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The number of seriously ill foreigners using Swiss medical facilities for voluntary euthanasia doubled between 2009 and 2012, according to a new study. The rising numbers have sparked a discussion of new euthanasia laws in the “tourists’” own countries.

Australian model Miranda Kerr was with Orlando Bloom for six years and married to him for three before they announced their split last October. Since being single the 31-year-old has been embroiled in rumours linking her with billionaire business man James Packer, but she is keen to dispel the gossip.

A 7-year-old boy in Florida turned in his mother for allegedly cooking and using methamphetamine. The boy was living with her boyfriend’s brother and decided to confide in him.

New research is shedding light on why older people have more trouble sleeping.

BKS Iyengar, who popularised yoga around the world, died early on Wednesday morning. Iyengar, 96, had been in hospital for the last eight days for age-related ailments.

After drip-feeding the internet with NSFW pictures from her new video, Nicki Minaj has finally released “Anaconda” on her official Vevo channel.

A wildfire northeast of Bakersfield burning in steep terrain has destroyed eight homes and 10 other structures, authorities said, but residents of some 200 homes under evacuation orders were allowed to return home Wednesday evening.

A man is accused of stealing meat worth $2,700 from three Safeway stores in Portland.

Trisha Yearwood has signed with Sony Music Nashville and RCA Records for a new album. The Grammy-winning vocalist announced the project in front of an audience of industry and media colleagues in Nashville Tuesday night (Aug. 19). The new album, which has no firm release date yet, is titled ‘Prize Fighter.’

James Foley, a freelance war correspondent from New Hampshire, was killed at the hands of the Islamic State militant group, which distributed a video that said the apparent beheading was retaliation for recent US airstrikes in Iraq, US officials said late Tuesday.

Albuquerque police arrested a 43-year-old man Saturday following a three-day investigation into the armed robbery of a 94-year-old man August 13.