Saturday, March 3, 2018

Student in custody after allegedly shooting parents at Central Michigan University dorm

2 shot at Central Michigan University, suspect at large: Police (ABC News)

2 shot at Central Michigan University, suspect at large: Police
A 19-year-old Central Michigan University student officials accused of fatally shooting his mother and father on campus was taken into custody just after midnight Saturday after a nearly day-long manhunt.

More than 100 police officers spent the afternoon and evening searching the Mount Pleasant area for James Eric Davis, who authorities described as armed and dangerous, after he allegedly shot his mother and father, an Illinois police officer.

Rapper Rick Ross 'hospitalised after being found unresponsive at home'

    

Rapper Rick Ross has been hospitalised with a mystery medical condition, according to TMZ.

The Aston Martin Music musician has been the subject of multiple reports about his health after he was found unresponsive at home in the early hours of Thursday morning.

The news site reports that Rick was taken to a Miami hospital after someone called the emergency services at around 3.30am on Thursday when they found him 'in distress' and "slobbing out the mouth".

Arsene Wenger has "overstayed his welcome" at Arsenal - Gunners boss



Former Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood believes it is time to call an end to Arsene Wenger's tenure.

The Arsenal boss has come under increasing pressure this week following back-to-back 3-0 defeats to Manchester City.

Wenger has refused to discuss his future but his position is set to be reviewed in the summer, in the biggest threat to his reign.
Hill-Wood appointed Wenger as Gunners boss in 1996 before stepping down in 2013.

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Picasso portrait sells for record £49.8 million

Pablo Picasso's 'Femme au beret et a la robe quadrillee' 


A Picasso artwork has sold for nearly £50 million - the highest auction price for any painting ever sold in Europe in pounds.

The artist's portrait of Marie-Therese Walter, known as his "golden muse", sold for £49.8 million at Sotheby's London on Wednesday evening.

The 1937 painting has never been sold on the market before, having previously been part of a private collection.

Femme au beret et a la robe quadrillee was painted in the same year as the artist's famous Guernica.

Prescription Opioids Increase Risk of Serious Infection

Prescription Opioids Increase Risk of Serious Infection

Taking prescription opioids may significantly increase a person’s risk of developing dangerous infections that could lead to meningitis and pneumonia, according to a new study out today.

Doctors have known for years that prescription opioids can suppress the immune system. But they weren’t sure exactly which infections these patients were at increased risk of contracting.

In a new study published today in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers from Vanderbilt University found evidence that people taking prescription opioids are more at risk for developing certain dangerous bacterial infections.

The researchers used the Tennessee Medicaid database and the Active Bacterial Core surveillance system to see what links they could find between opioid use and bacterial disease.

Popular Egyptian singer sentenced to prison for joking about the cleanliness of a river

Popular Egyptian singer sentenced to prison for joking about the cleanliness of a river


A popular Egyptian singer has been sentenced to six months behind bars for joking about the cleanliness of River Nile.

Sherine Abdel Wahab, a judge on the Arabic version of The Voice, was filmed telling a fan that drinking from the river could give them parasites. "Drink Evian instead," she joked in a video which surfaced online last November.

Sherine was asked to sing Mashrebtesh Men Nilha, which reportedly translates to 'have you drunk from the Nile?'

Although the singer has since issued an apology for the offensive joke.

Germany investigates cyber-attack 'by Russians'

The entrance of the New Interior Ministry Headquarters pictured in 2015

Germany is investigating a security breach to its defence and interior ministries' private networks, a government spokesman has confirmed.

A notorious Russian hacking group known as Fancy Bear, or APT28, is being widely blamed in German media.

They are thought to be behind a number of cyber-attacks on the West, including breaches in the 2016 US election.

The hack was first realised in December and may have lasted up to a year, the DPA news agency reported.

The group is reported to have targeted the federal government's internal communications network with malware.

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