Scientists Warn Drastic Climate Impacts Coming Much Sooner Than Expected. The warning was made in a paper released on Tuesday citing research led by retired NASA scientist James E. Hansen, according to The New York Times. Co-authored by 18 other scientists, the paper apparently suggests the world’s nations were wrong in believing they could bring the crisis to a non-hazardous …

Toyota Motor Corporation said Monday it will make automatic braking standard on almost all of its cars and trucks by 2017. Advanced automatic safety technology that was once available on only the most expensive new vehicles is about to be included as standard equipment on almost every Lexus and Toyota model and trim level in the United States. Announced today …

Margot Robbie plans to bring figure skating pariah Tonya Harding to the big screen in an upcoming biopic. The Suicide Squad actress is preparing to lace up her ice skates in preparation for perhaps her biggest role yet. The casting announcement came today that 25-year-old Margot Robbie has signed on to play one of the most vilified sports figures in …

Sarah Palin has never been a judge, but she’s hoping to play one on TV. The onetime vice presidential candidate has been tapped to preside over a new reality court show that would premiere next year. She signed a deal in February with Montana-based production company Warm Springs, a source close to the process tells PEOPLE.

Health benefits associated with moderate drinking may not be as strong as previous studies suggest, That’s according to new research analysis published in The Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. “I wish it were true,” Tim Stockwell, director UVic’s Centre for Addictions Research of British Columbia and the study’s lead author, said with a laugh. “I like a drink …

Last night, a rumour began circulating that Nintendo could be planning to cease production on the Wii U console later this year, presumably in order to make way for the upcoming Nintendo NX console which is set to be announced later this year. While the company rarely responds to these sort of things, it did issue a comment on this …

More than two dozen drivers in Perth County have learned an expensive lesson about using an electronic device while driving. According to the OPP, a total of 27 drivers received $490 tickets for using electronic devices while driving. One person was also charged with careless driving.

There is a very real possibility that Pluto may once have had flowing streams and pools of liquid nitrogen. According to a report in New Scientist, the theory was developed by looking at data sent back by the probe, which aims to model how Pluto’s climate and atmosphere changed over time. Weather models are now pointing to different points in …

A man confronted a woman who parked her vehicle in an wheelchair-accessible parking spot outside of a Toronto Tim Hortons on Monday and in exchange she threw all of her drinks at him. The video was posted to YouTube by an account with the name Ryan Favro and also to Reddit’s Toronto discussion board on Monday. In the video, the …

A 6-year-old girl was reportedly taken away from her foster family because of her Native American heritage. Social workers arrived at the home of Rusty and Summer Page near Ron Ridge and Pamlico drives shortly before 3 p.m. to take the girl, named Lexi, so she can be placed with Choctaw Nation extended family in Utah.

The wife of famed concert pianist Vadym Kholodenko has been charged with two counts of capital murder for the deaths of their children ages 1 and 5, Texas authorities announced Monday. Benbrook Police Cmdr. David Babcock said Sofya Tsygankova killed her daughters but she has not been arrested because she is undergoing a mental evaluation at John Peter Smith Hospital …