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The 20-year-old man who fell to the warning track at a Pirates game is awake
Read full article: The 20-year-old man who fell to the warning track at a Pirates game is awakeThe fan who fell from a 21-foot-high wall onto the warning track at PNC Park during a Pittsburgh Pirates game is awake and alert.
For 2024, some simple lifestyle changes can improve your little piece of the planet
Read full article: For 2024, some simple lifestyle changes can improve your little piece of the planetThe fight against climate change requires the mass cooperation of industries, companies, governments and communities around the globe.
Jayne Anne Phillips, Paul Harding are among National Book Award fiction nominees
Read full article: Jayne Anne Phillips, Paul Harding are among National Book Award fiction nomineesHistorical novels by Jayne Anne Phillips and Paul Harding and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s dystopian prison novel “Chain-Gang All-Stars” are among the nominees on the National Book Awards long list for fiction.
Judge in Parkland civil case allows for reenactment of shooting
Read full article: Judge in Parkland civil case allows for reenactment of shootingThe judge in the civil case brought by four families who lost children in the Parkland school shooting, along with a survivor of the massacre, granted their request to conduct a reenactment of the shooting in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School 1200 building.
YNW Melly on trial: Grieving mother testifies on video last showing son alive
Read full article: YNW Melly on trial: Grieving mother testifies on video last showing son aliveLeondra Phillips has been grieving her 19-year-old son since his murder in 2018. For three weeks, she has been attending the Broward County murder trial of Florida rapper YNW Melly. On Thursday, she was finally able to testify.
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On social media, memories pop up from a pandemic still going
Read full article: On social media, memories pop up from a pandemic still goingMemories from earlier in the COVID-19 crisis are popping back up in people's social media feeds as throwback reminders, reposts and anniversary stories crack open the digital time capsule of the pandemic before it’s even over.
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Celebration after game-winning hit made Rays' Phillips sick
Read full article: Celebration after game-winning hit made Rays' Phillips sickTampa Bay Rays right fielder Brett Phillips arrives for batting practice before Game 5 of the baseball World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020, in Arlington, Texas. Hey, bases loaded, two outs and you’re down by one in the World Series. So, sure they regret it a little bit, but I by no means got upset.”CLOSED ROOFThere could be a lid on the rest of this World Series. It was the second time during the World Series that the retractable roof at the new $1.2 billion stadium was closed for a game. That homer came as part of his fifth three-hit game this postseason, already a MLB record, as were his 59 total bases.
Former Starbucks director sues, saying she was wrongfully fired
Read full article: Former Starbucks director sues, saying she was wrongfully firedCNN image(CNN) - A former Starbucks regional director has sued the company for wrongful termination, alleging the company discriminated against her in the aftermath of a highly publicized arrest of two black men at a Starbucks store in Philadelphia in April 2018. Street protests occurred in April 2018 because of the incident at a Philadelphia Starbucks. Phillips' lawsuit was filed this week in US District Court in New Jersey. Phillips' lawsuit says that was "factually impossible" because district managers could not determine salaried employee compensation due to Starbucks' own policies and procedures. Her lawsuit states that the district manager had worked for Starbucks for 15 years, and that she had never observed any racially discriminatory comments or conduct from him.

American Airlines flight diverted over chemical spill
Read full article: American Airlines flight diverted over chemical spill(CNN) - An American Airlines flight from London to Philadelphia landed in Ireland after cleaning chemicals leaked in the aircraft cabin on Monday. "American Airlines flight 729 from London Heathrow to Philadelphia diverted to Dublin due to an odor caused by a spilled cleaning solution in the galley," an American Airlines spokesperson said in a statement. Katie Phillips, a passenger on board the diverted flight, tweeted that a "chemical spillage" led to a "sickness outbreak" on the plane. American Airlines told CNN: "We're fully investigating the specifics on what happened on this flight." A spokesperson for Dublin Airport told CNN that the flight was diverted there for a medical emergency.