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Cancer researchers from Toronto and Los Angeles combined research efforts and the result is a drug they call a "sharpshooter" for its ability to pinpoint enzymes and stop cancer, without harming healthy tissue. The drug is ready for human testing.
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Leanne Rowe is an Australian, living in Tasmania. She was involved in a serious car crash and after recovering from her injuries, she found she had developed what sounds like a French accent.
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Everyday is an adventure for Justin Bieber, one packed with possibility. Some good, some not so good. Monday might have been a decent day for him - but not for a photographer covering him. The Biebs whacked into the guy in his Ferrari.
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In Indiana, a six-month old pit bull, attracted to his diabetic owner's open wound, chewed off two of the man's toes and part of his foot as he slept. The man awoke to find his foot a bloody mess and discovered the results of his puppy's nighttime meal.
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For readers who don't know about Jimmy Hoffa, and given it's been 38 years since he disappeared there are many, he was a powerful union boss who spent time with mobsters. Suddenly, in 1975, he was gone. Forever.
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The plot may have thickened in the Justin Trudeau speaker engagement fee scandal, if a scandal it is. It turns out a husband of a board member of the charity asking for a refund has strong ties to the federal Conservative Party.
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An investigation into daycare workers at the Bayview Public School in Ottawa has lead to two workers being fired. The investigation began when a parent complained a child was taped to a cot at nap time.
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On Friday night, female super featherweight boxer Frida Wallberg, from Sweden, had to go in for surgery after suffering from a serious head injury in a 10-round world championship title fight against Diana Prazak, from Australia.
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Scientists at the University College London say they have gained new insight into how cancer cells spread. The findings could revolutionize cancer treatment because most cancer deaths are caused by cells spreading to other parts of the body.
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Hundreds of Harley-Davidson riding bikers, whom Reuters described as "wearing black boots, jackets and vests," rode through the streets of Rome Sunday and stopped at St. Peter's Square. There they heard Pope Francis deliver Mass and were blessed.
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There may be a minor flap brewing about a Super Bowl ring no longer on the finger of Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots. It was there once, but no more. Where is it? In Russia on display in the library in the Kremlin.
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For the first time in the history of the world, the planet's farmed fish production has topped beef production. This news comes from the Earth Policy Institute (EPI), an environmental think-tank.
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The Beatles were a big part of the cultural revolution in the sixties and stories of their becoming acquainted with marijuana made the rounds. Some things you never forget and that's the case with old Beatle Paul McCartney at a festival in Tennessee.
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Tiger Woods crawled to the finish line at the U.S. Open on Sunday, instead of winning his first major since 2008 carding his worst score over 4 holes ever at the U.S. Open. Woods finished with a 4 over on the final day to wind up with a 293 total.
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Justin Trudeau, in an abrupt about-face from what he had a spokeswoman tell media Friday, told CTV’s Question Period that he's willing to "pay back" speaker fees to charities that ask him to. Trudeau was on the program on Sunday.
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A squirrel from Winnipeg, Canada, has a pretty shitty story to tell its family after getting trapped in a sewage pipe and having to crawl up and into a home's toilet. Covered in sewage the beast was at the mercy of a surprised homeowner.
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Three Czech companies debuted their work-in-progress Flying Bike, or 'F-Bike' last week. The bike can now only stay up in the air for a short period but it's designed to be both ridden and flown. The test flight was around a large warehouse in Prague.
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It was moving day at the U.S. Open and Tiger Woods moved to the wrong side of town. Looking to break his streak of not winning a major tournament since 2008, Woods instead shot a 76 and now sits at +9, 10 strokes off the lead.
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A man brought to police headquarters on an assault charge, was found with drugs between his toes. Martin Perez claimed he had no weapons or drugs on him and when the drug, it was cocaine, was found, Mr. Perez said it was "not mine."
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In a statement to media from RCMP Cpl. Lucy Shorey this week, Cpl. Shorey implied that the force's examination of the details of Nigel Wright's $90,000 payment to Mike Duffy for criminal wrongdoing could be a lengthy one. It also promises to be thorough.
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