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"Dancing with the Stars" has crowned its new Mirrorball champions.After a high-stakes season 34 finale, Robert Irwin and Witney Carson won the coveted Len Goodman Mirrorball Trophy after performing final dance numbers.Finalists also included Alix Earle and Val Chmerkovskiy;...

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Fame can take as many years off a musician's life as occasionally smoking cigarettes, a new study has found, after comparing data between famous singers and less well-known artists.Stardom can shorten lives by 4.6 years, according to research published...

Members of the U.S. military have the legal right to refuse orders they believe are unlawful, but they risk violating military laws of obedience if the order is in fact lawful, experts in military law say.Service members are expected to...

A parking inspector and his wife have been arrested on suspicion of embezzling more than €1m (£878,000) from the parking meters of a small German town.The unnamed municipal employee is thought to have taken coins out of parking meters...

Foreign tourists visiting popular US national parks like the Grand Canyon and Yosemite will need to pay an extra fee, the Trump administration said on Tuesday.The Department of the Interior, which runs the country's national parks, said each international...

Thomas NaadiBBC Africa, M'berraBBCWarning: This story contains descriptions of torture and physical violence. Some readers may find it distressing.A shopkeeper has told the BBC how Russian mercenaries fighting jihadists in Mali carried out the cold-blooded murder of two men...

Sarah RainsfordSouthern and Eastern Europe correspondent , RomeGetty ImagesItaly's problems on that front are currently on display at the Museum of the Patriarchy, a thought-provoking new exhibition in Rome.Italy currently ranks 85th in the Global Gender Gap Index, almost...

A federal judge has struck down a Department of Homeland Security policy implemented in July that forced most immigrants who entered the United States without inspection to remain in detention throughout their removal proceedings.The decision could potentially allow thousands...

Geeta PandeyNoida, Uttar PradeshGetty ImagesD5 - the squat bungalow - now sits derelict, out of place among a row of plush, well-kept homes. Abandoned for years, it is scarred by soot from a 2014 fire that gutted parts...