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Zelda Williams makes moving plea after Cathriona White passed away on Monday from a suspected overdose The 26-year-old said she was “heartbroken” to hear that Cathriona had taken her own life in a moving Twitter message.

Bride sends bill to guest who had to cancel on her wedding at the last minute. Stunned Jessica Baker received the bill to cover costs for her and her husband’s food when they had to cancel at the last minute. Jessica’s mum had called to say she could no longer babysit her kids while they were at the wedding, so …

Parents should stop being so paranoid about bacteria, according to new UBC research that found babies exposed to four types of bacteria have a lower chance of getting asthma. The researchers, led by senior author Brett Finlay, professor of microbiology and biochemistry at University of British Columbia, report in Science Translational Medicine that children with lower levels of these four …

Lena Dunham no longer runs her own Twitter account. The Girls creator, who has almost three million followers on Twitter, now relies on another person to publish her posts. Dunham described being bombarded by misogynistic comments after posting a photograph of herself in her boyfriend’s underwear on Instagram during a discussion on Re/Code Radio.

Beef Consumption Rumor Leads To Man’s Lynching In Northern India. A 50-year old Muslim man has been killed by a mob in a village near the Indian capital New Delhi, after rumors spread in the area that the man’s family had consumed and stored beef at their home.

Catherine Coulson, better known as the cryptic Log Lady on Twin Peaks died on Monday morning at the age of 71. The Log Lady was an odd duck even by the standards of the denizens of filmmaker David Lynch’s fictional Twin Peaks, a hamlet in the Pacific Northwest where agent Dale Cooper tried to untangle the mysterious murder of local …

Bees Swarm Patrol Car on Oklahoma Interstate after Truck Overturns. An Oklahoma sheriff’s deputy became entrapped in his patrol car Tuesday, terrorized by thousands of swarming bees, after a semi-truck carrying honeybees overturned on an interstate.

One police officer is dead following a shooting Wednesday morning at the Richland Mall in Columbia. Officer Greg Alia, 32, died while responding with one other officer at Richland Mall in Forest Acres between 8 and 9 a.m., WIS-TV reported. The suspect, identified as Jarvis Hall, is now in police custody.

Bonnie Brown, due for induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame in October, revealed Monday she has lung cancer. Brown’s brother, Grand Ole Opry star Jim Ed Brown, died of the same disease in June shortly after he learned that the Browns — along with the Oak Ridge Boys and guitarist Grady Martin — had been selected for the …

Cathriona White, an Irish beauty therapist and former girlfriend of actor Jim Carrey, has been found dead in her Los Angeles residence, according to police in the US. TMZ reports that police were called to a Los Angeles residence on Monday night, having responded to a call. They found 28-year-old Cathriona, alongside a suicide note addressed to the Hollywood actor.

A Canadian research team has completed a benchmark study that looks at the effects of cannabis when used in pain management. The team led by Dr. Mark Ware from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) in Montréal has completed a national multicentre study looking at the safety of medical cannabis use among patients suffering from chronic …