ICE highlights dangers of illegal decorative contact lenses

WASHINGTON – Officials from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have announced a consumer warning ahead of Halloween about the dangers of counterfeit and unapproved decorative contact lenses after key developments in ongoing investigations targeting the unsafe items. 

Ebola crisis: Nigeria declared free of virus

Nigeria has been declared officially free of Ebola after six weeks with no new cases, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. WHO representative Rui Gama Vaz, speaking in the capital Abuja, said it was a "spectacular success story".

Cancer patient who stole £400,000 from her employers thinking she’d be dead before they found out is jailed for four years

Shirley Player, 61, stole £57,000 a year from 2007 to 2014

A cancer sufferer who stole £400,000 from her employers thinking she would be dead before her crimes were discovered has been jailed for four years after she was told she had the all-clear.

Man dies from Ebola-like Marburg virus

KAMPALA, Uganda (AFP) - A hospital technician has died of the Ebola-like Marburg virus in Kampala, the Ugandan government announced on Sunday.

Trains carrying toxic chemicals collide in US, 2 dead

Two freight trains transporting toxic chemicals smashed into each other in the US state of Arkansas early Sunday, killing two people and injuring two others, police said.

The dead and injured were all believed to be crew members, the statement said.

Recall: Ready-to-eat salads linked to 26 sickened with E.coli

Glass Onion Catering in Richmond, Calif., recalled about 182,000 pounds of salads and wraps after 26 people got sick eating their products, officials say.

Fifteen people dead - Deadly ammonia leak in Shanghai

Emergency workers in protective suits at the scene of an ammonia leak in Shanghai. Photograph: AFP/Getty

Her head tripled in size due to a build up of cerebral fluid soon after birth

The pictures may be difficult to look at, but 18-month-old Roona Begum's story of survival is remarkable.

Soon after she was born in a remote village in northeastern India, Roona was diagnosed with an extreme form of hydrocephalus -- a disorder causing cerebral fluid to build up in the brain.

Doctors had given Roona just a few months to live.

Porn star brings the adult film industry to a standstill after contracting HIV

Porn star Cameron Bay has come forward to confirm her HIV diagnosis in an announcement that has sent shockwaves through the porn industry.

Couple charged for starving daughter to death

Matthew, right, and Grace Huang, left, with two of their adopted children, Gloria, center left, and one of their two sons.

A married couple from Los Angeles have been jailed in the Middle East on a charge of murder with intent and are being accused of starving their 8-year-old daughter to death, according to a coalition of groups that are working on the case from the U.S. and trying to draw publicity to what they say are unjust arrests.

27 Sickened with Salmonella After Eating at Clover Restaurants

The number of customers sickened with Salmonella after dining at Clover Food Lab locations in Massachusetts has risen to 27, according to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.

Man high on drugs rips off piece of his genitals

Police in Washtenaw County, Mich., are awaiting toxicology reports to find out if the mushrooms were laced with anything else.

DETROIT -- A 41-year-old Columbus, Ohio, man is recovering after police say he ripped off part of his penis on a drug-fueled high in Ypsilanti Township, Mich.

Washtenaw County Sheriff's deputies found the man naked and screaming after responding to a burglar alarm at Ypsilanti Middle School about 1 a.m. last Tuesday, Sgt. Geoff Fox said Monday.

Woman left with second-degree burns by laser facial treatment at spa

Before: This is Daphne Carroll before she underwent 'laser facial' treatment at a medspa in Tennessee to have a spider vein on her cheek treated

After: Mrs Carroll endured swelling, second-degree burns and permanent nerve damage as a result of the surgery

When Daphne Carroll agreed to laser facial treatment, she was only hoping to remove a spider vein on her cheek.

Photo of Wendy's employee eating ice cream directly from dispenser goes viral

A photo of a Wendy's employee eating soft serve directly from the dispenser has given new meaning to the saying "all scream for ice cream."

"I have to tell him, 'You're not going to die tomorrow,' "Mother of ailing N.Y.C. boy

Javier Acosta, 11, is the second child allowed to be considered for an adult transplant list in Pennsylvania. (Pepper Hamilton LLP)

Javier Acosta, his mother said Saturday afternoon, needed a lung transplant "yesterday."