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Possible tornado causes destruction near Windsor, Ont.

In LaSalle, the winds blew the roofs off two homes on Victory St., while in Windsor, 15 homes suffered damage on Riberdy Rd. Environment Canada described th...

Digital transformation gives IT a big spending boost

Hardware is expected to remain a large contributor to the segment overall, but reduced consumer spending on PCs, tablets, and smartphones could still weaken the...

Best stocks of the day: NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA)

NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) is expected to release the earnings of its current quarter on 11/3/16. NVIDIA Corporation makes up approx 0.01% of Bluemountain...

ISRO planning record 68 satellites' launch next year

With the intensity of the space programme plans increasing, the endeavour would require the private Indian industry to play a major role, he said. On concerns b...

Chris Brown Arrested For Domestic Assault

The drama began unfolding at around 3am on Tuesday (30Aug16) after beauty queen Baylee Curran called the police and accused the singer of pulling a gun on her d...

Scuba diver dies after getting into difficulty off Cornish coast

Her condition is not thought to be serious. Superintendent Ian Drummond Smith, from Devon and Cornwall Police, said: "The family involved were from outside th...

Lightning Bolt Kills More Than 300 Reindeer In Norway

Knutsen said reindeer tend to stay very close to each other in bad weather . The animals were huddled together on the Hardangervidda plateau during a...

Apple May launch a Curved Screen iPhone in 2017

To provide a tough competition to the other two, the upcoming Mi Note 2 is expected to sport a 5.7-inch screen with OLED display. Till then, if you value perf...

Ryan: EU's $14.5B tax ruling against Apple 'awful'

Apple and Dublin said the USA company's tax treatment was in line with Irish and European Union law and they would appeal the ruling, which is part of a drive a...

Dogs process language like us and can tell when we praise them

The research discovered that, much like humans, dogs process words in their brains' left hemisphere and intuition is processed in the right hemisphere. 13 d...

Three injured following bomb at Chinese Embassy in Kyrgyzstan

A suicide bomber breached the gate of the Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan with his vehicle before an explosion killed him and three guards on Tuesday. The a...

Latest round of Apple rumors: iPhone 7 "Plus" in, "Pro" out

Oh, how the tables have turned. Moreover, this year's S7 Edge and Note 7 prove that nobody does curved screens better than Samsung . Several rumors have be...

Apple to unveil its iPhone 7 next week

There's one other major product in Apple's pipeline: a redesigned MacBook Pro laptop. Apple has finally announced the launch of the latest version of its ...

Fed vice chair praises success of negative rates in other countries

US non-farm payrolls also saw a surprising increase in July - 255,000, far above expectations. The Fed has signalled since March it would lift rates twice thi...

American Red Cross to Hold Memorial 9/11 Blood Drive

The blood that is donated goes to helping people with sickle cell disease, cancer patients and for emergency medical situations. Dr. Wachs, who hosts a syndic...

New Samsung Galaxy A8 Appears At The FCC

The news follows a number of recent reports from users describing how the battery in their new Galaxy Note 7 phones exploded. The Galaxy Note 7 might also b...

Jose Mourinho's wife reveals what Man Utd manager did after Hull win

And following Rashford's heroics at the KCOM Stadium , a song in his honour has been doing the rounds on Twitter - and it's absolutely brilliant. "For an 18-ye...

Huma Abedin announces separation from Anthony Weiner after latest sexting revelations

Weiner, who torpedoed his own political career five years ago with a sexting scandal and whose wife is Clinton's closest adviser, deleted his Twitter accoun...

Hillary Clinton blasts Nigel Farage for campaigning at Trump rally

She sought to link her Republican rival with the "alt-right" movement, which opposes multiculturalism. She went on to detail some of the Farage's most infamou...

Obama Commutes More Prisoners

The 325 commutations he's given in August, the most granted by any president in one month, brings his administration's total to 673. Travis Dwaine Corley of B...

Gold Lower, But Movement Muted as Traders Await US Jobs Report

The health of the United States jobs market remains one of the most significant pieces of data that the Fed will assess in determining when the appropriate time...

John Kerry meets PM Modi

They are also believed to have discussed India's efforts to join the Nuclear Suppliers Group, an global organization that manages nuclear technology. "Secreta...

TNT broadcaster Craig Sager to undergo 3rd marrow transplant

Craig Sager stands on the sideline during the game as part of NBA All-Star 2016 in February. "While I'm healthy and I had no problems with other organs or wh...

European Commission finds Apple guilty of tax evasion

The ruling is also unrelated to access to the European single market. This is illegal under European Union state aid rules , because it allowed Apple to pay s...

Area woman finds 7-foot-long boa snake near trash

One resident was taking out the trash one night when he was startled to see one of the enormous snakes at his feet. Scottsdale Fire Department shared a video...

EU Orders Apple To Pay $14.5 Billion In Taxes To Ireland

In December, the commission said that it was opening an investigation into McDonald's, alleging that "McDonald's Europe Franchising has virtually not paid any c...

What Apple should not offer in the upcoming iPhone 7

This year's iPhone launch event will start at 6pm United Kingdom time and will be live streamed on the company's website. The launching event is being at 10 A...

Super Mario Hot Wheels Toys Races into Stores

Each auto features an element of the character's headwear or shell. Check out Mario's mustache grill! Take a look at the characters in auto form below. After ...

US, India, Afghanistan to hold talks: Kerry

In what is seen as a clever balancing act, while pitching for strong action by Pakistan against terror outfits, Kerry said when Islamabad takes action there is ...

Foundation big part of Bill Clinton's post-White House life

A spokesman for the department noted that the approximately 30 documents in question are still being examined and may include duplicates of the emails already...

Hawaii's Big Island Prepares For Hurricane Madeline

Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is closing some areas at the end of the day as a major hurricane hurtles west toward Hawaii Island . The storm is expected to ...

Thrivent Financial For Lutherans buys $150919244 stake in Baker Hughes Incorporated (BHI)

Over the same time span, the stock notched a high price of US$58.23 and its minimum level reached was US$37.58. Citizens Financial Group Inc RI now owns 2,837 s...

Clinton to stress American exceptionalism in Ohio

Clinton herself is planning to offer a contrast with Trump, who will be depicted as someone who would walk away from USA allies, undermine US values, insult the...

Trump pledges border wall amid speculation on softening immigration stance

If a crime happens today, we would be the first ones to call the police, but we can not sit by and see, openly, unarmed Black men shot, and killed, who are no...

Nissan drew a life-sized SUV using a 3Doodler 3D pen

The company is calling it the "world's largest 3D pen sculpture". The work of art was created by a team of artists led by 3D pen specialist Grace Du Prez, and t...