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An Alabama woman was attacked and killed by fire ants a day after her own mother’s death. Kalyn Rolan was in a small town north of Selma making funeral arrangements for her mother, who had died the day before. Rolan was talking on the phone when the fire ants started attacking her from the hay bale she was standing on. …

Rochon Genova LLP and Will Davidson LLP have commenced a class action against Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) over allegations that its Baby Powder product causes ovarian cancer. A woman was recently awarded $55 million after being diagnosed with cancer in 2011. She claimed to have used talc-based feminine hygiene products for the better part of 40 years. A separate jury …

Remembering all the passwords in your life might seem like a lot of effort but they exist for a reason. To help encourage better password etiquette Microsoft has taken the bold step of banning ‘easy’ passwords on all of its accounts. Microsoft is putting a tool in place for anyone using its login systems that has a check against the …

It’s always great finding money when you least expect it, but how great would it be to be sent $5 in the mail, by a complete stranger? That exchange happened randomly in Fort Simpson this week when a woman named Beth Jumbo received a note and a $5 bill in the mail from a man identified only as “Brian from …

A 7-year-old boy is being lauded for his bravery after he attempted to fight off a gun-wielding robber while armed with only a stuffed animal last week in Maryland. Two men armed with handguns and wearing masks and hoods entered a GameStop in Silver Spring, Maryland last week. The video from inside the store shows the boy attempting to fend …

The first case of a patient with an infection resistant to all known antibiotics has been reported in the US. The Director of the CDC is calling Colistin Resistant E. Coli a nightmare bacteria and now it has reached the U.S. Frieden said in a press conference “The Department of Defense released information about a woman with no travel outside …

Stephen Dwyer’s family was devastated when he was diagnosed with leukemia during his junior year at Dobson High School. Stephen Dwyer is a senior at Dobson High in Mesa who withdrew from classes his junior year to receive a lifesaving bone-marrow transplant to treat leukemia, according to a post he penned on Facebook Wednesday night that has been shared more …

Jesse Hughes is under fire for comments made recently about the Bataclan terrorist attack, which left 89 dead last November. A survivor of the terrorist attack at the Bataclan theatre has criticised The Eagles of Death Metal frontman Jesse Hughes for once again suggesting that the events of November 13 were part of a Muslim conspiracy. In a recent interview …

If you want to know what’s changed in the world of Deus Ex since Human Revolution, then this trailer will fill in the blanks. The live-action Mankind Divided trailer outlines the shift from the golden era of augmentation to the current Mechanical Apartheid. Featured above, the “Mechanical Apartheid” trailer showcases the games controversial and yet ambitious approach to a near-future …

Whole Foods is now selling fresh lionfish in seafood departments, hoping to take a bite out of the non-native, invasive species hurting Florida’s offshore reefs. Whole Foods workers will remove the venomous spines before consumers purchase the fish. It will retail for $8.99 per pound through May 31, according to WWSB-TV, before moving to its regular price of $9.99 per …

Kevin Vickers has been celebrated for a second time after tackling a protestor who started chanting “insult” at a service to commemorate British soldiers killed a century ago. Kevin Vickers, who previously served as a Mountie and Parliament’s sergeant-at-arms, has now apparently added freelance tackler to his résumé. Kevin Vickers was attending a ceremony held in a graveyard in Dublin …