Gun battles erupt and vehicles burn in Reynosa, in Tamaulipas state, after arrest of El Gafe, a leader of Gulf Cartel. Authorities issued an urgent warning residents not to use various main roads because of shooting and blockades.

The new official map of Canada is raising some eyebrows this week, as – contrary to reality – it appears to show an increase in Arctic sea ice over the previous map from 2006.

Annika McKenzie, a New York woman and her teenaged niece are accused of beating a middle school teacher Catherine Engelhardt to the point of unconsciousness on Wednesday. Hempstead Village police said she launched the attack after claiming the teacher had “put her hands on” her 12-year-old daughter earlier that day.

Note to self: never let your child pound their chest at a gorilla when it’s just glass between you and the gorilla. The family (understandably) fled when the glass cracked.

Kate Major Lohan, 32, the step-mother of actress Lindsey Lohan, has been arrested and is facing charges of battery according to Boca Raton police.

Dr. Oz also has a prestigious post at Columbia University, which some esteemed colleagues in the medical world find absurd. A group of doctors has written a letter urging Columbia University to fire Dr. Mehmet Oz from its faculty.

This man’s drunken DIY Charmander tattoo is the worst body art we’ve seen. The picture of the tattoo was posted online by Redditor yllwsnow2, with the comment: ‘My friend was drunk and on Xanax when he decided to tattoo a black face Charmander with no experience or artistic ability. The flame saves it.’

Ricky Ricardo Chiles, a man suspected of fatally shooting two people after a traffic accident that killed a toddler fatally shot himself Thursday as police closed in at a motel in Lyons, authorities said.

After spending more than 10 years in hiding, Scott Kelley and Mary Nunes were ready to reveal their identities. U.S. Marshals were waiting for Scott Kelley and Mary Nunes when they flew in from Costa Rica. Authorities had been tipped to their travel plans by the U.S. Consulate in Costa Rica where they had requested passports. Kelley, 50, faces non-custodial …

BC government has announced that the wolf cull in the province has completed and a total of 84 have been killed.

An 84-year-old man has died after a double stabbing in Mississauga on Thursday, police say. The deceased man’s 80-year-old wife suffered serious injuries but is expected to recover.