After two weeks of discordant and emotional negotiations, the nations of the world agreed Saturday night on a set of rules meant to help curb global warming. But scientists and even the negotiators themselves know the so-called “Paris Rulebook” won’t be enough on its own to stop carbon pollution from reaching critical levels. Countries would…… MORE
Before the family gathers for a holiday meal, here’s all the food you should purge from your pantry. Read on to see some of the things you may need to throw away and updates on recalls for beef and romaine lettuce. Metal found in Jimmy Dean sausages CTI Foods LLC, is recalling 29,028 pounds of…… MORE
Nothing can stop Hulk! Lou Ferrigno is out of the hospital after a vaccine shot for pneumonia left fluid in his bicep. On Wednesday, the star of the late 1970s TV series “The Incredible Hulk” posted a photo on Twitter of himself wearing a green hospital gown with an IV in his arm. “Went in…… MORE
The youngest survivor of the Ebola outbreak received her discharge certificate from the Beni Ebola Treatment Center on Wednesday, according to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ministry of Health. Born October 31, baby Bénédicte was admitted to the center at 6 days old. Her mother, who had a confirmed case of Ebola, died during childbirth,…… MORE
The UN climate talks in Poland — an attempt to save the world from disastrous levels of global warming — are sputtering toward a conclusion after two weeks of discord. “They’re going nowhere — for Tuvalu, for small counties,” Prime Minister Enele Sopoaga of Tuvalu, an island country in the Pacific, said Friday morning. “What…… MORE
Ireland’s Prime Minister has hailed a “historic moment” for women in the country, after a bill to legalize abortion passed through the final stages of parliament. The bill is now set to be signed into law by President Michael D. Higgins, following a marathon debate in parliament’s upper house Thursday, and will come into force…… MORE
Depictions of girls as less academic than boys or men being belittled for “unmanly” behavior will be soon be a thing of the past in British commercials. The new rules, announced Friday by advertising watchdog the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP), ban companies from including “gender stereotypes that are likely to cause harm, or serious…… MORE
The police chief in Springfield, Missouri, on Thursday told a rape victim advocacy group that the department will review sex crimes cases in which the agency destroyed rape kits. Chief Paul Williams’ pledge to Me Too Springfield came two weeks after he apologized to sexual assault victims and invited them to contact him if they…… MORE
The strain of E. coli causing the current outbreak in romaine lettuce has been found in a reservoir on a farm in Santa Barbara County, California, the US Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Thursday. The agencies are continuing to investigate other possible sources, and the CDC still advises…… MORE
Del Monte Foods Inc. issued a recall of some of its canned corn this week. Del Monte’s fiesta corn seasoned with red and green peppers is under-processed and could result in, “contamination by spoilage organisms or pathogens, which could lead to life-threatening illness if consumed,” the company said. Although it is more of a concern…… MORE
Dax Shepard is being forced to deny rumors that he cheated on Kristen Bell with Julie Andrews’ step-granddaughter. Kayti Edwards posted some pictures of herself being intimate with Dax in a photo booth in 2009, while he was married to Kristen. Dax says the pictures were from 2005, pre-Kristen, and points out that Kayti has…
Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake are said to be in marriage counseling. It all started when Jessica heard Justin refer to her as a ‘small town housewife.’ They are now in counseling once a week. There will be no ‘Dancing with the Stars’ in Spring 2019 because the show wants to take a break. It…