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In cities across the country, police departments have attempted to quell unrest spurred by the death of George Floyd by firing rubber bullets into crowds, even though five decades of evidence shows such weapons can disable, disfigure and even kill.
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Mashup Score: 33Insurance Denies Newborn Twins Life-Saving Treatment for Fatal Genetic Disorder: 'Hard to Cope' - 16 day(s) ago
An insurance company has denied newborn twins a one-time genetic treatment that could cure their spinal muscular atrophy — otherwise they are likely to die before their second birthday.
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Ozempic — the diabetes drug that has become a popular weight-loss tool — works on pleasure receptors in the brain, which an expert says may impact the desire to drink alcohol or have sex.
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Mashup Score: 0High School Student Says She Posted Her College Rejection Online 'to Share the Realness' (Exclusive) - 24 day(s) ago
Nicole Laeno opens up in an exclusive conversation with PEOPLE about why she shared her emotional college rejection letter online.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the Heartbeat Protection Act into law, which bans abortions after six weeks and increases restrictions to the standing exceptions
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Mashup Score: 18Pearl Jam Announces New Album and 2024 World Tour as Eddie Vedder Declares Band Has Made Its 'Best Work' - 29 day(s) ago
Pearl Jam will release its 12th album ‘Dark Matter’ in April, before a world tour kicks off the following month. Eddie Vedder describes the new album as the band’s “best work.”
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Mashup Score: 121Boy, 12, Struggles with Long Covid for 4 Years, Says It’s ‘Worse Than Actual Covid’ - 1 month(s) ago
Theo Huot de Saint-Albin says long Covid “lurks” in the background, causing brain fog, pain and migraines that keep him from attending school regularly.
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Mashup Score: 7Women Who Drink More Than 8 Drinks a Week Have a Higher Risk of Heart Disease: Study - 1 month(s) ago
A Kaiser Permanente Northern California study found that binge drinking, more than 3 alcoholic beverages per day, puts women at a higher risk for heart disease.
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Mashup Score: 1Aaron Lazar Says He 'Agonized' Over Telling His Sons About His ALS Diagnosis: 'I Just Surrendered' (Exclusive) - 1 month(s) ago
Aaron Lazar opens up to PEOPLE about his journey with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and how he first told his two sons about his diagnosis.
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Mashup Score: 199 Norwegian Cruise Passengers Reportedly Stranded on African Island After Captain Wouldn't Let Them on Board - 2 month(s) ago
The group of stranded American and Australian passengers includes four elderly people, one with a heart condition and a pregnant woman
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Feeling a sense of deja vu, as cops fire rubber bullets into crowds of war protesters. I wrote this during the George Floyd protests: The Rubber Bullets Police Are Using on Protesters Can Kill, Blind or Maim for Life https://t.co/ctkjiWYo4s via @people 1/5