West Hollywood is losing a celebrity. And this time it’s a real one, not one of those reality TV characters who troll our streets with paparazzi in tow. According to the real estate Multiple Listing Service, a house at 9060 Harland Ave. in the Norma Triangle neighborhood is on the market. The owner is none other than country music queen ... Read More »
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Israeli forces kill 2 teenagers at Nakba rally (Video)
Security camera footage obtained by Defense for Children International Palestine (DCI-Palestine) shows two Palestinian teens being shot and killed during clashes near Ofer military prison in the West Bank city of Beitunia on Thursday 15 May. Read More »
Warmer climate to suit female sea turtles, Study
Rising temperatures could lead to more female sea turtles but won’t affect population size, research from Swansea University (UK) finds. Above a certain incubation temperature of about 29 degrees, most sea turtle eggs will produce female hatchlings. Although the sex ratio will be altered the overall population size will not crash, at least for a few decades, because males breed ... Read More »
Pancreatic cancer second most deadly by 2030, study shows
A new study suggests pancreatic cancer will become the second leading cause of cancer deaths by the year 2030. Researchers project lung cancer will still top the list, but pancreatic and liver cancers will jump to the second and third spots surpassing breast, prostate and colorectal cancers. Read More »
Six lost pets died in back of Langley dog walker’s truck, searchers say
A shocking twist to the case about the dogs in Langley that were reported missing last week, they are dead. Corporal Holly Marks with Langley RCMP has confirmed the dogs’ bodies have been found in Abbotsford. Marks says it appears they died of heat exhaustion in the back of the dog walker’s vehicle. Read More »
Venus Express gets ready to take the plunge (Video)
After eight years of study of the second planet in our Solar System, ESA’s Venus Express orbiter is winding up its science program in anticipation of a plunge into the Venusian atmosphere sometime in the next two months. The space agency says that the unmanned orbiter’s service life is coming to an end because its propellant is running low, so ... Read More »
Child mobile phone effects probed, New Study
Scientists have launched the world’s biggest investigation into the effects of mobile phones on the developing brains of children. The Study of Cognition, Adolescents and Mobile Phones (Scamp) will focus on mental functions such as memory and attention which continue to develop into the teenage years. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has ranked forward-looking studies of the effects of mobile ... Read More »
Exercise tied to decreased diabetes risk among high-risk women, Study
A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine finds that increased physical activity can lower the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus progressing to type 2 diabetes mellitus. A common complication of pregnancy, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as glucose intolerance that occurs or is first recognized during pregnancy. About one third of women of reproductive age with type 2 ... Read More »
Boy killed by school bus : Brenden Houston memorial account established
The death of a six-year-old boy has left a Shreveport suburban community in shock, and now, residents have set up a roadside memorial at the site where he was tragically killed. Brendan Houston, a first-grade student Herndon Magnet School, was dropped off at his bus stop after school last Thursday. Houston stepped off the bus to realize that his shoelaces ... Read More »
Jacob Lavoro : Texas man facing possible life sentence for pot brownies
A Texas man faces a possible life sentence for making and selling marijuana brownies. Authorities in Round Rock charged 19-year-old Jacob Lavoro with a first-degree felony because he used hash oil to make the brownies. Read More »
Montreal : Police discover IEDs in Cartierville triplex
After a 15-hour operation, the Montreal police bomb squad has removed and neutralized 19 IEDs found Saturday in a residential district of Ahuntsic -Cartierville. Read More »