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Jul 31

Happy Birthday, Keith Richards: Human Riff — But So Much More

BY GARY GATELY On this day, Keith Richards’ 76th birthday, let us celebrate small miracles. For he endures as rock ’n’ roll excess personified, Human Riff, Prodigal, pirate, bibliophile, ex-junkie who knows what it is to be at the precipice of death, more than once. Happy Birthday, Keef — and…

Keith Richards

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Jul 19

“Youth In Crisis” — Mental Health Challenges Soar During Pandemic

The pandemic exacted a heavy toll on US high school students last year, when 1 in 5 reported contemplating suicide and 44% said they persistently felt “sad or hopeless,” the CDC warned in a new report. The CDC said the findings show youth “in crisis” and reflect a “cry for…

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Jul 19

An Epidemic of Gun Violence In America, And You Never Hear Or Read About Most of the Carnage

Horrific mass shootings across America grab headlines and bring wall-to-wall cable news coverage. But other gun violence, an epidemic of carnage so numbingly common, has skyrocketed, shattering records. In a nation where murders by far surpass those of any other developed country: Deaths by firearms soared 35% in 2020, the…

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An Epidemic of Gun Violence In America, And You Never Hear Or Read About Most of the Carnage

Jul 19

Teen Overdose Deaths Soar. Most Victims Have No Idea Drugs Are Laced with Lethal Fentanyl.

Teen drug overdose deaths have more than doubled over the past few years, a spike driven largely by drugs laced with lethal doses of the powerful opioid fentanyl, according to a new study. The study, published in the medical journal JAMA, found that overdose deaths among 14- to 18-year-olds soared…

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Teen Overdose Deaths Soar. Most Victims Have No Idea Drugs Are Laced with Lethal Fentanyl.

Jul 19

12-Year-Old Woodworker’s Bowl Raises $320,500 for Ukrainian Children

Gabriel Clark, a 12-year-old northwest England boy, decided to put his considerable carpentry skills to work by making wooden bowls and selling them online so he could buy a mountain bike. Instead, he ended up raising more than $320,500 to help the children of Ukraine. A tweet from Gabriel’s father…

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12-Year-Old Woodworker’s Bowl Raises $320,500 for Ukrainian Children

Jul 19

A Terminally Ill Teacher’s Students Sing Her a Heartfelt Goodbye

It’s hard to imagine a more poignant tear-jerker of a goodbye to a beloved teacher than her students singing like a choir of angels to her outside the hospital as she prepares to enter a hospice with late-stage cancer. …

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A Terminally Ill Teacher’s Students Sing Her a Heartfelt Goodbye

Jul 19

In “Breakthrough Surgery,” Doctors Transplant Pig Heart Into Man

Photos from University of Maryland Medical Center

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In “Breakthrough Surgery,” Doctors Transplant Pig Heart Into Man

Jul 19

Cities Across America US Take Aim At Homeless People

In cities across America, hundreds of thousands of homeless people have been uprooted from the tents where they slept along downtown streets, under bridges, in alleyways. …

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Cities Across America US Take Aim At Homeless People

Jul 19

Biden Condemns Putin’s “Premeditated and Unprovoked” War On Ukraine

Biden in his first State of the Union address Tuesday night delivered a blistering attack against Russian President Vladimir Putin for his “premeditated and unprovoked” invasion of Ukraine and declared “freedom will always triumph over tyranny.” “Russia’s Vladimir Putin sought to shake the foundations of the free world … but…

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Biden Condemns Putin’s “Premeditated and Unprovoked” War On Ukraine

Jul 19

Teacher Exodus Leaves Nationwide Shortages

Teacher Exodus Leaves Nationwide Shortages Burned out, beaten down, and battered, teachers are bolting for the schoolhouse exits, moving on, and never looking back. Indeed, the exodus has led to a net loss of 600,000 teachers since January 2020. And a Rand Corporation report found that 25% of teachers were…

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