Global News | World latest News| Trending News
The family of Brendan Costello gathered in the hospital half-light. He had overcome so much in life, but the profound damage to his brain meant he would never again be Brendan. It was time. Brendan had spent four months enduring three surgeries and a lengthy rehab after infections further destabilized his damaged spine. He had…
Sam Runyon navigated to the house by memory as she reviewed her patient’s file, a “problem list” of medications and chronic diseases that went on for several pages. Sam, a 45-year-old nurse, had already seen Cora Perkins survive two types of cancer. During previous appointments, she had found Cora’s arms turning blue from diabetes, or…
Soon, Irene Mekel will need to pick the day she dies. She’s not in any hurry: She quite likes her life, in a trim, airy house in Castricum, a Dutch village by the sea. She has flowers growing in her back garden, and there is a street market nearby where vendors greet villagers by name….
Scenic and charming and tucked into the foothills, Altadena seemed like a secret just outside the reaches of Los Angeles. “I felt it was like back home — peaceful and calm and a little secluded,” said Shirley Taylor, who was raised in North Carolina and arrived in 1979. The town also offered a striking element:…
Aleksandr solo tuvo dos semanas de entrenamiento en Rusia antes de ser enviado al frente de Ucrania en el verano de 2023. Aproximadamente un mes después, se convirtió en un amputado. Aprender a vivir sin su pierna derecha le está tomando mucho más que dos semanas. “Al principio había mucho dolor”, dijo Aleksandr, de 38…
