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Animal rights group pays family $49,000 to settle lawsuit after it seized dog called Maya which belonged to nine-year-old A family has settled a lawsuit against People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) after it took a girls unattended dog and put it down. The legal outcome ends an attempt to in effect put

Study on human screaming at New York University reveals how rapid rate of wide unperceived volume changes or roughness elicits emotional response Human screams have a unique acoustic property that triggers the brains fear centre more effectively than almost any other sound, scientists have found.

The following correction was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and clarifications column, Friday August 31 2007 The report below about the murder of Steven Hoskin, referred in error to the Treffry viaduct in the Luxulyan valley. The scene of the murder was the Trenance viaduct in St Austell. This has been corrected.

An astonishing degree of media attention was lavished on a seemingly humdrum ski collision. What made it so compelling? America and the wider world are not exactly wanting for dramatic headlines. Barricades were erected in New York after Donald Trumps indictment on criminal charges, in Ukraine a bloody and brutal war grinds on, and in

Uber-feminine style is often seen as infantile or unserious. But to me its a form of escapism, nostalgia and joy The other day I received a parcel in the post, and when I opened it, I squealed with pure glee. Nestled in the box was a pair of pink satin shoes, flat like ballet pumps,