‘Tone deaf’ Alec Baldwin ripped for ‘inappropriate’ Halyna Hutchins anniversary post

‘Tone deaf’ Alec Baldwin ripped for ‘inappropriate’ Halyna Hutchins anniversary post

Alec Baldwin is facing backlash for an “inappropriate” Instagram post remembering “Rust” cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the anniversary of her death. “One year ago today…” the 64-year-old actor on Friday captioned a picture of Hutchins behind a camera. Some commenters slammed him for the tribute because it was Baldwin who held the prop gun as … Read more

Fights, deaths, suicides: How Disney keeps the tragic out of the Magic Kingdom

Fights, deaths, suicides: How Disney keeps the tragic out of the Magic Kingdom

An 83-year-old veteran named Joseph Masters had a fatal heart attack and died while visiting Disney World with his family on Sept. 25, but the incident didn’t make the news until weeks later. That’s when local journalists obtained a report released by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, containing one important detail — Masters didn’t die at … Read more

TikToker discovered dead in field after disappearing

TikToker discovered dead in field after disappearing

A Brazilian TikTok influencer who went missing for two days has been found dead in her car after allegedly driving off a cliff. Authorities reportedly discovered the deceased woman, 41-year-old Raquel da Silva Moura Medeiros, in an overturned vehicle near the BR-364 motorway in Ariquemes, Rondônia State, on October 18, Jam Press reported. The Federal … Read more

María Salud Ramírez Caballero, inspiration for ‘Mama Coco,’ dead at 109

María Salud Ramírez Caballero, inspiration for ‘Mama Coco,’ dead at 109

María Salud Ramírez Caballero — the woman who allegedly inspired the character of Mamá Coco in the Disney film “Coco” — has died at age 109. Caballero passed away in Santa Fe de la Laguna on Oct. 16 in Michoacán, Western Mexico — where she was born over a century ago. She was reportedly known … Read more

Dear Abby: My new boyfriend is still in love with his dead wife

Dear Abby: My new boyfriend  is still in love with his dead wife

DEAR ABBY: I am a 42-year-old single mom who recently began a relationship with a wonderful man. I have two kids from my marriage to an ex who wasn’t very kind. We did our best for 16 years (we were young when we met) and finally had to go our separate ways. The man I’m … Read more

‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’ creator Kazuki Takahashi died trying to save woman, child

‘Yu-Gi-Oh!’ creator Kazuki Takahashi died trying to save woman, child

“Yu-Gi-Oh!” creator Kazuki Takahashi’s July death came after he tried to save a child, woman and a soldier from a treacherous rip current off the coast of Japan, a new report said. Original reports indicated that the creator of the “Yu-Gi-Oh!” empire was found dead after snorkeling in southwestern Japan. But new details revealed Wednesday … Read more

Colonoscopies may not reduce cancer deaths, study finds — but experts say you should still get one | CNN

Colonoscopies may not reduce cancer deaths, study finds — but experts say you should still get one | CNN

CNN  —  Colonoscopy may reduce the risk of dying of colorectal cancer by as much as 50%, but there’s a catch: It only works if you get the scan. That’s the big takeaway message from the first randomized trial of colonoscopy, published Sunday in The New England Journal of Medicine. Colonoscopy has been recommended as … Read more

Taking 10K steps may be associated with reduction in risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease deaths: study

Taking 10K steps may be associated with reduction in risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease deaths: study

Taking up to 10,000 steps every day may be associated with a reduction in the risk of death from cardiovascular disease, cancer and all-cause mortality, as well as the incidence of cancer and cardiovascular disease, according to research published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine. A group of international researchers found in a Sept. 12 … Read more

Strokes, heart attacks, sudden deaths: Does America understand the long-term risks of catching COVID?

Strokes, heart attacks, sudden deaths: Does America understand the long-term risks of catching COVID?

A 35-year-old acquaintance drops dead from a hemorrhagic stroke. A friend in her 40s, and another in his 70s, experience recurrent spells of extreme dizziness, their hearts pounding in their chests when they stand. A 21-year-old student with no prior medical history is admitted to the ICU with heart failure, while a 48-year-old avid tennis … Read more

Second COVID booster effective at preventing hospitalizations and deaths in nursing home residents: study

Second COVID booster effective at preventing hospitalizations and deaths in nursing home residents: study

A new study published this week found that the second COVID-19 booster that was made available to U.S. adults older than 50 this year was highly effective at protecting nursing home residents from hospitalizations and deaths, though its ability to prevent infections was not as potent. The analysis, published in the Centers for Disease Control … Read more

Alan Rickman’s diary reveals he wanted to quit ‘Harry Potter’ movies

Alan Rickman’s diary reveals he wanted to quit ‘Harry Potter’ movies

Alan Rickman had a career full of eclectic characters, however, probably one of his most memorable ones was playing professor Severus Snape in the “Harry Potter” series. Six years after the British actor’s death from pancreatic cancer, excerpts from his journals are set to be published in a book titled “Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of … Read more

N.J. reports 2,189 COVID cases, 9 deaths; number of daily positive tests up from last month

N.J. reports 2,189 COVID cases, 9 deaths; number of daily positive tests up from last month

New Jersey on Saturday reported another 2,189 confirmed COVID-19 cases and nine confirmed deaths as the number of positive tests rose over last month. The state’s seven-day average for confirmed coronavirus positive tests is 1,813, a 23% increase from a week ago and a 4% increase from a month ago. The rate of transmission was … Read more

N.J. reports 1,474 COVID cases, 12 deaths; rate of transmission surpasses key benchmark

N.J. reports 1,474 COVID cases, 12 deaths; rate of transmission surpasses key benchmark

New Jersey on Tuesday reported another 1,474 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 12 confirmed deaths a day after the state’s rate of transmission rose above a key benchmark. The rate of transmission was 1.04, up from 0.97 on Sunday. When the transmission rate is 1, that means cases have leveled off at the current numbers, while … Read more

Legendary Hollywood tough guy Henry Silva dead at 95

Legendary Hollywood tough guy Henry Silva dead at 95

Actor Henry Silva, known for playing gangsters, goons and henchmen in hundreds of films including “Ocean’s Eleven” and “The Manchurian Candidate,” died Wednesday. He was 95. Silva died of natural causes in Woodland Hills, California twenty years after retiring from an epic career that spanned five decades, his son told Variety Friday. The prolific actor … Read more

Karachi reports 4 deaths from dengue fever in September

Karachi reports 4 deaths from dengue fever in September

Four people have died due to dengue fever — a vector-borne viral disease that can easily be prevented by avoiding mosquito bites — in the month of September, according to the Sindh Health Department. Dengue fever has gripped several parts of the country in the wake of the rains. Since the year began, nine people … Read more

2022 Excess Deaths All Around the World Raise an Alarm

2022 Excess Deaths All Around the World Raise an Alarm

Rab Wardell, the newly crowned Scottish MTB XC champion, passed away in his sleep a few days after winning the Scottish cycling title at the age of 37. Katie Archibald, his partner and Olympic champion, tweeted that “he had suffered a cardiac arrest.” According to Archibald, although she tried her best to revive him, and … Read more

Fit and healthy Kiwis dying unexpectedly from mysterious adult condition

Fit and healthy Kiwis dying unexpectedly from mysterious adult condition

Piyata Touvre, 30, of Hokitika was found dead at a tanning salon in Swansea on May 28. photo / supplied Every year, otherwise healthy New Zealanders die without warning. The research hopes the new funding will prevent more deaths, writes health reporter Emma Russell. Efan Jones remembers saying goodbye to his 30-year-old wife and saying … Read more