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Robert Olsen, the DeKalb County police officer indicted for murder last night in the March 2015 shooting of unarmed veteran Anthony Hill, turned himself in early Friday morning. DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James presented his case to a grand jury Thursday seeking criminal charges against veteran DeKalb County police Officer Robert Olsen. Robert Olsen shot and killed Anthony Hill, …

Joseph Capitanio, A Massachusetts man whose two-year-old son said to police “Big boom, Daddy uh-oh” after his father accidentally detonated a homemade bomb has been sentenced to two years of probation. Joseph Capitanio was sentenced earlier this week for what his lawyer described as “one of the dumbest things he’s done.”

Pennsylvania Middle School Asks Unnecessarily Personal Questions of Students During Anti-Bullying Workshop. A recent workshop on kindness held for 285 eighth-graders at West Allegheny Middle School has resulted in a flurry of criticism on social media from some parents and others who say the personal information gathered during the program could be used by bullies or may even be a …

What’s Next for the Village of Whitesboro Seal?. Whitesboro, N.Y. – A central New York village has agreed to work with the Oneida Indian Nation and create a new village emblem. Earlier this month, the village of Whitesboro became the subject of a national controversy when it voted to keep its village logo. According to the village, the logo depicted …

A B.C. couple says their baby daughter saved their lives after a furnace started leaking carbon monoxide overnight. Kyle and Monique Ruppel were asleep in their Kamloops home last week when their 15-month-old daughter, Celia, woke her mom up. “Celia typically wakes once per night. We always get up with her and help her back to sleep. On Friday, at …

Sushi lovers, beware: stomach-burrowing parasites may bite if you try to make the Japanese delicacy at home. An Alberta man had the misfortune of hosting the first-recorded Canadian case of a nasty parasitic worm from raw fish he bought at a grocery store.

A worker at the Los Angeles Zoo has been hospitalized with a possible broken leg after falling into the gorilla enclosure at the zoo. The man fell into the enclosure at the zoo in the 5300 block of West Zoo Drive about 8:30 a.m. and was lifted to safety after about 30 minutes, Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire …

All Canadian NetTalk numbers are fully functioning. In a statement on Facebook NetTalk said that it will compensate users for their “inconvenience.” Florida-based NetTalk.com Inc. said all features of its Canadian Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephone service were restored late Wednesday evening.

Fans who love to trash talk during games have a new outlet for their rantings, Facebook Sports Stadium, a dedicated spot on the social networking platform where users can share comments and video clips with friends and get game times, live scores, stats and play-by-play. Hmm, that kind of reminds us of another social network’s sports-monitoring feature. Hint: We’re talking …

A trend among women for inserting herb balls in their vaginas to ‘detox their wombs’ could risk toxic shock syndrome, an expert has warned. The Herbal Womb Detox Pearls, sold by US company Embrace Pangaea , are said to alleviate conditions such as endometriosis, ovarian cysts and thrush. Bags of perfumed herbs, known as Herbal Womb Detox Pearls, are being …

Volvo has made a stunning pledge that by 2020 all Volvo cars and SUVs will be “deathproof” – no one will will die or be seriously injured inside a Volvo. The Swedish marque, which has long cultivated a reputation for safety, says that a world in which car accidents and deaths on the road are a thing of the past …