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Skydiving instructor falls to death without parachute

Skydiving instructor falls to death without parachute

A skydiving instructor is presumed to have fallen to his death in Tennessee. According to the Metro Nashville Police Department, the 35-year-old instructor was found dead in the clearing of a wooded area off Ashland City Highway on Oct. 4. He is believed to have fallen from the sky without a parachute. Another skydiver was found suspended in a tree …

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Jane Goodall’s death triggered the premiere of Netflix’s new show

Jane Goodall’s death triggered the premiere of Netflix’s new show

For the last several years Netflix has been quietly banking episodes of a new show called Famous Last Words, interviews with famous people entering their twilight years. The catch is that episodes will only air after the subject passes away. The full list of interviewees is a closely guarded secret, but last week Netflix quietly posted the premiere episode featuring …

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As justices confront harassment, death threats and an assassination attempt, Barrett declares “I’m not afraid”

As justices confront harassment, death threats and an assassination attempt, Barrett declares “I’m not afraid”

Whenever Justice Amy Coney Barrett arrived at an auditorium or a library or a university last month to discuss her new book, she encountered a familiar sight: protesters. They lined the streets, chanting and carrying signs. One wore a handmaid’s costume, a symbol of oppression. Another was dressed as liberal icon Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whose death in 2020 created …

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Birmingham woman at risk of dementia that led to mother’s death

Birmingham woman at risk of dementia that led to mother’s death

Ed JamesBBC Radio WM and Shehnaz KhanWest Midlands Liv Heeney Liv Heeney discovered she had a faulty gene which puts her at risk of early onset dementia When Liv Heeney was 28, she discovered she had a faulty gene that would probably cause her to develop a rare form of dementia at a young age. Early onset frontotemporal dementia (FTD) …

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Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta outbreak’s 1st death

Premature baby dies of measles in Alberta outbreak’s 1st death

Alberta is reporting its first measles death since outbreaks of the highly contagious illness began in the province in March. The province says a baby, who was born prematurely after the mother contracted measles during pregnancy, died shortly after birth. “Since measles cases were first reported in Alberta this spring, I had hoped this moment would not come,” Adriana LaGrange, …

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North Carolina governor signs criminal justice bill into law after Ukrainian refugee’s death

North Carolina governor signs criminal justice bill into law after Ukrainian refugee’s death

Raleigh, North Carolina AP  —  North Carolina’s Democratic governor signed into law on Friday a criminal justice measure that the state’s Republican-controlled legislature approved in response to the stabbing death of a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte commuter train, even while opposing provisions within or wishing for others left out. Gov. Josh Stein said he signed the bill because it …

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North Carolina law signed after Ukrainian refugee’s death on Charlotte train

North Carolina law signed after Ukrainian refugee’s death on Charlotte train

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s Democratic governor signed into law on Friday a criminal justice measure that the state’s Republican-controlled legislature approved in response to the stabbing death of a Ukrainian refugee on a Charlotte commuter train, even while opposing provisions within or wishing for others left out. Gov. Josh Stein said he signed the bill because it “alerts …

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