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DOJ asking secretive court to deport Afghan woman allegedly tied to ISIS-linked plot, in first-ever test case

The Justice Department is seeking to convince a federal judge to deport a Texas-based Afghan woman who prosecutors allege is an “alien terrorist,” it revealed Wednesday, in the first-ever test case before a secretive court that has never convened since it was created three decades ago. Nazira Haji Zada, 47, of Fort Worth, Texas, will…

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Elephants that died in Kenya likely poisoned by cyanide-tainted tomatoes, authorities say

Fifteen elephants that died over the past month in southern Kenya are suspected to have been poisoned by tomatoes contaminated by cyanide, wildlife authorities told local media Wednesday. Authorities did not say who they suspected in the contamination of tomatoes from farms neighboring the Amboseli National Park. In the past, farmers have been suspected of…

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The gut’s link to Parkinson’s — and more takeaways from this week’s “Healthful”

I’ve long been obsessed with the idea that there is an important connection between your gut and your brain, and now there’s science to confirm that nutrition can help treat many diseases. Dr. Trisha Pasricha is a double board-certified internal medicine physician and gastroenterologist. She’s the head of the Gut-Brain Institute and an assistant professor…

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Florida executes oldest inmate in state’s history for double murder, hours after executing ex-officer for girl’s murder

Florida on Tuesday became the first state in nearly a decade to carry out two executions in a single day, putting to death an 80-year-old man who was the second-oldest inmate known to receive a lethal injection in modern U.S. history.  Hours earlier, the state executed a former police officer convicted of the killing of a…

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Woman murdered in 1936 and buried underneath building is finally identified: “One of Toronto’s oldest mysteries”

The remains of a woman murdered nearly a century ago and buried beneath a building have finally been identified thanks to modern forensic testing.  The woman was identified as Mary McLeod Moffat (née Davidson), a Scottish national who immigrated to Canada with her family in 1913, according to police and the laboratory that performed the…

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