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What to expect when you’re expecting two feet of snow
With a huge winter storm looming over the eastern United States, many of the region's residents will stock up on canned goods, bottled water and - for some - diapers. The storm, which is expected to
Formerly Conjoined Twin Waves Goodbye to Hospital Staff After a Year in Treatment
Connor Mirabal was separated from his brother Carter last May.
Denver’s fire chief stabbed multiple times at stoplight
Denver’s fire chief was stabbed multiple times on Tuesday by a woman who jumped into his unmarked vehicle while he was stopped at a red light, said authorities, who added he was expected to make a full
Cancer doctor thanks Bowie for helping people face death
LONDON (AP) — A British doctor who works with terminally ill people has thanked David Bowie for helping open up a conversation about death.
Five starve, dozens more at risk, in Syria’s besieged Madaya: U.N.
Five people have starved to death in the last week in the Syrian town of Madaya, where a single biscuit sells for $15 and baby milk costs $313 per kilo, despite two emergency United Nations aid
Several wounded in Turkey as mortar hits school near Syria border
Several people were wounded and at least one feared killed after a mortar shell which appeared to have been fired from Syria struck a school in Turkey's southeastern border province of Kilis, security sources and local media
Obama declares emergency in Michigan over bad water – White House
President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency in Michigan on Saturday and ordered federal aid to be used to help state and local response efforts to an area affected by contaminated water. "The president's action
Three probes launched into tragic France drug trial
French authorities launched three investigations Saturday at a research laboratory in the northwestern city of Rennes into a drug trial that left one person brain-dead and three others facing potentially irreversible brain damage. On Saturday they
Sierra Leone investigating suspected Ebola death: health ministry
Sierra Leone's Health Ministry said on Thursday it was investigating a suspected Ebola death in Tonkolili district, hours after the World Health Organization said transmission of the virus in West Africa had ended. "A suspected Ebola
Haier nears deal to buy GE’s appliances business for over $4 billion: WSJ
(Reuters) - China's Haier Electronics Group Co Ltd is nearing a deal to buy General Electric Co's appliances business for more than $4 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Haier