1. Plea for priceless keepsake: A family new to Edmonton is pleading for the return of a necklace containing their son's ashes, after it was stolen last week. Nine-year-old Dawson Pentecost was killed in a 2013 plane crash in Manitoba. His parents say they are devastated by the theft of the priceless keepsake from their pickup truck. Police are now asking for the public's help with the heart-breaking case.
2. Mourning MH17: The Dutch government declared a day of national mourning as the country prepared for the arrival of the first bodies of passengers killed in the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 Wednesday. Of the 298 people killed in the disaster over eastern Ukraine, the majority were citizens of the Netherlands.
3. War crimes probe: The UN's top human rights watchdog Navi Pillay says approximately three-quarters of the 650 Palestinians and 31 Israelis killed during these last two weeks of conflict were civilians. Based on a "strong possibility that international humanitarian law has been violated, in a manner that could amount to war crimes," Pillay says any allegation of human rights violations "must be properly and independently investigated."
4. Heart health risks: Canadian researchers say they've shed new light on a "genetic basis" for higher blood pressure in women -- something that could help identify which women are at greater risk for heart disease later in life. Here's why researchers are focused on a variation in the estrogen receptor GPER and its effect on blood vessels:
5. Brooklyn Bridge mystery: NYC police are now looking for several people they believe may have climbed the iconic span's two towers to hoist white flags in place of the Stars and Stripes.
