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Long Beach Nurse Is En Route to LA Onboard Hospital Ship ‘Mercy'
“It brings me great joy to be a part of something of this magnitude to help the city of Los Angeles,” he says. Hetty Chang reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. Mar. 26, 2020.
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Nurse Charged with Murder for Allegedly Helping Man End His Life
A 58-year-old registered nurse accused of helping a heartbroken man end his life pleaded not guilty Monday to a murder charge.
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One of Delta's First Flight Attendants Dies at Age 103
Sybil Peacock Harmon, one of Delta Air Lines’ very first flight attendants who later served in the military during World War II, has died. She was 103 years old. “We’re saddened to learn of Sybil Peacock Harmon’s passing,” Allison Ausband, senior vice president of in-flight service, told TODAY in an emailed statement. “Sybil was a beloved member of the Delta...
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‘UVA Has Ruined Us': Health System Sues Thousands Of Patients, Seizing Paychecks And Claiming Homes
Heather Waldron and John Hawley are losing their four-bedroom house in the hills above Blacksburg, Va. A teenage daughter, one of their five children, sold her clothes for spending money. They worried about paying the electric bill. Financial disaster, they say, contributed to their divorce, finalized in April. Their money problems began when the University of Virginia Health System pursued...
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Marathoner Accused of Cheating Found Dead in LA River
Frank Meza, 70, held the record for running the LA Marathon in record time for his age group, but after allegations he cheated, he was found dead. His family talks to Patrick Healy on the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. Friday, July 5, 2019.
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Family Decries ‘Public Shaming' of Marathoner Before Death
Amid controversy over whether he cheated for faster times in marathons, longtime runner and semiretired physician Frank Meza was found dead Thursday of an apparent suicide. His family sees him as the victim of unjust “public shaming” that “hurt him so much. And hurt us so much.”
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Many US Jails Fail to Stop Inmate Suicides, Investigation Finds
Read the headlines on any given day across America and you’ll find evidence of a crisis roiling the criminal justice system: “Suicide leading cause of death in Utah jails.” ”San Diego County inmate suicide rate ‘staggeringly’ high.” ”Attempted suicides at Cuyahoga County Jail tripled over three-year span.” Stories like Tanna Jo Fillmore’s have been told time and again, and yet...
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World's Smallest Surviving Baby Born in San Diego
The world’s smallest surviving baby has been born in San Diego.
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Man Sentenced to 26 Years to Life in Reality Show Contestant's Killing
A Lennox man was sentenced Monday to 26 years to life in prison for murdering his former nursing instructor, who had appeared as a contestant on a television reality show.
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Maine Medical Center Has Baby Boom With 9 Nurses Expecting Around Same Time
There’s a baby boom happening at a Maine hospital but it’s the nurses who are expecting. Nine nurses who all work in labor and delivery are pregnant at Maine Medical Center in Portland and are due between April and July. Eight of the pregnant nurses recently posed for a picture which was posted on the facility’s Facebook page. They held...
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Bingo and Bongs: More Seniors Seek Cannabis for Age-Related Aches
The group of white-haired folks — some pushing walkers, others using canes — arrive right on time at the gates of Laguna Woods Village, an upscale retirement community in the picturesque hills that frame this Southern California suburb a few miles from Disneyland.
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Inspiring San Diego: Son's Sudden Death Drives Mother to Bring Heart Screenings to Young Adults
A San Diego-based organization with a lifesaving mission is celebrating a major milestone. EP Save A Life has now screened more than 30,000 young adults for potentially life-threatening heart conditions. The organization was founded a decade ago by a mother whose 15-year-old son died unexpectedly from sudden cardiac arrest. Her resolve to channel her despair into an opportunity to help...
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Rodeos, Bull Riding Events in LA May Soon be a Thing of the Past
A recent bull riding event at Staples Center that sparked protests led the Board of Animal Services Commissioners Tuesday to unanimously approve a motion in support of banning such events in Los Angeles.
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Read Gov. Gavin Newsom's State of the State Address
California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered his first State of the State address Tuesday, a day after declaring he wouldn’t participate in the Trump administration’s “political theater” over border security.
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Latina Nurse Alleges Race Played Role in Huntington Memorial Firing
A woman who says she rose from the rank of housekeeper to registered nurse during more than three decades of service at Huntington Memorial Hospital is suing the Pasadena medical center, alleging she was discriminated against because she is a Latina and was fired earlier this year on false claims of unprofessional conduct.
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Breast Cancer Survivor Has Become a ‘Breast Friend Forever' to Other Women
For Evelyn Calip, a registered nurse, breast cancer has turned into the best thing that could have ever happened to her because she has been able to meet and help other people.
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AP Investigation: Insulin Pumps Have High Number of Injuries
When Polly Varnado’s 9-year-old daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, it didn’t take long for the family to hear about insulin pumps. In September 2012, the girl picked out a purple one — her favorite color. Over the next seven months, she proceeded to be hospitalized four times in a McComb, Mississippi medical center with high blood sugar. But...
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Jewish Nurse: I Treated Mass Shooting Suspect Out of Love
A Jewish nurse who treated the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect says that he saw confusion but not evil in the man’s eyes, and that his own actions stemmed from love. “I’m sure he had no idea I was Jewish,” registered nurse Ari Mahler wrote in a Facebook post Saturday about the shooting suspect, who was taken to Allegheny General Hospital...
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Man Convicted of Killing Nurse Found Buried in His Lennox Yard
A Lennox man who bashed his nursing instructor’s skull in with a hammer in 2016 was convicted of first-degree murder Monday.
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Man Who Killed Nurse Found Buried in His Lennox Yard ‘Snapped': Attorney
A Lennox man who bashed his nursing instructor’s skull with a hammer in 2016 snapped and killed her in the heat of passion, his attorney told jurors Monday, but a prosecutor called it a premeditated murder.