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A 19-year-old tourist has severely injured his left foot, after an explosion in New York’s Central Park. According to the FDNY, a call came in around 10:53 a.m. at Fifth Avenue and E. 68th St. for a major injury. The victim has a “possible amputation,” the FDNY said. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital in “serious but stable condition,” police …

The father of 2-year-old Lane Graves – who was dragged into the water and drowned by an alligator near Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa in Orlando, Florida – has told officials a second gator was involved in the tragic attack. The information was released via a public records request made by the Orlando Sentinel. The records included conversations Reedy …

Dr. Michael Schulenberg and Dr. Howard Kornfeld — the two doctors who treated Prince before his death — are now the focus of a criminal investigation, according to reports on Friday. The FBI, DEA and Carver County District Attorney’s Office in Minnesota are investigating Schulenberg and Kornfeld, over meds prescribed to Prince. Prince died on 21 April 2016 following a …

Elie Wiesel, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, Holocaust survivor, and author of Night, died on Saturday. He was 87 years old. Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported the Nobel Peace Prize winner’s death on its website on Saturday. The Israeli center for Holocaust research, Yad Vashem, tweeted a message informing about the death of the writer and activist.

Shanynthia Gardner was charged with multiple offenses overnight in connection with the stabbing deaths of her four children in southeast Shelby County, Tenn. The killings, in Memphis, Tennessee, have been described as an ‘act of evil’. Shanynthia Gardner, 29, has been charged with four counts of murder.

Scientists from the UK say that the world’s first artificial pancreas could hit the market as early as 2018, offering a better way for those with type 1 diabetes to monitor and control their glucose levels without daily injections. Currently available technology allows insulin pumps to deliver insulin to people with diabetes after taking a reading or readings from glucose …

Canadian inventor William Liddiard claims to have developed omni-directional wheels for your car which will allow you to crab sideways for parking and tight manoeuvring.. The new invention has been designed to bolt on to any car currently for sale. According to the man who designed the wheel and tyre package, William Liddiard, his invention is the world’s first omnidirectional …

Karenna Gore, the oldest daughter of Al Gore, was arrested along with 22 other activists during a protest Wednesday in Boston. The nonviolent demonstration, organized by the group Resist the Pipeline, also included more than a dozen faith leaders and longtime activist Tim deChristopher.

The BlackBerry Priv may not have been as successful as the company had hoped, but a new report claims that BlackBerry is not giving up on Android. Code named Neon, Argon, and Mercury, Blackberry is working on three Android-powered devices which are set to launch between Q3 of 2016 and Q1 of 2017. While the BlackBerry Priv was priced higher …

We’re on your side with advice from a University of Georgia professor of entomology cautioning what to do about ticks. Don’t be afraid of ticks, says Nancy Hinkle, a University of Georgia professor of entomology. “We need to be aware, we need to be cautious,” she said.

Miami-Dade police detectives raiding the home of a suspected marijuana trafficker unearthed at least $24 million in cash — mostly in bundles of $100 bills in heat-sealed bags stuffed in dozens of orange 5-gallon Home Depot-brand buckets. Luis Hernandez-Gonzalez, 44, and his sister Salma Hernandez, 32, were taken into custody after Miami-Dade police raided Gonzalez’s house in what cops say …