One year later, Nigerian "witch boy" healthy, heading to school and other top stories.

• One year later, Nigerian "witch boy" healthy, heading to school

  A year ago, Danish aid worker Anja Ringgren Lovén was on a mission with her husband in Nigeria to rescue some of the thousands of children abandoned each year after being accused of being a witch.“We’ve seen both frightened, tortured and even dead children,” Lovén, co-founder of the African Children’s Aid Education and Development Foundation (ACAEDF), described in a 2016 blog post.That’s when she first met a little boy who she now calls Hope. The toddler, who was skin and bones at the time, was..

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• Republicans face anger over Obamacare repeal during town halls

  

  Rep. Tom McClintock has voiced concerns about Obamacare enrollees losing coverage. | AP Photo Republicans face anger over Obamacare repeal during town halls Obamacare supporters showed up in huge numbers to voice concerns over repeal. By Victoria Colliver 02/04/17 04:38 PM EST Updated 02/04/17 07:28 PM EST ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Two Republican lawmakers representing reliably conservati..

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• 'Jews belong in the oven' and Nazi swastikas daubed all over New York train network

  

  Vile antisemitic comments were scrawled all over a New York train service on Saturday night (4 February).Commuters were appalled to find the words "Jews belong in the oven" had been penned onto maps and adverts while Swastikas were found on every window.One commuters described how passengers were stunned into silence after noticing the remarks and Nazi symbolism and were "unsure what to do".A male commuter suggested hand sanitizer would remove the ink sparking a clean-up operation from those on ..

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• Studies Show The Reason Why We Sleep — To Help Us Forget

  

  Scientists have come up with various theories suggesting the reasons why we sleep. These theories tend to vary from expert to expert, with some believing sleep allows us to recharge our batteries. There have also been theories suggesting it’s a way for animals to avoid the threat of predators by keeping as still as possible, or the brain’s way of expelling waste. But two separate studies published earlier in the week tell us pretty much the same thing – sleep is necessary because it allows us t..

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• My twins couldn't bear the sound of me eating lunch. Now we know why

  

  When the scientific research backs one’s hunches, when the data strongly suggests that one is on the right side of history in a  family argument, it’s always encouraging, a morale-booster. So I was delighted to read on Friday morning of a report published in Biology Today of research conducted by a team of neurologists at Newcastle University confirming that misophonia does exist. It is that acme of modernity, a thing. Misophonia, hatred of sound, is a 21st-century ailment, the term first being..

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'Tragedy' inside Mosul as food runs out, the battle against Islamic State drags on .	Apple's UK App Store prices will rise 25 percent following Brexit currency fluctuations .
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