One police officer is dead following a shooting Wednesday morning at the Richland Mall in Columbia. Officer Greg Alia, 32, died while responding with one other officer at Richland Mall in Forest Acres between 8 and 9 a.m., WIS-TV reported. The suspect, identified as Jarvis Hall, is now in police custody.

Bonnie Brown, due for induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in October, revealed Monday she has lung cancer. Brown’s brother, Grand Ole Opry star Jim Ed Brown, died of the same disease in June shortly after he learned that the Browns — along with the Oak Ridge Boys and guitarist Grady Martin — had been selected for the …

Cathriona White, an Irish beauty therapist and former girlfriend of actor Jim Carrey, has been found dead in her Los Angeles residence, according to police in the US. TMZ reports that police were called to a Los Angeles residence on Monday night, having responded to a call. They found 28-year-old Cathriona, alongside a suicide note addressed to the Hollywood actor.

New Zealand on Monday unveiled a plan to create a massive marine sanctuary in the South Pacific Ocean in order to protect one of the world’s most pristine marine environments. The Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary around 600 miles off the antipodean nation’s northeast coast will contain 240,000 sq. mi. of ocean that is considered one of the world’s most pristine environments …

A Canadian research team has completed a benchmark study that looks at the effects of cannabis when used in pain management. The team led by Dr. Mark Ware from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in Montréal has completed a national multicentre study looking at the safety of medical cannabis use among patients suffering from chronic …

A novel technique is being developed that makes it possible to imitate the fine and complex structure of seashells, teeth and other biological composite materials in order to mimic their hardness. André Studart, a professor of complex materials at ETH Zurich, led the team that created the teeth using a technique called magnetically assisted slip casting (MASC).

Toppling TVs can severely injure or even kill small children, especially toddlers. The vast majority (84%) of the injuries occurred in homes and more than three-fourths were unwitnessed by adult caregivers. The TVs were most commonly large and elevated off the ground. Dressers and other furniture not designed to support TVs were commonly involved in the TV-toppling incident.

Paul Jackson was arrested in Mexico on Monday, 25 years after he was indicted for rape and kidnapping in Oregon. Paul Jackson was taken into custody Monday at a hotel in Guadalajara, Mexico by Mexican immigration authorities, with close assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service.

An Ohio man accused of robbing a bank, then posting selfies with the stolen cash was arrested. John Mogan, 28, and Ashley Duboe, 24, are charged with the August 24 robbery of Savings Bank in Ashville, a town 20 miles south of Columbus. According to investigators, Mogan, a convicted felon who was just released from prison, walked into the bank …

Lady GaGa is picked as the recipient for Woman of the Year title by Billboard this year. The Mother Monster is scheduled to be feted in a ceremony which will take place on December 11 at Cipriani Midtown in New York and air December 18 on Lifetime. Billboard will present her with the title at this year’s Women in Music …

Researchers have found the first biofluorescent, or “glowing” reptile: the hawksbill sea turtle. The team were filming a piece on biofluorescence in coral and small sharks off the coast of the Solomon Islands, when they stumbled upon a neon glowing sea turtle (and no, it wasn’t glowing because it was radioactive).