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  • USAssociated Press

    A massive Powerball win draws attention to a little-known immigrant culture in the US

    Cheng “Charlie” Saephan wore a broad smile and a bright blue sash emblazoned with the words “Iu-Mien USA” as he hoisted an oversized check for $1.3 billion above his head. The 46-year-old immigrant's luck in winning an enormous Powerball jackpot in Oregon earlier this month — a lump sum payment of $422 million after taxes, which he and his wife will split with a friend — has changed his life. It also raised awareness about Iu Mien people, a southeast Asian ethnic group with origins in China, m

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  • WorldCNN

    Dead bodies are left behind on Mount Everest, so why are hundreds of climbers heading into the ‘death zone’ this spring?

    The world’s highest mountain continues to draw climbers willing to risk their lives as they clamber past frozen corpses on their way to the top.

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  • USWLNS Lansing

    Sheriff’s Office says young drunk driver drove with tree stuck in truck

    When an 18-year-old driver pulled into a gas station Monday morning and passed out, it wouldn't be long before Ingham County Sheriff's deputies woke him up. The reason -- a large tree that was smashed into, and stuck in the front of his truck.

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  • WorldAssociated Press

    Chinese scientist who first published COVID sequence stages protest after being locked out of lab

    The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China staged a sit-in protest outside his lab after authorities locked him out of the facility — a sign of the Beijing's continuing pressure on scientists conducting research on the coronavirus. Zhang Yongzhen wrote in an online post Monday that he and his team had been suddenly notified they were being evicted from their lab, the latest in a series of setbacks, demotions and ousters since the virologist published the sequence i

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  • HealthNBC News

    Wisconsin high school football coach unable to get chemo due to shortage dies at 60

    Sometimes Connie Bolle wonders if her husband, Jeff Bolle, 60, would still be alive if things had been different last spring.

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  • USThe Hill

    Brittney Griner blames cannabis oil cartridges that landed her in Russian prison on ‘mental lapse’

    Basketball star Brittney Griner this week will speak publicly about her experience in a Russian prison for the first time since her release in December 2022. In an interview with Robin Roberts, scheduled to air Wednesday on ABC, the Olympic gold medalist and a nine-time WNBA All-Star breaks down as she shares that her incarceration…

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  • LifestyleHuffPost

    I Always Knew I Was Different. Still, I Was Shocked To Hear My Doctor Say These 4 Words To Me.

    "I’ve become successful at blending in. ... But I’ve also experienced moments of deep loneliness."

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