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IQ research prompts warning over drinking alcohol during pregnancy
Research showing that children of women who drank as little as two glasses of wine a week during pregnancy had lower IQs has prompted calls for mothers-to-be to avoid alcohol. The study, by academics at Bristol and Oxford universities, found that offspring of women who consumed between one and six…
Alleged Colorado theater shooter ‘injures head’ in jail
LOS ANGELES — A judge agreed to delay a court hearing for alleged US cinema shooter James Holmes after the 24-year-old was hospitalized, having reportedly rammed his head into a wall, a spokesman said. Holmes, accused of gunning down 12 people and wounding 58 more at a screening of Batman…
FBI adds U.S.-born ‘rapping jihadi’ to terror wanted list
WASHINGTON — The FBI said Wednesday it had added to its list of most wanted terrorists the American “rapping jihadi,” an operative for Somalia’s Al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents who uses rap as a propaganda tool. Omar Shafik Hammami, who was born in Alabama but is now thought to live in…
Hamas says ‘gates of hell opened’ as Israel kills military leader in Gaza
Israel launched a military operation to eliminate militants and weapon sites in the Gaza Strip , killing the commander of Hamas’s military wing, in a move with potentially serious repercussions beyond its borders. The assassination of Ahmed al-Jabari in a missile strike in Gaza City was the “start of a…
Ohio Republicans vote to put Planned Parenthood at bottom of funding list
Last week, pro-choice campaigners celebrated after voters used the ballot box to oppose right-wing Republican candidates with extreme views on abortion, while young women voted overwhelmingly for the return of a president who spoke of reproductive rights. But on Wednesday, state Republicans have once again been accused of a “war…
Obama ready for deal to avoid fiscal cliff
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama on Wednesday offered opposition Republicans a short-term compromise on avoiding the fiscal cliff, but said any deal needed to include tax increases for the rich. Obama said he was willing to negotiate a fix before year-end to avoid the harsh tax hikes and spending…
Grunt work: Scientists decode pig genome
PARIS — Scientists said Wednesday they had laid bare the genetic code of the pig, revealing that besides providing ham, bacon and sausages, the domestic swine may also be useful in fighting human diseases. Pigs and humans share 112 DNA mutations which in Man have been linked to obesity, diabetes,…
Congress slams health officials over tainted drugs linked to meningitis outbreak
WASHINGTON — US lawmakers slammed federal and state health officials Wednesday for failing to properly police a pharmacy whose tainted drugs caused a deadly fungal meningitis outbreak. “This tragedy could have been avoided,” said Congressman Cliff Stearns, who chairs the Energy and Commerce Committee’s oversight and investigations panel. The Florida…
U.S. military justice code sets standards on adultery
WASHINGTON — Adultery, fraternization, unbecoming conduct — The United States’ Uniform Code of Military Justice restricts the behavior of soldiers and officers up to the highest ranks. Still, experts say it seems highly unlikely that either David Petraeus or John Allen — one a retired general, the other still active…
New York bomb plotter to be sentenced Friday
NEW YORK — A US man convicted of being part of a New York trio just “days” from launching suicide bombs to take revenge for the US war in Afghanistan will be sentenced Friday. Prosecutors describe Adis Medunjanin as a would-be terrorist and on Wednesday asked the sentencing judge to…
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