Grapefruit juice may help combat the negative effects of a high-fat diet, say researchers from The University of California-Berkeley, but the exact compound responsible for this remains a mystery.

Melanie Griffith’s childhood home was a lion’s den — literally. The actress spent her teenage years living with a pet lion named Neil after her parents — Hitchcock muse Tippi Hedren and stepfather Noel Marshall — decided to make a film about the big cats.

Officials said that a nurse in northeast Italy might have killed as many as 38 patients because she found them — or their relatives — annoying. Daniela Poggiali, who lives in the town of Lugo, was taken into custody over the weekend.

Southeast District Commander Chief Superintendent Frank Smart confirmed in a news conference Monday evening in Kelowna that 45-year-old Peter DeGroot of Slocan was killed in a police interaction in a cabin west of the village of Slocan.

Researchers in Taiwan have named a new species of land snail in honor of the fight for same-sex marriage rights, according to a report in the journal Zookeys. Aegista subchinensis was first described in 1884 and was thought to be widely distributed in Taiwan. In 2003, one of the co-authors Dr. Yen-Chang Lee noticed that there was morphological divergence between the …

Benton County Sheriff Butch Pritchett said the body of 68-year-old Nena Metoyer was found buried in the backyard of her daughter’s home Saturday afternoon.

Nancy Snyderman reportedly violated a 21-day voluntary quarantine after she secretly went to Peasant Grill in Hopewell Boro, New Jersey for some soup last Thursday. The said restaurant is one of Snyderman’s favorites and is said to cater for her during events.

Many cases of so-called crib death, about one in eight, occur among infants who have been placed on sofas, researchers reported on Monday.. A study in the November 2014 Pediatrics, “Sofas and Infant Mortality,” published online Oct. 13, analyzed data for infant deaths on sofas from 24 states from 2004 to 2012. Out of 9,073 sleep-related infant deaths, 1,024 (12.9%) occurred …

RCMP continue to search for Peter DeGroot and are urging residents to remain indoors, respect the restrictions, and to stay vigilant. Last night, police issued a direct appeal to 45-year-old Peter DeGroot, asking him to surrender and talk to them to resolve the standoff peacefully.

Penelope Cruz slips into a sexy swimsuit — and an even sexier new title — in Esquire’s November issue. The 40-year-old actress was crowned Sexiest Woman Alive by the mag, but admits she once held a more dubious title: drama queen.

Clowns are meant to represent laughter and joy, but for some people clowns are a thing from their nightmares. In a scene straight from the movies, creepy clowns have been popping up around California cities.