Medical
Charlie Gard to remain on life support for six more days
Specialists at Great Ormond Street Hospital, where the baby is being treated, had asked the High Court judge to rule on the legality of withdrawing life-support treatment . They also said that the treatment "would take time", according to Katie Gollop, speaking on behalf of the hospital, "and over the weeks and months Charlie would be forced to remain in his perilous condition - he can't see, can... [Full Article...]
Cosby jury sent home after deliberating 4 hours
McMonagle used a big screen to show jurors how Constand's story evolved in her interviews with police, noting that she was off by two months on the date of the alleged assault and inaccurately told police she had never been alone with Cosby before. [Full Article...]
Body washes up on Massachusetts shore in front of beachgoers
He then grabbed hold of the corpse and began pulling it to the beach. Erica Hamilton, an emergency medical technician, helped Ranagan bring the body back to shore, just a few yards away from hundreds of beachgoers, The Daily News reports. [Full Article...]
One-Third Of World Now Overweight, With US Leading The Way
China and India had the highest number of obese children - respectively 15.3 and 14.4 million. The number of children affected by obesity was lower than adults, but obesity rates among children were higher, which means childhood obesity could become rampant in the near future if nothing is done to curb it. [Full Article...]
Man has 13kg of faeces removed from colon
Mayo Clinic notes that Hirschsprung's disease is a congenital condition that's caused by missing nerves in the baby's large intestine or colon. The surgery was performed in Shanghai at the Tenth People's Hospital, according to the Daily Mail . [Full Article...]
Rapper Chief Keef accused of drug possession in South Dakota
Keef was charged with possession or use of drug paraphernalia and possession of between two ounces and less than a half-pound of marijuana, Argus Leader first reported. A rep for Chief Keef did not respond to comment. This comes on the heels of Chief being busted for DUI in Miami just a couple months ago. That much is apparent with Thot Breaker , a pop-leaning project that might be his best... [Full Article...]
Accused federal contractor victor pleads not guilty, denied bail
Victor printed the report out of the NSA eavesdropping center and submitted it to The Intercept , a national security news outlet. She was a linguist who speaks Pashto, Farsi and Dari - languages widely spoken in Iran and Afghanistan. Ed Tarver, former U.S. District attorney and Federal prosecutor spoke to NewsChannel 6 about the likelihood of victor being released on bond and the charges she cou... [Full Article...]
Senate heads toward showdown vote on Saudi arms sale
The vote indicates support is growing to question the foreign policy establishment status quo. "The Trump Administration has failed to lay out a clear policy to resolve this conflict", he said , adding that he is concerned about an expanded US involvement in military operations in Yemen. [Full Article...]