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Bad diets kill more people around the world than smoking, study says
Too much salt - and not enough whole grains, fruits and vegetables - may be shaving years off our lives, a new analysis suggests.

Father of Sandy Hook shooting victim found dead in apparent suicide, police say
The father of a first-grader killed in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School was discovered dead in an apparent suicide Monday morning at a town hall in Connecticut,...

Indonesian woman freed 2 years after Kim Jong Nam’s VX death
An Indonesian woman held two years on suspicion of killing the North Korean leader's half brother was freed from custody Monday after prosecutors unexpectedly dropped the murder charge against her.

Mother and daughter charged in “atrocious” killing of five family members in Pennsylvania
There was no response in apartment S-7.

Katie Hnida, a college football pioneer, has life-threatening reaction to antibiotics, family says
Katie Hnida, who made U.S. history as the first woman to play and score in Division I-A college football, has suffered a life-threatening reaction to antibiotics, her family says.

That viral CPR dog actually has no idea how to perform CPR
Yes, it's unmistakably adorable -- a pup attempting to perform techniques used in CPR, pouncing on a fallen police officer's chest.

Why surgeons in central England amputated a 7-year-old’s leg and reattached it the wrong way
Not long before her 7th birthday, Amelia Eldred, a small dancer with big dreams of performing on stage, received a devastating diagnosis.

She shared drug-smuggling vacation on social media. Now “Cocaine Babe” is off to prison.
A Canadian woman who tried to smuggle millions of dollars worth of cocaine into Australia has been convicted and sentenced to eight years behind bars. Melina Roberge, 24, was sentenced...

A monkey snatched and killed a newborn in India, family claims
A newborn was sleeping under a mosquito net at his home in eastern India when, his mother claims, a monkey scooped him up and carried him away.

A Canadian teen bought her first lottery ticket on her 18th birthday — and now she’s set for life
Charlie Lagarde was celebrating her ascent into adulthood.