A suicidal mother stabbed her child to death at a park near Livermore, Saturday afternoon. Livermore police the 23-year-old woman on suspicion of murder. She is being held without bail. Authorities said the woman killed the child after first trying to kill herself. Read More »
Everywhere you look, spring is in full swing. The grass is green, trees and flowering plants are blooming, and, over the last few days at least, there’s been a thin yellow film on almost every outdoor surface. For allergy sufferers, it’s among the worst times of the year. “This is our busy time of the year,” said Dr. Karthik Krishnan, ... Read More »
A new research programme aims to understand 3D vision in the praying mantis, the only invertebrate known to have this ability, and compare it with vision in humans. Analysing how mantises see in three dimensions could give us clues about how 3D vision evolved and lead to novel approaches in implementing 3D recognition and depth perception in computer vision and ... Read More »
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed earlier this week that it paid a private company to conduct surveillance flights for nine days in 2012 over the Compton area of southeast Los Angeles, the Los Angeles NBC News affiliate reports. As has become the custom of law enforcement officials forced to justify their violation of the Fourth Amendment, a spokesman ... Read More »
Columbus Day is a thing of the past for one American city. The Minneapolis City Council voted unanimously to change the name of the long-recognized October holiday. Many in the American Indian community consider Columbus Day controversial. From now on the day will be called Indigenous Peoples Day. American Indian leaders Clyde Bellecourt and Bill Means say the move is ... Read More »
Officials have announced the large sand dune that trapped a 6-year-old boy under 11 feet of sand last summer will remain closed this summer and perhaps into the fall while scientists investigate the its safety, our news partner WNDU reported. Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore’s superintendent, Garry Traynham, said the decision was made after more holes were found in the Mount ... Read More »
April is autism awareness month. Four separate walks statewide attracted 500 people to help educate the community on this disorder. Spanning from Presque Isle, to Bangor, to Farmington and Biddeford; locals gathered to share their stories. The 12th annual statewide walk is hosted by the Autism Society of Maine. The walks help raise money for events throughout the year, like ... Read More »
Babies might not be able to walk very well, but luckily Houstonians are walking for them. More than 40,000 people attended the 43rd annual Houston March for Babies at the University of Houston Saturday morning The four-mile walk benefits the March of Dimes, which aims at helping all moms have healthy, full-term pregnancies. Read More »
Most of us use lip balm to keep our lips smooth when the weather is dry. But it seems some teens may be using one brand for something else: getting high. They are taking Burt’s Bees, which is made with beeswax and peppermint oil, and rubbing it on their eyelids to add to the experience of getting drunk or high. ... Read More »
There was a serious crash involving a Vancouver Police wagon this morning. Police say the wagon was traveling north on Gore Street when it was struck in the intersection by a car traveling west on Hastings Street. Read More »
French media report four police officers are in custody in connection with the alleged rape of a Canadian woman at the Paris police headquarters. Published reports say the 34-year-old Toronto woman is the daughter of a Canadian police officer and may herself be a police officer too. The reports allege the woman met with the officers at a pub Tuesday ... Read More »
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