True crime author and former LAPD detective Steve Hodel at his home in Sherman Oaks, California. Photograph: Emily Berl/The GuardianTrue crime author and former LAPD detective Steve Hodel at his home in Sherman Oaks, California. Photograph: Emily Berl/The GuardianUS crimeFormer Los Angeles police department detective Steve Hodel has spent the last 15 years cataloguing evidence that his dad killed Elizabeth Short – and others Shortly after receiving the news of his father’s death, Steve Hodel found himself sorting through his belongings.

Wildlife Kangaroos use tail as 'third leg' - video Research conducted by scientists in Australia, the US and Canada shows that kangaroos plant their tails on the ground in sequence prior to their hind legs, pushing them forwards. This gives the tail the role of a 'third leg', doing a similar job to a human leg – a far different role than proposed by the previous theory that the tail merely provides support and balance Source: Guardian

CoachellaReviewAs a replacement for Beyoncé, her newer tracks didn’t always land but she delivered the faultless crowd-pleaser expected of her Filling a slot that was once set to be occupied by Beyoncé is at best difficult and at worst utterly terrifying, her position at the very top of the industry uncontested. So when she had to drop out of headlining Coachella because of her pregnancy, organisers were stuck with the unenviable process of finding another performer to satisfy a disappointed crowd.

Adolf Hitler Look Who's Back trailer: film asks what happens if Hitler appears in 2015 – video Starring Oliver Masucci as Adolf Hitler, He Is Back asks what would happen if Hitler appeared in 2015. This satirical film follows the reawakened Hitler as he tries to start a career in television and his encounters with people, and animals, across the new Germany in the 21st century Constantin Film, Source: Constantin Film

World newsMadonna of Guadalupe 'fake'The Vatican was thrown on to the defensive yesterday after the Virgin of Guadalupe, one of the Roman Catholic church's most powerful icons, was accused of being a con. The attack came not from secular scholars, but the very clerics who for decades watched over the Guadalupe shrine, which draws millions of pilgrims each year. In a letter leaked to the press, the former abbot of the basilica in Mexico City, Guillermo Schulenburg, warned Pope John Paul II not to canonise Juan Diego, a native American whose vision of the Virgin 500 years ago was decisive in converting Latin America to Christianity.