Where does the investigation stand in the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old Baltimore man who apparently suffered grievous injuries to his spine while in police custody? Billy Murphy, Jr., an attorney for Freddie Gray’s family, speaks to Yahoo News and Finance Anchor Bianna Golodryga and offers his views on where the case stands, and what needs to be done to ensure justice for Mr. Gray and his family.
Prosecutors formally enter into evidence a video still of the now-convicted Boston Marathon bomber giving a courthouse security camera the middle finger.
Global scientists on Thursday renewed calls to halt controversial research to genetically edit human embryos after a Chinese team published details of a stunted but breakthrough attempt in this new frontier in science. First reported by Nature News on Wednesday, the paper by Junjiu Huang, a gene-function researcher at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, and colleagues appears in a little known online journal called Protein and Cell. Researchers “attempted to
(Reuters) – Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc said its drug to reverse blood thinning was granted a priority review status by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, accelerating the regulatory process by four months. The drug, idarucizumab is specifically being tested to reverse the blood thinning effects of Pradaxa, the privately held company said in a statement on Thursday.
(Reuters) – A unit of AstraZeneca Plc has teamed up with Juno Therapeutics Inc to develop combination treatments that use the body’s immune system to kill cancer cells. The partnership between AstraZeneca’s research and development arm MedImmune and Juno is the latest collaboration between companies intent on developing a new class of drugs known as immuno-oncology therapies, considered a breakthrough in cancer treatment. The past year has seen tie-ups between
By Brendan O’Brien (Reuters) – A terminally ill former Wisconsin deputy sheriff was found not guilty on Thursday in the shooting deaths of his wife and her sister in his home due to his degenerative neurological disease, court documents showed. In a 10-2 decision, jurors found Andrew Steele, 40, was not responsible for the 2014 killings, by reason of mental disease, according to the records. His attorney had argued that
There is a scale at my gym that seems to be a smart scale. You input your height and gender, estimate the weight of your clothes… and then you (or maybe it’s just me) step on it gingerly while barefoot, as if the more gently you step on it, the more gentle it will be as it sorts through calculations.
Cassy Ho’s YouTube channel, Blogilates, has over 2 million subscribers where she posts Pilates and bootcamp workout videos that receive hundreds of thousands of views. Readers have criticized Ho’s own body, telling her to tone up, lose weight, and stop giving advice “when you’re so fat.” This week she decided to take a stand with a powerful new video that tackles online bullies, self-esteem, body image, and Photoshop all at
Get swimsuit-worthy ripples by summer with these 8 slimming swaps. (Photo: Shutterstock) Here are four proven and effective ways to get abs fast: * Go on a crazy restrictive vegan cleanse—the method preferred by Beyonce. * Do 600 sit-ups a day—a la former Spice Girl Mel B. * Live on nothing but protein shakes—like Victoria’s Secret model Adriana Lima.
There are a lot of misconceptions when it comes to what it means to be transgender. We partnered with Whisper to unearth 13 myths about the gender identity.
