At the beginning of July, 26-year-old Mallory Loyola gave birth to a baby girl. Two days later, the state of Tennessee charged her with assault. Loyola is the first woman to be arrested under a new law in Tennessee that allows the state to criminally charge mothers for potentially causing harm to their fetuses by using drugs.

A Jersey City police officer was shot in the head and killed early Sunday by a man who told a witness he was “going to be famous,” Mayor Steven Fulop said. Officer Melvin Santiago, 23, was in the first police car to arrive at the scene of a reported robbery at a 24-hour drug store. He was shot through the …

Canadian banks are behind their American counterparts in offering smartphone banking apps to customer, but that is about to change, say experts. Smartphone banking apps promise to be the next big thing in consumer banking, holding the promise of everything from fewer trips to the local bank branch or ATM to the convenience of tap-and-go payments at retail outlets. But …

Renee Oteri, who competed for Juan Pablo Galavis’ heart on the last season of The Bachelor, is expecting a baby with her new husband Bracy Maynard. Oteri had been a fan favorite on The Bachelor’s Season 18, serving as the mansion’s resident house mother for the other women. Already a mother to 9-year-old son Ben, Oteri is now pregnant with …

A defiant Anthony Cumia made his first television appearance at 3 a.m. Saturday after being fired from Sirius XM for making alleged racist comments. “I will never apologize for this,” the scandalized former host of “Opie and Anthony” told Fox News’ “Red Eye” program, as reported by Mediaite. “I didn’t do anything wrong.”

Regular eye tests could in future be used to diagnose early-stage Alzheimer’s, research suggests. Early trials of two techniques show that a key Alzheimer’s biomarker can be identified in the retina and lens of the eye. Both methods were able to distinguish between probable Alzheimer’s patients and healthy volunteers with a high level of accuracy. Further work could see such …

A provincewide heat wave in British Columbia is expected to hit record highs in the coming days, heightening concerns about wildfires. Navi Saini (SANI) of the B.C. Wildfire Management Branch says there are 45 wildfires across the province, with three fires expected to take days to put out.

A drive-thru worker in an Owen Sound restaurant is being praised by police for stopping a drunk driver last night. The employee was afraid the customer had been drinking and alerted his manager after noticing there was an open beer in his lap. Police arrived on scene just as the driver was trying to get back on the road.

Just when it appeared that the dust had finally settled around the remnants of any Jackson family drama, some little-known relatives of the famous musical brood have emerged from virtual obscurity to bring their story to the spotlight. Billboard reports that extended members of the Jackson family has signed on to star in a reality show set to debut November …

Earthquakes shook Oklahoma on both Saturday and Sunday with 7 earthquakes occurring during both days. The largest of the earthquakes measured 4.3 on the Richter scale and occurred near Langston. The temblors are part of an increase in earthquakes across Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas that some scientists say could be connected to the oil and gas drilling method known as …

A new study analyzing the factors linked to sleep-related deaths suggests that bed-sharing is the greatest risk for babies ages 4 months and younger, while rolling into objects in the sleep area — such as a blanket or pillow — is the top risk factor for older babies.