[ad_1] CNN — Jeff Cook, one of the original members of the country band Alabama, has died, according to the group’s representative, Don Murry Grubbs. He was 73. Cook died at his vacation home in Destin, Florida on Monday “with his family and close friends by his side,” according to …
Read More »Leslie Phillips: Carry On and Harry Potter star dies aged 98
[ad_1] London CNN — Leslie Phillips, the British actor who starred in the Carry On movie franchise and later voiced the Sorting Hat in the Harry Potter films, has died at the age of 98. Phillips passed away “peacefully in his sleep” on Monday, his agent Jonathan Lloyd confirmed to …
Read More »Subtropical Storm Nicole: Florida residents still recovering from Hurricane Ian are being asked to prepare for a possible tropical system later in the week
[ad_1] CNN — Florida officials are warning residents, including those recently hit by the destructive Hurricane Ian, that a tropical system could bring heavy rain and damaging winds this week. The warning comes as Subtropical Storm Nicole has formed in the southwest Atlantic about 555 miles east of northwestern Bahamas, …
Read More »China doubles down on zero-Covid pledge as public frustration mounts
[ad_1] Hong Kong CNN — China has reiterated its unswerving commitment to its longstanding zero-Covid policy, despite mounting public frustration the stringent measures are costing the very lives they’re intended to protect. Unfounded rumors of an exit from the costly strategy had sent Chinese stocks soaring last week, but at …
Read More »Aaron Carter’s brother Nick honors the late singer: ‘God, please take care of my baby brother’
[ad_1] CNN — Aaron Carter’s older brother Nick is heartbroken after the singer’s death at the age of 34, he wrote in a post on Instagram Sunday, saying that despite their “complicated relationship,” his love for Carter “has never ever faded.” “I have always held onto the hope, that he …
Read More »Decades of Black history were lost in an overgrown Pennsylvania cemetery until a group of volunteers unearthed more than 800 headstones
[ad_1] North York, Pennsylvania CNN — Before she became one of America’s most-decorated Special Olympics athletes, before the made-for-TV movie and the shared stages with actor Denzel Washington and Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, Loretta Claiborne was a great-granddaughter – of one Anna Johnson. Johnson died mysteriously after the …
Read More »Mother seeks further investigation into death of sons who died after firefighters failed to properly search burning home
[ad_1] CNN — The mother of two boys who died following a house fire in Michigan earlier this year is pushing for an independent investigation after two firefighters were accused of lying about properly searching for survivors. Zyaire Mitchell, 12, and his brother Lamar, 9, died soon after a fire …
Read More »Aaron Carter, singer, dead at 34
[ad_1] CNN — Aaron Carter, a former child pop singer and younger brother of Backstreet Boys’ Nick Carter, has died, a source close to the family told CNN. He was 34. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department told CNN they responded to a call for help at …
Read More »5 people found dead in Maryland home after a reported shooting, authorities say
[ad_1] CNN — Five people were found dead in a southern Maryland home Friday afternoon after gunfire was reported there, authorities said. The bodies were found in a house in La Plata, roughly a 35-mile drive south of Washington, DC, by law enforcement officers around 4 p.m. after a witness …
Read More »Lessons from past outbreaks can stop new epidemics in their tracks
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the CDC from 2009-2017, oversaw responses to the H1N1 influenza, Ebola and Zika epidemics, is President and CEO of Resolve to Save Lives, and Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations. Precious Matsoso is the former Director-General of …
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