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Arizona State hockey player, Blues draft pick hospitalized after collapsing during training
Arizona State hockey player Matthew Mayich remains in hospital after reportedly collapsing during an outdoor off-ice training session last Thursday. The university is reviewing the circumstances, while the St. Louis Blues, who drafted Mayich in 2023, and the Ontario Hockey League have expressed support for his recovery. Mayich, 21, is a defenceman from Stoney Creek,…
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Kehlani Cancels 2 Tour Dates After Hospitalization: ‘Breaks My Heart to Ever Have to Do This’
Kehlani cancelled two world tour dates after being hospitalised with a painful illness that left her unable to swallow and medically unfit to sing. The Grammy-winning singer apologised to affected fans and said the decision, though upsetting, was necessary to protect her health. The cancelled shows were in Camden, New Jersey, and the Washington, DC…
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FDA approves once-daily pill for deadly cancer after patients’ survival rates nearly double
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Rasonque, a once-daily tablet for adults with previously treated metastatic pancreatic cancer. The approval matters because pancreatic adenocarcinoma is particularly difficult to treat and often diagnosed after it has spread, while trial results suggested the drug could extend survival substantially compared with standard chemotherapy. Rasonque, made by…
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5 Things About Dolly Parton You Didn’t Know: From Producing ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ to the COVID Vaccine
The article reports Dolly Parton’s death aged 80 and highlights charitable work and advocacy alongside her music and film career. – She founded the Imagination Library in 1995, which had distributed more than 300 million free children’s books by 2025. – Her $1 million donation to Vanderbilt supported Covid-19 research connected to the development of…
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Florida Catholics slap down state AG by rejecting religious vaccine exemptions
Florida’s Catholic bishops have rejected an attempt by state Attorney General James Uthmeier to pressure Catholic schools into granting religious exemptions from vaccination requirements. They said the state has no authority to interpret Catholic doctrine or condition school funding on accepting exemptions that church leaders believe lack a religious basis, highlighting a clash between Florida’s…
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Eric Clapton and John Mayer Join Forces for Limited-Edition Guitar Collection in Aid of Charity: Shop Here
Guitar Center has launched its exclusive 2026 Crossroads guitar collection, created with Eric Clapton and including a new John Mayer x PRS Silver Sky model. The limited-run instruments support Clapton’s Crossroads Centre Antigua, a treatment and education centre for people affected by alcohol and chemical dependency. – The collection is available in Guitar Center shops…
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Dolly Parton’s private cancer battle highlights why some patients don’t share their diagnoses
Dolly Parton’s family said she died on Tuesday after a brief, previously undisclosed battle with cancer, surrounded by loved ones at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. The article uses her decision to keep the illness private to explore why people with cancer may delay sharing a diagnosis, including the emotional shock of adapting to it and concern…
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Dolly Parton reflects on Carl Dean marriage and tabloid rumours
The article examines Dolly Parton’s long marriage to Carl Dean, portraying it as a lasting but complex relationship shaped by fame, personal loss and persistent tabloid speculation. It says Dean’s death deeply affected Parton and revisits claims about alleged affairs, rumours about her sexuality and the inspiration for “Jolene”, while stressing that Parton often dismissed…
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Fourteen babies die in Islamabad hospital fire as Dolly Parton dies aged 80
DNA testing is needed to identify the infant victims of a Pakistani hospital blaze, while India confirms its first Gaganyaan test launch this year, Waspi women await Burnham’s pension pledge, and County Fermanagh celebrates a barn owl breeding boom.