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A teddy bear was set up by supporters of the family of British baby Charlie Gard outside the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Monday. After months of legal conflict over whether an experimental treatment might help Charlie or would only cause sufferin

Terminally Ill Baby Charlie Gard Will Move To Hospice Care To Die

5:07pm July 27, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

A British judge has approved a plan to transfer Charlie, who has a rare genetic disorder with no known cure, to a hospice facility. His life support will be withdrawn shortly after the transfer.

This photograph, taken on July 26, 2017, shows the room where a Pakistani teenage girl was raped as an act of revenge ordered by the tribal council in Muzaffarabad, a suburb of the city of Multan.

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Tribal Council Orders 'Revenge Rape' In Pakistan

5:03pm July 27, 2017

A 12-year-old girl was raped in a field. Then, on the orders of the tribal council, the girl's brother sexually violated the sister of the first rapist.

Is It Time To Sack Football As We Know It?

3:44pm July 27, 2017

A new study of 111 brains of former NFL players revealed that 110 of them had a degenerative brain disease called chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

Careem, a ride-sharing app popular in Pakistan, tried a new twist: putting a matchmaker inside your car.

Pakistani Ride Sharing App Puts A Matchmaker In The Car

11:58am July 27, 2017

by Diaa Hadid

The Careem app ran a campaign: Book a car — and a matchmaker will join you. The company thought it was funny. But a lot of women hated it.

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Shelter Fined, Director Resigns After 12 Dogs Left In Sun

11:19am July 27, 2017

by Neal Charnoff

Unsafe conditions at a Greensboro animal shelter have led to a fine and the resignation of the facility's director.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by (from left) Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn of Texas, discussed health care overhaul with reporters on Capitol Hill Tuesday.

States Have Already Tried Versions Of 'Skinny Repeal.' It Didn't Go Well

10:14am July 27, 2017

by Julie Appleby

Republican senators are warming to the idea of a scaled-back plan that would delete the Affordable Care Act's individual and employer mandates but leave much of the law intact.

As Cost Of U.S. Health Care Skyrockets, So Does Pay Of Health Care CEOs

9:02am July 27, 2017

Compensation in recent years for the CEOs of the largest U.S. health care companies has far outstripped the wage growth of nearly all Americans, an investigation by the news site Axios has found.

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What Hospitals Think Of The GOP Health Care Plans

7:45am July 27, 2017

Tom Nickels of the American Hospital Association talks with Rachel Martin about the showdown over repealing the Affordable Care Act.

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican lawmakers are hashing out potential health care plans, though a repeal-only and a repeal-and-replace option have failed in the last two days.

What's Next In The Health Care Debate?

9:03pm July 26, 2017

by Scott Neuman

Senators have narrowed their options and are likely moving forward on a "skinny repeal" that takes away some key provisions in the Affordable Care Act, leaving the rest intact.

The Royal restaurant serves cheese arepas in Washington, D.C. As Venezuelans flee their troubled country, they bring with them a taste for the popular cornmeal cakes.

Arepas Are Conquering The World — But Dying At Home In Venezuela

7:08pm July 26, 2017

by Alejandro Puyana

For Venezuelans, the stuffed cornmeal cakes have long been the daily bread of life. Yet even as arepas are embraced from New York to Spain, they are disappearing in their hunger-wracked homeland.