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A new Canadian study has uncovered surprising evidence of possible genetic causes for cerebral palsy. “Our research suggests that there is a much stronger genetic component to cerebral palsy than previously suspected,” says the lead study author Dr. Maryam Oskoui, Paediatric neurologist at The Montreal Children’s Hospital (MCH) of the MUHC, co-director of the Canadian Cerebral Palsy Registry and an …

Teen Girl Dies 3 Days After She Was Stabbed at Jerusalem Gay Pride Parade. Shira Banki (16) was among six people wounded on Thursday by an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man, Yishai Schlissel, who had carried out a similar attack on a gay pride parade in 2005.

Dad tried to run over teens? Nathan Velez and Trey Telfair told WREX they started recording when they heard a commotion at a nearby school in Rockford, Illinois. According to Velez, a 13-year-old girl had gotten into a fight with another girl.

Lynn Anderson, whose strong, husky voice carried her to the top of the charts with “(I Never Promised You a) Rose Garden,” has died. She was 67. Born on Sept. 26, 1947, in Grand Forks, N.D., Lynn Anderson grew up in California in a musical family. Her parents, Casey and Liz Anderson, were songwriters; her mother wrote Merle Haggard‘s “(My …

MSNBC has formally decided to cancel three programs — “The Cycle,” “Now with Alex Wagner” and “The Ed Show” — as part of a larger effort to shift its daytime lineup away from opinion programming. MSNBC President Phil Griffin told staff in a memo that “The Cycle,” “Now w/ Alex Wagner” and “The Ed Show,” with host Ed Schultz, will …

‘Ghost woman and baby’ spotted peering out of new housing estate window. Natasha Oliver, 22, and a group of friends were out after watching a football game when they decided to capture some photographs.

Man sues In-N-Out for allegedly serving him a milkshake with meth. In a lawsuit filed on Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, the customer, Fred Maldonado, states that he bought a burger and a milkshake from In-N-Out in Downey, Calif. in March of 2014. He brought the food back to his motel room and ate it. The next morning, the …

CECIL the lion’s brother, Jericho, has been shot dead by poachers in a Zimbabwean park. The organisation wrote on Facebook: “It is with huge disgust and sadness that we have just been informed that Jericho, Cecil’s brother, has been killed at 4pm today.

Members of Osama bin Laden’s family have reportedly died in a plane crash in the United Kingdom. There were no survivors in the crash, as the pilot and three passengers died in the incident, Inspector Olga Venner from the Hampshire Constabulary told reporters at the scene. She confirmed that no one on the ground was injured. An investigation into the …

Khloe Kardashian has said the family still call Caitlyn Jenner by the name Bruce at times and that Caitlyn is perfectly okay with that. In a new interview with Australia’s The Project, however, Khloe Kardashian admitted that it’s been a tough adjustment. “We don’t like to say that Bruce is gone per se,” she said. “We, my sisters and I, …

Health issues resulting from a 2012 heatlh scare are resolved and Hillary Clinton is physically fit to serve as president, according to her personal physician. According to Dr. Lisa Bardack, her physician, Clinton, is in good health, currently diagnosed with only hypothyroidism and seasonal pollen allergies. The letter is the first of its kind to be released in the 2016 …