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Connecticut is set to pay nearly $5.9 million to the family of a disabled man who was wrongly imprisoned for more than two decades before he was freed in 2015 when his 1992 conviction in the murder and rape of an 88-year-old grandmother was overturned.—
Landon Mion,
Fox News,
26 Jan. 2025 -
An Arizona grandmother has been charged with caging her mentally disabled teenage granddaughter and abusing her to death earlier this week.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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Collectively, these films cover topics such as Native American rights, media reporting on transgender issues, decolonization, disabled communities and navigating Hollywood as a deaf actor.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2025
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Gladys Anthony, who is deaf, died in surgery at a Saint Louis hospital after the attack in her Walnut Park West neighborhood, the St. Louis Metro Police Department reported.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
28 Jan. 2025
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Just remove the weak and diseased branches as well as those that point to the center or rub against others.—
Nan Sterman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Feb. 2025
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The new proposal would allow homeowners to down trees with trunks smaller than 18 inches in diameter, anything wrecked by a hurricane or during hurricane cleanup, anything considered diseased or damaged and anything non-native — a massive expansion of current policy.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
7 Jan. 2025
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Zverev defeated the ailing Novak Djokovic after just one set, when the 10-time champ elected to retire from the match.—
Chris Branch,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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At the end of the 1972-73 season an ailing Law suffered the undeserved indignity of learning from a television report that he had been allowed to leave Old Trafford on a free transfer.—
Sam Pilger,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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But there is no precedent for forcibly removing an incapacitated member who had taken the oath of office that Congress.—
Emily Brooks,
The Hill,
27 Dec. 2024
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Both were charged with felony neglect of an incapacitated adult by a caregiver resulting in the incapacitated adult’s death.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
8 Jan. 2025
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Even Democrats, who say Patel is unqualified and unfit for the role, seemed resigned to his fate.—
Eric Cortellessa,
TIME,
30 Jan. 2025
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Already, we’ve been disappointed by the body’s willingness to sign off on unfit nominees like Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, but here is where there must be a bipartisan drawing of the line.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
30 Jan. 2025
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Medical Guidance on Flying With Illnesses For those who feel unwell but must travel, experts suggest taking precautions to reduce the risk of spreading illness.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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For every case such as Tomasini’s, there are several more in which people who advocates believe pose no threat to the public are unwell and kept behind bars, said Su Kim, senior policy manager for Uncommon Law, an organization that supports prisoners and sponsored AB 960.—
Mackenzie Mays,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Jan. 2025
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Most cases were blamed on direct contact with sick animals, except for three that have befuddled investigators who failed to identify a likely source.—
Alexander Tin,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2025
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Health officials emphasize that any sick birds or cattle are kept out of the food supply.—
Dee-Ann Durbin,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2025
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