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Two skydivers were killed during a jump in Northern California Saturday morning, according to authorities. Their bodies were found in a Lodi-area vineyard after someone reported that the skydivers hit the ground without an open parachute, San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Deputy Les Garcia said. It appeared the parachute did not deploy until after impact, he said. Authorities were working to …

Americans just can’t get enough SUVs, with 2016 sales through the roof in just about every segment. Nissan’s Pathfinder, however, hasn’t been following the trend — sales are down this year as the aging 2016 model isn’t proving popular with buyers. Nissan hopes to change that slide with the revised 2017 model, which will arrive in showrooms in September. More …

New study from the University of Guelph and Nipissing University shows that people who help others are more desirable to the opposite sex, have more sexual partners and more frequent sex. “This research is the first to show that altruism may translate into real mating success in Western populations, that altruists have more mates than non-altruists,” said Pat Barclay, a …

In spite of everything she’s done for women with her empowering nude selfies, Kim Kardashian West does not consider herself a feminist. At least that’s what she told the audience assembled for her keynote speech at the BlogHer 16 conference in Los Angeles on Friday. “Everyone always says, are you a feminist? And I don’t think that I am,” she …

District of West Vancouver councillor Michael Lewis has died of lung cancer. He was diagnosed in June. District Mayor Michael Smith says he was the voice of reason and common sense. “He was a very quiet and charming guy,” Smith says.

Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva, a Republican, was arrested on August 4 at his Silver Lake Stockton youth camp in Amador County on charges involving contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Silva, who held anti-gay prayer rallies at megachurches and once gave God a key to the city was arrested after recording underage male teens playing strip poker in his …

Smart cities are dangerous for everyone, security expert says. Security technologist and author Bruce Schneier has expressed his concern about smart cities and the IoT, saying allowing technology to rule our lives could end in catastrophe. Furthermore, if secret services really are trying to influence elections by hacking the systems of political parties and releasing embarrassing emails, they will almost …

Could the English Bulldog be nearing extinction? With the face of a lovable grump, the popular English Bulldog has one of the sweetest temperaments around. But now he has genuine cause to look so worried. A new research by scientists at the University of California, Davis’ Center for Companion Animal Health has discovered that the breed is sorely missing the …

A plane carrying cargo has overshot the runway at an international airport in Italy and crash-landed on a road. The plane, which was supposed to arrive at Orio al Serio international airport, ended up on a nearby ring road where it crashed through the barriers running alongside.

Caitlyn Jenner once contemplated suicide during her transition from man to woman. In an interview on HBO’s Any Given Wednesday, the Olympian and Time 100 honoree discussed a dark moment during her transition. After having an operation on her “hated” Adam’s apple, Jenner told Bill Simmons she was spotted by a paparazzo leaving the doctor’s office.

Exposure to air pollution after a diagnosis of lung cancer can have a negative effect on survival, according to a new study published online in the medical journal Thorax. The trends were most noticeable for early stage disease, particularly adenocarcinoma–the most common type of non-small cell lung cancer, which accounts for 80% of lung cancer cases–the findings show. Air pollution …