Parents Sue School to Let 11-Year-Old Use Medical Pot
Most parents would celebrate a school that specifically bars students from using marijuana on its premises. Not an Illinois couple. JS and MS, as they’re identified in court documents, are suing the...
View ArticleVirtual Reality Chat Room Stunned as Robot Has Seizure
It was business as usual in the virtual reality chat room until the robot had a seizure. The Verge reports the unnerving incident happened Wednesday on VRChat, where users in the forms of avatars can...
View ArticleNYC Crosswalk Crash Killed Daughter of Broadway Star
Feelings of heartbreak in the wake of a horrifying incident at a New York City crosswalk Monday have turned to feelings of outrage with new details emerging about the driver who allegedly struck and...
View ArticleTop High School Basketball Player Dies on the Court
A top-ranked high school basketball player died suddenly during a game before he was able to fulfill his dream of using his gifts to help his family out of poverty. Per CBS News , James Hampton...
View ArticleDisney Issues Seizure Warning for Incredibles 2
After anecdotal warnings circulated on social media , Disney has issued an official seizure warning for Incredibles 2 . Both the film and the trailer contain flashing or strobe light effects, which can...
View Article'Newsweek' Reporter to Online Troll: 'I'm Coming for You'
"I'm coming for you, you son of a bitch." That was Monday's tweet from Newsweek senior writer and epilepsy sufferer Kurt Eichenwald, addressing the person who tweeted a flashing strobe GIF at him that...
View ArticleDeadly Tick Disease Has Experts Issuing Dire Warnings
There's an emerging tick-borne disease spreading across the US, and it has infectious disease experts sounding the alarm. The so-called Powassan virus, which the CDC reports is related to West Nile, is...
View ArticleSeizures Send Lil Wayne to the Hospital
Seizures again landed Lil Wayne in the hospital on Sunday, reports TMZ , forcing the rapper to cancel a show Sunday night in Las Vegas. Wayne was found unconscious in his hotel room after suffering at...
View ArticleParents Sue School to Let 11-Year-Old Use Medical Pot
Most parents would celebrate a school that specifically bars students from using marijuana on its premises. Not an Illinois couple. JS and MS, as they’re identified in court documents, are suing the...
View ArticleVirtual Reality Chat Room Stunned as Robot Has Seizure
It was business as usual in the virtual reality chat room until the robot had a seizure. The Verge reports the unnerving incident happened Wednesday on VRChat, where users in the forms of avatars can...
View ArticleNYC Crosswalk Crash Killed Daughter of Broadway Star
Feelings of heartbreak in the wake of a horrifying incident at a New York City crosswalk Monday have turned to feelings of outrage with new details emerging about the driver who allegedly struck and...
View ArticleTop High School Basketball Player Dies on the Court
A top-ranked high school basketball player died suddenly during a game before he was able to fulfill his dream of using his gifts to help his family out of poverty. Per CBS News , James Hampton...
View ArticleDisney Issues Seizure Warning for Incredibles 2
After anecdotal warnings circulated on social media , Disney has issued an official seizure warning for Incredibles 2 . Both the film and the trailer contain flashing or strobe light effects, which can...
View Article'Voice of Wandering Evangelicals' Dies at 37
Progressive Christian author Rachel Held Evans, who the New York Times says "gave voice to a generation of wandering evangelicals wrestling with their faith," died in Tennessee on Saturday after...
View ArticleA Charity's Twitter Feed Was Hacked. Then, Flashing Lights
The Epilepsy Foundation has filed criminal complaints after hackers targeted the charity's Twitter followers with seizure-inducing videos. Flashing and strobing videos and GIFs were sent to some 30,000...
View ArticleA Foul Ball Hit a Girl's Head. 7 Months Later, an Update
A young girl hit by a foul ball during a Houston Astros game in May has a permanent brain injury, a lawyer for her family says. Attorney Richard Mithoff tells the Houston Chronicle that the 2...
View ArticleGamer Saves Pal's Life From 5K Miles Away
Looks like video games come with a built-in safety net. A teenager in Widnes, England, had a sudden seizure while gaming last week with an online friend—and that friend, 5,000 miles away in Texas,...
View ArticleOdd Virus Symptoms Crop Up: 'There's No Ventilator for the Brain'
Chris Cuomo recently described his COVID-19 symptoms, and in addition to the fever, shivering, and body aches typically associated with the coronavirus, the CNN anchor relayed a "freaky" anecdote about...
View ArticleCoronavirus Likely Killed Girl Who Inspired a Huge Movement
By age 7, Charlotte Figi had inspired a movement and changed the way CBD is used for medicinal purposes. On Tuesday, at age 13, she died—likely as a result of the coronavirus. As the Colorado Sun...
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