Multiple dead after gunman opens fire at video game tournament in US shopping centre

Ryen Aleman was engrossed in the virtual world, focused on the video game in front of him, when he realized the gunshots he was hearing were real.

Ireland agrees to take in migrants from boat stranded off Italian coast for almost a week

IRELAND HAS AGREED to take in some of the 140 migrants who have been stranded on a boat off the Italian coast, following an agreement to relocate them yesterday. The migrants have been stranded on the boat for more than a week, after Italy refused to let them disembark when they docked at the port of Catania on Monday, saying there was no EU commitment to relocate them.

School installs washing machines for children who are bullied because they can't afford to clean their clothes

Pupils at West Side High School in Newark, New Jersey, have been missing school because they're being bullied for their dirty clothes. A school has made the heartbreaking decision to install washing machines for children who can't afford to have their clothes cleaned at home. Pupils at West Side High School in Newark, New Jersey, will now be able to wash their dirty clothes in a laundry room free of charge.

The decision was made after a teenage girl fought with school security staff who were trying to check her bag. They later discovered it was because she was homeless and had dirty clothes in her bag, but she didn't want her classmates to know. Principle Akbar Cook said it wasn't a one-off, any many students don't have clean clothes to wear. So when they return for the start of term next year, there will be a free laundry room in the school building.

He admits the situation causes bullying at the school, with some pupils picking on their classmates because they are wearing dirty and smelly clothes. Mr Cook told CNN: "These are kids, good kids who want to learn, that are missing three to five days a month because they were being bullied because they were dirty.

"I even changed the school uniform to darker colours so they could go more days without cleaning them, but even with that, students were struggling to have them look clean enough to attend."The room, which will open for three hours every day, has five washing machines, five dryers and a stock of washing powders donated by people across the country. Mr Cook said: "We are trying to teach them to navigate their pride."My kids are fighters - they just need good ways to fight for themselves, and then take pride in what they can do."

Mother refuses to believe man isn't her daughter even after he shares a photo of himself and his WIFE

A man has shared the hilarious text exchange he had with a stranger after she refused to believe he wasn't her daughter. Imgur user elkskin, from Wisconsin, shared screenshots of their messages on the site, and they have already been viewed by over 130,000 people in just a few hours.

Update :Catholic school backs down and asks black girl with braids to RETURN.

The 11-year-old girl seen in a video leaving her Catholic school in tears after administrators told her that her braided hairstyle was not allowed, may return to the New Orleans area middle school.