Friday, December 9, 2016

FEC questions Trump donations worth $1.3M and other top stories.

  • FEC questions Trump donations worth $1.3M

    The Federal Election Commission may have found more than a thousand mistakes in the latest financial filing by Donald TrumpDonald TrumpLewandowski, Manafort spotted at Trump Tower Son-in-law: Trump is not a racist Trump team: Meeting with NY Times is back on MORE’s presidential campaign, according to a new report.The FEC determined that Trump’s campaign accepted about 1,100 donations — totaling approximately $1.3 million — that may be in violation of various campaign finance laws, CNN said Monda..
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  • US dementia rates drop 24%

    US dementia rates drop 24%
    Dementia rates in people over age 65 fell from 11.6 percent in 2000 to 8.8 percent in 2012, a decline of 24 percent, according to a study of more than 21,000 people across the country published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine."It's definitely good news," said Dr. Kenneth Langa, a professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan and a coauthor of the new study. "Even without a cure for Alzheimer's disease or a new medication, there are things that we can do socially and medically and..
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  • Are you worried? Here's why marijuana legalization is suddenly in big danger

    Are you worried? Here's why marijuana legalization is suddenly in big danger
    Published: Nov 22, 2016, 7:20 am • Updated: Nov 22, 2016, 7:20 am By Keith Humphreys, The Washington Post Attorney general nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., is a fervent foe of marijuana legalization. But if he were confirmed as President-elect Trump’s top law enforcement official, would he really have any power to put his anti-pot views into practice? To review the postelection state of play, a majority of states have legalized medical marijuana and eight (plus the District of Columbia) ha..
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  • Hope for eradicating tuberculosis emerges in Peru slum

    Hope for eradicating tuberculosis emerges in Peru slum
    LIMA Now halfway through his treatment for tuberculosis, William Campos, 49, is starting to imagine a healthy life again."I want to walk again, to work again. I want to get up in the morning, get on a bus and head to the countryside," Campos said from his bed beneath a sheet-draped window in the shantytown Carabayllo, one of the poorest districts in Peru's capital, Lima.    A clothes vendor before falling ill, Campos is one of at least 30,000 Peruvians infected with tuberculosis, an ancient di..
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  • Conjoined McDonald Twins Update: 'Record' Recovery As Parents See Bare Head Of Child For The First Time [PHOTOS]

    Conjoined McDonald Twins Update: 'Record' Recovery As Parents See Bare Head Of Child For The First Time [PHOTOS]
    Four weeks after a grueling 27-hour surgery to separate conjoined twins who had lived their entire lives connected at the top of their heads, the parents of the 14-month-olds finally saw the bare head of one of their sons at the hospital in New York City.“It’s the most amazing thing. I just can’t even believe it,” Nicole McDonald, who stood beside her son Jadon’s bed when bandages were removed for the first time, said according to a Tuesday report from CNN. “And look at his little hair. On top, ..
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  • In American Samoa, Cultural Factors Could Make Zika Even Worse

    In American Samoa, Cultural Factors Could Make Zika Even Worse
    While the Zika virus is well documented in South and Central America, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, the mosquito-borne disease known to cause severe birth defects is also spreading in the U.S. territory of American Samoa, a group of islands in the South Pacific with a population of approximately 55,000. And despite extensive prevention and education efforts by the U.S. Department of Health, American Samoa may see even worse outcomes than expected due to economic and cult..
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  • Ben Stiller opens up for the first time since revealing cancer diagnosis

    Ben Stiller opens up for the first time since revealing cancer diagnosis
    share tweet pin email comment () Ben Stiller, in his first television interview since revealing he had prostate cancer, told TODAY's Matt Lauer he's "really fortunate" to call himself "cancer free." "It's a whole new world, so you need to educate yourself. For me, it was learning what the options were," said the actor, who went with recommendations to have his prostate removed. "I’m do..
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  • Even as HIV treatment soars, young women still face high infection risk, UN warns

    Even as HIV treatment soars, young women still face high infection risk, UN warns
    The United Nations is extremely concerned by the continued worsening humanitarian situation in Ganfouda area in the Libyan city of Benghazi due to increased hostilities over the past week, a senior UN aid official in the North African country said today.
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  • Trump's Win Puts Medicaid Expansion On Hold In Red States

    Trump's Win Puts Medicaid Expansion On Hold In Red States
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