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It was in early January that Awanti Naik’s symptoms first crept up on her, starting with double vision and quickly followed by a debilitating headache and a strange feeling in her face. “There was heaviness in my jaw and eyes, and my throat was completely blocked,” she said. “I was …
Read More »At least 18 people dead after stampede at New Delhi railway station
At least 18 people, including 14 women, were killed in a stampede at a railway station in India’s capital of New Delhi, the Press Trust of India news agency reported Sunday. Many of the victims were Hindu pilgrims who were travelling to the Maha Kumbh festival in Prayagraj in northern …
Read More »World’s first openly gay imam Muhsin Hendricks shot dead in South Africa | दुनिया के पहले घोषित समलैंगिक इमाम की हत्या: कार के अंदर मारी गई गोली, दक्षिण अफ्रीका में चलाते थे मस्जिद
केप टाउन2 घंटे पहले कॉपी लिंक मुहसिन हेंड्रिक्स ने समलैंगिक मुसलमानों का सपोर्ट करने के लिए द इनर सर्कल की स्थापना की थी। दुनिया के पहले घोषित समलैंगिक इमाम मुहसिन हेंड्रिक्स की शनिवार को दक्षिण अफ्रीका में गोली मारकर हत्या कर दी गई। मीडिया रिपोर्ट्स के मुताबिक एक अन्य व्यक्ति …
Read More »How bear penises, a dead porcupine and a late-night ‘citizens arrest’ featured in poaching probe
The investigation began with midnight gunshots, a wounded deer and attempts by alarmed locals in the tiny community of Bridge Lake, B.C., to effect the “citizen’s arrest” of a bewildered hunter allegedly deserted by his friends. A trail of blood later led to a raid on a nearby property where …
Read More »Irv Gotti, hip-hop producer and co-founder of Murder, Inc., dead at 54
Irv Gotti — the music producer who co-founded hip-hop label Murder, Inc., and signed stars such as Ja Rule, Ashanti and Lloyd — has died. He was 54. Def Jam Recordings, Murder, Inc.’s parent label, confirmed Gotti’s death in a post on social media late Wednesday night. “His contributions at Def Jam, as both an A&R …
Read More »The 130-year-old Cherry Blossom candy is dead, and this N.L. artist is paying homage to its legacy
Kate Fudge is an artist based in Pasadena. Her products feature popular Newfoundland and Labrador foods like Carnation milk and Cherry Blossom candies. (Submitted by Kate Fudge) First it was mustard pickles. Now, another Canadian convenience store staple is flying off the shelves forever: the Cherry Blossom candy, a fruit-filled chocolate …
Read More »Sam Moore, singer in the 1960s soul duo Sam & Dave, dead at 89
Singer Sam Moore, the surviving half and higher voice of the 1960s duo Sam & Dave that was known for such definitive hits of the era as Soul Man and Hold On, I’m Comin, has died. He was 89. Publicist Jeremy Westby said Moore died Friday morning in Coral Gables, Fla., due …
Read More »Edgar Welch, gunman from ‘Pizzagate’ political conspiracy case, shot dead by N.C. police
A man who nearly a decade ago fired a gun inside a Washington, D.C., restaurant due to a fake online conspiracy theory targeting Democrats and Hillary Clinton called “Pizzagate,” was recently shot and killed by North Carolina police. Edgar Welch was a passenger in a vehicle stopped by officers in …
Read More »Jean-Marie Le Pen, who helped spark political rise of far right in France, dead at 96
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of the far-right National Front party who tapped into working-class concerns over immigration and globalization and built a career on rhetoric that many saw as racist and xenophobic, has died aged 96. His death was confirmed by his daughter Marine Le Pen’s political party, National …
Read More »Nagasaki bombing survivor, who devoted his life to promoting peace, dead at 93
Shigemi Fukahori, a survivor of the 1945 Nagasaki atomic bombing who devoted his life to advocating for peace and campaigning against nuclear weapons, has died. He was 93. Fukahori died at a hospital in Nagasaki, southwestern Japan, on Jan. 3, according to a statement on Sunday from the Urakami Catholic Church, …
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