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The United Nations secretary general visited Congo’s eastern city of Beni on Sunday, pledging solidarity as the region faces an Ebola outbreak that has killed nearly 2,000 people in a year and ongoing insecurity that has residents skeptical of outside help. “I could not go to the DRC (Congo) without coming to meet the brave […]

When New York lawmakers revoked a religious exemption for mandatory school vaccinations, the change sent thousands of the state’s parents scrambling to get their kids shots — or get them out of the classroom entirely. Interested in New York? Add New York as an interest to stay up to date on the latest New York

The Funniest Tweets From Parents This Week (Aug. 24-30) | HuffPost Life Part of HuffPost Parenting. ©2019 Verizon Media. All rights reserved. Kids may say the darndest things, but parents tweet about them in the funniest ways. So, each week we round up the most hilarious 280-character quips from moms and dads to spread the

Throughout her childhood, Melissa, 27, looked for a way out of the bullying she faced every single day. And for her, that meant going to school. At home, she says her stepbrothers and stepsister regularly beat her up. They stole from her and broke her things. Her stepsister poured water in her bed and told

Parents of babies and toddlers in Spain who have developed abnormal body hair plan to sue a pharmaceutical company that put a treatment for hair loss into packages meant for addressing acid reflux and other conditions. Spanish health authorities have blamed the Minoxidil mix-up on Farma-Química Sur. They say the well-known topical treatment was put

Emailing a coworker without realizing they’re on vacation is a bummer for everyone involved. The second you get that “out of office” auto-reply, you suddenly remember the twenty minute conversation you had about their upcoming trip to Hawaii and feel like a goober. Meanwhile, they come back to a thousand “Hey, can you help with

What’s up: Dave Chappelle returns to Netflix for his fifth comedy special on the streaming service. In “Sticks & Stones,” Chappelle wants you to a) calm down about what other people say, and b) know that he doesn’t care if you have insults for him. The special features various “edgelord” bits in which Chappelle mines

Science says age is only a number, not a proxy for physical and mental fitness. But with three Democrats in their 70s vying to challenge the oldest first-term president in American history, age’s importance will be tested as never before. Only a few years separate President Donald Trump, 73, from Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, 77,

Image copyright Tania Garda Image caption Tania Guarda says she lets negative people vent and offers constructive criticism, or simply lets it pass Are you a glass half empty or a glass half full type of person? A US study revealed that optimists are more likely to live longer than those who have a more

Image copyright John Myers Image caption Ryan (centre), pictured with his dad and brother, took his own life aged 27 after becoming addicted to gambling The charity Samaritans has come in for criticism over its links with the betting company Paddy Power Betfair. Staff at the group chose Samaritans as their Charity of the Year.