Adele chose last night’s edition of the X Factor (well, an ad break) to share a snippet of music from her forthcoming new album. While the ad did not feature the singer’s name or face, fans instantly recognised her voice on the ballad, leading to the inevitable explosion of commentary on Twitter.

Spiderman has the ability to sling webs that allow him to travel through the city at breakneck speeds while sticking to walls. Now, scientists are exploring how to bring Spiderman’s “powers” to life by exploring the properties underlying spider glue’s humidity-responsive adhesion to create “smart adhesives.” Spiders are some of the most diverse species on our planet, with about 45,000 …

Two men were taken to hospital in critical condition after collapsing near the finish line of Scotiabank’s Toronto Waterfront Marathon Sunday. Paramedics were called to Bay and Albert Sts. just after 11 a.m after a 40-year-old man fell during the race.

DRUG lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is believed to have been injured evading police in the mountains of north-western Mexico. El Chapo, who escaped maximum-security prison earlier this year for the second time with the aid of workers, has been on the run from Mexican authorities in a continued massive manhunt to try and bring in Mexico’s most notorious drug …

Cops are investigating after a stolen silver Jeep Wrangler hit a delivery driver and tried to take off on Sunday morning. EPS say the incident took place on Henry Avenue, near Hermitage Road, at around 6 Sunday morning.

A kangaroo was on his way back home to upstate New York Saturday afternoon, after hopping away from the home where his owner was staying on Staten Island. “It was jumping around, enjoying the freedom and the fun,” Urim Osmani, who saw the kangaroo around the auto-shop he owns, told the New York Daily News. “We didn’t know what it …

The house where Bruce Springsteen wrote his iconic “Born To Run” album is back on the market. That’s because the 828-square-foot house where he wrote all eight songs on his epic 1975 album Born to Run is on sale for a price that even someone who is not a Boss could afford – $299,000.

A 55-year-old man identified as Homer Lee Jackson has been arrested and charged in a series of murders that targeted prostitutes in Portland in the 1980s, police announced on Friday. Homer Lee Jackson, 55, is charged with aggravated murder in the deaths of Essie Jackson, Tonja Harry, Angela Anderson and Latanga Watts, KGW-TV reported. He is being held without bond.

ABC’s summer hit series Rookie Blue has been canceled after six seasons on the air. Produced in Canada and set in Toronto, the show premiered in 2010 and ran for 74 episodes. It aired on ABC in the U.S. and on Global here at home. It reached its lowest ratings during its most recent season.

Nehemiah Griego, a 18-year-old teenager from New Mexico, has pleaded guilty in the shooting deaths of his parents and three young siblings. In January of 2013 Nehemiah Griego shot and killed his mother, two younger sisters and younger brother in their sleep and then ambushed his father Greg when he came home that night.

James Vernon had combat training, but he never had to use it — until recently. Army veteran James Vernon, 75, knew it was his duty to keep the children attending his chess class safe when 19-year-old Dustin Brown entered the Morton Public Library in Illinois wielding two knives, the Pekin Daily Times reports. Police said Brown entered the building and …