Alcohol killed or contributed to the deaths of more than 3.3 million people in 2012, according to a new report from the World Health Organization. The report, released Monday, added that alcohol is blamed for one death every 10 seconds.

Twitter officially launched the “Mute” feature on Monday, a function that allows users to hide other accounts’ tweets from their timelines and silence push notifications without unfollowing or blocking. The social network had apparently been testing the mute feature for at least a few weeks before rolling it out for all users, The Washington Post reported.

A new documentary, Fed Up, produced by bookseller Heather Reisman and environmentalist Laurie David, who wrote An Inconvenient Truth, takes aim at the food industry, and levels much of the blame for the dramatic increase we have seen in the spread of obesity, which the World Health Organization (WHO) says has doubled since 1980.

BAUCHI, Nigeria — One of the teenagers who escaped from Islamic extremists who abducted more than 300 schoolgirls says the kidnapping was “too terrifying for words,” and she is scared to go back to school. Sarah Lawan, a 19-year-old science student, spoke Sunday as Nigerians prayed for the safety of the 276 students still held captive. Their prayers were joined …

Nearly 90% of voters in the Donetsk region voted in favor of independence from Ukraine, and 10% voted against it, an election official claimed Monday. Pro-Russian separatists eager to declare independence from Kiev held the vote Sunday.

Here’s the very first trailer for NBC’s ‘Constantine‘ based on the Hellblazer and the New 52 comic of the same name. Get ready for three minutes of hellish action and supernatural fixings.

Singer Alicia Keys has been named the new face of a Givenchy fragrance. Alicia Keys has just taken her first step into the beauty industry by landing a contract to represent Parfums Givenchy. According to WWD, the singer will appear in promotional ads for the brand’s next fragrance later on this year.

Health officials say the long, tough winter did nothing to stifle the tick population in the Northeast. They say ticks are primed to increase in population and continue to spread Lyme Disease. Last year, Lyme disease cases reached nearly 1,400 in Maine, the highest number since the state started tracking the cases. Officials say the number of Lyme disease cases …

Reading has declined drastically among American children with large section saying they read for pleasure just once or twice a year, a report released by Common Media Sense states. A meta-analysis of seven surveys and various tests by public and private groups show that overall reading among pre-adolescents and youngsters has gone down tremendously in the last 30 years. The …

Biogen Idec Inc. said Monday that it will make the largest donation ever of hemophilia drugs to developing nations, where the costs prevent thousands of people afflicted by the bleeding disorder from getting treatment.

California Highway Patrol officers rescued a Chihuahua stuck on the center divider of a Northern California freeway. The rescue occurred Friday on Interstate 680 in Walnut Creek during rush hour.