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KATY Perry is the latest victim of hacking, after her Twitter account was taken over and used to tweet nemesis Taylor Swift. Katy Perry saw her account allegedly hacked as she started spewing racist and hateful messages to her 89 million followers reading. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the hack happened on Monday night (May 30), included a message with the …

A burning orange Lamborghini stopped traffic on the Sea-to-Sky Highway, just north of Squamish, B.C. on Saturday night. Shortly after 4:00 pm on Saturday, an exotic sports car was spotted in flames near the “Big Orange Bridge” in Squamish. Emergency crews were able to attend to the incident quickly, but the aftermath did lead to two hours of traffic delays …

The Cincinnati Zoo’s director on Monday defended the decision to kill a gorilla to protect a 4-year-old boy who entered its exhibit, noting it’s easy to second-guess after the child was recovered safely. A special zoo response team killed the animal after concluding the 4-year-old boy’s life was in danger. Anthony Seta, a prominent animal rights activist, called the gorilla’s …

Are you stuck inside, staring longingly out of the window, wishing for summer? Fear not, for the Victoria’s Secret Angels have just dropped their latest Lip Sync video and it is basically all the summer you need. And it’s all thanks to Justin Timberlake. In a new campaign video that’ll certainly make you want to shimmy, catwalk stunners like Stella …

The Royal Gorge train is closed while investigators look into the death of a train conductor along the scenic route. Leslie Cacy, 28, died at the scene, about 4 miles from the train station, as it was backing up to the station with 200 passengers. The sheriff’s office said Cacy was in the rear of the train, standing in the …

A woman who was “dragged away” by a crocodile as her friend tried in vain to rescue her is reportedly still missing more than 12 hours after being snatched by the creature. The pair were in shallow water at Thornton Beach in the World Heritage-listed Daintree National Park in Queensland state when the 46-year-old woman was taken by the crocodile …

The new Finding Dory trailer has sparked a heated online debate over speculation the children’s film features a lesbian couple. The latest trailer for the film, a sequel to 2003’s Finding Nemo, debuted on The Ellen Show last week – and follows the eponymous amnesiac fish, voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, as she sets off on a journey to discover her …

A special court in Senegal is due to deliver its verdict on Monday in the war crimes trial of former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre, bringing a long-awaited reckoning to victims and their families. Human rights groups accuse the 72-year-old of being responsible for the deaths of 40,000 people during his rule from 1982 to 1990. Prosecutors in the court case …

Jennifer Esposito is reportedly planning to skip town two months after her gluten-free bakery Jennifer’s Way was hit with a $43 million lawsuit. The New York Post’s Page Six column reports that the former “Blue Bloods” star left New York to spend time in Denmark after being sued by a group of investors — including her own husband, Louis Dowler …

The market for all-electric taxis in Europe increased by 66 per cent last year and in the UK Nissan products proved to be the biggest seller. As Nissan states: “The UK was Nissan’s biggest market for worldwide electric taxi sales in the previous financial year, with 78 of the company’s zero-emission models (LEAF and e-NV200) delivered to taxi firms around …

The “Fat Leonard” Navy bribery scandal continued to grow Friday, with charges being filed in Virginia and San Diego against three current and former officers accused of divulging inside information about Navy operations and arranging special diplomatic clearances in exchange for gifts, entertainment and prostitutes. Retired Navy Captain Michael Brooks, 57, Commander Bobby Pitts, 47, and Lieutenant Commander Gentry Debord, …