Air pollution increases the number of lower respiratory infections, a leading cause of illness and death in children under 2.

Dr. Ian Wilmut said he received the diagnosis four months ago and would participate in a major research program to test new types of treatments.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is not well-known outside of Turkey yet. But he is becoming notorious for his violent and radical actions as leader as well as for his increasingly bellicose nature on the world stage. He speaks loudly, acts brutally, and has done everything he can to turn Turkey, a place that had […]
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Former FBI Director James Comey’s new book contains an excerpt about the days preceding the 2016 election, as quoted in a New York Times review, that has caught the attention of many:

https://t.co/nKtKnYNqgG pic.twitter.com/YA8tcm7w5m
— Gabriel Debenedetti (@gdebenedetti) April 12, 2018

An FBI director writing that he was swayed by polling is certainly quite an admission:

The thing is, he is implicitly admitting that he was weighing factors other than the meaning of the law when he made his decision…

CNN is blowing the lid off of another major story.
Get this:  Republican voters are not happy with the way the Robert Mueller probe is going.

Republican voters are turning against the Mueller probe https://t.co/RjGMUtnia6 pic.twitter.com/vIjlpNFTQH
— CNN (@CNN) April 12, 2018

Not sure why this would be surprising to anyone, but apparently CNN thought it was worth reporting.

Gee, why would that be? https://t…

It’s always adorable when a CNN hack forgets to step outside the glass house before throwing stones.

OMG are you really that lacking in self awareness?
— Cory Edmonds (@myster_E_23) April 12, 2018

You work for CNN.
— Jim Treacher is a dumb pseudonym (@jtLOL) April 12, 2018

Diamond and Silk are sticking with their story that they’re being censored by Facebook, despite some very large holes in their narrative:

I've confirmed with Facebook that Diamond and Silk were contacted by email and phone by Facebook several times before their Fox News appearing saying no one had reached them…

So this quote from James Comey’s book about a private meeting with former President Obama is … everything.

It's the "On the verge of tears" that makes this. pic.twitter.com/Q23sWahaK6
— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) April 12, 2018

The only thing missing is Loretta Lynch handing them tissues.

Didn't @Comey testify under oath before Congress that he never met with Obama alone? Maybe he should have gone back over his testimony transcript before admitting to perjury in his new book? https://t…

Piers Morgan is apparently not a fan of the graduation photo of University of Tennessee-Chattanooga student Brenna Spencer, which features her with a gun.
He called her an imbecile.

What did you graduate in – imbecility? https://t.co/VlpY3ERP75
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 12, 2018

The responses in-kind to Piers’ insult were swift and immediate.

It's better than your degree in chivalry…

You will probably be surprised to learn that dildos have existed in some form throughout all of history. Archaeologists have even unearthed a 28,000-year-old stone penis that very possibly was used as a sex toy.[1] Today, dildos come in all sizes and shapes and can be found in a very large volume. Just one sex […]
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The rate of emergency room visits for anaphylaxis more than doubled, to 3.5 visits per 10,000 children in 2016 from 1.4 in 2010.

National Academy of Medicine was asked to tighten ethics rules following the strange case of a member accused of plagiarism and false claims of top scientific honors.

On April 8, 1994, the body of Nirvana front man Kurt Cobain was discovered in a room that sat above his detached garage. Cobain had been described as “the voice of a generation.” Now he was silent, courtesy of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. However, almost a quarter of a century later, many […]
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After eating the Carolina Reaper during a contest, an unidentified patient suffered headaches so severe he was hospitalized. The symptoms resembled those of a stroke.

On Sunday night, Florida Sen. Bill Nelson, one of the stars of CNN’s town hall on the Parkland shooting, tweeted that several people had been killed in Liberty City, and assault weapons were likely involved.

Just got off the phone with State Rep. Kionne McGhee. Several people dead in Liberty City. Apparently assault weapons used.
— Bill Nelson (@SenBillNelson) April 9, 2018

#GunReformNow#BanAssaultWeapons https://t…

Contrary to the stereotype, not every American owns a gun. It’s actually relatively rare for people to keep weapons around the house, unless you count kitchen knives. And maybe some gardening tools vaguely evoke medieval weapons, but that’s beside the point. For most people, if they look around their house for things that could potentially […]
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In the digestive tracts of leeches, scientists find evidence of elusive forest species.

Some reviews of the movie “Chappaquiddick” have sounded as if they could have been ghostwritten by a Kennedy family publicist. This is Vox’s headline for a review that says the film “is skeptical of Kennedy’s version of events”:

A new movie about the Ted Kennedy accident is part of a larger entertainment pattern deconstructing the iconic family. https://t.co/xgwEFNg1hU
— Vox (@voxdotcom) April 9, 2018

There’s certainly a lot more to the story than that:

Also, it’s a movie about how a revered Democrat Senator recklessly killed a young woman and lots of people helped cover it up https://t…

It wasn’t that long ago that the host of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” decided on the perfect project to “piss off” Vice President Mike Pence: launch an LGBT parody of a children’s book written by Pence’s daughter, Charlotte, the proceeds from which were slated to go toward a nonprofit dedicated to stopping human trafficking and an art therapy program at a children’s hospital…

We all know that people can become attached to their pets. However, some people take it to such an extreme that they will their pets a fortune just to make sure that the animals are taken care of properly after the owner’s death. At times, the deceased’s surviving relatives are left with little or nothing. […]
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The agency said the device could only be sold by doctors who agree to warn women of the serious risks associated with it.

Standard doses of two TB drugs were insufficient in African subjects also infected with H.I.V., a study finds. Experts say treatment guidelines should be revised.

In September 1859, the Earth was struck by an awe-inspiring coronal mass ejection (CME). Astronomers observed a brilliantly bright white flare emerging from the Sun, and auroras were seen as far south as Cuba and Jamaica.[1] This massive solar event wreaked havoc on electrical equipment across the world; telegraph wires burned off their poles, streams […]
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The Obama bros of “Pod Saves America” are in Miami where they found a giant Marco Rubio cardboard head to add to their podcast/live-audience show:

So excited to welcome our special guest to the @PodSaveAmerica Miami show! @marcorubio pic.twitter.com/ohSGP9RS4w
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) April 6, 2018

Get it? It’s a Marco Rubio drinks water joke.
And let’s hope the bros don’t sexually assault Marco’s head like they did their last cardboard cutout seen drinking a beverage:

Figured you guys would have had enough of posing with cardboard cut outs and beverages pic…

Why does bar soap clog the bathroom drain?

In the 1990s, the emoji was created by Shigetaka Kurita in Japan. Its name is from the Japanese words e (“picture”) and moji (“character”). So “emoji” means “picture character.” They look something like 😊, 😆, and 😂. Emoji should not be confused with emoticons, which are symbols used to represent emotion. Emoticons look like 🙂 […]
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Tonight on Twitter, if you can believe it, Twitchy favorite Brad Thor and Twitchy regular Michael Ian Black had a nice, polite discussion on guns and the second amendment. No personal insults were issued. No trash talk. No attacks of any sort. Just two guys arguing their respective positions, passionately at times:

For those of you who missed my polite discussion with @michaelianblack tonight – it's what America needs more of…

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Twitter board member Evan Williams both are promoting a Medium post arguing that the best thing for America is to follow California’s lead where Democrats control all aspects of the government and Republicans are all but extinct:

Dorsey called it “a great read”:

Great read https://t.co/O2djSQf8Qv
— jack (@jack) April 6, 2018

While Williams called it, “an interesting take”:

Interesting take: “Why there’s no bipartisan way forward at this juncture in our history — one side must win” https://t…

Jimmy Kimmel and Sean Hannity have been trading tweets back-and-forth all day, but this is the one that should leave a mark.
Here’s the late night comedian using being gay as a punchline, implying that’s he’s a “bottom” with President Donald Trump as the “top”:

Don't worry – just keep tweeting – you'll get back on top! (or does Trump prefer you on bottom?) Either way, keep your chin up big fella…

A growing percentage of medical devices and drugs used in American operating rooms are made in China, and many of them are on the White House’s list.

Remember the story about Kellye Burke from yesterday? She’s the Texas Dem councilwoman and Moms Demand volunteer who was charged with a misdemeanor for berating a teenage girl at a cookie shop because she was wearing a Trump shirt:

Misdemeanor charge filed against Texas councilwoman and @MomsDemand volunteer for berating teen girl in a Trump shirt https://t.co/PB3zLjrM1l
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) April 5, 2018

Anyway, the way we left off the post yesterday was with a tweet from Houston reporter Jacob Rascon who reported that the family of the girl had “accepted [Burke’s] apology…