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James Nichols and Luis Valenzuela accused of assaulting four women between 2008 and 2011 at various locations, including in patrol car. James Nichols, 44, and Luis Valenzuela, 43, were formally charged Wednesday on multiple counts of sexual assault including: forcible rape, rape under color of authority, oral copulation under color of authority and oral copulation by force, the Los Angeles …

The CRTC has denied a request by the Canadian Network Operators Consortium (CNOC) to mandate both full Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) national wholesale access services and wholesale tower and site sharing services. The group, which represents dozens of small Internet service providers including TekSavvy and Distributel, wanted the access so they could offer their own wireless services using the …

Toyota has announced a worldwide recall after Canada’s main transport agency, Transport Canada, found an issue with rear seatbelts. Transport Canada research engineers and investigators have uncovered a potentially dangerous defect in 2006 to 2012 Toyota RAV4 models. In a severe frontal crash, contact with the steel structure in the seat may cause the rear seat belt to be cut.

New study suggested manipulating what kinds of bacteria live in the gut might lead to a new way to treat children suffering chronic malnutrition. The tens of trillions of microbes living in the gut are major players in human health. So-called friendly intestinal bacteria promote health, but disruptions in our resident microbes also have been linked to childhood malnutrition, an …

What was once the marketing slogan for the dairy industry is now a plea directed at Edmonton mothers, who are being asked to make an unconventional donation. Alberta Health Services announced Thursday that a new site has opened in the city for women to donate breast milk, which is then given to sick and premature babies. The Lois Hole Hospital …

Lion kills wildlife park employee in South Africa. A lioness has mauled a game reserve worker to death. The 45-year-old man was attacked in the Hluhluwe-Imfolozi wildlife park while on a routine round to pump water on Monday morning, a spokesman said.

Mob Wives star Big Ang died in the early hours of Thursday, February 18, after battling stage IV lung and brain cancer, her friend Vinnie Medugno confirmed via the star’s Twitter account, on behalf of her family. The reality personality was 55. “It is with sad regret that at 3:01 a.m., Angela ‘Big Ang’ Raiola peacefully ended her battle with …

Palo Alto, California is home to high-tech companies, Stanford University, and upscale living, but the success-oriented culture has a dark side. Recent “suicide clusters” of teens and young adults are stirring the community and federal agents into action. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines a “suicide cluster” as three or more suicides that occur closer in …

Gustavo Garcia was convicted of a murder committed when he was 18 years old. One psychologist testified that his race, Hispanic, made him a future threat. Gustavo Garcia’s lethal injection on Tuesday was the third this year in Texas, which carries out capital punishment more than any other state. “God bless you. Stay strong. I’m done,” Garcia said in his …

South Dakota made headlines across the country after the House and Senate sent the transgender bathroom bill to his desk. The state Senate passed the bill by a 20-15 margin on Tuesday, sending it to Governor Dennis Daugaard’s desk. The Republican governor, who has hinted support for the measure, said he would study the matter before making a decision whether …

Google has let users of Yahoo- and Microsoft-owned email clients use its Gmail Android app for quite some time, but Google is now doing even more to accommodate those non-Gmail users. In a new program, known as ‘Gmailify’, Google is offering users of other email platforms “the best of Gmail, without an @gmail address”.