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The parents of a four-year-old Iowa girl who nearly died are using their very, very miserable personal experience to warn other caregivers not to skip out on their obligation(s) to get their children a flu vaccination shot before every flu season. In addition to almost dying, that four-year-old, Jade DeLucia, is now blind and may remain […]
Thousands of people evacuated and officials shut down Manila airport after a volcano erupted near the Philippines‘ capital city, the Associated Press reports. Volcano induced lightning. Taal volcano in the Philippines, near Manila, is about to erupt. This is a major eruption from a large volcano. pic.twitter.com/uN6hH8n0pn — Daniel Schneider (@BiologistDan) January 12, […]
A man who reportedly robbed a Philadelphia pharmacy showed a note to the counter clerk that said he needed the money for his sick child. In surveillance footage from Jan. 3, the man—who wears a gray hoodie and dark gloves—took an item to the Rite Aide register. The clerk begins scanning the item and placing it […]
A Brazilian Netflix comedy entitled The First Temptation of Christ, which depicts Jesus as gay, has been unbanned after it sparked an uproar in the country. Created by YouTube comedy group Porta dos Fundos, the controversial comedy was temporarily banned by Rio de Janeiro judge Benedicto Abicair on Tuesday. However, the ruling has now been overturned by Supreme […]
Florida Highway Patrol troopers discovered 12 kilos of cocaine worth an estimated $1.2 million hidden inside a car that was initially pulled over for illegally tinted windows, NBC Miami reports. Troopers were conducting their routine patrol of Interstate 75 on Tuesday when they spotted a red 2016 Dodge Journey with an illegal tint. The intention was to give a citation to driver Elizabeth Espinoza, 27, but they grew suspicious when she […]
Last year was the second-hottest year ever recorded. The only year that has been hotter than 2019 was 2016, which was only warmer by 0.04 degrees Celsius, according to a new report by the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the European Union’s flagship climate monitoring organization. The report found that the last five years and this […]
The U.S.’s cancer rate dropped 2.2 percent between 2016 and 2017, the sharpest one-year dip in cancer mortality ever recorded. According to American Cancer Society’s new report, the rate has dropped 29 percent since 1991, which means there have been around 2.9 million fewer cancer deaths than would have happened if the rate had stayed […]
Two Milwaukee children were shot after throwing snowballs at a car. The kids, aged 12 and 13, were hurling snowballs at passing cars with a group of children on Saturday night, CNN reports. One of the snowballs hit a white Toyota, and the driver got out and fired shots into the group, striking the two […]
Florida, McDonald’s, and the desire for dipping sauce have all joined forces for an arrest tale out of Vero Beach. The New York Post informs us that 19-year-old Maguire Marie McLaughlin was arrested during an incident last week during which she vowed to procure dipping sauce “by whatever means necessary.” Per a Smoking Gun-cited police report, […]
CNN has reportedly reached a settlement with Nick Sandmann, the Kentucky high schooler who sued the network for defamation nearly one year ago. The complaint stemmed from a January 2019 incident in Washington, D.C., where the student was filmed face-to-face with an Omaha Tribe elder named Nathan Phillips. Sandmann and his classmates were in the nation’s capital for March For Life, while Phillips […]
