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The FBI has arrested a Michigan man for allegedly spraying a poisonous mixture of chemicals on food at three grocery stores in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The FBI says the man admitted to intentionally spraying a liquid mixture of mice poison, hand cleaner and water on produce sections of at least three stores in the Ann Arbor area. CBS News reports …

European Union countries that refuse to accept refugees under new asylum plans face $285,000 fines in “solidarity contributions” for each asylum-seeker rejected, under new rules announced by the European Commission. The EU on Wednesday published legislative proposals to reform the so-called Dublin system of asylum rules, including a “fairness mechanism” which would see the introduction of a quota system, with …

Yuyun, a 14-year-old student from a small village in Sumatra, was walking home in her school uniform when she was dragged into a forest and allegedly gang raped and murdered by 14 males. The attack on the girl in Bengkulu province in western Indonesia occurred on April 2 and went largely unnoticed at a national level until social media users …

Labradors have a gene that makes them more likely to overeat than other breeds of dogs according to scientists at the University of Cambridge. The study found that they are obsessed with food thanks to a faulty gene that makes it more difficult for them to recognise they’re full and control their appetite.

Rescue crews in Nairobi have pulled a live baby from the wreckage of an apartment building that collapsed last Friday. Kenyan officials say the baby girl was found on Tuesday. She has no injuries, but needs food and water. Doctors are treating her for dehydration. The girl was identified as Dealeryn Saisi Wasike. She is almost six months old. She …

An international study published in the journal Science seems to suggest, however, that there could be a solution in a form of vitamin B3, niamcimide riboside—a vitamin that’s already been proven to boost metabolism, to boot. An international research team set out to look at exactly why increased age was related to the degeneration of bodily organs such as the …

Yosef Haim Ben David, the ringleader convicted in the 2014 kidnapping-murder of East Jerusalem teenager Mohammed Abu Khdeir, apologizes to the victim’s family. Yosef Haim Ben David, 31, was convicted over the murder of 16-year-old Mohammed Abu Khdeir. He was also given 20 years for other crimes and ordered to pay $39,000 to the victim’s family.

Kim Jong-un and the Worker’s Party of Korea has, in an entirely bat-shit move, banned weddings, funerals and free movement in and out of the capital, Pyongyang. Nationwide restrictions have been imposed ahead of a once-in-a-generation party congress, where Kim Jong-un is expected to declare North Korea a nuclear state and outline his vision for the nation’s economic and military …

Ashton Carter, U.S. Defense Secretary said on Tuesday that an American serviceman has been killed in Iraq, describing it as a “combat death.” Ash Carter was informed of the news as he left the stage of the change-of-command ceremony for U.S. European Command based here, and told reporters at a press conference immediately after the event. “It shows you it’s …

From safety issues to technical problems, there are many issues that need to be addressed before self-driving cars can hit the roads. But one, possibly unexpected, consequence of the autonomous cars is that they could give sex lives a boost. Barrie Kirk of the Canadian Automated Vehicles Centre of Excellence believes people will have ‘a lot more sex in cars’, …

Google has acquired Synergyse for use as a training tool for Google Apps. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. According to Google, companies that use Synergyse have “on average 35 percent higher adoption across Apps products, meaning those organizations are more likely to be productive, collaborative and embrace digital transformation.”