Biden education plan would boost teacher pay, ban assault weapons
Former Vice President Joe Biden, the front-runner for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, on Tuesday released an education plan aimed at boosting teacher pay and...
New Zealand teachers hold country’s largest education strike day before ‘wellbeing’ budget
Tens of thousands of New Zealand teachers walked off the job on Wednesday, a day before the government announced its ‘wellbeing’ budget, calling for higher...
Overweight teen boys have higher risk of heart muscle damage as adults
(Reuters Health) – Men who were overweight as teens may be more likely to develop a rare type of heart muscle damage that can cause...
Avenatti pleads not guilty to swindling Daniels and Nike
Lawyer Michael Avenatti pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges that he stole from porn star Stormy Daniels, the client who propelled him to fame...
J&J’s greed helped fuel U.S. opioid crisis, Oklahoma claims at trial
Johnson & Johnson’s greed led the drugmaker to use deceptive marketing to create an oversupply of painkillers that fueled the U.S. opioid epidemic, the state...
WHO counts down Africa polio clock despite fears of new outbreak
Africa could be declared free of endemic “wild” polio early next year if a strain last seen in Nigeria almost three years ago does not...
Allergan to recall textured breast implants in Canada
Allergan Plc said on Tuesday it will voluntarily recall its textured breast implants from the Canadian market, after the country’s health regulator suspended the company’s...
Emails show Trump EPA overruled career staff on Wisconsin air pollution
Politically appointed U.S. environmental officials last year overruled concerns of career scientists about air pollution in a Wisconsin county where U.S. President Donald Trump has...
Fireworks, the crunch of bones: remembering D-Day
It is the sounds and smell of war that are indelibly imprinted in the memory of Yves Faucon, who was 12 when allied troops landed...
Merkel and Macron spar in hunt for ‘Mr or Ms Europe’
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron disagreed on Tuesday over who should be the next chief of the European Commission as EU...
