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CT Mourns Beloved 11-Year-Old Remembered For Love, Humor, Faith
Sickle cell disease tested 11-year-old Mason Holmes throughout his young life, but it never dimmed the love he gave others. He was always smiling, dreaming big, and reminding his family, “I love you, because you never know.”
“You never know” became painfully real on Saturday, Aug. 8, when the Farmington boy entered a hospital for a common procedure, but things didn't go as planned.
“He walked into the hospital smiling,” Ebony Skyers, a close family friend, said. “ He was going to have a procedure that would allow him to play like other kids, allow him to return to just being a kid. Bu…
Ex-Cambridge Professor Found Dead Amid Plagiarism Scandal: Reports
Jason Arday, the Cambridge professor embroiled in a plagiarism scandal, has been found dead at his home in London, England, according to multiple published reports. He was 41 years old.
Arday's death came one week after he resigned from the University of Cambridge, where he became the youngest Black professor when he was hired as a sociology professor in 2023.
Police were called to a report of an unresponsive man inside a London property on Friday, Aug. 14, NBC News reports, citing London's Metropolitan Police. The man, whom NBC identified as Arday, was pronounced dead at the scene. Hi…
Fires Cause $80K In Damage, Sparking Massive Recall Of Popular Minifridges
A popular line of minifridges is being recalled after several overheated and caught fire, officials said.
Cooluli is recalling about 250,000 of its 10-liter and 15-liter minifridges, the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on Thursday, Aug. 13. An electrical switch in the minifridges can short-circuit, posing fire and burn hazards.
There have been at least 19 reports of the minifridges "smoking, sparking, burning, melting, overheating or catching fire." One person reported a smoke inhalation injury, while the incidents caused more than $80,000 in property damage, according to …
