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Florida officer who killed Mary Knowlton at police academy charged with manslaughter. Wednesday, Punta Gorda Police Chief Tom Lewis and Officer Lee Coel were charged in connection with the August shooting that killed Mary Knowlton. Knowlton attended the drill at a community center with her husband, she was playing the role of an officer, while officer Coel acted as the …

A Russian Instagram model has drawn the ire of Dubai authorities after she dangled from atop a skyscraper in order to take a series of selfies. Viktoria “Viki” Odintcova, a 22-year-old model with over 3 million followers on her Instagram account, posts images that consist primarily of the leggy brunette in various states of undress. While there is no lack …

A statue of Jesus Christ was beheaded for the second time in two weeks near the front doors of a church in Indianapolis, Indiana, over the weekend. The statue stands outside the Cottage Avenue Pentecostal Fellowship in Indianapolis and was decapitated for the first time two weeks ago. The head was left behind and the church was able to quickly …

For well over a decade, Duane Buck has been challenging his death sentence as based in part on racial prejudice, after a psychologist testified that he was more likely to be a future danger because he is black. The US supreme court on Wednesday ordered a new court hearing for a black Texas prison inmate who claims improper testimony about …

An 18-year-old woman is accused of falsely reporting a rape that resulted in two Sacred Heart University football players being suspended from the team last October, according to the Connecticut Post. Nikki Yovino of South Setauket, New York, has been charged with second-degree falsely reporting an incident and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence in connection to an incident at …

There’s no radical choice in the subcompact segment. Everything is based around the idea of providing safe, reliable transportation that doesn’t break the bank. The 2018 Hyundai Accent continues that legacy, hedging its bets and making small but appreciable updates. The South Korean automaker says that the new Accent improves upon its predecessors and alongside adopting a thoroughly updated design, …

Ryzen is here. AMD said Wednesday that it plans a “hard launch” of its first three Ryzen processors on March 2. Back in December, AMD announced its plans to launch new desktop processors under the Ryzen brand, that will compete with Intel’s Core brand of processors. The processors will be branded under the Ryzen 3, 5 and 7 brand names, …

Disease risks fall as intake of vegetables and fruit increases, Imperial College team finds. Pass the fruit bowl. Five a day just doesn’t cut it anymore – we should be eating 10 portions of fruit or vegetables a day to reduce our chances of dying from a heart attack or cancer. The study, which was a meta-analysis of all available …

Men born in 2030 will have a life expectancy four years greater than those who were born in 2010, a major study has found. The study, led by scientists from Imperial College London in collaboration with the World Health Organization, analysed long-term data on mortality and longevity trends to predict how life expectancy will change in 35 industrialised countries by …

A Japanese zoo has been criticised for culling 57 snow macaques. The culling of 57 snow monkeys, also known as Japanese macaques, living in Japan’s Takagoyama Nature Zoo, located in Chiba’s Futtsu city, took place after the monkeys were found to carry genes of an “invasive alien species”, officials stated on February 21, Tuesday. Zoo officials discovered that of 164 …

Indian teen wakes up at own funeral? A 17-year-old boy who was pronounced dead after developing a fever woke up a day later — in a coffin … on the way to his funeral. Police confirmed the incident to the Times of India on Monday. Relatives were startled as the teen’s eyes suddenly opened and he began breathing hard in …