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A social media manhunt is on for a woman in Texas who swiped a ring right off a deceased grandmother’s finger in a funeral home — even though the jewelry was plastic. Odessa American Online reported that the woman took the ring off of the hand of Lois Hicks. Hicks died the day before. Her daughter, Vel McKee, said the …

A goat created a huge buzz by wandering into a Starbucks north of San Francisco early Sunday morning. An unlikely animal wandered into a Rohnert Park Starbucks early this morning and Department of Public Safety officials are now seeking its owner.

Genetic superheroes walk among us but they—maybe you?—don’t know it. Results from a study called the Resilience Project, released today, show 13 “resilient” people—out of over half a million genomes studied—who have genetic mutations that should have doomed them to serious, often deadly, childhood disease. But instead, they’ve apparently lived healthy lives into adulthood. The new study is part of …

A Texas high school teacher was arrested Friday after a video surfaced online that shows her repeatedly striking a student in the head. According to WFAA, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office deputies confirmed that Mary Hastings, a teacher at Ozen High School was arrested on an assault charge.

A new study led by Raj Chetty suggests geographic location plays an outsized role in life expectancy for lower earners. According to the study from Stanford University, the top one per cent of earners live on average 15 years longer than those in the bottom one per cent.

Timed to coincide with the Ratchet & Clank movie, this is the first time two of Sony’s most-loved platform-exclusive heroes have officially appeared in their own game on PlayStation 4. And although fans might be bemused at first with how familiar it all seems, newcomers couldn’t have hoped for a better current-gen debut. The new Ratchet & Clank, an unabashed …

Gene Simmons has never been one to bite his serpentine tongue and the surviving members of N.W.A. seem happy to throw down with the outspoken KISS co-founder. Gene Simmons, the frontman of iconic rock band, Kiss, has been making some very bold statements lately that furthermore prove he is not a hip-hop fan. While the genre and culture is not …

The Daily Mail & General Trust PLC, owner of the British tabloid, has entered into discussions to finance a takeover bid for Yahoo’s online media platform. If true, DMGT joins a field of some 40 bidders who have expressed interest in buying the once-great tech giant, including US telecoms company Verizon and media companies IAC (InterActiveCorp) and CBS.

Star Wars: The Force Awakens was the big winner at Saturday’s MTV Movie Awards ceremony. The seventh installment in the famous film franchise was named Movie of the Year, while its cast members Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver were honored for Breakthrough Performance and Best Villain respectively.

Bandai Namco has released three short new trailers for One Piece: Burning Blood, showing the game’s download version and first-print bonuses. The video shows us Nami, Robin, Hancock, Perona, and Koala in action, along with a Sanji that doesn’t hit girls and just shows them some love instead. We also get to see Luffy in Gear Fourth in the following …

American media are reporting that a US Navy officer has been accused of spying for China. The case of Lt. Cmdr. Edward Lin, a Taiwan-born US national, was reviewed by the US Navy in a preliminary military justice hearing on Friday, The Washington Post said Sunday.