Nelson Mandela isn’t giving up without a fight. The former South African president has been fighting a lung infection that left him bedridden and breathing through tubes throughout the year. According to The Daily Mail, his daughter Makaziwe Mandela spoke to the South African Broadcasting Corporation and said that although her “Tata” is “not doing well,” he […]
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Emergency workers in Colorado are working overtime in the largest response to a disaster since Hurricane Katrina, in order to evacuate people from areas in Larimer County hit hard by massive flooding. The floods, triggered by heavy rain that is expected to continue falling this week, have swallowed whole neighborhoods, destroyed more than 17,000 homes and […]
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Kevin Figaniak, 21, a college student at Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, West Virginia, was beaten to death after he and friend were ‘jumped from behind’ by a group of men as they walked back to campus from a bar at 1:45AM Saturday morning, during Labor Day weekend. Kevin suffered severe head trauma in the attack […]
A school bus carrying 32 children rolled over in Bonner Springs, Kansas around 1PM today. The bus rolled over on its side on the southbound ramp from Highway 7. KMBC reports: At least 30 injuries were reported. Emergency crews set up a triage scene. The bus belonged to Durham School Services, according to KMBC’s Johnny Rowlands. KMBC […]
Lee Thompson Young, who played the main character on Disney’s The Famous Jett Jackson, has died after what officials believe is a suicide. He was 29. TMZ reports: Sources tell us Young’s body was discovered with a gun shot wound that appears to be self-inflicted. Young currently appears in the TNT show “Rizzoli & Isles” — […]
Things might be looking up! Nelson Mandela has been in the hospital for almost 3 weeks now in critical condition, but has finally started responding to treatment this week. Even though he still has a ways to go before returning to a normal state, a radio station in South Africa is reporting that Mandela could […]
As Nelson Mandela‘s health condition has continued to decline over the past few weeks, Sky News reports that it’s sadly only getting worse. While Nelson Mandela remains in critical condition, according to the South African government and multiple sources, Sky News has confirmed that he is no longer able to breathe unassisted. In the Eastern Cape, […]
If you haven’t been following the story of 10-year-old Sarah Murnaghan, a girl from Pennsylvania with the life-threatening respiratory disease, Cystic Fibrosis, let us catch you up real quick: Sarah, who has been in and out of hospitals her entire life because of her disease, was given less than five weeks to live after her […]
After a long successful life as the founder of Italian fashion house Missoni, Ottavio Missoni has passed away at the age of 92. Missoni was released May 1 from a hospital in Varese after being treated for a respiratory problem, however his family is reporting that he died “peacefully” in his home in Sumirago, Italy. This […]
Cleveland Police discovered Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus and a third woman named Michelle Knight, all of whom have been missing for years. According to Cleveland Police, the women were being kept in a house in the 2200 block of Seymour Avenue near West 25th Street where they were saved by neighbor, Charles Ramsey. The women identified themselves […]
