Scientists from Stanford University in California found that in the past 20 years there has been a sharp decrease in physical exercise and an increase in average body mass index (BMI), while caloric intake has remained steady. They theorized that a nationwide drop in leisure-time physical activity, especially among young women, may be responsible for the upward trend in obesity …

Rihanna was captured in the studio with Big Sean, possibly cooking up something for her forthcoming eighth studio album, slated to arrive later this year.

Violence in Chicago over the holiday weekend once again garnered national attention after more than 80 people were shot, at least 15 of them fatally.

A New York City man convicted of raping his former stepdaughter in an attack she disclosed years later in a college application essay has been sentenced to 18 years in prison.

Neighbours say a City Centre father and his two sons who are feared dead were reported missing early Friday as the man and his wife appeared set to divorce. Police have yet to say whether the disappearance of Samuel Masih, 36, and his two boys, 10-year-old Tyrese and 4-year-old Shantosh, is linked to the grisly discovery of three charred bodies …

JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said he has been diagnosed with throat cancer but that the ailment is curable and he plans to remain actively involved in the largest U.S. bank’s business. In a memo to the bank’s employees and shareholders on Tuesday, Dimon, 58, said the cancer was caught at an early stage and is …

Chimpanzees, the closest living relatives of humans, have their own way of communication, which includes various gestures. A team of scientists has claimed in a new study that they have for the first time successfully decoded what these apes are attempting to say through different movements of their bodies, hands and feet.

Researchers have found a new method to predict disastrous floods up to 11 months in advance, based on satellite monitoring of minute changes in the gravitational field of river basins. Scientists measured how much water was stored in a river basin months ahead of the spring flood season.

The value of Canadian building permits shot up by 13.8 per cent in May from April, the fastest rate since July 2013, led by commercial buildings, and industrial and residential structures also registered substantial increases, Statistics Canada data indicated on Monday.

On July 6, 2013, a freight train carrying crude oil derailed and exploded in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, just north of the Maine border. One year later, people in Waterville held a memorial, commemoriating the tragic events of that day, and honoring the lives of the victims.

After five grueling days, the search for a missing St. James girl has come to a tragic end. The St. James Parish Sheriff’s Office found the body of 12-year-old Talaija Dorsey at 10:20 a.m. Sunday morning. Officials found the 12-year-old near a sugar cane field in Vacherie, just miles from her family’s home, where she was taken early Tuesday morning.