Alzheimer’s patients have brains with significantly more genetic variation than normal brains, including extra copies of a gene linked to the disease, according to a study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute. “Our findings open a new window into the normal and diseased brain by providing the first evidence that DNA variation in individual neurons could be related …

Joseph Pepin and Cara Duval, two patients who escaped from a mental-health facility in North Bay, Ont.,​ have been located after they were injured in a head-on crash in Saint-Simon-de-Rimouski, Que.​

A 47-year-old youth soccer coach from Surrey was arrested in Washington state Tuesday for allegedly pursuing a 12-year-old girl for sex, say U.S. officials.

James Franco and Zachary Quinto kiss in a New York Times video filmed at the Sundance Film Festival.

Matthew McConaughey was rumored to own a deer hunting ranch, which has drawn immense criticisms from animal rights activists.

Heather Cook was indicted on 13 charges Wednesday in the death December of cyclist Thomas Palermo in North Roland Park, the Baltimore state’s attorney’s office announced. Police said her blood-alcohol content was .22 not long after the crash; nearly three times the legal limit of .08 in Maryland.

Target Canada has received court approval to begin liquidating its stock Thursday. Lackluster sales figures prompted Target to announce earlier this year that it would vacate its stores by mid-2015, with a firestorm sale to take place beforehand.

Arthur Neal, Missing 86-year-old Detroit lottery winner found dead in a vacant home on Sunday, police said. Arthur Neal had been missing since Dec. 20, when he was last seen at his home on Trinity.

Kai the dog finds a new home after being abandoned at train station, Kai attracted worldwide attention after he was dumped at Ayr station last month, prompting offers from dog lovers around the globe to take him in. He was rescued by the Scottish SPCA, and the charity chose Ian Russell, 52, from a list of hundreds to give the …

Budweiser’s newest Clydesdale was born Feb. 1 at Warm Springs Ranch in Missouri, and the timing couldn’t have been more perfect.

A Mother-of-six who has learning disabilities can be forcibly sterilised after a judge ruled it was in the woman’s best interests. The woman, 36, had her children removed from her care due to her disabilities, while health authorities say her physical health problems could put her life in danger should she become pregnant again.