US and Canada

One of the winners of a $1.3bn (£1bn) Powerball jackpot has had cancer for eight years and wants to use the money to “find a good doctor”. Father-of-two Cheng “Charlie” Saephan, from Portland, Oregon, was announced as the winner of the massive jackpot – the fourth largest in the lottery’s …

Saylor Class had complained of “monsters in the wall” of her room at their farmhouse in Charlotte, North Carolina. Source link

A Willy Wonka-inspired experience in Glasgow that reduced children to tears and prompted calls to the police has inspired a similar event in Los Angeles, drawing dozens of curious fans. The original £35-a-ticket “Willy’s Chocolate Experience” in Scotland made headlines and sparked dozens of memes after images emerged showing its …

Pro-Palestinian students in the US have defied an order by university officials to dismantle a tent camp set up to protest Israel’s war in Gaza or face suspension. Source link

Activists marched around their pro-Palestinian encampment on campus as the deadline to leave elapsed. Source link

The infections, made public by the CDC, raised questions about the safety of cosmetic treatments. Source link

On Monday morning, university president Nemat “Minouche” Shafik revealed in a statement that “since Wednesday, a small group of academic leaders has been in constructive dialogues with student organisers to find a path that would result in the dismantling of the encampment”. “Regretfully, we were not able to come to …

Three women have been diagnosed with HIV after getting “vampire facials” in what is believed to be the first time the virus has been contracted through a cosmetic procedure using needles. The diagnosis of a woman in her 40s, who had the treatment at an unlicensed clinic in New Mexico, …

A four-month-old baby was among at least five people killed after dozens of tornadoes swept across central parts of the US. Officials said at least 100 people were injured in Oklahoma, where four of the five died, as the extreme weather flattened buildings, ripped off roofing and threw vehicles down …

Scuffles break out between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel activists, with no sign of student demos tailing off. Source link