Colombia police station bombing kills five and injures dozens

At least five police officers have been killed and dozens wounded in the bombing of a Colombian police station.

Officers were gathered to receive their morning assignments when the bomb exploded outside the station in the city of Barranquilla.

Officials said the attack was probably in retaliation for a crackdown on drug trafficking and organised crime.

Police have offered a reward of 50 million pesos (£12,700) for information about the attackers.

It is believed the device was detonated remotely, possibly having been planted earlier.

One 31-year-old suspect has already been arrested, Colombia's office of the attorney-general said.

"We will charge (him) with five aggravated murders ... attempted murder, terrorism and use of explosives," Attorney-General Nestor Martinez said in remarks carried by AFP.

Colombian newspaper El Tiempo said the suspect had been found near the station with radio equipment and plans of the police station.

The billionaires were found dead in their mansion. Now police say they were murdered.

Toronto police said they believe a billionaire couple found dead in their mansion last month were murdered.

Police Detective Sgt. Susan Gomes made the announcement at a news conference Friday, six weeks into the investigation into the “suspicious” deaths of Honey and Barry Sherman — and just days after private investigators said the Shermans were likely killed by multiple people in an apparent hit job.

Authorities declined to identify potential suspects in the high-profile killings that have sent shock waves across Canada, but said they intend to interview an “extensive list” of people, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported. Authorities said they have not arrested anyone in the case.

Deadliest fire in years kills 37 in South Korean hospital

South Korea's deadliest fire in almost a decade has ripped through a hospital in the city of Miryang, killing at least 37 people and injuring more than 100.

Authorities revised the death toll down from 39 on Friday afternoon, but a Miryang City official warned it could rise as a number of patients were in a critical condition.
The fire comes less than a month after a similar tragedy left 29 dead in the city of Jecheon, raising concerns over lax safety standards in the country.
Officials said they were still investigating the cause of Friday's fire, which is believed to have started around 7:20 a.m. local time in the emergency room on the first floor of the 98-bed Sejong Hospital.
Rescue workers remove bodies from a hospital fire on January 26, 2018 in Miryang, South Korea.

Russia is still sending one of the largest groups of athletes to the Winter Olympics despite doping ban

Russia may have been banned from the Winter Olympics but they are still going to have one of the largest groups of athletes at the games.

The Russia’s Olympic Committee announced on Thursday that it will send 169 athletes to South Korea to compete in the games.

Only three nations had at least 169 athletes at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, the United States, Canada, and Russia, which as the host nation in 2014 had 232 athletes competing.

Russia is sending the large contingency despite being banned from the Winter Olympics for manipulating the doping tests at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Russian athletes who still wanted to compete in the Olympics had to be cleared by a vetting process. The vetting included new evidence that could show if the athletes had previously attempted to "hide and modify" biological data that would have suggested steroid use.

Human History Gets Longer: Oldest Fossils Outside of Africa Found

The oldest fossils of modern humans outside Africa have been discovered in Israel, a new study finds.

The newly revealed jaw and teeth are estimated to be up to 194,000 years old. This makes these fossils at least 50,000 years older than modern human fossils previously unearthed outside Africa, and closer in age to when recent genetic results suggested modern humans may have first left Africa.

These new findings suggest that modern humans may have had more time to interact and interbreed with archaic human lineages outside of Africa than previously thought. The discovery also sheds light on the routes modern humans might have taken while dispersing from Africa. [See Photos of Our Closest Human Ancestor]

When humans left Africa

Modern humans originated at least 200,000 years ago in Africa. The oldest known bones of our species, Homo sapiens, may date back about 300,000 years.

Celebrities will wear white roses on the Grammys red carpet to send an important message

Several artists are planning on wearing white roses on the red carpet at the 2018 Grammy Awards.
The roses are intended to show support for the "Time's Up" movement.
This comes after many actors wore a "Time's Up" pin to the 2018 Golden Globes.
Artists such as Kelly Clarkson, Halsey, and Cyndi Lauper will reportedly participate.

In early January, several prominent members of the movie industry showed support for the fight against sexual misconduct by wearing the "Time's Up" pin on the Golden Globes red carpet. Now, the music industry is gearing up to show their support for the initiative at the 2018 Grammy Awards.

According to Billboard, several attendees including Kelly Clarkson, Halsey, and Cyndi Lauper are planning to wear white roses on the red carpet to show solidarity for the "Time's Up" movement.

Mexican drug lord, El Chapo promises not to kill any jurors ahead of his trial in court

El Chapo promises not to kill any jurors ahead of his trial in court


Notorious drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán promises he won’t kill any jurors seated in his upcoming federal court trial, arguing it’s therefore unnecessary to keep them anonymous and under armed guard as prosecutors have asked.

Affording any special protections to the panel “sends the message to each juror that he or she needs to be protected from Mr. Guzmán. From there, members of the jury could infer that Mr. Guzmán is both dangerous and guilty,” defense attorney A. Eduardo Balarezo wrote in a recently filed motion.