Kyle Jean-Baptiste, the first African-American and youngest person to ever play the role of Jean Valjean in Les Misérables on Broadway has died after falling from a fire escape, according to a show spokesman. He was 21. Friends cried and embraced but also laughed at happy memories, standing around smiling photos of Jean-Baptiste. College roommate Sam Wolf, 21, of Harlem, …

Christian Costello, 26, has been charged with one count of first-degree murder, According to police. Mark Costello’s son, Christian, was arrested after Mark Costello was stabbed to death at a Braum’s Restaurant on Aug. 23. Christian Costello was charged on Monday with first-degree murder.

Scientists have revealed the tale of the ankylosaur’s clubbed tail. Building on research she started at the University of Alberta, Victoria Arbour, now a post-doctoral scholar in North Carolina, compared ankylosaur specimens from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods to determine how the tail evolved.

The seventh annual Ride to Conquer Cancer was suspended Saturday due to the windstorm, but that didn’t dampen the spirits of anyone who took part and finished it Sunday. Mike was one of the nearly 2,100 cyclists biking from Cloverdale to Seattle to raise funds for cancer research over the weekend.

Environment Canada has extended special air quality statements for many parts of central and southern Saskatchewan, as smoke from forest fires in Washington and B.C. drifts across Western Canada.

Police in Arizona said a 22-year-old Avondale mother confessed to deliberately drowning her twin sons in a bathtub Sunday. Mireya Alejandra Lopez also allegedly told investigators that she attempted to drown another child but was stopped by family members.

Six people are about to shut them inside a dome in Hawaii for a year, in the longest US isolation experiment yet aimed at helping NASA prepare for a pioneering journey to Mars. The project, which started at 3pm on Friday, will be the longest of its variety ever attempted and will place the volunteers under constant scrutiny as they …

Hubert Tang wins $1 million after buying california lottery tickets with $20 found at airport. Bartender Hubert Tang used a $20 bill he saw outside of the San Francisco International Airport to buy two California State Lottery tickets on a whim. As he scratched off his $1,000,000 Jackpot! Scratchers tickets, Tang couldn’t believe what he saw.

A new study is giving Canadians another reason to fly south when the temperatures dip below 0 C. According to research from the University of Manitoba, Canada’s frigid winters may raise the risk of severe heart attacks by seven per cent for every 10 degrees the mercury drops. “We studied the effects of temperature on the risk of heart attacks …

Police in Kingston, Jamaica say a 14-year-old teen from Toronto has died after being shot early Sunday morning. A statement issued by Hunts Bay Police on Sunday said the teen – identified as Ricardo Williams of Scarborough – was found with gunshot wounds after people at a wake heard gunfire at around 1:51 a.m. local time. The boy was rushed …

Police in Tennessee are investigating a shooting that left three people dead and a child injured. The report came in to the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office from 618 Henson Road around 5:45 p.m., according to police. When officers arrived, they found two females with gunshot wounds inside the home. They were pronounced dead at the scene.