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Teenager's sickle cell reversed with world-first therapy

Now, after decades of searching for a cure, researchers are announcing that, in at least one patient, they seem to have found a very promising treatment. But fo...

OT loss for Wings, shootout win for Hawks

Ferland has scored goals in two straight games and has four in his past five, all wins for the Flames , since being elevated to play on Calgary's top line. Whil...

Measles suspected on Vancouver flights

It arrived on February 25 at Edmonton International Airport (YEG). Officials have confirmed that a passenger who left Vancouver on February 24 aboard WestJet ...

CBFC is against the word 'Pichwada' from Badrinath Ki Dulhania!

The episode featuring Varun and Alia will be telecast tonight and the from the pictures shared online by the creative makers of the show, it looks like an A-c...

Shahid Shares New Photo of Misha & She's Getting Cuter by the Day

Needless to say, the little angel is blessed with the good look of her parents. In it, Misha was seen with her mother and both of them were looking adorable. Th...

Nigel Farage gets 'KNIGHTED' on live TV

During a fun segment on the United Kingdom show " Sam Delaney's News Thing ", Farage was jokingly tapped with a plastic sword by a girl wearing a fake crown and...

SHOCKING: Ram Gopal Varma calls Tiger Shroff a 'bikini babe'!

He gave a clarification for the same: Interestingly, Tiger Shroff's father Jackie Shroff , of whom RGV is a big fan, is a part of his upcoming movie "Sarkar ...

North Korea: Kim Jong Nam probably died of heart attack

The North Korean suspect questioned in connection with the death of Kim Jong-nam has said he was the victim of a conspiracy by the Malaysian authorities. On Thu...

At Planned Parenthood fundraiser, Bush daughter emphasizes group's importance under Trump

As Bush spoke at the luncheon, more than a dozen protesters reportedly gathered outside the hotel to criticize her decision to support Planned Parenthood. "He n...

Kerala budget leaked to social media, alleges Opposition

The Budget proposed to provide houses to one lakh home less families in the next one year. The ruling CPI (M) is viewing the issue seriously. Dr Isaac said ...

What's up with April the Giraffe?

Park representatives said there have been a lot of behaviors keeping them on their toes, but that she has not gone into active labor. "We're celebrating the ...

SoyNut Butter May Be Behind Multistate E. Coli Outbreak

Six have been hospitalized and four have developed hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). The SoyNut Butter Co. announced on Twitter it was pulling all of its I.M. ...

County loses jobs, unemployment rises

There were 1,700 more jobs in the county in January than the same time previous year, including 400 more seasonal farm labor jobs, according to the Employment ...

'Gary From Chicago' Insists He's a Changed Man: 'I'm Not Some Monster!'

Cole told ABC7 in Chicago that he is a changed man after being in jail for 22 years. One of the more weird moments at Sunday's ultra-bizarre Oscars ceremony...

Taj Mansingh Hotel to go under hammer

The Delhi High Court had earlier dismissed the Tata Group's appeal for retaining management rights over the Taj Mansingh Hotel, and in all practicality, told th...

Don't repeal Affordable Care Act

Hubbert notes that Iowa has a shortage of mental-health providers and accessibility to services would become even more hard if mental-health care is not requi...

After hospitals, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee targets overcharging educational institutes

After the passing of the West Bengal Clinical Establishments (Registration, Regulation and Transparency) Bill, 2017 on Friday, the CM told the assembly that she...

Rs 56.74 lakh in fake notes seized in Kolkata, 5 detained

Five people have also been nabbed on Thursday n this connection. The accused are Manaur Mollah, Sheikh Eklakh Ahmed, Sheikh Abul Kalam Azad, Syed Rehan and Ba...

Girl records ICE arresting her immigrant father in California

Rica-Gonzalez, an undocumented man with four US -born children, was arrested by immigration officials while dropping his kids off at school. LAist also repo...

Kesha: 'I Had an Eating Disorder that Threatened My Life'

It'll last through Saturday, with awareness aimed to shine the spotlight on eating disorders and put life-saving resources into the hands of those in need. A Qu...

Juno Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ: JUNO), MBIA Inc. (NYSE:MBI)

Novavax reported a net loss of $57.1 million, or $0.21 per share, for the fourth quarter of 2016, compared to a net loss of $78.8 million, or $0.29 per share,...

2nd case of mumps confirmed at Barrington High School

The confirmed cases included one adult and one student at Barrington High. In rare cases the mumps can cause sterility, meningitis or even inflammation of the...

Patrick Stewart Is Applying For US Citizenship to Fight Trump

The issue came up when Stewart addressed his tweet from mid-February , when he stated that he had the "worst sleep of his life". The trip set in motion a certa...

Smart Condom Will Rate Your Performance And Check For STIs

According to, British Condoms has invited a reusable ring that sits over the base of the condom and measures the number of thrusts, calories burnt during interc...

World's First 'Smart' Condom To Rate How Good You Are In Bed

The i.Con is also supposed to be able to sense sexually transmitted diseases . The internet of things (IoT) appears to have hit the climax of connected devic...

Kids II recalls Oball Rattles for choking hazard

At least 680,000 Oball baby rattles have been recalled in the USA after some toys reportedly broke and caused young children to gag. These rattles were sold ...

Northern Ireland Votes Amid Power-Sharing Impasse

The collapse of the executive in January came after Sinn Féin's deputy first minister Martin McGuinness resigned amid the controversy over the Renewable Heatin...

Fire breaks out at Trump International Hotel

The blaze started on the 47th floor of the tower and the fire brigade was summoned at around 4.30 am. It was under control by 5:20 a.m., officials said. The upp...

Japan's core inflation rises for 1st time in over a year

Core CPI for Tokyo also fell 0.3 percent - unchanged but missing forecasts for -0.2 percent. Consumer prices - including oil but excluding fresh food - rose b...

Artificial embryos 'open way' for human clones

Dr Dusko Ilic, Reader in Stem Cell Science , King's College London , said the research was "masterpiece" in creating the earliest steps of life in a lab. The ...

No Liverpool Lime Street trains after wall collapses on to tracks

It is not yet known whether mainline journeys from London to Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh - which pass through Liverpool Lime Street - will be affected. Th...

Janadhikar Samiti condemns attacks on Kerala RSS cadres

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Thursday condemned the statement by its party leader Kundan Chandrawat who said that he would offer Rs. one crore to an...

March interest rate hike? Odds are now up to 50%

CHICAGO A surge in business and consumer confidence during President Donald Trump's first weeks in office has helped push the Federal Reserve toward its first s...

Groundbreaking: First technology makes the organs survive in deep freeze

Results from the study were published in Science Translational Medicine this month. The technique is called nanowarming and has provided a breakthrough in the...

Malaysia puts the screws on North Korea over murder

Malaysian police say they smeared his face with VX nerve agent, a chemical classified by the United Nations as a weapon of mass destruction, and that Mr. The wo...