THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch appeals court on Wednesday cleared a man of any criminal responsibility for helping his 99-year-old mother take her own life — a case that aimed to create precedents for assisting suicide in a country where euthanasia already is legal under certain circumstances.
Clarence Blackmon, 81, returned home to an empty refrigerator after being hospitalized for months for cancer treatments.
By Andrew MacAskill and Krista Mahr KATHMANDU/CHARIKOT, Nepal (Reuters) – The powerful 7.3 magnitude tremor that struck Nepal this week left an already traumatized population gripped by even deeper fear, underlining concerns that the country is ill-prepared to cope with the mental side effects. Tuesday’s quake caused a fraction of the fatalities inflicted by the huge 7.8 earthquake that killed some 8,000 people less than three weeks earlier, but left
The FDA has released new blood donation recommendations for men who have sex with men — involving a year of abstinence. Some say the advice, while better than an all-out ban, is still stigmatizing. But health experts explain why the “year” aspect isn’t totally arbitrary.
Alberto Contador moved into the overall lead of the Giro d’Italia after the battle for the pink jersey burst into life on a mountainous fifth stage won by breakaway rider Jan Polanc.
By Adrian Croft and Tulay Karadeniz ANTALYA, Turkey (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called for a halt to fighting around the Ukrainian coastal town of Shyrokyne on Wednesday as NATO backed his demand that Russia fully implement a Ukraine ceasefire agreement. Kiev fears separatists may try to seize the port to help cement a long-term hold on eastern districts of Ukraine. Russia denies providing any troops or
By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The family of a 19-year-old Indian girl has been ostracized and fined 1.6 million rupees ($25,000) by a village council after she rejected a marriage arranged when she was a baby, the girl and her parents said on Wednesday. Santadevi Meghwal, from the western desert state of Rajasthan, said she was married off at 11 months old to a nine-year-old boy
By Daniel Kelley PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Rescue workers on Wednesday sifted through twisted metal and other debris from the wreck of an Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia, killing at least six people and injuring scores of others, while investigators reviewed data to determine the cause of an accident. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said authorities had not yet accounted for everyone aboard the train. Officials of the National Transportation Safety
Iraq’s Defence Ministry said on Wednesday the second most senior member of Islamic State had been killed in a coalition air strike on a mosque where he was meeting with other militants in the north of the country. “Based on accurate intelligence, an air strike by the coalition forces targeted the second in command of IS, Abu Alaa al-Afari,” the ministry said in a statement on its website. Abu Alaa
27 year old Tawny Willoughby posted a graphic photo of her skin cancer treatment to Facebook as an awareness tool. “This is what skin cancer treatment can look like.”