The world just got closer to a 'hypersonic space plane' that will transform 'the economics of space'

Reaction Engines, one of the brightest prospects in European space plane technology, has big news Monday morning. 

BAE Systems, the globetrotting defence and aeronautics giant, just bought 20% of the firm, and it's making a major investment in Reaction Engines' most promising ideas.

The idea is an unpiloted and reusable hypersonic space plane. It's called Sabre. Here's how Reaction Engines describes it:

China just unveiled its first large passenger plane

A state-owned manufacturer on Monday unveiled the first plane produced by a Chinese initiative to compete in the market for large passenger jetliners.

China is one of the biggest aviation markets but relies on Boeing and Airbus aircraft. The multibillion-dollar effort to create the homegrown C919 jetliner is aimed at clawing back some of the commercial benefits that flow to foreign suppliers.

The Commercial Aircraft Corp. ofChina showed off the first of the twin-engine planes in a ceremony attended by some 4,000 government officials and other guests at a hangar near Shanghai's Pudong International Airport.

"It's a major push for the country, as they want to be known as a major player" in airplane manufacturing, said Mavis Toh, Asia air transport editor for Flightglobal magazine.

Top Metrojet official says 'only possible explanation' of Russian aircraft crash 'could be an external impact on the airplane'

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Only an external impact could have caused the crash of a Russian plane in Egypt that killed all 224 people on board, a top airline official said Monday, raising more questions about what exactly happened.

"We rule out a technical fault of the plane or a pilot error," said Alexander Smirnov, deputy general director of Metrojet. "The only possible explanation could be an external impact on the airplane."

But when pressed for more details about what type of impact and what could have caused it, Smirnov insisted that he was not at liberty to discuss details because the investigation was ongoing.

Russian plane crash: Was a bomb placed on doomed aircraft before it took off?

Attacked? Egyptian paramedics load the corpses of victims on the crashed plane

A bomb is suspected of causing the Russian plane to crash after leaving the Egyptian tourist resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

Russian aviation investigators confirmed the Airbus definitely broke up in mid-air before plummeting to the ground, killing 224 people – including 17 children.

Terror group ISIS posted a grainy video online and claimed responsibility for the attack.

British tourists heading to Sharm this week have been told they do not have to fly and have been offered vouchers to use on alternative routes.

Several airlines including Lufthansa, Air France, Emirates, Air Arabia and Flydubai all said they would not fly over the Sinai desert until results of the inquiry were known.

Pensioner collapses and dies after he is 'detained' by a neighbour for allegedly damaging a car

Police were called to the scene after allegations that a car had been damaged

An 86-year-old man collapsed and died after he was ‘detained’ by a neighbour for an hour and a half for allegedly damaging a car.

Bill Singleton became ill after police attended a home in Chadderton, Greater Manchester, on Halloween.

Officers had received reports that a man in his 80s was causing damage to a parked car and a neighbour allegedly ran over to him and detained him, the Manchester Evening News reports .

Lady details her vaginal vampire injection experience

A certain lady felt she needed to raise her sex drive and decided to have what is popularly called a vampire injection. The person's blood is injected to the affected part just like Kim K once had a vampire facial. Read what the lady wrote and share your thoughts.

Laying on the couch in a Harley Street clinic, my feet up in stirrups, I watched as the doctor positioned a syringe full of my own blood cells against the most intimate area of my body. I braced myself for the needle prick and the nurse at my side squeezed my hand. "Don’t worry," she whispered. "This is going to change your life."

Neymar and Barca players celebrate halloween dressed as Shrek and Frankenstein's monster

Barcelona players celebrated Halloween and a win over Getafe wearing  spooky costumes after defeating Getafe 2-0 over the weekend. Croatia international midfielder Ivan Rakitić later uploaded pictures of the stars via his official Instagram account.

76 year old woman kills 78 year old husband after he accused her of cheating

Investigators say a 76-year-old woman charged with murder in her husband's shooting told deputies she was angry because he accused her of cheating.
Aiken County deputies say Mary Todd also told the officers who came to her Beech Island home around 4 a.m. Tuesday that she drank too much before the confrontation.

Coroner Tim Carlton identified the victim as 78-year-old William Todd. Paramedics pronounced him dead in the couple's home.

Killer cop must die for murdering mum – Daughter

A 14-year-old, tennis player, Angel Mcleod, has demanded that the trigger-happy policeman who shot her mother, Beauty Mcleod, dead should be ‘killed immediately’, saying he has taken away her joy.

Angel said she had been struggling to come out of the shock since the news of her mother’s death was broken to her.

Beauty, who was from Anambra State, and Angel had lodged in the hotel in the afternoon of the fateful day on their arrival from Accra, Ghana, where the daughter had gone for a tournament.Beauty, also a tennis player, was allegedly shot on Sunday, October 25, by one Corporal Joseph Aminu, who was attached to the Emperor’s Guest House on Balarabe Musa Crescent, Victoria Island, Lagos.

1 dead, 1 injured in shooting at Winston-Salem State University

Police are searching for a gunman who killed one and left another person wounded at the Winston-Salem State University campus early Sunday.

Jarrett Jerome Moore is wanted in connection with the shooting.

Both victims are students, according to a police statement issued Sunday afternoon. The deceased student was identified as 19-year-old Anthony White Jr. The unidentified second victim was transported to a local hospital with "non-life threatening injuries."

The North Carolina University said a shooting was reported in the area of Lot W near Wilson Hall and Gleason-Hairston Terrace in a statement on its Facebook page. The campus was placed on lockdown at 1:30 a.m. and the lockdown was lifted at 4:50 a.m.

Halloween horror: 3 dead, 4 injured when car hits trick-or-treaters in New York

A New York City street filled with trick-or-treaters turned into a Halloween horror scene Saturday when a car jumped a curb and plowed into a group of revelers, killing three people and injuring four others including the driver.

The accident occurred at around 5 p.m. just as the group was walking down a quiet street in the Morris Park section of the Bronx.

A 52-year-old man behind the wheel of a black Dodge Charger plowed into the pedestrians on a sidewalk and then smashed through a fence in front of a home, police said. The car was left teetering on a brick wall. A child’s shoe and remnants of mangled stroller lay on the sidewalk, just feet away.

Son charged in parents' killing was to be cut off from their will

The month before his parents disappeared, police say Kyle Navin wrote that he had the "perfect plan" to get "$ for life.". Then, a few days before they vanished, Navin's mother confided in a friend that she and her husband planned to cut him out of their will.

Now, the adult son of a trash hauling businessman and a school library aide faces allegations he killed his parents and dumped their bodies in the yard of a vacant home in a well-to-do Connecticut town.

State police said Navin, of Bridgeport, faces two counts of murder and murder with special circumstances in the deaths of his parents, who had been missing since August 4. His girlfriend has also been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and hindering prosecution.

The bodies of Jeffrey and Jeanette Navin, of Easton, were found Thursday outside a vacant home in neighboring Weston.

According to an arrest warrant affidavit for Navin's girlfriend, Jennifer Valiante, police say Jeanette Navin had been distraught over the situation with her son in the days before she and her husband disappeared.

Tearful Michigan woman, 97, gets high school diploma

A 97-year-old Michigan woman achieved a lifelong goal last week as she received a high school diploma -- eight decades after family responsibilities forced her to drop out and abandon her education.

Margaret Bekema, 97, got all choked up when she was presented with a school letter and a diploma honoring her as an official Catholic Central High School alumna, class of 1936, Fox 17 reported Friday.

“How can I express myself?” Bekema said through the tears. “I don’t know how to express my thanks.”

As she became more emotional, she said: “I’m sorry. I’m just plain chicken.”

What’s Wrong with Season 2 of Empire?

Not so long ago, American Idol was FOX’s rating’s giant but things changed and the show was eventually cancelled. It had been a while since they had anything that drew in that kind of audience until Empire premiered last season.

With great writing, an all-star cast (including Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson) and a steady stream of great guests (Jennifer Hudson, Adele, Courtney Love, etc.), it was easy to see how they were pulling in the big numbers. It was no surprise that the season 2′s debut was massive – it attracted 16.2 million viewers which was a dramatic 81% increase over the pilot episode.

Game of Thrones Spoilers, Delayed Premiere Date

As the title of this article suggests, there are some spoilers ahead so, if you don’t want to know anything about the upcoming season of Game of Thrones, look away now.

If you are a regular viewer, you will know that the last season ended with some questions. Of course, the biggest surrounds Jon Snow and whether he is dead or alive but people were also wondering if Brienne of Toth actually went through with killing Stannis Baratheon. According to HBO, the answer is yes.

Once a character with great promise, the brother of Renly and King Robert, did actually die by the blade of Brienne’s sword which, if I’ll admit, is a bit disappointing. Considering the fact that he was leaning against a tree, mortally wounded and utterly resigned, it hardly feels honorable to kill a man in that position but what do I know?