Firefighters across US suing siren manufacturer over their hearing loss. More than 4,000 current and former firefighters are suing an Illinois company that makes sirens, claiming the firm did not do enough to make them safe on fire trucks. The group say Federal Signal, based in Oak Brook, could have designed the fire truck sirens so that the volume was …

Researchers say a fossilized femur belongs to an archaic human species thought to be long extinct by the time this person walked the Earth. A thigh bone discovered in Southwest China could indicate that an ancient species of human survived until as recently at 14,000 years ago. Until now, the Neanderthals of Europe and ‘Denisovans’ of southern Siberia, both of …

November and December are always two of the busiest months for TV sales, and we have seen a rise in the popularity of the 4K TV. This is not only due to an increase in the amount of supported content, but more so because of prices decreasing. VIZIO, Inc. has announced the availability of its all-new D-Series collection. The newly …

New York drug bust nets 136 pounds of cocaine worth estimated $3 million. The busts began at 6:15 p.m. when Homeland Security and immigration agents and cops pulled over a car in Morris Park in which 24-year-old Xavier Herbert-Gumbs, of San Juan, was riding passenger, according to a detective’s account. In the trunk, cops say they found a box containing …

A snowplow driving erratically on Highway 11 near Gravenhurst drew the attention of a concerned motorist who called police. The OPP say they were contacted on Saturday, at around 7:30 p.m. over concerns about the driving behaviour of a snow plow on Highway 11, near Doe Lake Road.

Justin Bieber decided to take in Toronto’s shopping scene Saturday and ran into a familiar face who is also known to snap a few photos with fans. The mall tweeted a photo of Fashion Santa and Bieber on Saturday evening, with the caption: “It’s true! Celebs shop at #Yorkdale! Can you #believe it!?”

2 venomous sea Serpents wash ashore in SoCal this year. For the second time in two months, a “highly venomous” yellow-bellied sea snake has washed ashore on a Southern California beach, this time in Orange County. The exotic reptile — seen only three times on the state’s shoreline in the past three decades — was found by a volunteer at …

TMZ reports that Justin Bieber and his legal team are denying that recent nude photos are actually Bieber. Justin Bieber fans went into a tizzy Friday after two full-frontal naked pictures popped up online, showing what appears to be the “Sorry” singer reclining in the altogether. In the photos, the man’s head has been cropped out but it was speculated …

Five kinds of Bothwell shredded cheese are being pulled amid fears of possible Listeria contamination. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says there have been no reported illnesses. The CFIA warns consumers not to eat the affected products and warns hotels, restaurants, cafeterias, hospitals and nursing homes not to sell or use them. Recalled products should be thrown out or returned …

James Cromwell has been arrested after he protested against the building of a power plant in New York. The 75-year-old star, who played the farmer in the film Babe, reportedly led a chant, shouting “power to the people” to around 40 demonstrators who answered back with the same reply.

The late Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the Nobel laureate who dedicated her life to helping the poorest of the poor, will be made a saint of the Roman Catholic Church in September 2016, the Vatican announced yesterday. Almost 20 years after her death, Pope Francis, who turned 79 on December 17, released a statement confirming the news. The sainthood comes …