People headed for Type-2 diabetes can prevent the occurrence of the condition by regularly eating pistachios.

A new study suggests Antarctic sea levels are rising faster than the global rate. Satellite data from the last 19 years revealed fresh water from melting glaciers has caused the sea levels around Antarctica to rise by two centimeters more than the global average of six centimeters, the University of Southampton reported.

A recent study suggests that family dinners could be good for many teens’ mental health. Scientists found that this type of regular dinner pattern could help prevent bullying and cyberbullying, which occurs in about 1 in 5 adolescents.

The province has finally passed though the $10 dollar mark when it comes to the general minimum wage. Alberta is the last province to do so with Labour Day Monday the start of the new to $10.20 an hour rate, up from $9.95 an hour.

Huron OPP say they’ve located the body of a 39-year-old man who went missing after going into Lake Huron to rescue his son.

In a major breach of privacy, a hacker leaked a series of pictures allegedly showing Jennifer Lawrence and other female celebrities in the nude. Purported nude photographs of Lawrence, who won an Academy Award last year for her role in “Silver Linings Playbook,” were splashed on various sites Sunday. They appeared on 4chan, Reddit, Twitter and Tumblr, among others.

The death toll from an explosion in an apartment building outside Paris rose to eight on Monday, including three children, as a desperate search for survivors proved almost fruitless.

A team of scientists studied engravings inside Gorham’s Cave in Gibraltar — the first known examples of Neanderthal rock art — indicating hominids may have had more intelligence than previously thought, the scientists said. The journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences released a study Monday that examined grooves in a rock that previously had been covered with sediment.

A recent study suggests a low-carb diet is more effective for weight loss and reducing cardiovascular risks than a low-fat one. One-third of all American adults suffer from cardiovascular disease, which cause one-third of all deaths in the same bracket, the American College of Physicians reported.

The parents of a British boy taken out of hospital in Britain without medical consent appeared before a Spanish judge on Monday for an extradition hearing.

Fourteen members of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, an animal rights group, were arrested while trying to save 33 pilot whales, which are part of the dolphin family, from hunting ships near the Faroe Islands off the coast of Denmark.