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Los Angeles Dodgers great Fernando Valenzuela died of septic shock, death certificate says
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fernando Valenzuela, the Los Angeles Dodgers pitching ace who helped the team win the 1981 World Series, died of septic shock last month, according to his death certificate. TMZ Sports obtained the document on Tuesday. Valenzuela died on Oct. 22 at age 63, a few...
NHL union will form committee to help players better understand traumatic brain injuries
BOSTON (AP) — The NHLPA will form an advisory committee to help hockey players better understand chronic traumatic encephalopathy and the damage that concussions can do to the brain. NHLPA president Marty Walsh said on Friday night that the CTE committee was unanimously approved at...
Zimbabwe to compensate white farmers who lost land in seizures 20 years ago
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe says it will compensate local and foreign white farmers who lost land and property more than 20 years ago in farm seizures meant to redress some of the wrongs of colonialism. About 4,000 white farmers lost their homes and swathes of land when the...
Brazilian moms are leading the charge to secure CBD for sick kids
SAO PAULO (AP) — The 4-year-old boy struggled to balance while walking through the living room. His mother’s eyes attentively followed his every move. Then a seizure knocked him to the ground, the dull thud of his small body echoing through the home. On this July morning in...
