The death rate on the Downtown Eastside is eight times higher than the national average, but the reason for that may surprise you. A study from UBC finds no link between the mortality rate and drug overdoses. Researchers recruited the participants from single-room occupancy hotels and the Downtown Community Court. Thirty-one of them died.

Joso, Japan Flooding After Record Rains Leaves 3 Dead, 23 Missing. Three people died and 23 were missing in floods after record rains burst the banks of two rivers in Japan in two days, public broadcaster NHK said. Twenty-two people in Joso, Ibaraki Prefecture, were missing after embankments of the Kinugawa river collapsed on Sept. 10 for the first time …

Pilot Chris Henkey, captain of the plane that caught fire at Las Vegas on Tuesday, says he has “finished flying”. Some 157 passengers, 10 crew members and three pilots fled the aircraft via emergency slides, after the Boeing 777-200 aircraft flying from Las Vegas to Gatwick was engulfed in flames. Following the escape, 27 people were taken to hospital with …

Alzheimer’s isn’t exactly contagious, but a protein that goes on to form the disease was perhaps passed to patients during surgery, meaning there could be an acquired form of the disease, a new study finds. Cross infection is the most likely cause being proposed by the University College London scientists for four individuals who had significant brain and blood vessel …

Giant head from Lenin statue unearthed for exhibition in Berlin. A three-ton granite head of Vladimir Lenin that was buried for decades in woods on the outskirts of Berlin was unearthed on Thursday to be featured in a new exhibit.

The discovery of a new human ancestor could fundamentally change our understanding of how we evolved. The creature, named Homo Naledi, is described as having a surprising mix of human and primitive characteristics. The being may be an early member of the evolutionary group including humans and our closest extinct relatives, but it is not thought to be a direct …

Justin Bieber takes the stage at the Today show to debut his new platinum blonde hair on Thursday (September 10) in New York City. Yes, he was appearing on a TV show, so the cameras are inevitable, but at the end of the day, it’s a performance that’s being televised and he wanted to give the fans what they came …

Donald Trump made disparaging remarks in an interview published Wednesday night about GOP presidential rival Carly Fiorina’s appearance. In the interview with Rolling Stone, Trump took a tone of “disgust” describing Fiorina’s appearance during a television interview. “Look at that face,” he said, according to Rolling Stone. “Would anyone vote for that?”

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed today that Israel won’t exist in 25 years, and in the time leading up to that the Jewish state will have “no moment of serenity.” “I’d say [to Israel] that they will not see [the end] of these 25 years,” Khamenei said, referring to the period that inspections of Iran’s nuclear program will …

Think you know how to pronounce ‘Voldemort’?. After 18 years, seven books and eight movies, the Harry Potter franchise hasn’t been short on unexpected twists and turns. But the latest out-of-the-blue development is perhaps the oddest yet: we’ve all been pronouncing Voldemort’s name wrong.

A French court upheld on Thursday a 2012 ruling in which Monsanto was found guilty of chemical poisoning of a French farmer, who says he suffered neurological problems after inhaling the U.S. company’s Lasso weedkiller. Monsanto was found responsible during a trial in 2012 and was ordered to fully compensate the partially disabled cereal farmer. Paul Francois suffered severe neurological …