Florida This article is more than 1 year oldFlorida police arrest legally blind man whose cane they mistook for a gunThis article is more than 1 year oldTwo deputies face suspension without pay after stopping James Hodges, 61, in Lake City last month Two Florida deputies faced suspension without pay after arresting a 61-year-old legally blind man who was carrying a cane they mistook for a gun. Jayme Gohde and her supervisor, Randy Harrison, were also reprimanded.

A group of Verraux's Sifakas sitting together in a tree in Berenty Reserve, Madagascar. Photograph: Kaisa Siren/WWFAs the Queen celebrates 70 years on the throne, the environmental organisation WWF takes a look at animal societies that also have strong females at the helm. From queen bees to elephant matriarchs and bonobo sisterhoods, female leaders can be found across the animal world Bees The queen bee needs royal jelly fed to her by worker bees.

Angel Pittman outside her parent's home in Charlotte, North Carolina. Photograph: Alycee Byrd/The GuardianView image in fullscreenAngel Pittman outside her parent's home in Charlotte, North Carolina. Photograph: Alycee Byrd/The GuardianNorth CarolinaAngel Pittman says her dream to create a mobile hair salon was thwarted when a neighbor harassed her with racist comments and vandalized her buses Angel Pittman’s dream was to create a mobile hair salon. So the 21-year-old stylist bought less than an acre of unrestricted land in North Carolina for $10,000 in September and purchased three school buses for $14,000 with money she had saved since she was 17.

The ObserverUK newsPolice sniff out mother of all stink bombsThe globalisation debate - Observer specialBritish police forces are considering using vile smells to quell riots, disperse anti-globalisation protesters and end hostage situations. Last year in the United States, the Pentagon commissioned scientists to come up with the mother of all stink bombs which would release the world's worst smell causing rioters and disorderly mobs to flee but not harming anybody.

Cities This article is more than 8 years oldRadioactive city: how Johannesburg’s townships are paying for its mining pastThis article is more than 8 years oldMuch of the waste from 600 abandoned mines around South Africa’s largest city is piled high next to residential communities – most of which are poor and black Johannesburg’s mine dumps look strangely beautiful from a distance. Lustrously yellow in the sun, blazing red at dusk, their huge molehill shapes provide the city with its distinctive skyline.