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No Mahomes, as Packers and Chiefs Meet on Sunday Night Football
It was supposed to be a Sunday night celebration of two of the NFL’s storied franchises, the Green Bay Packers and Kansas City Chiefs, teams that played in the first Super Bowl and each led these days by transcendent quarterbacks.
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Brain Exams Aim to Predict Who Is at Risk of Committing Murder
Cutting-edge research is revealing new ways to potentially prevent violent acts, including mass shootings, years before the thought of violence ever crosses the minds of murderers. A study of roughly 1,000 prisoners revealed across-the-board brain abnormalities in those who committed homicide, leading researchers to believe such behavior, if identified early enough, can be quashed with therapy and medication.
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Cubs Sweep Pirates With Yet Another Blowout Victory
The Chicago Cubs’ bats came alive yet again on Sunday as they blew out the Pittsburgh Pirates and finished off a three-game sweep.
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Cubs Say Javier Báez ‘Unlikely' to Play Again in Regular Season
The Chicago Cubs got even more bad news Monday as it appears shortstop Javier Báez will miss the rest of the regular season.
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Javier Báez Dealing With Hairline Fracture in Thumb, Team Says
An MRI on the injured left thumb of Chicago Cubs shortstop Javier Báez has revealed a hairline fracture, the team said Saturday.
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Is Pot Safe When Pregnant? Study Seeks Answer, Draws Critics
Pregnancy started out rough for Leslie Siu. Morning sickness and migraines had her reeling and barely able to function at a demanding New York marketing job, so like rising numbers of U.S. mothers-to-be, she turned to marijuana. “l was finally able to get out from under my work desk,” said Siu, who later started her own pot company and says...
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Cubs Injuries: Kimbrel Placed on Injured List as Team Reveals Contreras Out for 4 Weeks
The Chicago Cubs got more bad news on the injury front Monday with closer Craig Kimbrel being placed on the injured list and catcher Willson Contreras now expected to miss four weeks following a hamstring strain.
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More Women Are Using Cannabis Before and During Pregnancy Study Shows
The Kaiser Permanente study examined over 250,000 women living in California before the legalization of cannabis.
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Warning Signs Missed? 23-Year-Old Mom Dies Days After Returning From Vacation With Back Pain
Xavier Soto has been desperately looking for answers since his 23-year-old partner, Jeimily Morales, died last June at a hospital in Puerto Rico, nine days after the pair returned from a vacation to the Dominican Republic. Soto, 27, believes Morales, the mother of a 4-year-old boy, was in good health during their trip in the neighboring Caribbean island. She had...
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Another American Tourist Dies While Staying at a Dominican Republic Resort
The son of a New York City woman who died celebrating her birthday amid a spate of reported illnesses and deaths in the Dominican Republic is blaming the Caribbean country for her death, NBC News reported. Leyla Cox, 53, an MRI technician from Staten Island, was staying at the Excellence resort in Punta Cana when she died Tuesday, just a...
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Another American Tourist Dies While Staying at a Dominican Republic Resort
The son of a New York City woman who died celebrating her birthday amid a spate of reported illnesses and deaths in the Dominican Republic is blaming the Caribbean country for her death, NBC News reported. Leyla Cox, 53, an MRI technician from Staten Island, was staying at the Excellence resort in Punta Cana when she died Tuesday, just a...
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Serena Williams Turns Match Around to Win at French Open
This was one mistake too far for Serena Williams. Sure, the bad backhand put her behind only 15-30 at the outset of the second set of her opening match at Roland Garros on Monday. What made the miscue so bothersome? She’d already dropped the first set against 83rd-ranked Vitalia Diatchenko — and Williams’ unforced error total already was at 15...
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Warriors Beat Blazers 119-117 in OT for NBA Finals Berth
Experience bred confidence for the Golden State Warriors, even when challenged by the upstart Portland Trail Blazers. No matter how far they were down, they’ve been through too much to ever think they’re out. “We just really understand what we’re capable of on both sides of the basketball,” Draymond Green said. “We’re never out of the fight. That’s just always...
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Out of Our Element: 5 Things to Know About Helium During the Global Shortage
A global helium shortage is popping a giant hole in Party City’s sales, forcing the retailer to close 45 stores across the United States. Here are some must-know facts about everyone’s favorite noble gas.
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Maddon Says Lester Likely to Miss 1-2 Starts for Cubs
Chicago Cubs ace Jon Lester will likely miss one or two starts because of a left hamstring injury.
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Wife of Lions Quarterback Matthew Stafford Has Brain Tumor
Kelly Stafford, the wife of Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford, plans to have surgery to remove a brain tumor.
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Scientists Seek Ways to Finally Take a Real Measure of Pain
Is the pain stabbing or burning? On a scale from 1 to 10, is it a 6 or an 8? Over and over, 17-year-old Sarah Taylor struggled to make doctors understand her sometimes debilitating levels of pain, first from joint-damaging childhood arthritis and then from fibromyalgia. “It’s really hard when people can’t see how much pain you’re in, because they...
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Ellen DeGeneres Gives Dying ‘Top Chef' Contestant the Ultimate Gift
After being diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma, doctors have given 29-year-old Fatima Ali a year to live
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‘Dance Moms' Star Abby Lee Miller May Never Walk Again: Source
Abby Lee Miller has been told by doctors “there is a chance she may never walk again.” The dance instructor was diagnosed with Burkitt lymphoma, a form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the lymph nodes in April. A source told E! News, “Her prognosis is bleak, but she is vowing to beat this and not only walk, but dance...
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Cubs' Kris Bryant on Disabled List with Inflamed Shoulder
The Chicago Cubs placed third baseman Kris Bryant on the 10-day disabled list Thursday because his left shoulder is inflamed again.