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The US Navy announced Friday that it accepted delivery of the future USS Zumwalt, the lead ship of the Navy’s next-generation of multi-mission surface combatants. Sailors’ uniforms and personal effects, supplies and spare parts are being moved aboard the 610-foot warship in anticipation of crew members taking on their new charge, said Capt. James Kirk, the destroyer’s skipper. The Zumwalt …

A 13-year-old girl claims she was shackled by her ankle to a beam in the basement of a Toledo home and forced to eat spoiled food for more than a year, before making a daring escape. A man and his 27-year-old son were taken into custody early Thursday not long after the girl got out of the home in Toledo. …

Dick Finkel, passed away on Tuesday, May 17th, after a long illness. He is survived by his loving wife Saisawan Finkel, his twin sister Judy Eisenberg, his sister-in-law Gail, his nieces Carly and Zoe, and his many close friends and colleagues. He is predeceased by his mother Charlotte and father Samuel, and his brother Alan.

In Fast and Furious 8, the newest Fast & Furious sequel, Charlize Theron gets ready to…rock? A first look at Charlize Theron‘s adversarial character for the latest film in the Fast and Furious franchise was released today on the movie’s official Twitter account.

Researchers found a disease in farmed Atlantic salmon samples collected from an aquaculture facility in British Columbia. A team of international scientists led by Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Dr. Kristi Miller has potentially spotted Heart and Skeletal Muscle Inflammation (HSMI) in the farmed Atlantic salmon at one B.C. facility in 2013 to 2014. Miller says the discovery means more work …

Federal government to require drug industry to report shortages. In an attempt to help better inform the public of looming problems, the federal government announced Thursday it is moving ahead with plans to require the drug industry to report when shortages are going to occur. The new system, which will eventually be housed online, will replace the current website, drugshortages.ca, …

Bandai Namco is developing a new One Piece Game 2D battle action game for 3DS called One Piece: Great Pirate Colosseum, the latest issue of Jump reveals. Specifics on the game are mostly unknown at the moment. It’s confirmed to be a 2D battle action game, and features a mode where you sail around the world and build a team …

It was one of the most awkward exchanges ever seen on the red carpet, as Charlize Theron came face-to-face with her ex-fiancée Sean Penn. The former couple was attending the screening of The Last Face during the 69th annual Cannes Film Festival on Friday(20 May). On hand to promote their movie “The Last Face” at the 69th annual Cannes Film …

In June, Pikes Peak will hold the 100th edition of its world-famous hill climb competition. Its centenary will not be the only thing that will make the race special, but also a modified Tesla Model S that will take on the hill climb with its driver, Blake Fuller, having the record in mind. As for the driver, this will be …

San Francisco’s police chief, Gregory P. Suhr, resigned under pressure from the city’s mayor on Thursday, just hours after an officer’s fatal shooting a black woman sparked new outrage in a city whose storybook beauty has been overshadowed recently by high-profile police killings. Gregory P. Suhr is one of a growing number of police chiefs to lose their jobs in …

Kenneth Franklin Shinzato, a former U.S. soldier indicated that he killed a Japanese woman whose body was found in Okinawa Prefecture, police sources said, in a case that has fueled demands that the U.S. military leave the southern prefecture. Kenneth Franklin Shinzato, 32, was taken into custody Thursday after investigators found the body of Rina Shimabukuro, an office worker from …