Carly Fiorina announces 2016 presidential run
The latest Republican candidate to join the 2016 race, Fiorina broke the news on Twitter just moments before making her official announcement on ABC’s ‘Good Morning America.’
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The U.S. military is failing its canine veterans. Inside one Marine’s fight to save her dog.
What do we owe our canine veterans? And what can we afford to give them?
Police: No explosives found in car used in Texas attack
The gunmen were killed after firing on a security officer outside the provocative contest.
Ben Carson, famed neurosurgeon, running for president
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ben Carson, retired neurosurgeon turned conservative star, has confirmed that he will seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2016.
U.S. Medicare test program saved hundreds of million of dollars: study
By Caroline Humer NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. government test program with doctors and hospitals slowed healthcare spending in Medicare coverage for the elderly and disabled by hundreds of millions of dollars in 2012 and 2013 but savings were less in the second year, a study released Monday said. The Journal of the American Medical Association study looked at beneficiaries in 32 Pioneer Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), in which
8-Year-Old Meets Bone Marrow Donor Who Saved His Life
After a worldwide search to find a bone marrow match for Grant Berg, who suffers from aplastic anemia, a donor was finally found in Germany.
Transhumanist Party Scientists Frown on Talk of Genetic Engineering Moratorium
Transhumanists support the idea of designer babies — Photo by SmallworldsocialA wave of ethical discussions and admonitions recently appeared after Chinese scientists reported successfully editing an embryo’s DNA. Many large media outlets interviewed scientists around the globe who chimed in on the ethical implications of the science, which…
Ethiopian protests draw attention to racism in Israel
The two-minute video is the latest in a string of incidents that have raised uncomfortable questions about Israel’s treatment of ethnic minorities and its struggle to integrate newcomers into broader society, whether Jews or non-Jews. On Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met the soldier, Damas Fikadeh, at his Jerusalem office and hugged him. “There is a problem, there are discrimination issues, there is racism in Israel,” said Fentahun Assefa-Dawit, the
Saudi-led alliance mulls partial truces in Yemen: statement
A Saudi-led Arab alliance conducting air strikes against Houthi fighters in Yemen is considering calling truces in specific areas in Yemen to allow humanitarian supplies to reach the country, the Saudi foreign minister said on Monday. Adel al-Jubeir also said Saudi Arabia might host a center to coordinate delivery of humanitarian supplies. The United Nations says the humanitarian situation in Yemen has grown desperate after weeks of air strikes.
Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana Was Born In Just 2.5 Hours: Why Second Babies Come Faster.
Kate Middleton had a 2.5 hour labor with Charlotte. Was your second born a speedier deliver than your first, too? Here’s why.