Powerful Earthquake And Aftershocks Kill Thousands And Injure Many More In Western Afghanistan
People gather on the streets in Herat on October 7, 2023. A magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit western Afghanistan October 7 morning, the United States Geological Survey said, followed by four large aftershocks with epicentres close to the region’s largest city. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images) – via Getty Images ISLAMABAD (AP) — The death […]
As The Deaths Pile Up, Experts Ask: Why Are Police Involved In Mental Health Crises?
Gershun Freeman died inside a Memphis, Tennessee, jail in October. A few months later, in March, Irvo Otieno perished inside a state hospital shortly after police and hospital staff knelt on him for several minutes. Aside from being two more Black men in America who died in police custody, their stories share another commonality: Both […]
Duran Duran’s Andy Taylor’s Prostate Cancer
In October 2018, guitarist and founding member of Duran Duran Andy Taylor was riding high. He had just signed a solo record deal and looked forward to starting this next phase of his life. However, he had also noticed that something seemed “off” while jogging, something he described as “arthritic” pain. Shortly after, he noticed […]
Mandy Moore’s Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura
Actress/singer Mandy Moore is pregnant with her second child, which is due this October. The This is Us co-star recently revealed that she will have an unmedicated birth with this child as she did with her first, a boy named Gus. She is unable to receive epidural anesthesia during delivery because she has immune thrombocytopenic […]