There seems to be a growing list of factors that could increase the risk of a person ultimately developing diabetes. Recently, sleep apnea was also added to the list. A new study was published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine recently. The study findings show that sleep apnea increases the likelihood of developing diabetes by 30%.

The Ottawa Police Service Major Crime Section continues to investigate the homicide of 18-year-old Brandon Volpi that occurred on June 7th in the 100 block of Besserer Street.

RCMP are investigating a fire that claimed the life of a 49-year-old Bible Hill woman. The Bible Hill Fire Department and RCMP officers responded to a structure fire at a mobile home in Bob Lee Court at about 5 p.m. on Tuesday. Firefighters extinguished the fire and discovered the woman’s body.

Police in Montana say a woman kicked and struck her boyfriend with a shotgun because he said bad things about her in his sleep.

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) observed two X-class solar flares on Tuesday. A Coronal mass ejection (CME) was associated with the solar flares, but large-scale geomagnetic activity is not expected.

Despite its rapid rise up the ranks of so-called superfoods in recent years, kale does not even make the top 10 “powerhouse fruits and vegetables”, according to a new study. Rather, watercress was the unlikely winner, packing a peppery punch with its cross-section of critical nutrients.

Three people were injured, including a police officer, after a shooting outside a Yaletown Starbucks and Science World late Monday morning in Vancouver. Vancouver Police say they arrived at Davie Street and Marinaside Crescent around 11 a.m. to find an injured woman. She was transported to hospital in serious condition.

Separate studies have now linked the number of moles on a woman’s body to an increased risk of breast cancer while a third study has found that excessive intake of red meat could also lead to the condition.

Genetically modified mosquitoes could reduce the estimated one million deaths each year caused by malaria. An international team of scientists has developed a mosquito strain that produces mostly male offspring, leaving out the females responsible for spreading the disease.

A week after “Glee” star Cory Monteith died from a mix of alcohol and heroin, creator Ryan Murphy publicly expressed his feelings. Murphy told E!, “It’s hard to even explain how personally upsetting it is.”

A representative from Dunkin’s Donuts announced Tuesday that the company is preparing to launch branches in California before the year ends, Reuters reported. This will mark the first time the baked goods and coffee shops will appear in the state after a 12-year-long absence. Dunkin’s Donuts, which was previously managed by a different corporation, left California in 2002 after it …