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Norma Hunt, wife of the Kansas City Chiefs founder, dies at 85

Mon, 06/05/2023 - 05:12

Norma Hunt was the only woman who has attended every Super Bowl, including the Chiefs' February win, the third in franchise history.

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A man searches desperately for his nephew, who is missing after India's train crash

Mon, 06/05/2023 - 05:00

Nitam Roy, a construction worker and a father of two, was on one of the trains that crashed in India's eastern state of Odisha. His uncle is hoping he can at least find some trace of his nephew.

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With few MDs practicing in rural areas, a different type of doctor is filling the gap

Mon, 06/05/2023 - 05:00

The number of doctors of osteopathy is surging, and more than half of them practice in primary care, including in rural areas hit hard by doctor shortages.

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Robert Kennedy was killed 55 years ago. How should he be remembered?

Mon, 06/05/2023 - 05:00

On June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was gunned down in a hotel in Los Angeles. Kennedy, a presidential hopeful who was memorialized as a liberal icon, was complicated and contradictory.

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He took away the country's top AAA rating in 2011. He ended up fearing for his life

Mon, 06/05/2023 - 05:00

John B. Chambers led the team at ratings agency S&p that decided to downgrade the country's AAA rating in 2011. It was a big decision, and it took a personal toll — but he has no regrets.

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A 97-year-old Los Angeles church catches on fire for the 2nd time in 2 years

Mon, 06/05/2023 - 01:38

The St. John's United Methodist Church first caught fire in February 2022. It had still been holding services in the parking lot as the sanctuary was being renovated when the second fire broke out.

An Australian mother jailed 20 years is pardoned and freed because of new evidence

Mon, 06/05/2023 - 00:24

The pardon was seen as the quickest way of getting Kathleen Folbigg out of prison, as new scientific evidence found that her four children died by natural causes as she had insisted.

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