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Dads in US Getting Older, Too

The average paternal age in the United States grew three-and-a-half years between 1972 and 2015, from 27.4 to 30.9. The study has not been published online yet,...

Mum shares story of premature "miracle baby" born in amniotic sack

The extremely rare occurrence took place outside Pittsburgh several weeks ago. Scurry and her fiance Ean thought they would be able to make it to the hospita...

Jersey Events Related to International Overdose Awareness Day

At CU Boulder, we want to raise awareness, support those impacted by an overdose and share ways to prevent overdoses in the future. The northeast region, whic...

Dera Sacha Sauda succession war begins; infighting in Himachal Congress; more

A day after Ram Rahim was sentenced to 20 years for raping two of his women followers, his son Jasmeet Insan was on Tuesday appointed the administrator of the...

The Oval evacuated over 'crossbow bolt' in ground

The game between Surrey and Middlesex was brought to a halt at 4.25 p.m. local time (BST) as a " projectile " landed close to where players were positioned, acc...

Parents alerted as Blue whale claims 1st victim in Assam

Vignesh, a second-year B.Com student, had a picture of a blue whale drawn on his hand thereby pointing the police to the "game.' A note reading 'Blue whale is n...

English legends Botham, Atherton, laud Windies win as one for the times

None of Hope's previous 11 Tests had yielded a hundred. The West Indies chased down a seemingly tough target of 322 with more than four overs to spare on ...

Hope leads West Indies to stunning win over England

Stuart Broad had a hand in both wickets to fall on the final morning at Headingley - literally in the case of a weird run out of Kyle Hope - but Kraigg ...

Suspected Kidnap Kingpin Evans Pleads Guilty To Charges

Evans and his accomplices, Uche Amadi, Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu, Chilaka Ifeanyi, Victor Aduba and one female, Ogechi Uchechukwu, were arraigned before Justice Ha...

President Buhari Congratulates D'Tigress For Winning African Women's Basketball

Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti state has said that President Buhari has lost touch of the current economic realities. . In contrast, since his return this month...

Ponderosa Fire: 3150 acres burned, evacuation orders remain

A small animal shelter has been set up at the Old County Hospital, located at 2279 Del Oro in Oroville and a large animal shelter has been set up at Camelot E...

DC woman throws a cup of her own urine on bus driver

It was urine, the driver soon realized. She also said the driver gave her a rude look. "She could have been more courteous". "If it's the X2, it's a lot of ...

Parma resident confirmed to have West Nile virus

The best way for people to protect themselves against West Nile is to minimize their risk of mosquito bites by doing things like wearing light-coloured clothing...

European Union and Turkey have little hope of deepening ties, Merkel says

Eurosceptics said Merkel's commentswere evidence of the EU's drive for more co-operation between the Member States, and that the United Kingdom was right to lea...

Mumbai Rains kill 4, massive showers of 337 mm sinks city

Mumbai had received highest-ever recorded rainfall of 1588 mm in 48 hours . A 32-year-old woman died after falling into a drain filled with rainwater in Kal...

Turtle-linked Salmonella outbreak sickens 37 in 13 states

Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. So far, the ag...

Sri Lanka selectors resign en masse after India debacle

His hauls may be lighter of late, and his pace may have diminished, but Sri Lanka's acting captain Lasith Malinga remains defiant as ever of criticism, and ...

Best of WWE Smackdown

Randy Orton, who dominated this summer's feud with Jinder Mahal, seemingly marked his return to the title picture by striking his tag-team partner Shinsuke Naka...

Remnants of Harvey expected to head this way

There is little change in our current thinking that we'll have occasional rain squalls throughout the overnight hours into much of Wednesday , where winds coul...

Shameful! Newborn Perishes As 2 Jodhpur Doctors Argue In Surgery

In connection with the incident both of the accused doctors have been suspended but no FIR has been registered against them yet. Doctors at Jodhpur's Umaid...

Caught on camera: Doctors' row during emergency c-section, baby died

Dr Nainwal and Dr Tak have both been suspended. The incident took place on Tuesday, August 29, at Umaid Hospital in Jodhpur and came to light after one of...

Kenya bans plastic bags in bid to fight pollution

The UN says that eight million tons of plastic is carried into the oceans every year, and that, if current trends continue, plastic will outweigh fish in the se...

Plea for early Aadhaar hearing

They said the mandatory requirement of Aadhaar for these schemes "constricts rights and freedoms which a citizen has always been enjoying unless and until t...

Don't Be a Victim: Charity Scams

Using resources like charity navigator help provide a free resource about charities along with advice on how to donate, and which groups are best to donate ...

FDA steps up scrutiny of stem cell therapies

US marshals on Friday raided San Diego-based StemImmune Inc. and seized the vaccine, which the FDA said had been combined with stem cells derived from fat...

Dietary guidelines should focus on reducing consumption of carbs, not fat

Researchers discovered that people with low-fat diets tend to turn to carbohydrates - foods like bread, rice, and pasta - and that high-carb eaters had almost...

Tenn. Guard prepared to assist Harvey relief effort if called

The Nebraska National Guard has deployed equipment and personnel to help in ongoing hurricane Harvey relief operations in the U.S. state of Texas, Nebraska Gove...

"Nuns" attempt to rob bank in Pocono Township

Police described the suspects are about 5-feet tall with a medium build. They fled the bank empty-handed. "#Wanted for attempted armed bank robbery today in #...

Supreme Courts raps Gujarat government for delaying Asaram Bapu rape probe

The bench added that state government's scheme of paying by favour of Rs 50,000 for damaged residential and commercial properties would be applicable to religio...

Stetson football player dies after collapsing at practice

The football team is scheduled to begin its season at Sacred Heart on Saturday. Stetson University sophomore Nick Blakely died Monday after collapsing on ...

Gilead Flies Into Cancer Therapy With Kite Deal

First Heartland Consultants Inc. raised its stake in Gilead Sciences by 0.4% in the second quarter. Canaccord Genuity set a $115.00 price target on shares of ...

Thais take dig at Malaysia over medals

Making his SEA Games debut back in 2011 as a young Ateneo Blue Eagle, Ravena has been a fixture in the Philippines' dominating ways in ASEAN basketball. "But we...

Mosquito trap tests positive for West Nile Virus in Lantana

The Bucks County Health Department will conduct an ultra-low volume spray operation Wednesday to reduce mosquito populations and prevent the transmission of Wes...

Indian cop runs with bomb on shoulder, saves kids

Patel picked up the bomb and ran with it for nearly a kilometer to finally deposit it in a place where there was no habitation. A policeman from Madhya Prades...

Pope Francis to visit Myanmar and Bangladesh

Francis has regularly spoken out in defence of the Rohingya, a persecuted Muslim group in predominantly Buddhist Myanmar. After praying the Angelus with pilgr...