Could the English Bulldog be nearing extinction? With the face of a lovable grump, the popular English Bulldog has one of the sweetest temperaments around. But now he has genuine cause to look so worried. A new research by scientists at the University of California, Davis’ Center for Companion Animal Health has discovered that the breed is sorely missing the …

A plane carrying cargo has overshot the runway at an international airport in Italy and crash-landed on a road. The plane, which was supposed to arrive at Orio al Serio international airport, ended up on a nearby ring road where it crashed through the barriers running alongside.

Three men accused in the brutal kidnapping and murder of 25-year-old Steven Miller of CBS, will remain in custody pending court appearances later this month. The trio — a 19-year-old from Paradise, and two St. John’s men aged 26 and 35 — are charged with first-degree murder, forcible confinement, robbery and arson, police announced Friday. Conception Bay South Mayor Stephen …

Caitlyn Jenner once contemplated suicide during her transition from man to woman. In an interview on HBO’s Any Given Wednesday, the Olympian and Time 100 honoree discussed a dark moment during her transition. After having an operation on her “hated” Adam’s apple, Jenner told Bill Simmons she was spotted by a paparazzo leaving the doctor’s office.

A 22-year old Quebec waiter has been arrested after making an apparent mistake that put a man into a coma for several days. Simon-Pierre Canuel had gone to a restaurant and told the waiter he was severely allergic to seafood. He ordered a beef tartare, but was served a salmon tartare instead. He immediately became ill and had left his …

Scientists have found that whales’ ultrasonic hearing has an ancient history. Their high-frequency hearing abilities arose earlier than anticipated. Morgan Churchill of New York Institute of Technology in Old Westbury, New York, said that the high-frequency hearing of whales may have preceded the emergence of echolocation. The inner-ear fossil, estimated at 24 to 27 million years of age and uncovered …

Exposure to air pollution after a diagnosis of lung cancer can have a negative effect on survival, according to a new study published online in the medical journal Thorax. The trends were most noticeable for early stage disease, particularly adenocarcinoma–the most common type of non-small cell lung cancer, which accounts for 80% of lung cancer cases–the findings show. Air pollution …

Researchers have just identified what might just be the most surreal thing to emerge from the ice: the remnants of a covert U.S. Army base teeming with radioactive waste, abandoned decades ago in northwestern Greenland. A lot of messy stuff threatens to be exposed as the ice disappears, including some 200,000 litres of diesel fuel, 240,000 litres of sewage and …

A 16-year-old boy has died after being pulled from the waters at a beach in Barrie Friday evening, police have confirmed. Barrie Police say they were called to the beach just after 6 p.m. on Friday night and along with paramedics and fire units initiated a search for the 16-year-old. The police marine unit located the boy approximately 30 to …

Video footage has surfaced from a Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa’s concert in Camden, N.J., on Friday night (Aug. 5) that seems to show a railing collapsing. The incident caused dozens to fall in front of the stage. The collapse happened around 10 p.m. at BB&T Pavilion. A woman told WCAU the rappers had just gotten into a secondary stage …

Hundreds of wild goldfish, which measure up to 25 centimetres long, have overrun two storm water ponds in Okotoks. Officials worry they could spill over into the Sheep and Bow rivers and their tributaries, where they could out-eat and out-live native fish while spreading disease among plants. “They have no natural predators, and they can grow really large and get …