The vessel named Wild Eyes was ditched by Abby Sunderland on 10 June 2010, during an ill-fated bid to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the world solo. The Californian, then aged 16, encountered rough seas during her journey and her yellow yacht capsized halfway as she captained it between the western Australian coastline and Africa. She was rescued by […]

Australian authorities have arrested a teen suspect for allegedly stabbing two mean outside Sydney’s Church of Scientology headquarters. (Twitter) One man has died from “traumatic” stab wounds after an incident at the Church of Scientology headquarters on Thursday. A teenager, 16, has been arrested after two men were allegedly stabbed in the driveway to the church in Sydney’s north at […]

‘It’s the first time we’ve seen snow in the desert’: Snow-dusted cacti leave Arizona residents in awe as frigid temperatures chill southern part of the state and much of West The weather was flipped Wednesday throughout much of the U.S. West  Snow fell on cactuses in the Arizona desert and Anchorage saw balmy weather Snow dusted cactuses and mountains in southern […]

The Breath Biopsy device detects changes in cells’ normal smells. It has shown early signs of success in revealing lung cancer. The gizmo may also catch gullet, bladder, stomach, prostate, kidney, liver and pancreatic types. A Cambridge University trial will see 1,500 people breathe into it for ten minutes. If successful, GPs could routinely offer it within five years. It […]

Labour activists and unionists are accused of hypocrisy over rail fare hike protests after Chris Grayling points out party increased prices by 10% in a year while they were in power Jeremy Corbyn had branded the latest hike as a ‘national disgrace’  Chris Grayling said unions had been demanding inflation-busting pay This includes a staggering pay deal which will see […]

Freezing fog will sit over Britain tomorrow as the "dangerous" cold snap takes its hold. It will be dry for most tomorrow with a frosty start, after a freezing cold blast overnight. The foggy patches will clear to reveal brighter skies for some areas of the south tomorrow, but Wales and southwest England will remain covered in shallow fog. Bitter […]

A Queens man was arrested months after he allegedly beat a would-be burglar to death with a baseball bat, authorities said. Joel Paul, 27, was busted Monday after he was indicted in the death of Shamel Shavuo, a 26-year-old who tried pushing his way into Paul’s Williamson Avenue home in late July, police said. Paul was charged with manslaughter and […]

San Francisco: A billion dollars of tax revenue, the taming of the black market, the convenience of retail cannabis stores throughout the state — these were some of the promises made by proponents of marijuana legalisation in California. One year after the start of recreational sales, they are still just promises. California's experiment in legalisation is mired by debates over […]

WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump seemed to misstate the former Soviet Union’s involvement in Afghanistan on Wednesday with a convoluted account that sparked ridicule on Twitter.  “Russia used to be the Soviet Union. Afghanistan made it Russia because they went bankrupt fighting in Afghanistan,” Trump said during a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. “The reason Russia was in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into […]

The man accused of shooting and killing a Northern California police officer the day after Christmas has been charged with murder, according to court documents. The criminal complaint filed in Stanislaus County for suspect Gustavo Perez Arriaga, 32, a Mexican national, alleges that Arriaga “should have known” that Police Cpl. Ronil Singh was a “sworn police officer acting in the […]