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Dec 13 2024HEALTH

How Childhood Bladder Cancer Survivors Handle Long-Term Issues

Genitourinary rhabdomyosarcoma, or GU-RMS, is a type of cancer that usually affects kids. It's tough to treat and often needs a mix of treatments like radiation, chemo, and big surgeries. But what happens after these kids grow up? Not much is known about how these treatments affect their health late

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Dec 13 2024FINANCE

How Not Buying a House Led to a Fortune Lost

Meet Amos Nadler, a behavioral finance professor who decided to test his theories in reality. He dabbled in the stock market, buying Nvidia shares when they were just a few dollars each. He owned somewhere between $800 to $1, 000 worth of Nvidia, and sold a good chunk of them before 2014. At the tim

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Dec 12 2024ENVIRONMENT

Feeding Bandiagara: Challenges in Food Aid and Resilience

Mali strives to improve food security by boosting agriculture and water management, and diversifying income sources. While climate-smart farming shows promise, issues like scarce resources, market access, and political turmoil remain. Add to that gender disparities and dependency on foreign aid, and

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Dec 12 2024CRIME

UnitedHealthcare CEO Murder Case: DA Pledges Justice

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has voiced confidence that Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, will face justice. Mangione is accused of shooting Thompson outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel on December 4. His attorney has stated that M

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Dec 12 2024CRIME

Suspect's Gun and Fingerprints Link Him to UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting

In a recent turn of events, the NYPD has revealed that a gun found in Pennsylvania, belonging to suspect Luigi Mangione, matches the shell casings discovered at the Manhattan crime scene where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot. This important piece of evidence places Mangione at the cente

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Dec 12 2024EDUCATION

Sparks Fly: A New Fieldhouse Coming to Oak Lawn High School!

Get ready for big changes at Oak Lawn Community High School! A $40 million fieldhouse is on its way, set to be built by 2025. This massive project will gather all the school's sports, fitness, and community programs under one roof. The fieldhouse will include multiple gymnasiums, a pool, locker room

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Dec 11 2024ENVIRONMENT

Malibu Fire: How Hollywood is Helping

As the sun dips below the Pacific, the Franklin Fire rages on in Malibu, California. The Entertainment Industry Foundation's Defy:Disaster program is swiftly moving into action. This program, run by the EIF, is all about giving back to the community when disaster strikes. It’s a way for people in th

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Dec 11 2024HEALTH

Video Games and Teen Brains: Unraveling the Reward Connection

Video games are a big deal for teens these days. But, did you know that playing too much can mess with how their brains deal with rewards? A recent study took a close look at this. They wanted to find out if there's a link between how teens' brains process rewards and whether they get hooked on gami

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Dec 11 2024WEATHER

Rapid Blaze in Malibu: A Call for Community Preparedness

You've probably heard about the quick spread of the Malibu fire, right? Well, it's been causing some serious chaos. People are being told to leave their homes in a hurry because the fire is growing really fast. In fact, it went from 100 acres to over 2, 200 acres in just a few hours! Strong winds ar

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Dec 11 2024SCIENCE

Watching Hair Grow: The Dance of Basement Membranes

Imagine trying to understand how a building grows. It’s tricky without seeing the scaffold change and move. Similarly, scientists have been puzzled by how mammal hair follicles develop because they couldn’t clearly observe the basement membrane (BM)—the structure that supports and shapes the follicl

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