Weather helps crews battling massive California wildfire
Fire officials called for thousands of evacuations as numerous homes remained threatened.
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Farmer visited by Obama is now the face of California’s drought
Little has changed in the 17 months since the president toured Joe Del Bosque’s parched fields.
Manhunt underway for suspect in officer's fatal shooting
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A manhunt was underway Monday for a suspect who police say fatally shot a Memphis officer after he interrupted a drug deal involving a small amount of marijuana that would have resulted in just a misdemeanor citation and a fine.
Austrian court snuffs out planned e-cigarette restriction
The government had proposed that sales of e-cigarettes be limited to the Alpine republic’s licensed tobacconists from October to protect young people and for public health reasons. The court ruled on Monday however, that the proposed amendment was unconstitutional, saying that the health arguments put forward were not solid enough to justify blocking the retailers’ right to trade freely and that e-cigarettes should not be treated the same as other
Pediatric brain injury may lead to attention problems
By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – Kids with traumatic brain injury (TBI) have more lapses in attention and longer reaction times than children who suffer trauma to other parts of the body, researchers report. Attention problems have been seen in adults after TBI. This study, however, is the first to show not just lapses of attention in children with TBI but also that these lapses are related to intelligence and
Sierra Leone concerns grow from new case, as CDC head visits
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Two new cases of Ebola surfaced in Sierra Leone’s Tonkolili District after a man died last week in the area where the deadly virus had been gone for months, an official said.
Sleep Is the Most Underrated Health Habit
The most basic shift we can make in redefining success in our lives has to do with our strained relationship with sleep.As Dr. Michael Roizen, chief wellness officer of the Cleveland Clinic, put it, “Sleep is the most underrated health habit.” Most of us fail to make good use of such an invaluable part of our lives.
Stop Exercising To Lose Weight
Exercise has forever been the go-to torture regimen for people trying to lose weight. It’s typically an acrimonious chore or insufferable extra in an already long day. More and more often, exercise requires a self-demoralizing offensive into a meat market filled with coveted six-packs and lavish hand-wash-only spandex. And in the end, it rarely…
Why Even Meat-Eaters Are Outraged by Cecil The Lion’s Killing
The 13-year-old Southwest African lion was reportedly lured outside of the protected sanctuary where he lived, wounded with an arrow, and later shot and killed.
Tragic Accident Leaves Pole-Vaulting Champ a Paraplegic
A 21-year-old champion pole-vaulter suffered a fracture of the cervical vertebrae of her spine in a tragic accident, leaving her a paraplegic.