Emily Dickinson

A young couple has been charged with homicide after their newborn baby was found dead on a sidewalk in the small town of McConnellsburg, Pennsylvania.

Joshua Wooters, 19, and Emily Dickinson, 20, (yes, an unfortunate coincidence of a name) were both officially charged this week with criminal homicide, conspiracy, misdemeanor concealment of the death of a child, and abuse of a corpse after their newborn infant died just hours after it was birthed in their apartment. Even more disgusting, not only did the couple’s actions contribute to the infant’s death, per cops, they’re accused of throwing the baby out a second-story window and letting it perish on the sidewalk below! WTF?!?!

Taylor Swift is a distant cousin of celebrated American poet Emily Dickinson this week. The superstar singer is connected to the 19th century writer through an English immigrant who immigrated to Connecticut in the 17th century. Swift is by no means the only common name with a gilded ancestor. Danny Dyer discovered in 2016 that he is a direct descendant of both King Edward III (inset top left) and William the Conqueror. Meghan Markle is the sixth cousin five times removed from wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill, though Queen Camilla is a distant cousin of Game of Thrones actor Kit Harrington. Benedict Cumberbatch is a third cousin, 16 times removed from Richard III. At his reburial service in Leicester Cathedral in 2015, he read a poem. Russel Crowe, a British comedian, discovered earlier this year that he is a distant cousin of Simon Lovat, the last man to be beaten in Britain.

Swifties have long praised the singer-songwriter for her powerful lyrics - but could being a wordsmith be in her blood? According to Today, Ancestry's genealogy website has recently revealed that the 34-year-old is actually related to famous American poet Emily Dickinson. Taylor, who is about to release her latest album, The Tortured Poets Department, is believed to be her sixth cousins, three times removed from the 19th century author. Dickinson, a poet who died in 1886, was praised for her liberation from literary traditions and the challenging of societal norms.