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Elijah Cummings, the Longtime Congressman From Maryland, Is Dead at 68
Rep. Elijah Cummings, the long-serving Democratic congressman from Maryland, died early Thursday morning at the age of 68. Cummings died at Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins Hospital at 2:45 a.m. Thursday “due to complications concerning longstanding health challenges,” the lawmaker’s office said in a statement, according to WBAL TV 11. Cummings, who had served in the House…
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13-Year-Old Maryland Boy Miraculously Survives Fall Where 6-Inch Nail Pierces His Brain
There must’ve been an angel by this kid’s side … because somehow he survived a fall in which a nail attached to a board went through his skull and pierced his brain. In fact, Darius Foreman not only survived but was able to go home on Thursday—his 13th birthday—after a dangerous and delicate neurosurgery at…
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Good Riddance to the Worst Show on Earth
“Ringling Bros. Circus Closing After 146 Years” I saw this and sarcastically said to myself, “Oh no! Not ‘The Greatest Show on Earth.’” Top articles covered: the 146 years of “greatness”; the mistreatment, abuse and murder of exotic animals, which led to battles with animal-rights groups; and the too-little, too-late attempt to hire its first…