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Antibiotics are great for nipping that nasty infection in the bud. However, new research published this week in the International Journal of Obesity suggests that the bacteria-battling medicines may also influence childhood weight gain. This research, which was published online yesterday in the International Journal of Obesity, is actually the biggest and longest study that looks how antibiotic exposure influences …

Following a Mediterranean diet improves the health of the brain, according to new research. The study, conducted by researchers at Columbia University in New York, provides further evidence of the benefits of a Mediterranean diet for people with diabetes. A study of 674 people with an average age of 80 showed that those following a Mediterranean-like diet had larger brains. …

Cory Wells, a founding member of the popular 1970s band Three Dog Night and lead singer on such hits as “Never Been to Spain” and “Mama Told Me (Not to Come),” has died at age 74. Cory Wells passed away in Dunkirk, New York on Tuesday, a few weeks after experiencing acute back pain, bandmate Danny Hutton said. Hutton paid …

Kate Winslet has always been outspoken about her desire not to be retouched for magazines. Now, she’s putting it into writing. According to E! News, Winslet has made sure her L’Oréal contract states that there will be zero retouching done to her upcoming Lancôme ads. That’s right — no slimming of the face, no removing wrinkles or blemishes, no nothing.

Lilly Garcia, four, was shot in the head as she travelled with her parents along a New Mexico highway. Tony Torrez has been charged with murder after confessing to the fatal road-rage shooting of a 4-year-old girl. KOAT reports that Tony Torrez, 32, was arrested Wednesday afternoon and charged with murder, as well as various weapons and child abuse violations. …

A mother learned an unexpected lesson about stereotypes after she took her young daughter to a skatepark. Jeanean Thomas, of Ontario, Cambridge in Canada, took six-year-old Peyton to the skate park with much hesitation – as it was dominated by a group of young boys smoking and swearing.

A teacher has been killed and two students wounded in a sword attack at a school in western Sweden, police say. Police earlier said an adult and four children were injured after masked man wielding a sword launched an attack in a Swedish school.

YouTube Red, the long-anticipated $10-a-month ad-free YouTube, launched today. Whether or not watching Hillary ads is worth $10 a month is up to you, but one thing is very obvious: don’t get our subscription via the App Store. Beginning next year the package also will include original programming from some of YouTube’s more popular content providers including Maker Studios, Skybound …

Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom have reportedly called off their divorce and want to give their marriage a second chance. According to ESPN, 31-year-old Khloe asked her lawyer, Laura Wasser, to withdraw the divorce papers she filed in December 2013. Khloe Kardashian has been by her estranged husband’s side in Nevada ever since the news broke, and allegations that they’re …

Kevin Hart is seen on camera grabbing a stranger’s phone and smashing it on the ground during a fight outside a Canadian strip club. According to TMZ, the incident occurred at La Pigale gentlemen’s club in Gatineau when an “alleged dispute” between Hart’s bodyguards and the club’s security crew moved outside the club to result in a shoving match on …

A US fighter jet has crashed near RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk, killing the pilot. The FA-18 Hornet from the Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232 came down a couple of miles away from the base at around 10.30am.