Author: Lindsey Bever
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A toddler died in a hot day-care van. Now, the driver has been charged with manslaughter.
A Florida day-care driver has been charged with aggravated manslaughter in the death of a 3-year-old boy who was left in a hot van — an “unbearable environment” in which, investigators say, temperatures could have reached up to 144 degrees. Deborah Denise St. Charles was arrested Thursday in the death of Myles Hill, who didn’t…
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Nearly 275,000 iPhone cases decorated with liquid glitter recalled after causing chemical burns
Nearly 275,000 liquid glitter iPhone cases sold at Henri Bendel, Tory Burch and Victoria’s Secret have been recalled after reports that the fluid leaked out and caused skin irritation, blisters and chemical burns. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Monday that there have been two dozen reported incidents, including 19 in the United States. “One consumer reported permanent scarring from a chemical…
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Angelina Jolie had a rare condition, and here’s what’s known about it
In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie opened up about her personal health struggles – threats of cancer that led her to have a preventive double mastectomy and then have her ovaries removed. She said she developed hypertension and Bell’s palsy, a condition she said caused her face to droop…
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Charlie Gard, the infant at the center of a controversy over his end-of-life treatment, dies
Charlie Gard, the terminally ill British boy whose heartbreaking case captured worldwide attention and inflamed a debate over end-of-life rights, died Friday, only a week before he was to turn 1 year old. Charlie’s parents said their 11-month-old son had died a day after a British court ruled that he should be moved to hospice…
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Mother accused of killing her 4 children and their father is illegal immigrant
A suburban Atlanta mother, who federal authorities say is in the United States unlawfully, has been charged with murder after four of her young children and their father were found stabbed to death at home early Thursday morning. Gwinnett County police and firefighters responded to a 911 call from inside the home in Loganville, Ga., where they…
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Charlie Gard may have new hope: Hospital asks court to rehear case of terminally ill infant
The hospital caring for Charlie Gard said it has asked England’s High Court to rehear his case after researchers at two hospitals shared new evidence about an experimental therapy for his condition. Charlie has a rare genetic condition and resulting brain damage that has robbed him of the ability to see, hear, move or breathe on his own, and…
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Charlie Gard not allowed to receive Vatican’s care, hospital spokesman says
Amid an emotionally charged fight for Charlie Gard, a British hospital that plans to disconnect the terminally ill infant from life support declined to move him to the Vatican’s children’s hospital for care. Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital had asked whether the child could be transferred to Rome to receive care after Pope Francis and President Trump voiced support…
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Against his parents’ wishes, this terminally ill infant will be allowed to die
For months and months, Charlie Gard’s parents have been fighting for his life. Charlie has a rare genetic condition and resulting brain damage that has robbed him of his ability to move his arms and legs, eat or breathe on his own. The 10-month-old has been connected to machines to help keep him alive. But…
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Trump’s bogus Time cover — the fake news that launched an army of memes
It didn’t take long for real news about President Trump’s fake news, in the form of a sham Time magazine cover, to light up the Internet. The Washington Post’s David A. Fahrenthold reported Tuesday that copies of a phony Time magazine cover dated March 1, 2009, have adorned the walls in several of the president’s…
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Strange ‘sea pickles’ keep washing ashore in the Pacific Northwest — and scientists are baffled
There are strange sea creatures known as “sea pickles” invading the Pacific Northwest. These gelatinous and somewhat translucent organisms, called pyrosomes, have been seen congregating, sometimes by the thousands, close to shore from Northern California up to southeast Alaska — clogging fishing nets and washing up on beaches, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Experts say that this year, the…