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  • Mortgage rates top 7% following hotter-than-expected inflation numbers

    04/12/2024 1:16:11 PM PDT · by lasereye · 17 replies
    Yahoo Finance ^ | April 11, 2024 | Gabriella Cruz-Martinez
    Homebuyers are feeling whiplashed by surging mortgage rates, and the outlook just turned grim. The average rate on the 30-year mortgage increased to 7.37% on Thursday, a steep climb from 7.11% at the beginning of the week, according to Mortgage News Daily. The quarter-point increase comes as rattled investors respond to a hotter-than-expected inflation reading. At the same time, a separate measure tracking weekly average rates rose to 6.88%, up from 6.82% the week prior, Freddie Mac found. Elevated rates have left would-be buyers in a pinch, causing both repeat and first-time buyers to step away from any purchase plans....
  • Doctors Sound Alarm About Cancer Epidemic in Young People: ‘We’ve NEVER Seen This Before’

    03/25/2024 12:04:37 PM PDT · by Sam77 · 79 replies
    Disswire.com ^ | 25 March 2024 | Bradley Greer
    Top doctors are warning that they are diagnosing an unprecedented amount of healthy young people with cancers, which are typically seen in older people. Specialist clinicians have reported much larger numbers of young and healthy people developing cancers.
  • British Airways 777 diverts to St Johns in Canada after pilot is incapacitated

    03/25/2024 11:23:15 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 46 replies
    Aerotime ^ | 2024-03-21 | BY LUKE PETERS
    A British Airways Boeing 777-200ER flying from New York-JFK to London-Gatwick (LGW) was forced to divert to St John’s in Newfoundland, Canada after one of the pilots became incapacitated. The flight, with flight number BA 2272, departed New York-JFK at 21:54 on March 14, 2024, for the seven-hour and 50-minute flight back to London, where it was due to land at 08:05 the following morning. However, after around three hours of flying eastbound and with the aircraft cruising at 40,000ft and 440 nautical miles northeast of St. John’s, the crew declared an emergency, reporting that one of the flight crew...
  • Winnsboro mourns the loss of high school angler Kale Robinson . ( Texas )

    02/21/2024 9:03:19 AM PST · by george76 · 40 replies
    Malang Post ^ | 2/19/2024 | Arief Fatkhurozi
    Community grieves as young fisherman's life cut short unexpectedly.. The community of Winnsboro, Texas, is united in sorrow following the devastating loss of a beloved high school student, Kale Robinson, who was an enthusiastic participant in the Texas High School BASS Association for three years. The grievous event occurred shortly after Robinson took part in a fishing tournament weigh-in on a Saturday, where he suffered a fatal medical emergency, leaving his family, friends, and the wider community in a state of profound grief. At Winnsboro High School, Robinson was a well-regarded figure, known for his zest for life and commitment...
  • ‘Perfectly Healthy’ Wife, 30, Died Suddenly in Front of Her Husband After Night Out Watching Football

    02/16/2024 1:30:12 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 60 replies
    The Sun (U.K.) ^ | 14 Feb 2024 | Alice Fuller
    The former air stewardess 'unexpectedly started shaking and going pale', an inquest heardA WOMAN described as "perfectly healthy" died after a night out watching the football with her husband, an inquest heard. Stacey Dannielle Harris and partner David enjoyed the World Cup final with friends a week before Christmas in 2022. Stacey Dannielle Harris died after a night out watching the football with her husband The 30-year-old with her partner David, who tried to save her life The couple, who had a "fantastic relationship", had a few drinks before returning to their home in Caerau, Cardiff, with a takeaway at...
  • Retail sales tumbled 0.8% in January, much more than expected

    02/15/2024 6:04:57 AM PST · by Eccl 10:2 · 32 replies
    CNBC ^ | 02/15/24 | Jeff Cox
    KEY POINTS Advance retail sales declined 0.8% for January, down from a 0.4% gain in December and worse than the estimate for a 0.3% drop. Sales at building materials and garden stores were especially weak, sliding 4.1%. Miscellaneous store sales fell 3% and motor vehicle parts and retailers saw a 1.7% decrease. Also, initial claims for unemployment insurance totaled 212,000 for the week ended Feb. 10, a decline of 8,000 from the previous week’s upwardly revised total and below the estimate for 220,000.
  • Furman leaders remember football player after sudden passing

    02/10/2024 1:06:00 PM PST · by DallasBiff · 11 replies
    Fox Carolina ^ | 2/9/24 | Fox Carolina News Staff
    GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - Bryce Stanfield, a student-athlete who was hospitalized after a medical emergency, has passed away, Furman University announced on Friday. Stanfield, a 21-year-old football player and health sciences major, collapsed during a workout Wednesday morning at Paladin Stadium. He was taken to the hospital and placed on life support. His coaches said he had a back strain that had limited what he could do before practices started, but it was something he had been dealing with and was being rehabbed to get ready for the season. They were not aware of any other medical issues
  • Prince Harry returns to UK to be at King Charles’ side, in rare moment of unity amid family rift

    02/06/2024 12:13:21 PM PST · by DallasBiff · 123 replies
    CNN ^ | 2/6/24 | Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster
    Prince Harry has flown back to the United Kingdom to see his father, according to media reports, after the shock announcement on Monday from Buckingham Palace that King Charles III has cancer. Harry, who arrived in London Tuesday from California, has been involved in a long-running, public falling out with his family in the years since he and wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, stepped back from royal duties, though the duke did make a brief visit to the UK for Charles’ coronation last year.
  • Junior Varsity Basketball Referee Collapses And Passes Away During Game

    02/05/2024 6:02:41 AM PST · by george76 · 20 replies
    100PercentFedUp ^ | Feb 4, 2024 | Danielle |
    A referee collapsed and passed away during halftime of a junior varsity boys basketball game in Pennsylvania Friday night. “Michael Roebuck, 45, a first-year official from New Stanton, was about to take the court for the second half of a game between Yough and Mt. Pleasant when he dropped to the floor ... Mount Pleasant school Superintendent Timothy Gabauer issued a statement Saturday morning about the referee’s sudden passing. “Our school community is deeply saddened by the death of Mr. Roebuck that occurred during halftime of the Junior Varsity basketball game ... Despite the immediate medical response and efforts of...
  • Farmington (UT) woman dies 1 day after cancer diagnosis, leaves behind husband and twin daughters

    01/29/2024 11:58:59 AM PST · by LiberalismDestroys · 30 replies
    KSL ^ | 1/29/24 | Arianne Brown
    Toddler twin daughters, a husband and countless others are mourning the loss of a woman gone too soon.LayCee Barnett, 28, who had just learned she was expecting another child, felt what her husband Josh Barnett described as flu-like symptoms on Jan. 10. Days later, she got news that shook her world — and then immediately took her from it. "The Wednesday before the 15th, LayCee started getting sick, so we waited a couple of days with things not changing," Josh Barnett recalled. "Fevering started happening and then her legs got really weak, so we went to the Instacare,
  • Amanda Hanson, 'beloved' Tennessee journalist, dies at 38

    01/29/2024 10:56:02 AM PST · by bray · 29 replies
    NBC News ^ | 1/29/24 | Mirna Alsharif
    KAIT, a news station in Arkansas that Hanson worked for from 2010 to 2015 and again from 2018 to 2021, said she "had a medical emergency earlier this week and died from complications." It's not clear what the medical emergency was at this time.
  • Former Queens Councilman Paul Vallone dead at 56 after heart attack

    01/29/2024 4:27:03 AM PST · by rightwingintelligentsia · 8 replies
    NY Post ^ | January 28, 2024 | Carl Campanile, Alex Oliveira
    Former Queens city Councilman Paul Vallone — a member of a long line of local leading public servants — died unexpectedly Saturday evening. He was 56. Vallone, who was currently serving as New York City’s Veterans Services deputy commissioner, suffered a fatal heart attack at his home and was rushed to a Flushing hospital but could not be revived, sources close to his family told The Post on Sunday. The married father of three was “upbeat” and “happy” the day before he died, Queens Civic Congress President Warren Schreiber told the Queens Chronicle. “It’s a big blow to the community,”...
  • High school girls basketball player collapses, dies during game, reports say

    01/29/2024 4:29:42 AM PST · by george76 · 40 replies
    13 abc - Gray News ^ | Jan. 27, 2024 | Jordan Gartner
    Amari Crite, 14, died while participating in a basketball game this week.. MOMENCE, Ill. () - A girls high school basketball player reportedly collapsed and died this week in Illinois. According to multiple reports, 14-year-old Amari Crite died on Thursday after collapsing on the court while playing a home game at Momence High School. The Daily Journal reports that Momence School District Superintendent Shannon Anderson issued the following statement that read in part: “We are deeply saddened to confirm the heartbreaking news of the passing of one of our 9th-grade students on January 25, 2024. Our thoughts and condolences go...
  • Memphis Action News 5 Anchor Passes Away at Just 38 Years Old

    01/27/2024 12:41:08 PM PST · by Red Badger · 18 replies
    Gateway Pundit ^ | Jan. 27, 2024 12:00 pm | By Cassandra MacDonald
    Amanda Hanson, an anchor with Action 5 News in Memphis, Tennessee, died on Thursday at just 38 years old. Hanson had a “medical emergency” earlier in the week that led to fatal complications, but details about what happened have not been publicly released. “We are devastated to announce the loss of our colleague Amanda Hanson,” the station announced in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “Amanda, a beloved journalist, Memphian, colleague and friend, joined the Action News 5 team in 2021 and was the driving force behind the Action News 5 Digital Desk. She was 38...
  • Journalist who tried to cancel Novak Djokovic over not taking COVID vaccine collapses and dies while covering Australian Open

    01/20/2024 12:37:54 PM PST · by CFW · 91 replies
    Human Events ^ | 1/20/24 | staff
    The sports journalism community is mourning the sudden passing of Mike Dickson, a prominent figure in tennis reporting. Dickson, who was set to celebrate his 60th birthday on January 27, died suddenly while in Melbourne for the Australian Open. The news of his death was confirmed through a social media post by his wife and children. "We are devastated to announce that our wonderful husband and Dad, Mike, has collapsed and died while in Melbourne for the Aus Open," read the message shared via Dickson's X account. "For 38 years, he lived his dream covering sport all over the world....
  • Canada’s Pole Vaulting Record Holder, 29, Dies Suddenly

    01/19/2024 5:36:08 AM PST · by Red Badger · 32 replies
    Daily Fetched ^ | January 19, 2024 | Jason Walsh
    Canadian world champion pole vaulter Shawn Barber died suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of 29. Barber’s agent confirmed in a statement that the athlete had died at his home in Kingwood, Texas, on Wednesday. The cause of death has not yet been revealed. “More than just an incredible athlete, Shawn was such a good-hearted person that always put others ahead of himself,” Doyle said Thursday. “It’s tragic to lose such a good person at such a young age.” World Atheletics account on X posted their condolences: “Keep flying, Shawn. World Athletics is deeply saddened by the passing of Shawn...
  • So Many Obituaries. So Much Death.

    01/18/2024 11:45:44 PM PST · by george76 · 117 replies
    Emerald Robinson’s The Right Way ^ | JAN 18, 2024 | Emerald Robinson
    COVID-19 vaccine-induced myocarditis is killing millions of people now.. I woke up this morning and read the news that Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic had a sudden heart attack and died on Tuesday during a team dinner. He was 46... That same day, British sports journalist Mike Dickson died suddenly at the age of 59. The cause of death was conspicuous by its absence in the obituaries — but the man collapsed and died without warning at the Australian Open. ... The day before yesterday, former NFL linebacker Ronald Powell died at the age of 32. No cause of death...
  • Golden State Warriors Assistant Dejan Milojević Dies After Suffering Heart Attack

    01/17/2024 12:54:33 PM PST · by Enlightened1 · 25 replies
    Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojević died Wednesday after suffering a heart attack at a private team dinner in Salt Lake City on Tuesday night, the team announced. “We are absolutely devastated by Dejan’s sudden passing,” head coach Steve Kerr said in a statement. “This is a shocking and tragic blow for everyone associated with the Warriors and an incredibly difficult time for his family, friends and all of us who had the incredible pleasure to work with him.” The seriousness of the situation led the NBA to postpone Wednesday’s game between the Warriors and the Utah Jazz. The...
  • Warriors Assistant Coach Dejan Milojevic Dead at 46 After Heart Attack

    01/17/2024 1:13:06 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 32 replies
    New York Post ^ | Jan. 17, 2024 | Jenna Lemoncelli
    Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic died on Wednesday after suffering a heart attack the day prior, the team announced. “We are absolutely devastated by Dejan Milojević’s sudden passing,” the Warriors said in a statement. “This is a shocking and tragic blow for everyone associated with the Warriors and an incredibly difficult time for his family, friends, and all of us who had the incredible pleasure to work with him. “… We grieve with and for his wife, Natasa, and their children, Nikola and Masa.” The 46-year-old Serbian coach was hospitalized in Salt Lake City, Utah, Tuesday night after...
  • Michael Strahan’s daughter Isabella, 19, has malignant brain tumor

    01/13/2024 8:00:39 PM PST · by Red Badger · 17 replies
    NY Daily News ^ | January 11, 2024 at 4:14 p.m. | By MURI ASSUNÇÃO
    Michael Strahan’s daughter Isabella, 19, has shared her brain cancer diagnosis. (GMA / ABC) Michael Strahan’s 19-year-old daughter Isabella is undergoing treatment for medulloblastoma, a malignant brain tumor that starts in the lower part of the brain, the teen and her dad said in an interview that aired Thursday on “Good Morning America.” The “GMA” co-anchor and his daughter opened up about her diagnosis, speaking with Strahan’s fellow host, cancer survivor Robin Roberts, who called it a “very emotional morning” at the ABC morning news show. Isabella Strahan, who began her freshman year at the University of Southern California in...