Taylor Swift is the most nominated artist at the 2015 American Music Awards. The singer is up for six categories, including artist of the year. The Weeknd and Ed Sheeran are one nom behind with five each, while others like Sam Smith, Nicki Minaj and Meghan Trainor scored four chances at a trophy. Additionally, Jason Aldean, Chris Brown, Luke Bryan, …

The Toronto Zoo is celebrating a Canadian first with the birth of two tiny, pink panda cubs. According to the zoo, Er Shun, a panda on loan from China, gave birth to the first cub at 3:31 a.m. Tuesday. The second followed at 3:44 a.m. “Er Shun is demonstrating excellent maternal instincts and began cleaning and cradling the cub soon …

Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crashed because a Russian-made Buk missile exploded just outside the left side of the airplane’s cockpit, the Dutch Safety Board chairman said Tuesday. Though it declined to comment further on the exact launch site, all the territory within the 320 square kilometre area it identified was in rebel hands at the time of the July 2014 …

Teresa Giudice, the Real Housewives of New Jersey star who is currently serving a 15-month sentence behind bars for tax fraud, claims that she was shaken down in prison. On Sunday’s premiere of the three-part special “Teresa Checks In,” a teaser for next week’s episode aired during Watch What Happens Live, showing an emotional Teresa telling husband Joe, “I got …

Nick Lachey and his wife Vanessa were involved in a car crash over the weekend. The 41-year-old shared a photo of the aftermath, captioned, “A word of advice…..always wear your seatbelt when you @uber There is no such thing as a guaranteed safe ride. #datenight.”

A wooden vessel believed to be one of celebrated English king Henry V’s ‘great ships’ has been found in a river in southern England. The wreck discovered in the River Hamble is likely to be the Holigost – the second of four “great” ships which were built for the King’s royal fleet. Government body Historic England now plans to perform …

According to reports the studio and DiCaprio’s Appian Way have optioned a four-page book proposal about the ongoing crisis at the German car manufacturer with a view to a feature adaptation. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the star acquired the rights to Jack Ewing’s book proposal, despite the fact that it’s yet to hit shelves. Ewing covered the story of …

Three suspects were charged with murder last Friday and could face the death penalty in connection with the killings of a Canadian backpacker in Golden Gate Park and a hiker in Marin County earlier this month, according to the Marin County District Attorney’s Office. The murder charges against Morrison Haze Lampley, 23, Sean Michael Angold, 24, and Lila Scott Alligood, …

A Tanzanian court has charged a prominent Chinese businesswoman, dubbed the ‘Ivory Queen’, with running a criminal network responsible for smuggling tusks from more than 700 elephants. Yang Feng Glan, considered the “ivory queen” has been a key link between Chinese ivory buyers and African poachers for nearly 15 years. Her arrest came over a year after Tanzania’s national and …

New analysis of ancient rock samples suggest Earth’s inner core formed between 1 and 1.5 billion years ago. The inner core is Earth’s deepest layer. It is a ball of solid iron just larger than Pluto which is surrounded by a liquid outer core. The inner core is a relatively recent addition to our planet and establishing when it was …

A great white shark attacks a seal in the water off Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay as tourists watch from a nearby dock. The unbelievable sighting was captured on video and posted on YouTube, showing a pool of blood in the water as the shark ate the remains of the seal, just metres from the dock where the tourists …