Eleven Republican presidential candidates have qualified for next week’s primetime debate, a slate that features the full diversity of the GOP’s 2016 class and is believed to be the largest group to share a presidential debate stage in modern political history.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal calls Republican rival Donald Trump “shallow.”
The Iran nuclear deal has survived a key vote in the Senate, in a victory for President Barack Obama.
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A new visitor center has been dedicated on a Pennsylvania hill overlooking the site where United Airlines Flight 93 came down during the 9/11 attacks.
British lawmakers on Friday rejected a “right to die” bill that would have allowed terminally ill adults to end their lives with medical supervision. It marks another blow to a long campaign to introduce such legislation in Britain, which has attracted support from figures as diverse as the late fantasy author Terry Pratchett and billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson. Prime Minister David Cameron is against any move to legalize assisted dying.
By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – In a pilot study, the Harvest for Healthy Kids programs helped preschoolers in Head Start centers be willing to try and to like foods like butternut squash, turnips and asparagus. “We know that children develop their food preferences based on early experiences with foods, so it is important to introduce healthy foods in early years,” said lead author Betty T. Izumi of Portland State
Brad Meltzer took to social media to help Ellen Sherman, his former teacher at Miami Beach Senior High School, when she was suffering from kidney disease.
(Reuters) – Amgen Inc said on Friday it had asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve a monthly single-dosing option for its recently approved cholesterol drug, Repatha. The FDA approved Repatha – one of two expensive treatments in a new class of injectable “bad cholesterol”-lowering drugs called PCSK9 inhibitors – in late August. Repatha is approved for patients with hereditary forms of high cholesterol – heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia
WASHINGTON (AP) — A major new study shows treating high blood pressure more aggressively than usual cuts the risk of heart disease and death in people over age 50.
Yeovil will be without summer signing Jack Compton when they take on AFC Wimbledon at Huish Park on Saturday.
