Coconut oil is 'pure poison,' Harvard professor says in talk on nutrition A lecture by a Harvard professor calling coconut oil "pure poison" has gone viral on YouTube, nearing 1 million views on Wednesday. In a talk titled "Coconut oil and other nutritional errors," Karin Michels, who is an adjunct professor of epidemiology at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, says coconut oil is not heal

International Olympic Committee must make a choice between greed and good The International Olympic Committee has saved its Games for the foreseeable future. Whether it can save itself is a far bigger, and far less certain, concern. President Thomas Bach and the rest of the IOC’s leadership are patting themselves on the back for this week’s coup. With one city after another treating the idea of ho

Kiran Nazish, Doug Stanglin, Chris Woodyard and Oren Dorell, USA TODAY ISTANBUL — Turkish President Recep Erdogan addressed a large crowd in Istanbul Saturday morning, as security personnel rounded up suspects after a chaotic coup attempt that sent tanks and demonstrators into the streets while aircraft battled overhead. "In Turkey the army is not governing the state and they cannot, and this shou

Meeting king, Obama backs 'strong and unified' Spain WASHINGTON — President Obama commended the King of Spain for the work that Spain has done to address the refugee and migration crisis there — and also expressed a preference that Spain remain united. "Spain has worked hard to deal with this issue in the past with North African migrants that oftentimes are engaged in very dangerous travels, and h

A gas explosion devastated a maternity hospital in Mexico City on Thursday, killing at least three people, injuring dozens of others and setting off a scramble for survivors in the rubble. More than 60 people were injured, 22 of them seriously, Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera said at a news conference. The blast destroyed nearly three-quarters of the hospital, and authorities said more vict

KIEV, Ukraine — Two Ukrainian attack jets were shot down Wednesday over territory held by Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said. The Ukrainian government said the planes were downed by missiles fired from Russia, raising questions about whether Ukrainian separatists who had crossed the border were responsible or whether Russians fired the weapons. Whate

Breakfast can be a tricky meal — some people won't leave the house without their morning nourishment and others never eat when they get up due to lack of appetite or time. But we have all probably at some point in life been told that "breakfast is the most important meal of the day," an old saying that actually might be -- at least to some extent -- true. No matter what studies and research might

Senate panel approved measure less restrictive than one offered by women senatorsHouse committee passed similar measures last weekGillibrand said chain of command has failedWASHINGTON — Proposals designed to punish sexual assault offenders in the military passed a key vote in the Senate Wednesday, making changes in the military justice system appear increasingly likely. The Senate measure, approve

Researchers looked at abnormal folds of placentasStudy%27s lead author%3A New tool may lead to early interventionProportion of children with autism disorders is increasingDoctors may be able to diagnose a child's risk of autism at birth, which would allow treatment of the burgeoning disorder to begin in the child's earliest days, a new study finds. Solely by looking at the abnormal folds of their

A fisherman in Belarus was bitten to death by a beaver, and all he was doing was trying to take its picture, Sky News reports. The man spotted the beaver while fishing with friends at Lake Shestakov, but as he approached to take a photograph, the beaver bit him on the thigh. The animal managed to sever an artery, and his friends couldn't stop the blood flow. Sky News helpfully reminds us that beav

Commission began meeting Sunday for preparationsJudges will oversee vote, presidential adviser saysDecrees place President Morsi above oversightCAIRO (AP) — Egypt's political crisis is widening, with plans for a huge march and a general strike Tuesday to protest the hurried drafting of a new constitution and decrees by President Mohammed Morsi that gave him nearly unrestricted powers. Morsi also f

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