Age confusion for daylight-saving twins

Our pick of the strange stories from around the world.

Twin time-travels to become the oldest

A couple face confusion over which of their twin boys is the oldest, thanks to a change in daylight savings time. Emily and Seth Peterson, of Massachusetts, welcomed their first son Simon at 1.39am. His brother Ronan was delivered 31 minutes later - after daylight-saving time had finished, technically making him 29 minutes older as the clocks had been put back by an hour.

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CNN pollster eats bug

Before last week's US election, CNN pollster Sam Wang made an on-air bet with colleagues that he would "eat a bug" if Donald Trump managed to secure more than 240 electoral college votes. He has since made good on his bet with a tin of "gourmet-style crickets", to the delight of CNN anchor Michael Smerconish.

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Man robs bank to get free health care

A man in North Carolina robbed a bank of $1 in order to get access to free health care while in prison. James Verone, 59, whose health insurance ended when he lost his job as a delivery driver, reportedly wrote a letter to a local newspaper explaining why he was attacking the bank. He told friends he hoped for a three-year sentence to allow time to receive the care he needs, but is likely to receive a jail term of just 12 months.