A British woman has given birth to rare identical triplets in Austria. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A mother has given birth to a rare set of quadruplets in which three of the four boys are identical. The boys were born 11 weeks premature in January at Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson. The parents plan to introduce themselves and their boys at a news conference Friday.

(pic not related, my upload didn't want to work.) picked by cmgoings 2 years ago

The identical triplets were born last Wednesday in an event so rare that an obstetrician estimated it might happen just once in 200 million births. picked by MandolinOrange 2 years ago

Rare pictures of German prisoners of war from World War I showing the Japanese how to produce sausages have been discovered. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

When identical twin sisters Diane and Darlene Nettemeier met identical twin brothers Craig and Mark Sanders a decade ago, they could never have guessed just how much of their lives would be based around perfect sets of two. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A woman gave birth Monday to eight babies in a span of five minutes, only the second time in history live octuplets have been born, doctors said. picked by Bornbad 10 months ago

After giving birth, a woman thinks of many things; chocolate, baby names, how soon she can go home, how soon she can sit down without the help of an inflatable rubber ring, and which breastfeeding bras are the most practical. picked by iamamaniac 8 months ago

A woman who suffers from a rare condition that makes her cry when she eats food has been cured – by Botox injections. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago

Without doubt, the oldest woman on the planet is Sarah Dosova of Kazakhstan who this year in matter of days will turn 130. In her life, she had never visited a doctor, never ate sweets. More details and pictures at The Sun (warning: some have trouble viewing this site because of popups). picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

Sweden's Environmental High Court has given the green light to a woman who wants the freedom to smoke in her own garden. Update on this story. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A woman who was trafficked across the border from Pakistan with her son, 3, was handed to an Afghan who raped her, then beat the toddler to death as she watched.

He was jailed for 20 years for murder - but the woman, Rukhma, was jailed, too. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Qila, a 12-year-old beluga whale, yesterday endured three hours of labour before giving birth to a 1.5m calf in a large private pool at Vancouver Aquarium in Canada.

Edited to add video. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A woman leaped to her death from the third floor of the Queens Center Mall around 3 p.m. on Wednesday, landing on and injuring a high school student on the lower level of the shopping center in NYC four stories below. Shoppers screamed and ran.

Eyewitness accounts in comments

*I used to shop there*
And another earlier close call near me
*stops shopping in malls picked by suebe 8 months ago

A woman said to be 70 years of age has given birth to twins in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state after taking IVF treatment. (pic not related) picked by DemureArt 1 year ago

A West Side woman who allegedly stabbed her elderly boyfriend to death because he was drinking her beer was ordered held Thursday in lieu of $500,000 bail. picked by maxriter 1 year ago

A white-haired 81-year-old great-grandmother who was rolled into a Newport Beach courtroom with her wrists handcuffed to a wheelchair Thursday became possibly the oldest person in Orange County history to plead guilty to first-degree murder. picked by tlovesd 3 years ago

A woman who was injured and arrested during a struggle with a police officer over her brown lawn said she wants to move. "Since this has happened, I don't want to live in Orem anymore,".

Follow up on this story picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Malaysian police have arrested a woman in connection with the murder of a man whose body was chopped into 11 pieces and stuffed into a refrigerator in a posh apartment in the capital. Follow up to this story. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A 62-year-old woman in Montenegro gave birth by Caesarean section to her first baby in a Podgorica clinic, after 35 years of marriage. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A German woman mauled by three polar bears after she leapt into the moat surrounding their pen at a Berlin zoo was apparently suicidal after a string of setbacks, a newspaper reports. Update on this post. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago