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Jul 22 2023
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Jamie Foxx Tears Up Thanking His Family in First Video to Fans Discussing Hospitalization: ‘I Just Didn’t Want You to See Me Like That’
Jamie Foxx has shared a statement with fans, providing his first comments on his April hospitalization following a sudden medical complication. Details on the actor’s condition had been scarce through weeks since, but Foxx vows that he’s “coming back and able to work” in the new video. “First of all, I want to say thank you to everybody that’s prayed, man, and sent me messages. I cannot even
VarietyJan 05 2024
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Track star, convicted killer, now parolee. A timeline of Oscar Pistorius's life
FILE - South Africa's Oscar Pistorius starts in the men's semi-finals of the 400-meter in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London on Aug. 5, 2012. Oscar Pistorius is due on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024 to be released from prison on parole to live under strict conditions at a family home after serving nearly nine years of his murder sentence for the shooting death of girlfriend Reeva
SFGATEJan 05 2024
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A Mississippi deputy was shot and killed during a traffic stop Thursday: What we know
A George County Sheriff’s deputy was killed during a traffic stop Thursday evening in the Rocky Creek community. The deputy was conducting a traffic stop on U.S. 98 near Brushy Creek Road at around 5:15 p.m. when he was shot and killed. "We ask that you keep Deputy Malone's family as well as the George County Sheriff’s Office and the community in your thoughts and prayers," Mixon said in a
The Clarion-LedgerJan 05 2024
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Connecticut woman with terminal cancer travels to Vermont to fulfill dying wish
A Connecticut woman who was terminally ill died in Vermont on Thursday in the way she wanted during an event her husband described as "comfortable and peaceful." Lynda Bluestein, a lifelong activist from Bridgeport, had terminal cancer but did not wish to wait for the prolonged illness to take her life. Instead, she spent years pushing to expand access to a Vermont law that gives people who
Fox News (Online News)Mar 14 2023
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An 18-Year-Old LSU Student’s Family Was Awarded $6.1 Million For His Wrongful Death From Hazing
A jury awarded $6.1 million to the family of an 18-year-old Louisiana State University student who died after being hazed by members of a fraternity. The verdict, which was reached last week, ended a yearslong civil trial over the 2017 death of Max Gruver that originally involved more than a dozen defendants, including the university and the fraternity. Almost all of them reached settlements
BuzzFeed NewsJan 05 2024
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Ex-boyfriend of Hawaii woman who was missing in CA arrested for her murder
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The ex-boyfriend of a Hawaii woman who was reported missing in California has been arrested for her murder. Police and sheriffs booked Theobald Lengyel, 58, on Tuesday in Santa Cruz for allegedly killing Alice Kamakaokalani Herrmann. The 61-year-old woman was last seen on Dec. 3 in Santa Cruz. Her family reported her missing after she missed her flight to Hawaii on
Hawaii News NowDec 27 2023
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Cuban on sale of Mavs stake: 'Great partnership'
DALLAS -- Mark Cuban beamed about forming a "great partnership" hours after the NBA board of governors approved the sale of the controlling interest of the Dallas Mavericks to the families that run the Las Vegas Sands casino company, a deal that will allow Cuban to continue running the franchise's basketball operations. The deal was approved Wednesday, just shy of a month after the families of
ESPN.comDec 28 2023
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House where four UI students were murdered demolished by construction crews on Thursday
MOSCOW, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) — Early Thursday morning construction crews in Moscow started to tear down the house where four University of Idaho students were murdered and some of the victim’s family members have spoken out. CBS affiliate KREM 2 News in Spokane, Washington reports the demolition of the house, which has been guarded by security since November of 2022, marked a significant but
KMVTJan 05 2024
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Alexandria City Public Schools mourns the death of its longest-serving teacher in history
The longest-serving teacher in the history of Alexandria City Public Schools, remembered by the school system as a “historic and legendary” educator, died Thursday. Louis Kokonis started his career in 1959 at Francis C. Hammond Middle School before moving on to teach math at Alexandria City High School King Street, where he worked for more than 60 years. In 2018, the Scholarship Fund of
WTOPMar 14 2023
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Family of LSU freshman who died after chugging 190-proof liquor in hazing ritual gets $6.1M
The family of an 18-year-old Louisiana State University fraternity pledge, whose hazing-related alcohol death after being forced to chug 190-proof liquor prompted changes to the law in two states, will get a $6.1 million settlement in a lawsuit stemming from the case. A jury awarded the verdict last week to Stephen and Rae Ann Gruver, the parents of Maxwell Gruver. Their lawyer told Law&
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