POLITICS 06/26/2018 09:34 pm ET Updated 52 minutes ago The transgender activist had tweeted a month ago that "voting won't change anything." By Doha Madani Chelsea Manning lost her bid for a U.S. Senate seat from Maryland on Tuesday, as incumbent Ben Cardin defeated her and six other challengers in the state’s Democratic primary. Manning drew national attention when she filed in January to run against the 74-year-old Cardin. The 30-year-old government whistleblower and former intelligence analyst began her race with some momentum, but her campaign stalled in recent weeks as appearances and fundraising declined, The Washington Post reported. Manning conceded with an online statement Tuesday addressing her pullback in campaigning efforts to focus on her physical and mental health in recent months. She thanked her staff and volunteers for their work while telling her supporters to realize the “power we have as individuals.” … [Read more...] about Chelsea Manning Loses Longshot Maryland Primary Challenge To Sen. Ben Cardin
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What Is Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease? Man Contracts Rare Disorder After Eating Squirrel Brains
Nov 23, 8:23 AM EST Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury National By Suman Varandani @suman09 10/16/18 AT 5:38 AM A New York man contracted an extremely rare and fatal brain disorder after eating squirrel brains, according to a new report of the man's case. Doctors found the man developed a degenerative disease caused by the same infectious proteins that also result in the more infamous "mad cow disease."An MRI of the man's head revealed that the scan was the same as those seen in people with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), a fatal brain condition caused by infectious proteins called prions. According to reports, only a few hundred cases of vCJD have ever been reported. Most of these cases have been linked to consumption of contaminated beef in the United Kingdom in the 1980s and 1990s.In the new case, the 61-year-old man was brought to a hospital in Rochester, New York, in 2015, … [Read more...] about What Is Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease? Man Contracts Rare Disorder After Eating Squirrel Brains
Man Assaulted New-Born Daughter Till She Died 3 Weeks Later
Dec 07, 4:52 AM EST Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury World By Vaishnavi Vaidyanathan 12/07/18 AT 4:51 AM A Glasgow, Scotland, court heard Thursday that a father killed his 23-day-old daughter by "repeatedly assaulting her from the day she was born until she died.”Mikayla Haining was allegedly killed by her father, Thomas Haining, at her home in Mackay Road, Inverness, Scotland, in June 2017. He allegedly inflicted blunt force trauma on her, leaving her critically injured. She succumbed to the injuries, Sun reported.Though police had initially treated the death as "unexplained," they later on described it as "suspicious". Following the incident, Thomas had paid tribute to his daughter on social media. His house was sealed off and officials carried out door-to-door inquiries in the area as part of the investigation.Thomas’ advocate, Shelagh McCall QC, said there was a problem getting expert medical … [Read more...] about Man Assaulted New-Born Daughter Till She Died 3 Weeks Later
Man Assaulted Newborn Daughter Till She Died 3 Weeks Later
Dec 07, 6:57 AM EST Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury World By Vaishnavi Vaidyanathan 12/07/18 AT 4:51 AM A Glasgow, Scotland, court heard Thursday that a father killed his 23-day-old daughter by "repeatedly assaulting her from the day she was born until she died.”Mikayla Haining was allegedly killed by her father, Thomas Haining, at her home in Mackay Road, Inverness, Scotland, in June 2017. He allegedly inflicted blunt force trauma on her, leaving her critically injured. She succumbed to the injuries, Sun reported.Though police had initially treated the death as "unexplained," they later on described it as "suspicious". Following the incident, Thomas had paid tribute to his daughter on social media. His house was sealed off and officials carried out door-to-door inquiries in the area as part of the investigation.Thomas’ advocate, Shelagh McCall QC, said there was a problem getting expert medical … [Read more...] about Man Assaulted Newborn Daughter Till She Died 3 Weeks Later
Man Repeatedly Assaulted 13-Month-Old, Put Baby In Clothes Dryer, Switched On Machine
Dec 12, 8:41 AM EST Newsletter Signup BusinessTechnologyWorldNationalMedia & CultureOpinionSportsLuxury World By Vaishnavi Vaidyanathan 12/12/18 AT 7:40 AM A man faced four charges at a pre-trial hearing in a Scotland court Tuesday for putting a 13-month-old girl in a tumble dryer and turning the machine on, thus severely injuring the baby.Thomas Dunn was accused of causing life-threatening injuries to the baby twice between December 2017 and January 2018. He put the baby in a tumble dryer and closed the door. This resulted in the dryer getting activated and the girl suffering life-threatening injuries, The Sun reported.In another incident in January, he repeatedly struck the girl against an unknown object and also bit her on the arm. The case is ongoing.Between April 2015 and January 2018, Dunn assaulted another baby several times by “putting his hand over the boy's mouth and nose and pinching it” and hence restricting the child’s breathing.In a … [Read more...] about Man Repeatedly Assaulted 13-Month-Old, Put Baby In Clothes Dryer, Switched On Machine