Headlines August 10, 2021 Here are some of the top stories we’re following for Tuesday, August 10, 2021. Damian Giletto, Wochit Nearly 12 hours after a 37-year-old man was stabbed to death in Wilmington’s Brandywine Village early Tuesday morning, blood spatter remained on the sidewalk and in the street. A single evidence […]
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Consumer safety agency asks Airbnb, others to issue warnings on home elevators following child’s death
The federal agency responsible for consumer product safety on Tuesday sent a letter to Airbnb, Vrbo and other vacation rental companies urging them to issue warnings and take other measures to address safety issues associated with some home elevators. The request from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) comes after a […]
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Families Cling To Hope As Condo Collapse Death Toll Rises To 9
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — The death toll from the collapse of a Florida beachfront condo building has risen to nine as search-and-rescue efforts continue, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Sunday. One person died in the hospital, and workers pulled four more bodies from the wreckage, the mayor said. Scores […]
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Another body in rubble raises death toll to 5 at collapsed Florida condo
Russ Bynum, Freida Frisaro and Bernard Condon, Associated Press Published 12:24 p.m. ET June 26, 2021 | Updated 8:03 p.m. ET June 26, 2021 Surfside, Fla. — Rescue crews found another body in the rubble of a collapsed 12-story condominium tower near Miami on Saturday, raising the death toll to five […]
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Body found in rubble after Florida building collapse as death toll rises to 5; 156 unaccounted for
SURFSIDE, Fla. – Responders found a body and human remains Saturday in the rubble at the site of a 12-story beachfront condominium building that collapsed just north of Miami early Thursday morning, killing at least five people and leaving 156 more unaccounted for. “Today, our search and rescue teams found […]
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Death toll at 4, Stacie Fang ID’d
SURFSIDE, Fla. – Firefighters battled smoke and time as the search continued for survivors after a 12-story beachfront condominium building collapsed just north of Miami early Thursday morning, killing at least four people and leaving 159 more unaccounted for. Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett told USA TODAY the rescue efforts will continue “until we pull […]
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Floyd’s death laid bare the ‘Minnesota Paradox’ of racism
People attend a rally and march for the one year anniversary of George Floyd’s death on Sunday, May 23, 2021, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa) Christian Monterrosa AP MINNEAPOLIS George Floyd’s death under a white Minneapolis police officer’s knee severely tarnished Minnesota’s reputation as a progressive state on matters […]
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The Business of Death is Expensive and Booming
BURLINGTON, N.C. — The business of death is booming and the cost of dying is high. And in the midst of grief, some people make choices without full information just to move on. What You Need To Know The Funeral Consumers Alliance North Carolina released its first funeral price survey […]
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‘Cancelling art would be the death of society’
Art from grief: Taylor Momsen It’s been over four years since The Pretty Reckless released their last album, 2016’s Who You Selling For, and while the pandemic can be blamed for 12 months of that delay, the band have spent most of that time unsure if they were even going […]
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Dr. Fauci Opens Up About Death Threats, Covered in Powder from Suspicious Letter
Dr. Fauci has offered up the nitty-gritty about receiving death threats since the pandemic began, and it sounds awful … especially one time when he got powdered. The top infectious disease doc in the U.S. told the NYT, during the last year of the Trump Administration, his whole family was […]
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Exploring the Truth About the Influencer’s Last Days Before Her Shocking Death
“always on my story,” Alexis Sharkey promised in her Instagram bio. The 26-year-old beauty and lifestyle enthusiast—who gave her job description as “Mentor”—made a name for herself amid a sea of personalities angling for their own slice of the social media pie with pure hustle, and that included posting regularly […]
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Christians, Including Pastor Receiving Death Threats, in Crosshairs After Capitol Riot
On January 5, Pastor Brian Gibson stood on a platform in Washington, D.C., in front of about 8,000 cheering onlookers and proclaimed, “Tomorrow we’re going to have the greatest day together.” The following day, he listened to President Donald Trump give his infamous speech where he encouraged lawmakers not to […]
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A New Augmented-Reality App Wants You to ‘Solve’ Jeffrey Epstein’s Death
To enter the jail cell where sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein hanged himself—or, depending on your appetite for conspiracy theories, was murdered—on the CrimeDoor app, scan the floor with your phone. When the app registers your surroundings, a floating blue door appears. Behind it, the decor of your living room or […]
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U.S. coronavirus death toll reaches nearly 400,000: The invisible victims of covid-19
In a Connecticut hospital room, a woman less than 48 hours from death posted on Facebook: “It is now just a matter of trying to keep me comfortable till I pass.” A few days before Christmas, less than a week before he died at home, a California man texted his […]
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Beyond ‘Surviving Death’: The real science of near-death experiences
Is there life after death? A new Netflix series claims to prove there is. But in doing so, the series relies on a confusing mishmash of fully debunked phenomena alongside matters of faith that aren’t in the realm of science, as well as questions that science truly hasn’t answered yet. […]
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VIRUS TODAY: Global death toll for COVID-19 surpasses 2M
The global death toll from COVID-19 has topped 2 million By The Associated Press January 15, 2021, 7:04 PM • 3 min read Here’s what’s happening Friday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.: THREE THINGS TO KNOW TODAY — The global death toll from COVID-19 has topped 2 million. […]
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Gen Z Has a More Mature Attitude Towards Death Than Boomers, Study Finds
Photo: WireStock / Alamy Stock Photo Not so long ago, the vast majority of us did not contemplate death on a daily basis. But amid a deadly global pandemic, it can now feel like we discuss the topic as casually as we do the weather. This sentiment is backed by a new study […]
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Trump Administration Executes Only Woman On Federal Death Row
Lisa Montgomery was abused, neglected and raped as a child. Before her execution, she was in a psychotic state — hearing voices and having religious delusions, her lawyers said. (Photo: Courtesy of Attorneys for Lisa Montgomery via Reuters) The Trump administration executed Lisa Montgomery, 52, in the early hours of […]
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No charges for police in death of ‘boogaloo’ movement martyr
College Park, Md. – Maryland prosecutors on Thursday ruled out criminal charges against a police officer who fatally shot a man during a tactical team’s predawn, no-knock raid on his family’s home, a killing that galvanized a loose network of anti-government extremists this year. Duncan Socrates Lemp’s family says the […]
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What Trump’s new ‘death to asylum’ rule actually says
The Trump administration has published a final rule on new procedures for processing asylum applications that will be effective on Jan. 11, 2021. The administration says that its objective is to “more effectively separate baseless claims from meritorious ones,” which “will better ensure groundless claims do not delay or divert […]