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Sunday, May 12

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Skeletal remains found almost 40 years ago identified as woman who disappeared in 1968

www.nbcnews.com

A 1968 missing person case has finally been put to rest after authorities were able to positively identify remains that were discovered nearly 40 years ago at a beach in St.

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17-year-old Benue IDP scores 301 in UTME result

guardian.ng

A 17-year-old boy taking refuge in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Benue state has scored 301 in the last Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The boy, Aondona Terver, lives with his parents at the IDP camp at…

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62-Year-Old Man Who Received First-Ever Modified Pig Kidney Transplant Is Dead

www.naijanews.com

The world’s first person to receive a pig kidney transplant, Richard ‘Rick’ Slayman, has died barely two months after the surgery. Naija News reported that a genetically-edited pig kidney was transplanted into a 62-year-old man living with…

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First person to receive a genetically modified pig kidney transplant dies nearly 2 months later

www.boston.com

More than 100,000 people are on the national waiting list for a transplant, most of them kidney patients, and thousands die every year before their turn comes.

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18-year-old injured in shooting in Flagler Beach

www.clickorlando.com

A person was shot and injured Sunday evening in Flagler Beach, according to a news release.

I managed a dealership for 40 years on a week’s training – but playing car sales like chess will keep you ahead

www.the-sun.com

A PRACTICED car sales manager of over 40 years said he excelled at selling cars because he was a people person first.

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Richard 'Rick' Slayman, First Person To Receive Genetically Modified Pig Kidney Transplant at Massachusetts Hospital, Dies Nearly Two Months After Surgery

www.latestly.com

Richard “Rick” Slayman had the transplant at Massachusetts General Hospital in March at the age of 62. Surgeons said they believed the pig kidney would last for at least two years.

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106-year-old reclaims world record for oldest person to tandem skydive

nypost.com

An 106-year-old Texas man took back his title as the world’s oldest person to tandem skydive, according to Guinness World Records.

Saturday, May 11

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The highest-rated game of 2024 was made by just one person - and it costs less than £13

www.express.co.uk

Balatro is a poker roguelike available on PlayStation consoles, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and PC. It's also coming to iOS and Android later this year.

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‘They lured me, removed my kidney and offered me N1m’ – 16-year-old boy‘ tells Abuja court

newswirengr.com

16-year-old boy yesterday told an FCT High Court in Zuba that he was offered N1 million by Mr Emmanuel Olorunlaye, for his kidney to be removed at Alliance Hospital, Abuja. The teenager made this known while being led in evidence by the…

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Inside VP Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter Ella Emhoff’s ritzy $60 per person knitting club

nypost.com

The 24-year-old daughter of second gentleman Doug Emhoff and stepdaughter of Vice President Kamala Harris stuck to needlepoint for the $60-per-person event.

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Three, including 13-year-old girl killed, five injured after car turns turtle near Cuddalore

www.thehindu.com

Police said the driver of the car lost control and the vehicle fell into a ditch near Ramanatham; the injured persons have been hospitalised

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Arizona Cardinals agree to terms on 1-year deal with receiver Zay Jones, AP source says

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The Arizona Cardinals agreed to terms on Friday on a oneyear deal with receiver Zay Jones, according to a person with knowledge of the agreement.

Friday, May 10

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AP Source: Cardinals agree to terms on one-year deal with receiver Zay Jones

www.sportsnet.ca

The Arizona Cardinals agreed to terms on Friday on a one-year deal with receiver Zay Jones, according to a person with knowledge of the agreement.

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Measles case confirmed as experts fear UK faces worst outbreak in 12 years

www.mirror.co.uk

A person who attended Wrexham Maelor Hospital in North Wales has been found to have had measles as experts fear the UK faces the worst outbreak of the infection in 12 years

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Sipping a G&T on her deathbed, Shirley Conran fixes me with her startling blue eyes and delivers her final message to women - 56 years after launching Femail...

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A gin and tonic is not what you'd imagine a person to be sipping on their deathbed. But then Dame Shirley Conran was never ordinary. The last time we met, she described herself as a 'maverick'.

Thursday, May 9

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Masked man chokes, drags person with a belt

nypost.com

Horrifying video shows the moment a masked fiend used a belt to choke a woman unconscious on a Bronx street, before dragging her to the ground and raping her between two cars in a sickening attack last week. The terrifying ordeal unfolded…

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Person Impersonating Phillies' Trea Turner Scams 70-Year-Old Woman Out of $50,000

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A 70-year-old woman in Pennsylvania claims she was scammed out of $50,000 by a person pretending to be Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Trea Turner. The woman…