PARIS - British singer Jane Birkin has asked Hermes to take her name off the crocodile-skin versions of the iconic Birkin handbag, after being contacted by animal rights group PETA over "cruel" slaughtering practices.
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PHILADELPHIA, July 29 (UPI) -- Doctors completed the first pediatric double hand transplant on a boy who'd had his hands and feet amputated after a serious infection when he was 2.
A woman travelling with three children is arrested on suspicion of preparing to go to Syria to engage in terrorism.
Walter Palmer, the American dentist who acknowledged hunting and killing Cecil, a beloved lion in Zimbabwe, is now the one being hounded on the Internet.
On Wednesday, Afghan officials told the Associated Press that the longtime leader of the Taliban, Mohammad Omar, had died. If the news is true, Omar’s death would be an important moment for Afghanistan. But many do not believe that Omar is really dead.
If Joseph McEnroe's life merited to small bit of leniency after personally killing two children and helping murder of four adults, could justice demand that his purported partner in crime Michele Anderson be killed for killing?
I can’t believe it’s already the height of summer. Where does the time go? So far my wardrobe has consisted of wearing my favorite old denim cutoffs or board shorts stolen from ex-boyfriends long ago. Shorts are my favorite because they signify warm weather, beach time, and — most importantly — vacation!
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport in Rome resumed Wednesday afternoon after a wildfire close to the Italian capital disrupted operations for hours, Italian airline Alitalia said.
The wild swings in China's stock market has investors looking for clues on where it could go next. And according to one technician, the answer might not be in the charts.
The couple reveal their most surprising revelations since "The Bachelorette."
PORTLAND, Oregon - Environmental activists rappelled off Portland's tallest bridge early Wednesday in an effort to stop a Shell Oil Arctic icebreaker from leaving the city.
Matthew Sanchez called it quits Tuesday evening, just one day after the 10-year department veteran had been put on administrative duty.
The Ukrainian authorities are waging a war not only against the militias: they also have to fight against corruption, propaganda, unemployment and economic crisis in the country, the Polish publication Kurier Wilenski wrote.
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Clinton responds to recently videos released by opponents of Planned Parenthood.
Premiering at last year's Toronto International Film Festival, it has taken awhile for the mathematics/coming-of-age dramedy "A Brilliant Young Mind" (formerly titled "X+Y") to land stateside in a proper release. But now the little movie is coming to win your heart and a new trailer is here to reintroduce you to the picture. Asa Butterfield and Sally Hawkins star in the movie about a borderline autistic young man who finds his way through the world with a particularly adept skill in mathematics. Читать дальше...
Where's the best place to catch a foul ball or a home run at Target Field? We checked in with some experts and Vineeta Sawkar shares some of their secrets.
The NFL is reportedly concerned about Commissioner Roger Goodell’s personal safety as a result of his decision to suspend Tom Brady for the first four games of the season. According to the Portland Press Herald, Goodell owns a $6.5 million house in Scarborough, Maine, an area where most fans’ allegiance is to the Patriots. As…
Cardiff City boss Russell Slade says Kenwyne Jones is firmly in his plans as the striker returns to training for the first time this summer.
The internet is in an uproar this week over the recent killing of a well-known lion in Zimbabwe. Walter Palmer, a Minnesota dentist, allegedly baited Cecile the lion out of a national park by dragging a dead animal behind a car at night.
US highway funding bill passed excluding support for the export credit agency
An online video shows guys' reactions as their girlfriends are catcalled in New York.
I think we can all agree that “disaster” is quite a hefty word. It is bigger than “accident”, and bigger even than “calamity”. In my battered 85-year-old thesaurus, it ranks up there with “catastrophe, tragedy, ruin”. Yet this is how celebrity hairdresser Nicky Clarke has chosen to describe what would happen if the Duchess of Cambridge – brace yourselves – allows herself to go grey.
'Mitford at the Fashion Zoo,' an illustrated children's book, will be available in hardcover and a bundled e-book-audiobook on Aug. 11.