Explore More Harry Whittington, the Texas attorney and prominent state GOP power broker who was shot in the face nearly two decades ago by then-Vice President Dick Cheney, has died. He was 95.
Whittington’s wife, Mercedes Baker, confirmed to the New York Times Monday that her husband died peacefully at home early Saturday following a short illness.
Whittington, a longtime Austin-based lawyer, made international headlines in February 2006 when Cheney accidentally shot him in the face and body while hunting quail at a sprawling South Texas ranch. Read More...
More than 100 women might have heartbreakingly lost the chance of becoming mothers because of a fault with the egg freezing process at a top fertility clinic.
Eggs and embryos being stored at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Trust in Londonare now feared to have been destroyed by the error. Cancer patients who went on to have their wombs surgically removed are among the 136 women affected, it was revealed today.
Treatment for some types of cancer can render women infertile, meaning they can be recommended to get their eggs frozen beforehand. Read More...
By Nichola RutherfordBBC Scotland News
EPA-EFE/REX/ShutterstockCapaldi had to rely on the crowd to finish his Glastonbury setLewis Capaldi warned fans he might have to take a break from public life when vocal problems threatened to derail his Glastonbury set at the weekend.
A sympathetic crowd helped him through the performance, singing his biggest hit Someone You Loved back to him while he stayed largely silent. "I feel like I'll be taking another wee break over the next couple of weeks," Read More...
