Esam Musleh, 37, died Saturday trying to save his 1-year-old daughter from an arson blaze at the family’s Oakland, California, home, authorities say. Screengrab from KPIX video When a fire broke out in his home just after midnight Saturday, 37-year-old Esam Musleh died trying to save his 1-year-old daughter from […]
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State leaders have known for decades that Utah kids could die in unsafe schools during an earthquake. They’ve taken little action.
There are roughly 1,000 K-12 schools in Utah, and researchers estimate at least 80 to 100 — maybe more — are so unstable that they would collapse in a major earthquake. In the small sample of buildings they’ve examined, they found holes in foundations deep enough that you couldn’t see […]
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I Love My Grown Children, But I’m Not Willing To Die Because Of Their Pandemic Choices
I love you, but I do not want to die because of your good time. Not that I am opposed to your personal enjoyment. I am all for recreation — within reason, of course. But the eschewing of caution, throwing it all to the wind in order to hang out […]
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‘I don’t want to die’: Blast traumatises Beirut children
“I don’t want to die.” Those were the first words Hiba’s six-year-old son screamed after the massive explosion at Beirut port sent shards of glass flying around their house. The blast a week ago that temporarily displaced 100,000 children, according to a UN estimate, was so mighty it had the […]
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Mysterious illness made USC’s Bru McCoy think he’d die. Coach Helton helped him heal
A mysterious illness left USC receiver Bru McCoy is a bad frame of mind. It took a one-on-one meeting with coach Clay Helton to help McCoy turn a corner. (John McGillen / USC Athletics) Drenched in sweat, short of breath, Bru McCoy sank into the leather of his dormitory room […]