General Motors is asking for lawsuit protection from legal claims involving issues before the company’s 2009 bankruptcy. The company filed the motion in a Texas federal court Tuesday, specifically surrounding defective ignition switches that have led GM to recall more than 2-million cars. Read More »
NEW DELHI India’s top court on Tuesday issued a landmark verdict recognizing transgender rights as human rights, saying people can identify themselves as a third gender on official documents. The Supreme Court directed the federal and state governments to include transgendered people in all welfare programs for the poor, including education, health care and jobs to help them overcome social ... Read More »
Kate Moss is an integral part of the Vogue UK family: She’s covered the glossy a whopping 34 times over the last 20 years, and she joined the masthead as a contributing editor in 2013. So, it makes complete sense that she’d take to its cover for the 35th time to debut her new line for Topshop, which hits stores ... Read More »
Golf Digest has released a video to accompany Paulina Gretzky’s cover story for the magazine’s May issue. The video features Gretzky posing in various athletic outfits, even by the pool showing off some yoga positions. Gretzky is engaged to PGA player Dustin Johnson, but isn’t a player herself — something that had members of the PGA more than a bit ... Read More »
A research, which took place on Mount Everest, assessed the mechanisms by which low oxygen levels in the body – known as hypoxia – are linked to the development of insulin resistance. Insulin resistance is when cells fail to respond to insulin in the body. Insulin enables the body to regulate sugar levels. Too much sugar can be toxic and ... Read More »
The conditions of conjoined twins whom doctors separated last summer have steadily improved and they should be released this week from a Dallas hospital, officials said. Owen and Emmett Ezell should be discharged Wednesday from Medical City Children’s Hospital. They were born in July 2013, joined at the chest. Read More »
A British “food inventor” concocted a special flavor of ice cream for a client and the ingredients may shock you: Champagne and Viagra. “The Arousal,” as it is appropriately named, was created by Charlie Harry Francis for an “A-list celebrity” party. “It was for one of our A-list Celebrity clients and they’ve made us sign a confidentiality agreement, so we ... Read More »
Parts of the world saw a rare celestial event, the lunar eclipse, on Tuesday when the Earth’s shadow fell across the moon, turning it orange. The lunar eclipse unfolded over three hours beginning at about 2 a.m. EDT, when the moon began moving into Earth’s shadow. A little more than an hour later, the moon could be seen eclipsed and ... Read More »
After an expectant mother in Rome learned that she was implanted with the wrong embryos, she’s decided that she will carry the twins to term. According to the Telegraph, the woman, who has not been identified, underwent an IVF treatment on Dec. 4 at the Pertini hospital in Rome, and found out only Monday that the babies she was carrying ... Read More »
A special New York Police Department unit that sparked controversy by tracking the daily lives of Muslims in an effort to detect terror threats has been disbanded, police officials said Tuesday, according to Reuters. NYPD spokesman Stephen Davis confirmed that detectives assigned to the unit had been transferred to other duties within the department’s Intelligence Division, Reuters reported. Read More »
Gwyneth Paltrow reportedly “went all out” for her son’s birthday party at the weekend. The actress has nine-year-old daughter Apple and son Moses, eight, with her estranged husband Chris Martin. Moses’ birthday was last week but he celebrated with a party on Saturday, with the festivities taking place at Gwyneth’s Brentwood, Los Angeles, home. Read More »
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