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A teenage girl was left disfigured after two older girls decided to slash her with knives because she was too attractive and got all the attention in their Argentinian hometown. Julia Alvarez, 15, had been to visit friends and was walking home when she was approached by the two sisters who started hitting her and kicked and punched her to …

A new animal study reveals mothers who smoke during pregnancy may impact the fertility of their sons. The scientists, led by Eileen McLaughlin of the University of Newcastle in Australia, placed 27 female mice in a machine where they inhaled smoke, the equivalent of 24 cigarettes a day in humans. Another 27 mice were not exposed to smoke. After six …

A British transgender woman is announcing that after six years of living as a woman, she wants to have surgery to go back to being a man. Chelsea Attonley, who was born a boy called Matthew, was encouraged to have a $20,000 sex change by British glamour model Katie Price.

Nova Scotia is getting tougher on people who use cellphones while driving. Beginning Feb. 1, fines for using hand-held devices while driving, including use of a cellphone for texting, will increase and demerit points will be added, the province said in a news release Wednesday.

A Kyrgyzstan teen who went to a hospital complaining she couldn’t eat or drink for a few days discovered a huge hairball blocking her digestive system.

A new study suggests older adults who lose their sense of smell, could be at an increased risk of early death.

Snoop Dogg has been an active member of the reddit community, partaking in the popular “Ask Me Anything” Q+A sessions on the site, and as a moderator for the site’s forum dedicated to stoners. Now, Snoop is taking his involvement to the next level as it was announced yesterday that he is now a co-owner of the growing website. In …

A dog that had fallen into a pool of hot tar in India was almost unrecognizable when rescuers got to him.

A Texas girl who has been missing for 12 years is back in the United States today after authorities located her in Mexico, authorities said.

Sandy Hook Elementary School in Monroe, Connecticut, was evacuated Wednesday morning because of a bomb threat, according to several media reports.

A child in the northeastern US state of Rhode Island has become the first to die from an ongoing outbreak of a respiratory virus, enterovirus D68, health officials said Wednesday.