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Pippa Middleton has been accused by French royal watcher Stephane Bern of wearing a “false bottom” during the royal wedding to steal the show from big sister Kate, the future Duchess of Cambridge during an interview on French TV.

Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency, has announced that he is stepping down later this year. Flynn has run the Defense Department’s intelligence agency for almost two years and was slated to be in the post for an additional year. He will continue to head the agency until the early fall. Known as an innovator …

A Tennessee bill that punishes women who give birth to drug-addicted babies was signed into law Tuesday by Gov. Bill Haslam. Sullivan County District Attorney Gen. Barry Staubus championed the bill and testified in front of the Tennessee Senate regarding the problem of drug-addicted babies. He has seen the results of pregnant mothers abusing drugs firsthand, as Sullivan County accounts …

A massive police operation has cracked down on May Day protests in the Turkish city of Istanbul. Riot officers have blocked off the city’s iconic Taksim Square and have deployed tear gas and water cannon against crowds of demonstrators. Defying a ban on May Day protests, hundreds of protesters clashed with police in the Besiktas neighborhood of Istanbul. Some activists …

Obese adults who display no signs of CVD appear to have a significantly higher prevalence of coronary artery calcification compared with normal-weight adults. “The risk of cardiovascular disease among obese individuals without obesity related metabolic abnormalities … is controversial,” researchers wrote in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

A woman is traveling hundreds of miles to help a child she’s never met after hearing about her story on Facebook. Two-year-old Arianna Moore has been on kidney dialysis since shortly after she was born in Minnesota. After months of waiting for a donor her mother created a Facebook page appealing for help.

Chrissy Teigen gets squeaky clean and talks a little dirty in the June 2014 issue of Cosmopolitan. The 28-year-old Sports Illustrated swimsuit model stripped for a bubbly bathtub photo in the women’s magazine and opened up about the sexy way she first landed husband John Legend.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. — A fast-moving wildfire in Southern California forced the mandatory evacuation Wednesday of more than 1,100 homes near Rancho Cucamonga, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said. The fire began in the San Bernardino National Forest at about 8 a.m. local time, and it has grown to more than 650 acres, according to Cal Fire.

Doctors have long warned against prolonged use of antibiotics, saying that bacteria can build resistance to drugs, eventually rendering them ineffective. The World Health Organization reported Wednesday that antibiotic-resistant bacteria now exist in many parts of the world. Some diseases that once could easily be cured by antibiotics have now become deadly.

Imperial College is on a roll. After recently unveiling the edible water bottle, researchers at the London institution announced that they might be able to create a pill with the power to switch off hunger. Their theory is based around the molecule acetate, which essentially tells the body when it’s time to stop eating.

A new study finds ultraviolet lamps used in nail salons to harden and dry polish do not pose a risk for skin cancer. Researchers tested lights from 16 different salons with a variety of bulb types and wattage. They found higher wattage lights did emit more UVA radiation, but that it would take many exposures to pose any danger and …