Lakiea Bailey has tried to hide the pain and breathlessness she feels from her disease for most of her life. As a child, she missed weeks out of every school year because of sickle cell — a painful, genetic disease that’s believed to impact 100,000 Americans. Patients’ red blood cells are “sickle” shaped and can
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Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KCTV) — A bizarre letter from the Social Security Administration had one local man scratching his head. They claimed he owed them money from nearly 50 years ago. “You were overpaid when you received benefits as a student,” the letter Rick Wosmanski got said. “I owed
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If you’re planning to travel to France, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the Covid-19 pandemic. The basics France has some of the most stringent Covid-19 restrictions in the world. Although it reopened to visitors over summer 2020, the country has been put back into lockdown twice
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Wall Street is wasting no time getting its employees back into the office — whether they want to be there or not. Morgan Stanley CEO James Gorman warned this week he’ll be “very disappointed” if workers aren’t back by Labor Day. And if they’re not? “Then we’ll have a different kind of conversation,” he said.
Continue Reading As R. Kelly shuffles his legal team two months ahead of trial, a federal judge is weighing potential conflicts involving one of his remaining attorney’s past interactions with potential witnesses who may be involved in the trial. Kelly is awaiting US District Judge Ann Donnelly’s decision on a request from two of Kelly’s long-time Chicago-based
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story WALTON COUNTY, Florida (WALA) — The Walton County Sheriff’s Office said a shark bit a teenager swimming in the Gulf near Grayton Beach State Park on Thursday. The 14-year-old was treated at a hospital for a “superficial bite wound” and is expected to recover. According to the sheriff’s
Continue Reading Joe Jonas crashes a SoulCycle class, Cristiano Ronaldo snubs Coca-Cola and Stephen Colbert welcomes back a live audience. These are the must-watch videos of the week. Time-lapse triumph Using a pre-fab, modular design, a developer constructed a 10-story apartment building in 28 hours and 45 minutes in Changsha, China. SoulCycle surprise Members of a spin
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A Colorado Springs, Colorado, house was so badly trashed by a former tenant that its real estate agent describes it as a “house of horrors.” CNN affiliate KMGH takes us inside.
Continue Reading Using a pre-fab, modular design, BROAD Group was able to construct a 10-story apartment building in 28 hours and 45 minutes in Changsha, China.
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story SHOREWOOD, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Four incidents on the Oak Leaf Trail near Lincoln and Estabrook parks have police on high alert. The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating three lewd incidents and a sexual assault. In one incident, a man ran up behind a woman, knocked her down,
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It’s been a big year for America’s oat milk fans — and the companies serving them. In March, Starbucks rolled out the option only to sell out a month later. Silk added oat milk to its line of plant-based milks in April. Oatly had a splashy IPO in May. And a slew of new ad
Continue Reading Paleontologists working in China have discovered a new species of giant rhino, the largest land mammal ever to have walked the earth. Giant rhino, Paraceratherium, were mainly found in Asia, according to a press release from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, published Friday. The new species, Paraceratherium linxiaense, or Linxia Giant Rhino, was named by
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Infectious disease experts are already hard at work preparing for the 2021 flu season, vaccines are in development and experts are keeping an eye on trends in the Southern Hemisphere as they enter their winter months. The World Health Organization (WHO) made recommendations
Continue Reading Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA, Ontario (CTV Network) — The U.S. is gearing up to send one million additional doses of the Moderna vaccine to Canada at the same time calls mount on both sides of the border to ease travel and quarantine measures. Procurement Minister Anita Anand tweeted about the latest
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Japan’s top coronavirus adviser said Friday that staging the Tokyo Olympics without spectators is “desirable” as it would be the lowest risk option amid the pandemic. Shigeru Omi, an infectious disease expert who leads the government subcommittee on coronavirus, and other specialists urged the cap on spectator numbers at the Games to be stricter than
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Tori Spelling is currently co-sleeping with four of her five children. The former “90210” star discussed her family’s bedtime arrangement during an appearance on SiriusXM Radio Andy’s “Jeff Lewis Live” on Wednesday, whilst addressing reports that her marriage to Dean McDermott is in trouble. Spelling and McDermott tied the knot in 2006. The couple are
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Low inventory and surging demand have sent house prices soaring around the world, raising concerns about how long the red-hot market can be sustained. What’s happening: The International Monetary Fund’s Global House Price Index, which tracks 57 countries, has surpassed its prior peak from 2008. According to Oxford Economics, house prices are growing at over
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William R. Underwood was a 17-year-old father living in New York City when former President Richard Nixon declared a “war on drugs.” He admits he chose to sell drugs to earn a living — a move that at 34, landed him in federal prison to serve a life without the possibility of parole and a
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On a sunny morning in February, as a bagpipe rendition of “Amazing Grace” filled the salt air, Ashli Babbitt’s family and friends scattered her ashes into the Pacific Ocean off San Diego. The ceremony, aboard a chartered boat, was supposed to be a final goodbye for the 35-year-old Air Force veteran and fervent Donald Trump
Continue Reading Daredevil Alex Harvill died Thursday while practicing for a world record motorcycle ramp jump, officials in Washington state said. He was 28 years old. “Our deepest sympathies go out to Alex’s family, friends and loved ones,” Grant County Coroner Craig Morrison said in a written statement Thursday. Harvill, who lived in Ephrata, Washington, was hoping
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