As the Government cuts back on funding for departments and environmental programmes, local government must be wary of picking up the slack, the West Coast Regional Council has been warned. Resource ...

You might be surprised to learn that some everyday foods share a family tree with one of the most infamous poisons in history deadly nightshade. From tomatoes to eggplants, these familiar favorites ...

New Guinea is home to some of the world’s most toxic birds. Why they contain poison, and how they withstand it is still a source of scientific mystery. The variable pitohui, a poisonous bird ...

In Ohio, three former East Cleveland Police Department officers—Detective Ian McInnes, Sergeant Anthony Holmes, and Commander Larry "Pac Man" McDonald—were sentenced to prison for their roles ...

The estranged husband of a woman accused of murdering his parents and aunt by feeding them poisonous mushrooms has told a court their relationship had become increasingly strained. Erin Patterson ...

The Vatican spokesman said the reports were totally false. Italian media said it was an attempt to "poison" the 70-year-old cardinal's chances by implying that his body was not up to the job.

The Seattle Police Department says they’ve arrested a man, believed to have hit and killed a woman with his motorcycle. Officers say the 43-year-old is in the hospital for a medical evaluation ...

The Australian mom of two on trial for allegedly killing three of her in-laws with poisonous mushrooms bragged on Facebook about lacing her dishes with the powdered fungi — including brownies ...

Consider that it only takes 140 milligrams of arsenic trioxide to kill a person; there’s enough of the poison here to kill 1.7 trillion people.

In a hard-to-watch video, a healthy-looking 4-year-old boy lies on a bed as doctors lift his eyelids to watch his big brown eyes erratically swirl and roll backward. His head jerks, and his little ...