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An unidentified suspect was caught at a US air base in Japan on Saturday with a “suspicious package,” causing a temporary lockdown at the site, the base officials said in a statement. The warning was lifted after the unidentified person was taken into custody. Authorities have not said who the suspect is or what might have been in the package. ... Read More »

Katy Perry insists her Christmases are ”not that fancy” and are just about spending time with her family. She said: “We all make food together. My mother still does stockings, which is adorable – she still puts a toothbrush in my stocking and some extra socks. If we’re in town, we like to go to the movie theater. It’s really ... Read More »

Quebec Health Minister, Gaetan Barrette, spent Saturday afternoon touring a Syrian refugee health clinic set up in the emergency room of the former Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal. The clinic has been open since mid-December, and Barrette says everyone will have full access to provincial health care. Patients are being provided with a variety of services, ranging from getting the ... Read More »

A police officer in Louisiana recently crashed his patrol car while on-duty after an owl flew into his unit and attacked him, according to the Covington Police Department. Covington Officer Lance Benjamin was working early on Christmas Eve when he suddenly felt something hit him on the side of his face. “So I’m thinking ‘okay, maybe it was a football ... Read More »

Google is working on a new method for users to log into their accounts without needing to type in their passwords, according to International Business Times. The U.S. search giant confirmed Tuesday that it is testing a way to allow users to log into its services using only their smartphones and whatever other device they may be trying to access ... Read More »

George Clayton Johnson, who wrote the script for the first Star Trek episode to air and co-wrote Logan’s Run, died Tuesday (Dec 22) in the Los Angeles area following a battle with cancer. He was 86. Johnson’s son Paul posted this on Facebook: My Father, George Clayton Johnson, passed away this Christmas day at 12:46 p.s.t. He was more than ... Read More »

The NHS Choir has beaten Canadian pop star Justin Bieber to secure the UK’s official Christmas number one for 2015. The Lewisham and Greenwich choir’s charity single, A Bridge Over You, has claimed the top spot in the closest chart battle since 2009 when Rage Against The Machine beat X Factor star Joe McElderry. Read More »

Carson Daly married his longtime girlfriend Siri Pinter on Wednesday. The Voice US presenter and Siri have been together for 10 years and finally tied the knot. According to People, the ceremony was an intimate affair held in front of close family. Read More »

Turkish President Erdogan used his celebrated rhetorical skills to save a life on Friday, preventing a man from jumping off Istanbul’s Bosphorus Bridge. Extraordinary television footage obtained Anadolu Agency shows Mr Erdogan’s motorcade stopping on Istanbul’s Bosporus Bridge after spotting a man standing over the side of the railing. He was reportedly planning to jump, according to Turkish officials. Read More »

California health officials warned people Wednesday to take care when handling food after a marked increase in cases of norovirus, which they also subtly referred to as “winter vomiting disease.” The CDPH has confirmed 32 outbreaks of norovirus in California since Oct. 1, which the department suspects has likely resulted in hundreds of reported sicknesses in the state. These outbreaks ... Read More »

Michael Korchak was admittedly a little nervous flying home to Toronto from Halifax for the holidays last week. He’d hit a snag on his trip home to Burlington last Thursday for Christmas and a group of Air Canada employees was gathering around him at its busy departure gate at the Halifax airport. The 25-year-old Canadian Armed Forces member, who’s in ... Read More »