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‘Why not do it together?’: Lifelong friends take part in ‘brosectomy’ in Vancouver

While many people choose to keep their medical appointments private, four longtime friends decided to undergo vasectomies as a group in B.C.’s Lower Mainland.

“We all had to do it so we said, why not do it together?” said Craig Tatham, a dad from Maple Ridge.

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Two bodies are found in hunt for Kansas moms who disappeared two weeks ago – as police arrest four people for murder

Two bodies have been recovered in connection with the disappearance of a pair of Kansas mothers who were last seen two weeks ago, while four people have been charged with kidnapping and murder.

Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, were traveling together to pick up Butler’s children, ages 6 and 8, on March 30, when they disappeared about three miles from where they were scheduled to pick up Butler’s children.

Butler was going through a nasty divorce and custody battle and Kelley, a pastor’s wife, is one of her supervisors for her visitations with the kids. It was Butler’s six-year-old daughter’s birthday and they were planning to celebrate.

Brutal.

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Transgender runner to complete ‘big six’ marathons as three different genders

A transgender charity runner from Daventry will attempt to complete the full set of six marathon ‘majors’ in Boston on Monday after competing in the events in three gender categories.

Glenique Frank, who apologised after last year’s London Marathon following criticism for running in the female category, is calling on race organisers to now introduce a specific category for transgender athletes.

“I want to campaign to get a category in world sport and charity events, anything, for transgender athletes,” she told the BBC.

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Revealed: the picture sneaked by employee into a German gallery

The first picture that greeted visitors to the first-floor exhibition space in Munich’s Pinakothek der Moderne gallery on 23 February may not have immediately grabbed their attention.

The 60cm by 120cm artwork was a retro-looking photograph of a family of four, with the background and parts of the faces and bodies roughly painted over in white. It was unassuming compared with the video- and photo-based artworks in the adjacent rooms, but only on closer inspection might visitors have wondered why there was no label giving the artist or the work’s title.

I give him props for nerve.

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Former undercover agent recalls infiltrating the Hells Angels: ‘A dangerous game to play’

Jay Dobyns lived a double life for two years, and it nearly cost him his life.

Now retired, Dobyns worked for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), which enforces the nation’s gun laws. From 2001 to 2003, he went undercover as he infiltrated the Hells Angels in Arizona.

He is now sharing his account in a new A&E series, “Secrets of The Hells Angels,” which examines the history of the notorious biker club. It features new interviews with former chapter presidents, as well as law enforcement officials, undercover agents and victims.

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Human Composting Gains Traction Across the U.S.

Human composting could become the future of American deathcare as support for the method gains traction in several more states.

Also known as natural organic reduction, human composting is an emerging alternative to a traditional burial that speeds up the decomposition process of a human body—which can take years—to only a matter of weeks, turning the body into soil. Advocates view human composting as a more eco-friendly form of deathcare that can provide key social benefits for those mourning a loved one, but the process has drawn opposition from religious groups, who say it violates their doctrine about how bodies should be treated after death.

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NY Times edits OJ Simpson obituary after readers express outrage: ‘His world was ruined’ by murder charges

The New York Times was forced to edit its obituary for OJ Simpson after it provoked reader outrage by saying “his world was ruined after he was charged with killing his former wife and her friend.”

Simpson, the NFL Hall of Fame running back who went on to become a movie star and celebrity pitchman for brand names like Hertz, was acquitted in 1995 of murdering his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.

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