Prom cancelled over lesbian demand

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A school in Mississippi has called off the annual senior dance after a lesbian student demanded she be allowed to bring her girlfriend.

Boy, 7, saves parents from robbers

A seven-year-old boy in the US who called emergency services while armed robbers threatened his parents, hugged and delivered a high five to the dispatcher who took his call.

Female WWII pilots finally honoured

They flew planes during World War II but weren't considered "real" military pilots. No flags were draped over their coffins when they died on duty. And when their service ended, they paid their own bus fare home.

Haitian child traffickers arrested

Bolivian officials have detained three people suspected of trafficking 19 Haitian children following last month's devastating earthquake in the Caribbean nation.