Dog Lowers Asthma Risk In Children By 13 Percent. Growing up with a pet around the house could help keep kids from developing asthma. A total of more than one million children were included in the researchers’ study linking together nine different national data sources, including two dog ownership registers not previously used for medical research. The results are being …

A Yale University fraternity is under the microscope after reportedly throwing a halloween party themed “White Girls Only.” The Yale Daily News reports that the frat was accused by a black female student who wasn’t even at the party: On Oct. 31, the day after the party in question, Neema Githere ’18 posted a status on her personal Facebook profile …

To help victims of family violence access support services when they’re needed, the Manitoba government is introducing new resources and will make it easier for those at risk to obtain protection orders. Attorney General Gord Mackintosh and Family Services Minister Kerri Irvin-Ross made the announcement Monday. It comes less than a month after 20-year-old Selena Rose Keeper was killed in …

Wyoming residents are in awe of the sudden appearance of “The Gash” or “The Crack” in the Big Horn Mountains. It isn’t known exactly when the crack — located near Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains — formed. On Tuesday, K2 Radio, a radio station in Casper, Wyoming, uploaded a series of photos taken by Casper resident Randy Becker of the massive gash …

One of the world’s most mysterious whales has been filmed for the first time in its natural habitat off the coast of Madagascar. The Omura’s whale, which has a body almost as long as a school bus, had only been given its name based on dead specimens in 2003. The mammal’s size was approximately 33 to 38 feet, making it …

Noah Jacob Harpham, 33, had no record in Oregon except for speeding ticket in ‘03. Noah Jacob Harpham posted a blog not long before the shootings took place Saturday morning. The statements on the blog appear to be ramblings about his father’s connection to a church in California. They make no mention that he might be about to go on …

A woman was bitten by a tiger after she trespassed into a zoo and attempted to pet the animal. Police said the woman was intoxicated and went into an unauthorized area around 7:20 a.m. to pet the animal, somehow getting past the fence and security before the zoo had opened.

Former U.S. Senator of Tennessee Fred Dalton Thompson has died on Sunday at age 73, according to a statement released by his family. Born in Alabama, Fred Dalton Thompson established himself as an accomplished trial lawyer and Republican political activist; he even played a role in the Watergate hearings. When one of his cases was adapted as a film, the …

The NTSB says they have found some wreckage believed to belong to El Faro 15,000-feet underwater in the same spot where the cargo ship sank. Maritime attorney Rod Sullivan said the challenge now is detaching the voyage data recorder from the ship. The National Transportation Safety Board said the operation to locate and recover the recorder could take up to …

Taylor Swift is being sued for $42m for allegedly stealing the lyrics to her hit 2014 song Shake It Off. R&B artist Jesse Graham has accused the Grammy award winner of taking some of the lyrics for the song penned in 2014 from a song he wrote in 2013. Jesse Graham, 50, says the lyrics: “Cause the players gonna play, …

Only an external impact could have caused a Russian plane to dive into the Egyptian desert, killing all 224 people on board, Metrojet airline officials said. “We rule out a technical fault of the plane or a pilot error,” said Alexander Smirnov, deputy general director of the Metrojet airline. “The only possible explanation could be an external impact on the …