largest abattoir.” It denounces the “unimaginable suffering” that the pigs are enduring.

Rachel Maddow says that if people felt let down by her story about President Donald Trump’s 2005 tax document it’s more because of the weight of expectation than anything she did. She is blaming her viewers.

A pair of gun-toting robbers who made the mistake of trying to rob Mormon missionaries in Brazil, were sent packing when one of their victims proved tougher than expected.

Kellyanne Conway has been the subject of derision after making bizarre claims about the surveillance of the Donald Trump campaign.

Carleton University is feeling the burn from students on social media for removing a weight scale from its gym to promote a more holistic approach to a healthy body image. Stupid.

A petrified trans woman begged for her life moments before being shot dead in a sickening attack. Dandara dos Santos was dragged from her home and dumped in a wheelbarrow before being rolled to a back alley, beaten and shot dead amid cheers and laughter. The terrified 42-year-old is seen crying on the ground as she is kicked, punched and hit with shoes and a plank of wood in front of residents in Fortaleza, Ceara state, Brazil.

The TSA reacts to a study that found weapons making it past security.

By now, most of us are familiar with Boston Dynamics’ work. They brought us the terrifying giraffe bot and Spot, the robot dog. The company’s great at bringing us nightmare fuel. Be afraid.

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