There may be a new way to map the cosmos in 3D. UBC researchers have proposed a new way to calculate the distances of the cosmos using mysterious bursts of energy. In a study featured in the journal Physical Review Letters, UBC researchers propose a new way to calculate cosmological distances using the bursts of energy also known as fast …

Olivia Culpo nearly fainted at the 2015 Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday. Olivia Culpo nearly crumpled to the ground during an Emmy Awards red carpet pre-show while she chatted with E! hosts Giuliana Rancic, Ross Mathews and Brad Goreski, E! News reports. The Miss USA 2012 was reportedly seen kneeling on the ground at the end segment, while all the …

Once again, Amy Poehler didn’t win Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series at the 2015 Emmy Awards on Sunday evening — that honor went to Julia Louis-Dreyfus for the fourth straight year — but she certainly won the category in another way. Julia, 54, took home the coveted statuette for the fourth year in a row for her role …

Stewart Parnell was sentenced Monday to 28 years in prison for his role in a nationwide salmonella outbreak that killed nine people and sickened hundreds more in 2008 and 2009. His food broker brother Michael Parnell was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Wilkerson was sentenced to 5 years. The two Parnell brothers were taken into custody after the sentencing …

A 39 year old man has been charged with second degree murder after the body of his mother was located inside an Oakville home Monday night. Police say the son had called police to Sheldon Avenue, near the QEW and Third Line, around 8:30 p.m. He was then taken into custody.

German prosecutors have charged a 91-year-old woman with 260,000 counts of accessory to murder over allegations she was a member of the Nazi SS who served in the Auschwitz death camp complex. The woman, who worked as a telegraph operator in Auschwitz, would be tried in a court for minors because she was under 21 at the time of alleged …

A U2 concert was evacuated in Sweden on Sunday night after a man with a gun reportedly entered the venue. Unconfirmed reports from Swedish news site Aftonbladet.se claimed police were searching for an armed man who entered the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm with a gun.

Vancouver Island resident Travis Nielsen says the cougar attack on his two-year-old daughter happened so quickly he can barely remember what happened. The Tahsis, B.C. father fired a punch at the big cat and shielded his daughter, Bree, before it could do any more harm.

He has been dubbed “Pizza Rat.” An icky but inspirational YouTube video went viral on Monday showing a rat carrying an entire slice of pizza on its back down a New York City subway staircase. “Watching this rat trying to carry something bigger than him down the stairs is in a way a great encapsulation of what it’s like to …

A steep increase in the price of Daraprim drug used to treat life-threatening parasitic infections has raised anger among many specialists. In August, Turning Pharmaceuticals bought the rights to Daraprim, which has been around since the 1940s, and increased the price from $13.50 to $750 – enraging patients and doctors alike.

Hillary Clinton has widened her lead ahead of her biggest competition, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), in the latest polls. Clinton is extending her lead over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders after months of losing ground in the Democratic primary, according to a new CNN/ORC poll.