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Two families sue North Dakota hospital on allegations babies were switched at birth
Two men, Kyle Bylin and Jeremy Morrison, are suing a North Dakota hospital, alleging staff switched them at birth more than 36 years ago. The lawsuit, filed against Christian Unity Hospital Corporation (trading as Unity Medical Center in Grafton), highlights the potentially life-altering consequences of hospital identification errors and adds to a string of similar…
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“We drank a lot because of the blow and we got blown a lot because we drank a lot.” The wired story of Aerosmith’s drug-fuelled classic Rocks
This feature revisits Aerosmith’s 1976 album Rocks, examining how it built on the breakthrough success of 1975’s Toys In The Attic while capturing the band at the height of their touring fame and escalating drug use. The piece frames Rocks as a heavier, darker sibling to its predecessor, arguing that its rawer sound and lyrical…
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Shock twist as father was allegedly set on fire by his son before he was found dead outside his home with ‘significant burns’
A man has died after allegedly being set alight by his son during an altercation at the family home in Glenmore Park, Australia. He was found dead outside the property with significant burns, and the case is now the subject of a police investigation into the circumstances of his death. Details remain limited, with the…
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Outrage as murderer is allowed Ozempic and plastic surgery – on the taxpayer’s dime – while ‘overeating’ on ‘lollies, chips and chocolate’
A prisoner named Alicia Schiller, who is serving a 16-year sentence for murder, has sparked public anger after reportedly being given access to the weight-loss drug Ozempic and plastic surgery at public expense. Critics have questioned why taxpayer funds are being used to provide such treatments to a convicted killer, particularly amid claims that she…
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Man, 38, fired on drug rival’s Range Rover with shotgun ‘in broad daylight’ on Rotherham street
“You could have killed someone so easily”
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‘The minute I had success, I stopped taking drugs’: John Waters on 60 years of screen carnage
As Hairspray and his ‘angriest movie’ Desperate Living are rereleased, the ‘Pope of Trash’ reflects on dead dogs, dirty rats, ‘that lunatic RFK’ and why there are no novelty dances any more John Waters still remembers the day his 1988 comedy Hairspray was awarded a PG certificate. “It was horrible,” he says. Until then, Waters,…
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Dirty workplace drug habit on the rise in Australia: ‘Incredibly dangerous’
A dirty workplace habit is on the rise in Australia.
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One in four heart disease deaths could be linked to eating ultra-processed crisps, biscuits and ready meals
New research presented at the at the International Congress on Obesity in Mexico suggests deaths will fall significantly if people cut their intake of UPFs.
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Kelly Bensimon says she’s lucky to be alive after horror head-on crash left her unconscious
Kelly Bensimon says she was briefly unconscious after a head-on Uber crash left her and celebrity chef Andrew Molen hospitalized with injuries.
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“I Can’t Hear Music”: 80s Pop-Rock Icon Is “Basically Deaf” Following Ménière’s Disease Diagnosis
Photo by Erika Goldring/Getty Images Huey Lewis can no longer hear without the assistance of technology, and, as such, music is no longer a part of his life. The post “I Can’t Hear Music”: 80s Pop-Rock Icon Is “Basically Deaf” Following Ménière’s Disease Diagnosis appeared first on American Songwriter.