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Samy Mohamed Hamzeh is accused of planning to travel to Jordan to conduct an attack on Israeli soldiers and citizens last October. But he allegedly abandoned his plans to focus an assault on US soil. Samy Mohamed Hamzeh was charged Tuesday with possession of machine guns and a silencer, which he intended to use in the attack, the Milwaukee Journal …

Joseph Fiennes has been cast to play Michael Jackson in a new British TV comedy, chronicling a fabled road trip that the King of Pop took with Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando following the 9/11 terror attacks in 2001. The one-off Sky Arts special will also star Stockard Channing as Taylor and Brian Cox as Brando.

There’s a new luxury flagship sedan on the scene and it’s going for the throat of rival cars like the BMW 7 Series and Mercedes-Benz S-Class. No, it’s not a Jaguar, Audi or something from Lexus, but a Cadillac, born, bred and built in the Motor City. Cadillac tonight held the world premiere of the 2016 CT6, elevating it to …

Scientists at the University of B.C. have discovered that a rare clay used as medicine by aboriginals in northern B.C. contains antibacterial properties that could be used to treat antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The researchers recommend the rare mineral clay be studied as a clinical treatment for serious infections caused by ESKAPE strains of bacteria.

A Danish resident has become the first person in Europe to have the as-yet untreatable virus, Zika. Health authorities said the man in his 20s had caught the infection while travelling in South and Central America, where it has taken hold. It came hours after officials in Virginia, America, announced they had also identified a resident who had contracted Zika …

Abe Vigoda, the American character actor best known for playing Salvatore Tessio in The Godfather, has died. He was 94. His daughter, Carol Vigoda Fuchs, told the Associated Press that he died in his sleep. Abe Vigoda began acting in New York theater and with small roles in television. The turning point in his career came in 1972 when Francis …

Skiers, paragliders, BMX racers and other adventurers can broadcast their action live from a GoPro to the world, thanks to a deal with broadcasting app Periscope. Twitter-owned Periscope has agreed to a deal, which will see it supporting live-streaming from GoPro cameras.

Contrary to current clinical belief, regular caffeine consumption does not lead to extra heartbeats that have been linked to heart-or stroke-related morbidity and mortality. Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, suggested people are potentially missing out on some of the health benefits found in caffeinated food and drinks, such as chocolate and tea.

A 7-year-old tennessee boy was shot and killed on Monday when a gun his sibling was handling discharged. Police said it happened around 2:50 p.m. in the parking lot of a Verizon store on U.S. Highway 127 North. Investigators discovered four children were left inside the car while the mother and step-father went inside the store to pay a bill.

Lizard found in salad? A kindergartener in New Jersey discovered a green anole lizard in a package of salad greens that soon became her class mascot. The three-inch critter went unnoticed for a few days in the refrigerator in Princeton, New Jersey, before Sally Mabon and her daughter Faye found its limp body while unwrapping a bunch of tatsoi, an …

A new recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that all U.S. adults, including pregnant and postpartum women, be screened for depression when they visit the doctor. The guidelines, published Tuesday in JAMA, say screening should be accompanied with effective treatment or referral to someone who can provide care.