For nearly 22 hours, Logan Blake’s family and friends held on to hope that the 17-year-old would be found alive and safe after a torrent of water swept him into a storm drain. Instead, the family learned devastating news late Tuesday afternoon as they were being briefed on the recovery mission: The teen’s body had been been discovered in Cedar …
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Logan Stiner : High school senior dies from caffeine overdose
A northern Ohio coroner says a high school senior found dead a week before graduation died from a caffeine overdose. An autopsy found that Logan Stiner had a lethal amount of caffeine in his system when he died at home on May 27.
Read More »Lead tied to Behavioral and Emotional Issues in Children, Study
Scientists found that blood lead concentrations were associated with increased risk of behavioral and emotional problems, such as being anxious, depressed, or aggressive.
Read More »UK : David Cameron spearheading global action against superbug threat
David Cameron has appointed former Goldman Sachs chief economist Jim O’Neill to lead a team of experts to spur the development of a new generation of antibiotics to prevent a return to “the dark ages of medicine”. The panel of experts has been asked to consider how governments could pay pharmaceutical companies to produce antibiotics even if they were rarely …
Read More »Mississauga Woman, 49, dies in dive tragedy
A 49-year-old Mississauga woman has died after a scuba diving accident in the St. Lawrence River. The OPP says the incident occurred around 2 p.m. on the St. Lawrence River about 5 km west of Brockville. The woman was then rushed to hospital, but succumbed to her injuries a short time later.
Read More »NASA : No Canadian to visit space station before 2017
Canada hasn’t put a man into space in over a year, and likely won’t do so until 2019. In the meantime, the country’s space agency has elected to serve as a “hub” for the private sector’s space goals instead. The Canadian Press recently spoke to Bob Behnken, the chief of NASA’s astronaut office in Houston, about why Canada won’t be …
Read More »Israel : Clashes break out after boy’s body found in Jerusalem
Israeli police have clashed with hundreds of Palestinians following reports that an Arab teenager was kidnapped and a body found in a Jerusalem forest. Palestinians hurled stones at Israeli police who responded with tear gas during the clashes.
Read More »Chilean Devil Rays Dive Deeper Than You Think, Study
New research shows that Chilean devil rays will dive at depths of more than 6,000 feet to look for food, according to a recent study. Before this finding, researchers believed that Chilean devil rays didn’t dive below 3,280 feet. New satellite tracking data has shown that the rays are one of the deepest-diving marine animals, capable of diving straight down …
Read More »Storm Arthur could impact Fourth of July plans (Video)
A strengthening Tropical Storm Arthur has threatened to put a damper on July Fourth holiday weekend plans across Delaware, but forecasters said “beautiful” weather would settle over the region’s beaches by Saturday.
Read More »Billie Lourd To Play Princess Leia In Star Wars : Episode VII
Actress Carrie Fisher’s daughter, Billie Lourd, has reportedly been selected to portray the younger version of her mother’s character, Princess Leia, in ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’. Fisher’s daughter was picked due to her uncanny resemblance to her famous mother, according to the Sun.
Read More »Angelina Jolie banned from entering Sudan by visa authorities
Angelina Jolie was banned from entering Sudan by visa authorities of the country recently. According to Radar Online, the 39-year-old actress, who’s a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations, had arrived to attend a civil society event in the country’s capital of Khartoum.
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