Lamar Odom should head to rehab as soon as he gets out of the hospital, an addiction expert from Los Angeles said, according to a report Wednesday. The comments follow reports suggesting that cocaine and opiates were found in the former Los Angeles Lakers player’s system after he was found unconscious at a brothel last week.
It’s never been more dangerous to visit a healthcare-related website. From insurance companies to self-help websites, hackers launched more attacks on the health industry than any other over the first half of 2015.
Despite Chancellor Angela Merkel’s warm welcome to refugees, which included setting aside $6 billion to help feed and house the new arrivals, there has been a surge in anti-immigration violence in Germany.
A personal financial dispute was behind the shooting that left two Chinese consular officials dead and a Chinese consul general wounded Wednesday in Cebu, Phillipines, police said. The Chinese husband and wife arrested in connection with the crime have invoked diplomatic immunity, police said. Li Qing Liang, the man identified as the gunman, and Guo Jing, his wife, who works in the consulate, remain under arrest until diplomatic immunity processes are completed, according to Senior Superintendent Rey Lyndon Lawas.
In celebration of one of the healthiest and most delicious snacks, Thursday is National Nut Day! For people looking for a tasty, crunchy and healthy delicacy, nuts are a great option. With numerous varieties, from pistachios to almonds, this tiny treat packs a major punch in terms of health benefits. In celebration of the holiday, below are some of the health benefits nuts provide.
As Halloween quickly approaches, police departments and other agencies are warning about the possibility of marijuana edibles finding their way into children's trick-or-treat bags.
In the lead-up to the historic United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris in December, it’s not just national governments that have pledged to aim for a sustainable future -- 10 of the largest fossil fuel corporations in the world also have lined up behind the effort. Yet for the oil and gas industry, public acknowledgment of climate change hasn’t changed their rosy predictions of steadily rising demand for carbon-intensive energy.
SAN FRANCISCO -- It began with an apology. For 10 minutes Twitter co-founder and recently reinstalled CEO Jack Dorsey paced the stage in front of thousands of developers, marketers and even his own employees to share the story of his company and apologize to a community that had not been properly addressed prior, he admitted.
WikiLeaks tweeted Wednesday evening that it plans to release more emails from CIA Director John Brennan's personal email account Thursday, including ones relating to U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The organization began posting material Wednesday from what appeared to be Brennan’s personal email account, which was hacked last week by a teenager, the Associated Press reported.
In 136 years of record keeping, last month was the hottest September on record worldwide, CNBC reported Wednesday. September was the fifth consecutive month to report record-breaking numbers, putting 2015 on track to become the hottest year in centuries.
A U.S. attorney in New York has opened an investigation into the embattled daily fantasy sports industry to determine whether companies like DraftKings and FanDuel can legally operate under federal law, according to a report filed Wednesday. The investigation is unfolding weeks after an inside-information leak drew unprecedented scrutiny of the largely unregulated industry’s internal practices.
Shares of Tesla Motors Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) hit their lowest closing price in six months Wednesday, a day after Consumer Reports issued a sobering reliability report on the Model S electric car. In a bid to meet its 2015 sales goal of at least 50,000 vehicles, the Palo Alto, California, car company sweetened its referral program.
Businessman Donald Trump and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson have been officially invited by CNBC to appear in the third Republican Party presidential debate -- just days after the network agreed to their demands for a two-hour cap on the length of the Oct. 28 event. In a letter to CNBC, the two GOP candidates said they would not take part in the Boulder, Colorado, event "if it is longer than 120 minutes, including commercials, and does not include opening and closing statements."