Scientists have found a way to make see-through mice — but don’t worry, these critters won’t be scampering in your kitchen. The transparent rodents aren’t alive and they’re for research only, to help researchers study fine details of anatomy.

A health insurer with 5.2 million customers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Delaware said Saturday it will stop covering a procedure that uses a gynecological surgical tool that can spread cancer.

Parents who purchased the new You & Me Mommy Change My Diaper Doll from the Toys ‘R Us chain discovered that the toy came with an unexpected accessory: a penis.

Oscar Pistorius has sold the Pretoria home in which he shot dead Reeva Steenkamp, it has been confirmed, but only after accepting an offer £100,000 ($168,000/€125,000) less than the initial asking price. This follows news in May that the process to sell the house, which lies in the gated Silver Woods Country Estate community in the east of the city, …

Singer Michael Johns died at the age of 35 on Friday, Aug. 1. The “American Idol” alum reportedly died in his sleep after suffering from an ankle injury earlier. A source told TMZ that the injury led to a blood clot.

The Burlington Skyway will be closed for the entire weekend, forcing tens of thousands of holiday weekend travellers to find alternate routes around the vital artery into Toronto and the Golden Horseshoe. Astrid Poei from the Ministry of Transportation confirmed the closure Friday afternoon and said there would be no further updates from the ministry until Monday.

A new Global Positioning System satellite was launched into space late Friday night atop an unmanned Atlas 5 rocket that lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

On Wednesday, Johnson & Johnson announced a recall for uterine surgery tools because they could increase the risk of undetected cancer.

A team of rescue workers in California toiled for hours to free an unlikely victim — a 16 million-year-old whale fossil trapped in a 1,000-pound rock in Rancho Palos Verdes, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.

Reputed gang leader Ducarme Joseph was fatally shot in the Saint-Michel neighbourhood last night. Around 10:15 p.m. Friday a man in his forties was found bleeding in a parking lot at St. Michel at St. Ange from multiple wounds to his upper body.

Canadian investment firm Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. on Friday disclosed that Quebec’s securities regulator is probing its top two officials as part of an insider trading investigation. The firm itself also is being investigated alongside chief executive officer Prem Watsa and president Paul Rivett, it said. The matter involves the possibility of illegal insider trading or tipping around an undisclosed …