A Boston University professor was crushed to death by an elevator in her apartment building when it suddenly dropped, trapping her between floors. “What my wife said she saw was the lady’s arms like hanging onto her package,” building resident Eric Carmichael told the local FOX-TV affiliate of the Monday […]
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The Colorectal Cancer Alliance released a statement Saturday following the death of Chadwick Boseman, saying awareness and education surrounding the disease is “hampered by an intense stigma.” © VALERIE MACON/AFP/Getty US actor Chadwick Boseman poses in the press room during the 2019 American Music Awards at the Microsoft theatre on […]
Codey & Jones funeral Home Larry and Vicki Freda A New Jersey couple described as “inseparable” died from the novel coronavirus just hours apart after losing their son to the same disease two days prior. Newark natives Lawrence “Larry” Freda, 85, and Victoria “Vicki” Freda, 83, were married for 62 […]
GEORGETOWN — Some people revere him. Some people despise him. Dr. Anthony Fauci has become a household name since the coronavirus first broke out in the United States. The immunologist who lives near north Bethesda is the White House’s health advisor throughout this world-changing pandemic who has weathered attacks from […]
Sushant Singh Rajput made his big-screen debut in 2013 Sushant Singh Rajput lived an extraordinary life – just like some of the characters he played in his hit Bollywood films. But his fairy tale journey, from humble beginnings to stardom, ended on 14 June when he was found dead in […]
Dr. Candice Myhre reenacts the time she treated a patient with life-threatening injuries that she encountered while surfing. Dr. Candice Myhre An image of emergency medical physician Dr. Candice Myhre treating a bloody and injured patient has been widely-shared online in the past week. The striking photo is a reenactment […]
NEW DELHI (AP) — The entertainment capital of India may be reeling under the coronavirus onslaught, but its celebrity inhabitants are being roiled by troubles of another kind. The suicide last month of a young and popular movie actor in Mumbai has fueled a reckoning over the privileges of the […]
Army Staff Sgt. Raúl Rios folded a U.S. flag in the military’s symbolic triangle to honor slain Army Spec. Vanessa Guillen. He then posted video of the military funeral ritual on social media. Pam Campos-Palma, a former Air Force counterterrorism intelligence analyst, collected more than 4,000 signatures from service women […]
Like many aspiring fashion designers, Daniel Silverstein found inspiration for what would become his life’s work in the classroom. During his senior year at FIT, Silverstein was asked to design a pair of sustainable jeans. “Everyone said, you know, ‘I’m going to use organic cotton,’ or ‘I’m going to use […]