India's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered a national task force to examine how to bolster security for healthcare workers after the "horrific" rape and murder of a doctor sparked medical strikes and furious protests. Story by Emerald Maxwell.

India top court creates taskforce on workplace safety as doctors' strike enters second week

A nationwide strike by healthcare workers launched after the rape and murder of a 31-year-old female doctor in Kolkata has escalated, with protests taking place across India in favor of stronger laws to protect medical personnel and better protection for women. Thousands of outraged Indian protesters, including arch-rival football fans...

Thousands in India join nationwide protests over doctor's rape and murder

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A SCHOOLGIRL was found dead in her bed just hours after telling her mum she felt "really sick", an inquest heard. Bethany Tricia Brown, 13, had missed school after complaining she felt unwell and had been vomiting. She went into her mum Phillipa's room at around 2am, saying: "Mum, I...

‘Bubbly’ girl, 13, went to bed then never woke up after telling mum she felt ‘really sick’, inquest told

A MUM’S “beautiful” newborn baby died in her arms after she was repeatedly told there was “nothing to worry about.” Louise Martin’s son Joshua was diagnosed with group B strep (GBS) three days after he was born and the infection left to severe complications including brain damage. GBS is the most common cause of infection […]

My ‘beautiful’ newborn baby died in my arms after I was repeatedly told there was ‘nothing to worry about’

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[Note: Unless otherwise indicated, the commentary and quotes in this article are from the author's interview with those mentioned.]. Elizabeth Montgomery was one of the most popular actors from the 1950s to her unfortunate passing from cancer in 1995. Before, during, and after her benchmark Emmy-nominated role as twitch-witch Samantha Stephens on TV's Bewitched (ABC, 1964-1972), Montgomery made over 200 additional appearances in other weekly shows, TV-movies, and feature films.

'Bewitched' Star Elizabeth Montgomery Received Death Threats for Protesting the Vietnam War

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A British holidaymaker died after going swimming in the sea in Turkey where he picked up an extremely rare flesh-eating bacteria that doctors were unable to stop from spreading despite amputating his leg twice.Phillip Maile, 65, from Worthing, West Sussex, was diagnosed with a deadly skin infection called necrotising fasciitis while holidaying in Oludeniz, Turkey, with his wife, Vanessa, in September 2022.His leg started quickly turning black and blue a few days after going swimming in the Mediterranean despite his wound being dressed in a waterproof bandage and being told that salt water would be “beneficial”.The father-of-three was rushed to...

Dad died from flesh-eating bacteria after swimming on holiday in Turkey

A "BRAIN DEAD" woman has stunned doctors with a "miracle" hours before her life support was set to be switched off. Emma Price, 32, from Pitsea in Essex, suffered significant brain damage after attempting to take her own life. Last week doctors told Emma's family that she was brain dead...

‘Brain dead’ woman, 32, stuns doctors with ‘miracle’ hours before her life support was switched off

Dennis and Dorothy Vesty have been together for 68 years but may be moved to separate homes.

'Heartbroken' couple fear being split by home closure

FOR years, doctors repeatedly told mum Lesley Walsh to give her son Calpol. Little Thomas Pickles was vomiting and had headaches - but medics brushed him off as having mild infections that didn't require medical attention. However, in June 2023, aged six, the youngster collapsed and died in his mother's...

My boy went from playing outside to collapsing in my arms and dying – for years doctors just told me to give him Calpol

A MAN has been killed by his own XL Bully dog - with cops shooting the animal dead. Police were called to Accrington, Lancashire, yesterday evening around 9.30pm by ambulance crews to reports of a dog attack. David Daintree, 53, the owner of the animal, was confirmed to have died...

Man mauled to death by his own XL Bully at home as cops shoot dog dead

A two-year-old girl fell unconscious and had to be hospitalised after drinking a Slush Puppie. Arla Agnew "turned grey" when her blood sugars plummeted after only half a cup of the icy drink at a friend’s house on Saturday. Her mother Carys, from Stranraer, said doctors believed this was...

Toddler 'turned grey and passed out' after drinking Slush Puppie

A WOMAN has shared a room tour of the annexe she lives in after falling pregnant at university. Bethany, from the UK, revealed she moved into her mum’s annexe with her partner and baby to be close to her family while they sorted out their own housing. In the clip, the mum took viewers around […]

I got pregnant at uni, now I pay rent to live in my mum’s annexe with my partner & baby – our whole life’s in that room

A 90-year-old great grandmother has finally discovered where two of her three stillborn babies are buried almost seven decades after she gave birth to them. Betty Rawsthorne, from Wirral, Merseyside, was helped by Gina Jacobs, who has assisted dozens of bereaved parents find the graves of their stillborn babies after she tracked down her baby son after 53 years.

'I've found my babies' graves 67 years on'

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Disclaimer: This article was written with the help of A.I. software. On July 28, 2024, a TikTok video posted by Erica W., known as @tasteofmelanin on the platform, garnered significant attention after she exposed disturbing racist decorations in an Airbnb rental. The incident occurred in a rental property that Erica had booked, although the exact location remains unspecified. The video has since gone viral, prompting widespread concern and leading to the removal of the listing from Airbnb's platform.

Airbnb Listing Taken Down After Black Woman Finds Hanging Monkeys and Cotton Used As Decor

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A distraught father couldn't help but cry over his daughter's body as she's wheeled off in her hospital bed to donate her organs following a deadly fight with her boyfriend, which ended with a fatal head injury

Dad sobs over daughter's brain-dead body as she's rolled away to donate organs after deadly fight with boyfriend

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Ten sets of twins are set to start primary school in one area of Scotland, marking the fourth consecutive year the twin count has hit double figures.Dubbed “Twinverclyde” for its high volume of twins, the 20 children will start at various schools across Inverclyde on Friday.The council’s twins record was set in 2015, when 19 sets began primary school.This year marks the fourth in a row of 10 or more sets of twins starting primary one in Inverclyde, with double figures in 10 out of the last 12 years.Six of the 10 pairs of twins starting school this week gathered...

‘Twinverclyde’ seeing double as 10 sets of twins prepare to start school

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The woman who shot a video of a hydrothermal explosion in Yellowstone National Park on Tuesday morning told WyoFile she and her family were terrified as the blast sent boiling water and rocks skyward, destroying parts of a boardwalk, its guardrail and a nearby bench.

Yellowstone hydrothermal explosion: ‘We were terrified’

A YOUNG mum-to-be suddenly died after she went for a nap, just days after discovering she was pregnant. Leah Roberts was five months along when she failed to wake up after going for a lie-down. The 21-year-old from Cwmbran, Wales, had only found out three days before her death that she was expecting a baby girl, […]

Mum-to-be, 21, ‘went for a nap and never woke up’ after already naming her baby girl

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Breana and Matthew Dell welcomed conjoined twins in February, who were only alive for an hour. Breana Dell shares the heartbreaking yet awe-inspiring experience with Fox News Digital.

Atlanta couple’s conjoined twin daughters, fused at the heart, lived for just 1 hour: ‘Gift from God’

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A local Walmart employee was recently arrested on a misdemeanor charge after allegedly stealing over $60 worth of merchandise from the store. Additionally, she faced a felony charge after officers discovered suspected methamphetamine in her locker during the arrest.

Douglas Walmart Employee Arrested for Methamphetamine Possession and Shoplifting

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Agony mounts for patients in India doctors' strike

Oresa Khatoon dreads her son might die without treatment, with doctors from government-run hospitals entering a second week of strikes withholding non-essential services -- and demanding...

Agony mounts for patients in India doctors' strike

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