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An Idaho girl has died in what police say was an accidental shooting at a home she was visiting. Noelle Aston Shawver, 5, was with another 5-year-old who, they say, grabbed hold of a gun while adults were in another room on Wednesday afternoon, the Idaho State Journal reports.

A woman who adopted the surname of iconic Star Wars character Luke Skywalker as her middle name, has had her passport application rejected by the Home Office because of copyright issues.

The ‘Taken’ star was left heartbroken when he switched off Natasha Richardson’s life support in 2009 following a tragic ski accident and he admits he still expects to “hear her” walk through the door at times.

One of the gravest medical conditions diagnosed in infants is severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), a group of rare, inherited immune disorders sometimes referred to as “bubble baby disease.” Children with SCID lack the means to fight infection and usually don’t survive past their first year, unless they receive a transplant of blood-forming stem cells to replace their missing immune system.

Tuesday night on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report,” host Stephen Colbert poked fun at Sarah Palin‘s news channel that she announced on Monday.

Business Secretary Vince Cable has announced 2 new measures that give the green light for driverless cars to take to UK roads from January 2015.

The Lachine Hospital in Montreal is testing patients who underwent bariatric surgery between 2012 and 2014 for possible HIV or hepatitis infection, after a review found a tool used in the procedure hadn’t been thoroughly cleaned. About 150 people received letters last February informing them they should undergo tests as a precaution.

Scientists have found that mutations in a gene that helps to cope with stress could increase the risk of suicide. Now they will try to develop a blood test to predict the risk. Every 40 seconds someone in the world commits suicide. But a new discovery in the US by Johns Hopkins University researchers could help lower this statistic.

After admitting that he’s been known to eat dog food from time to time, rapper DMX was recently spotted riding the Sling Shot in Orlando. And all we can say is we are totally thrilled there was video…

PEOPLE should bump fists instead of shaking hands to “reduce the spread of infectious diseases”, experiments at Aberystwyth University have revealed.

A new study out of the University of Calgary suggests that active, hands-on physiotherapy could speed up an athlete’s return to sport following a concussion. Most people recover from a concussion within seven to ten days and the current standard treatment for post-concussion symptoms is rest followed by graded exertion.