Detroit Lions Calvin Johnson Barry Sanders Rocket Mortgage Classic
The Rocket Mortgage Classic returns to Detroit Golf Club this week (July 26-31), and will bring along with it the AREA 313 Celebrity Scramble. The popular celebrity pro-am scramble made its debut at the Rocket Mortgage Classic in 2019, and was awarded the PGA TOUR’s “Best Special Event” in its first year. The event, featuring […]
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US firefighters begin to slow huge California wildfire | Environment News
Firefighters have begun to slow the spread of the largest wildfire so far this year in California, after the Oak Fire threatened the famed Yosemite National Park and forced thousands of residents to evacuate their communities. The massive blaze expanded rapidly since it began on Friday, overwhelming the initial deployment of firefighters as scorching and […]
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Justice Department Opens Environmental Racism Investigation Of Houston | News
Numerous complaints about alleged environmental racism in Houston have prompted the U.S. Department of Justice to launch an investigation on Friday (July 23), The New York Times reports. Houston-based Lone Star Legal Aid has chronicled hundreds of calls from residents in the city’s Black and Latino neighborhoods about officials ignoring their complaints about illegal garbage […]
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‘Bit difficult’ Fern Britton admits painful health woes are worsening in her 60s | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV
Fern Britton has revealed her painful arthritis is only getting worse as she grows older. The 65-year-old said she sometimes struggles to get back up if she sits on a particularly squashy sofa. The TV presenter-turned-author was speaking on the Postcards from Midlife podcast, when she was asked what life was like in her seventh […]
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Salisbury VA Health Care System Doctor Awarded for International Work | Local News
FROM STAFF REPORTS SALISBURY— Dr. Bob Erdin, an orthopedic surgeon at Charlotte VA Health Care Center, recently was awarded the 17th annual Health Volunteers Overseas (HVO) Golden Apple Award for his work with Tanzanian medical residents. He shares knowledge and surgical techniques with medical residents and believes in a hands-on approach to learning. He watches […]
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US health officials urge booster shots as COVID variants spread | Coronavirus pandemic News
The administration of US President Joe Biden pushes vaccines as the best way to avoid potential disruptions from new BA.4 and BA.5 variants. The Biden administration is calling on people to exercise renewed caution about COVID-19, emphasising the importance of getting booster shots for those who are eligible and wearing masks indoors as two new […]
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Hundreds of firefighters battle ‘mega-fire’ in southern France | Environment News
The blaze has already burned 600 hectares (1,500 acres) of the forest in France’s Gard region. More than 900 firefighters backed by aircraft have been deployed to battle a blaze in France’s southern Gard region that burned 600 hectares (1,500 acres). “This fire is far from being done, there are fronts in hard-to-reach areas that […]
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Dr. Juan C. Cendan appointed senior vice president for health affairs and dean of the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine | FIU News
Interim Dean and Professor of Surgery Dr. Juan C. Cendan has been appointed senior vice president for health affairs and dean of the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (HWCOM). Dr. Cendan joined FIU last summer as vice-dean and executive associate dean for student affairs. Cendan is a board-certified surgeon with a clinical focus on minimally invasive surgery […]
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