A new book about Tom Petty claims that the artist was addicted to heroin in the ’90s. And the author of the unauthorized biography says that Petty is okay with that information finally going public. Biographer Warren Zanes notes that Petty was reluctant to publicly discuss his addiction, telling The Washington Post, “The first thing [Petty] said to me on …

Car hackers are being courted by the Canadian military as part of a government-led initiative to better grasp automobile cybersecurity amid a rash of damning discoveries. Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC), the Canadian military’s research agency, published an official request for interested companies to submit proposals on improving cyber security in automotive systems on Tuesday 6 October, according to …

A 46-year-old female pedestrian has been pronounced dead on scene after she was struck by a vehicle in Mississauga during the morning rush hour. The collision happened around 7 a.m. near Seneca Avenue and Lakeshore Road. The woman was initially pinned underneath the vehicle following the crash. Peel Region Paramedics were able to free her from the car, with the …

Coral bleaching on Great Barrier Reef predicted to worsen with record warm Pacific Ocean temperatures. The global coral bleaching event – only the third such incident in recorded history – could affect 38% of the world’s coral reefs and destroy 12,000 square kilometres (4,600 square miles) of reef, the researchers said.

Daniel Craig has given the clearest indication yet that he will not play James Bond for a fifth time, saying he would rather “slash my wrists”. The actor, who reprises the role of the secret agent in his fourth Bond movie, Spectre, this November told Time Out magazine it was time to move on. “I’m over it at the moment. …

Claire Danes didn’t need any makeup to look stunning as she stepped out in New York City on Tuesday with her toddler son Cyrus in a stroller. She opted for a laid back combination of jeans and a loose-fitting grey cardigan, layered over a plain black top and comfortable flat black shoes. The star added a touch of bling as …

President Obama apologized Wednesday to the leader of Doctors Without Borders over the deadly U.S. bombing of a field hospital in Afghanistan, just a day after the White House stopped short of an apology by citing a lack of information about what led to the attack. MSF’s president Dr Joanne Liu said she had recieved an apology over the attack …

A four-month old baby boy is dead following a two-vehicle crash Wednesday evening near St. Thomas, Ont. The Ontario Provincial Police says on Wednesday around 7pm, a Chevy pick-up truck failed stop at a stop sign at Yarmouth Centre Rd. and Ron McNeil Line, colliding with an silver Dodge SUV. The pickup t-boned the SUV, forcing both vehicles into a …

Chelsea O’Donnell didn’t run away from home shortly before her 18th birthday, she says: In her version of the story, mom Rosie O’Donnell showed her the door. Chelsea O’Donnell was reported missing by the former View host in August, who claimed she had run away and was mentally ill, but the teenager has alleged her adoptive mother ordered her to …

The Nobel Prize in physics was awarded to two researchers. Takaaki Kajita, of Japan, and Arthur McDonald, of Canada, won for showing that particles called neutrinos have mass. After photons, neutrinos are the most abundant particle in the universe. Their ubiquity, however, comes with an infinitesimal propensity to react with matter. Every second, trillions of neutrinos—some created in the Big …

A toddler has died from E. coli after visiting a county fair in Maine. Jon Guay says his son Colton began experiencing severe diarrhea shortly after going to the fair and visiting the petting zoo last month. His condition quickly worsened and he eventually began experiencing brain seizures which led to his death. Guay posted about his son’s death on …