Boy, 6, dies after showing symptom nearly all kids experience

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The Menai-Davis family experienced an inexplicable loss when their 6-year-old son, Hugh, passed away in September 2021.

The boy was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer but fought bravely for six months and in May he got to ring the bell at the hospital where he had been receiving treatment after being declared cancer free.

Sadly, the cancer returned shortly after and nothing could be done to save his young life.

Boy was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer and was declared cancer free after six months, but the the cancer returned.
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Hugh’s devastated parents, Frances and Ceri, have reflected on their son’s diagnosis and wanted to warn parents of the symptoms Hugh experienced before they learned he had rhabdomyosarcoma.

The first thing Hugh complained about was a swollen stomach. His parents took him to the hospital but were told he probably had a virus and that it wasn’t anything they should worry about.

However, Hugh’s condition didn’t get any better in the days to come. On the contrary, the swelling persisted and they could feel something more serious than a stomach bug was going on.

When they returned to the hospital for tests, they learned the news no parent wants to hear.

boy was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer and was declared cancer free after six months, but the the cancer returned.
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“Our lives changed forever. The consultant said, we think Hugh’s got cancer,” Frances told MailOnline.

Sadly, his condition declined at an alarming rate. His stomach was filled with fluid that pressed his lungs and caused him troubles breathing.

“My wife and I were in tears behind closed doors,” Frances explained.

“Fear is learned, so we didn’t want to show him any weakness. We never told him that he wouldn’t be alright.

“Hugh faced everything with innocence and ignorance and he was just amazing.

“He never moaned or complained, he just got on with it.”

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Following a few rounds of chemo treatments, Hugh started feeling better. The family was convinced they were beating the cancer.

In the following months, Huge was getting in and out of hospital. Finally, in May, 2021, they were told Hugh was cancer free.

But their happiness didn’t last long, just three months later, the cancer returned and their boy passed away a few weeks later.

From what seemed like an innocent stomach pain and welling, to losing their child, Hugh’s mom and dad urge other parents to seek medical help immediately after they notice something isn’t right with their child.

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“No one knows your child better than you and the majority of the time it is nothing to worry about, but from our experience it is worth the effort,” Hugh’s dad said.

Following Hugh’s passing, Ceri and Frances founded the charity It’s Never You that offers support for families with children living with cancer.

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May Jimmy Kimmel be quitting TV?

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Jimmy Kimmel has to be one of the most beloved TV faces.

Except for being the host of Jimmy Kimmel Live, he has been in the group of a selected few who have hosted the Oscars four times.

Although many thought that Kimmel would be once again taking the stage at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood as a host this year, that didn’t happen.

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Speaking to Los Angeles Times while preparing for the 2024 Academy Awards and why he agreed to another go-round, Kimmel said, “I did not think I would ever do it again. I did two of them, and they went well — something crazy happened at one of them with a story I’ll have for the rest of my life. I know how much work goes into them, so I thought, ‘Yeah, I don’t necessarily want to do this ever again.’ ”

The Jimmy Kimmel Live had its premiere in 2003. At the time, he was a newbie but managed to make a name for himself as one of the best in the field, becoming America’s longest-running current late-night talk show host.

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But is he considering walking away?

In fact, during an episode of “Strike Force Five,” the podcast he co-hosted with other late-night program hosts during the writers’ strike, Kimmel confessed he thought of quitting his show. However, it was the strike that reminded him how much he enjoyed hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live.

“It’s hard to yearn for it when you’re doing it,” he told Los Angeles Times. “Wednesday night, I was very tired and I had all these scripts to go through — I had to revise and rewrite all these pitch ideas for the Oscars — and I was literally nodding off onto my computer. In those moments, I think, ‘I cannot wait until my contract is over.’ But then, I take the summer off or I go on strike, and you start going, ‘Yeah, I miss the fun stuff.’ ”

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He then went on to say, “I think this is my final contract. I hate to even say it, because everyone’s laughing at me now — each time I think that, and then it turns out to be not the case. I still have a little more than two years left on my contract, and that seems pretty good. That seems like enough.”

Asked what future Jimmy looks like, the host answered, “He is very accomplished. He speaks Italian, he plays the harmonica beautifully.”

Kimmel added: “He is an expert fly-fisherman. He does all these different things that I know I’m not actually going to do. He’s drawn some graphic novels that were very well-received. He’s very busy — it’s funny, whenever I think of what I’m going to do when I stop working, it all involves more work.”

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Dog’s barking at a funeral exposes an empty coffin

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That morning felt heavier than any other. Ryan was returning home for his father’s funeral, the man who meant the world to him.

When he entered the church, he noticed his mother. She seemed older than the last time he had seen her. Her fragile figure broke his heart. “How could she continue her life without my father?” Ryan thought to himself.

Bella, his father’s dog ran towards Ryan, but she didn’t act as calm as usual. To Ryan’s surprise, Bella wouldn’t stop barking. She tried to climb on the coffin, and Ryan knew just how much she missed her owner.

He tried to calm her down, but Bella disobeyed – it was as though she wanted a closure by seeing Arnold one last time.

“Can you open the coffin?” Ryan asked. But he was told it wasn’t possible since his father died of some sort of a highly infectious virus and the lid was sealed.

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In fact, Ryan hadn’t seen the documents by the medical examiner,but something felt odd. Where could his dad contract such an infection, he wondered.

Realizing how disturbed Bella was, he once again demanded the coffin to be opened, so they did – to Ryan’s shock, it was empty.

Arnold’s body was missing.

Everyone at the church was shocked and confused. His mother almost fainted on the church’s floor.

Bella could sense something wasn’t right, and she warned the family.

From that moment on, Ryan was determined to get to the bottom of the story.

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He alerted the police, but they assured him that according to the coroner, the cause of death had been clearly documented and the remains had been properly processed.

But if that was true, then why was the coffin empty?

After a couple of days, Ryan received a call by his father’s lawyer. He told him that the family’s company was in trouble and that all the money was gone.

Nothing made sense. His dad was a man who always put his family first. He would never do them any harm, or at least Ryan thought so.

In the days to come, Ryan was looking for answers that he couldn’t find on his dad’s email where every message was deleted or in the company’s documents that suddenly vanished.

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But then, he received a message from an unknown number. “Your dad had an affair with his secretary, Miss Peterson. Follow the figurine and you’ll learn the truth.”

Ryan recalled that the two figurines from his dad’s office were missing, but he didn’t think much about it at first. He also recalled that his father struggled to get the third figurine and complete the set for years. So maybe if he could trace the third figurine he could find the answer to the mystery surrounding his father’s “passing.”

After researching day and night, Ryan finally learned that the third figurine was in possession of a man named Mr. Frederick. Ryan didn’t waste time contacting the man, who asked $750,000 for the piece. It was way above the figurine’s worth, but Ryan needed to have it.

He contacted his father’s lawyer and said, “I need to liquidate some shares—$750,000 worth. The lawyer warned him that this move could cost him the controlling stake at the company, but Ryan was ready to learn the truth.

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Once the figurine was his, he waited for the auction of artifacts to start and he listed it there, hoping it would catch the attention of someone who needed it badly.

When the day of the auction come, Ryan heard a familiar voice bidding. It was Arnold’s.

His father was very much alive, and Ryan couldn’t believe his eyes.

He stood from the chair and approached him. “Dad, how could you do this?” Ryan asked.

“Ryan, you tricked me,” his father shouted and ran towards the entrance. However, the detectives were there, waiting for him.

Arnold faked his own dead so that he could be with another woman. He shattered his family and now he was going to pay the price.

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The science behind eye ‘sleep:’ What that crust really is

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Overnight, a yellow crust known as eye sleep builds up on our eyelashes and the corners of our eyes. At some people, the eye sleep accumulates more than at others.

It is also known as “eye boogers” and “eye gunk,” while the medical term for it is “rheum.”

What people need to be aware of is that the presence of eye sleep is a normal phenomenon.

When we are awake, we blink and help the tears and the mucus clear away. However, during sleep, these build up in the corners of our eyes and become crusty.

In fact, despite tears and mucus, the eye sleep also consists of oils, dead cells, and bacteria and their remains.

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Dr. Rachel Clemmons, an ophthalmologist at the Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia, says, “The eye has several mechanisms to protect itself from infection, including antimicrobial proteins in tears and the physical barrier created by mucus. What we see as discharge is partially the evidence of your immune system successfully neutralizing potentially harmful bacteria that could otherwise cause infections.”

According to the Cleveland Clinic, the debris collected on the eyes is normal, unless it is related to other conditions, such as conjunctivitis, an inflammation of the conjunctiva.

In these cases the eye discharge is more abundant and more noticeable than normal eye discharge.

Abnormal eye discharge includes discharge that is green in color, sticky, excessive, and foamy.

It is usually accompanied with pain, itching, redness, blurred vision, sensitivity to light, swollen eyelids, or a bump on the eyelid.

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Dr. Samantha Weiss, an optometrist in private practice, states: “While some morning discharge is entirely normal, patients should be aware of significant changes in the amount, color, or consistency of their eye discharge. These changes can be important indicators of eye health and shouldn’t be ignored.”

Other causes of abnormal eye discharge include: Staphylococcus epidermidis, a common bacteria found on the ocular surface, Propionibacterium species, Corynebacterium species, Streptococcus species, and various gram-negative bacteria in smaller numbers.

Babies and young children experience more excessive eye discharge or eye sleep because their narrow tear ducts block easily. Also, it is more abundant at elderly people and those experiencing dry eyes.

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Pope Francis’ last public appearance sends a deep message

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The Catholic world is mourning the passing of the first pope from Latin America, Pope Francis, whose liberal views on the church felt like a fresh breeze for millions of believers.

His passing was announced by Vatican in the early hours of April 21, Easter Sunday.

Pope Francis had made his last public appearance just hours prior.

Since February, Pope Francis experienced health issues and his health deteriorated. He was admitted to the Rome’s Gemelli Hospital where he stayed for over a month, longest during his 12 years of papacy. His cause of death was listed as a heart failure.

This year, for the first time since he was elected a pope in 2013, Pope Francis missed most Holly Week events, including the Stations of the Cross at the Colosseum, the Easter Vigil at St. Peter’s Basilica, and the Holy Thursday foot-washing ritual.

On Easter Sunday, Pope Francis delivered the “Urbi et Orbi” blessing to the crowd and to the world. Due to his health condition, the address was delivered by a high-ranking archbishop on his behalf while Cardinal Angelo Comastri presided over the Mass in front of tens of thousands.

In his final address, shared by Vatican, Pope Francis wrote, “I would like us to renew our hope that peace is possible! From the Holy Sepulchre, the Church of the Resurrection, where this year Easter is being celebrated by Catholics and Orthodox on the same day, may the light of peace radiate throughout the Holy Land and the entire world.”

He then expressed his closeness to “the sufferings of Christians in Palestine and Israel, and to all the Israeli people and the Palestinian people.”

He appealed to the warring parties to “call a ceasefire, release the hostages and come to the aid of a starving people that aspires to a future of peace!”

Pope Francis called for peace in Ukraine, and prayed for a final peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan. He urged the Church to keep the Christians of the beloved Middle East in its thoughts and prayers, and sought for a solution for the people of Yemen.

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His message resonated deeply with every Christian who wishes the same.

Pope Francis’ body has been moved to St Peter’s Basilica, where it will lie in state for three days ahead of his funeral on Saturday which is expected to be attended by hundreds of thousands of believers and world leaders.

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Man who goes swimming shortly after getting a tattoo dies

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A 31-year-old man ignored the advice about avoiding swimming at least two weeks after getting a tattoo, resulting in his death.

Namely, the unidentified man decided to take a swim at the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, which is full of saltwater, just days following inking.

Sadly, his wound from the tattoo of a religious cross on his right calf was still fresh and became contaminated with a flesh-eating bacteria.

Doctors said he had a serious bacterial infection caused by Vibrio vulnificus which torn chunks of his skin.

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Doctors put him on life support for two weeks and battled to fight through the septic shock, a condition that occurs when an infection provokes the immune system to turn against the body’s own organs.

According to reports, the man was vulnerable because his immune system was compromised due to cirrhosis of the liver, a pre-existing health condition he was diagnosed with.

BMJ Case Reports said the man had a habit of consuming six 340ml (12 fl oz) bottles of beer daily.

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Experts argue that he was at higher risk of catching such infection because of the issues with his liver.

Patients diagnosed with chronic liver disease have low amounts of neutrophils – important white blood cells that help to fight bugs, according to the Daily Mail.

Exposing open wounds to water, whether saltwater or pool water, can increase the chances of contracting skin infections.

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Patel set to release documents tied to FBI’s Trump-Russia collusion investigation

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Following a declassification executive order from President Donald Trump, FBI Director Kash Patel has delivered nearly 700 pages of declassified documents from the bureau’s “Crossfire Hurricane” investigation to Congress.

The documents have been exclusively obtained by Just the News.

The investigation centered around false allegations of Trump-Russia collusion in 2016 and beyond.

Donald Trump attempted to declassify the FBI’s Russiagate scandal records during the final days of his first term’s presidency but his attempt was blocked by his own Justice Department in January 2021.

“I have determined that all of the materials referenced in the Presidential Memorandum of January 19, 2021 … are no longer classified,” he said when he announced the order.

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However, the DOJ under Garland and the FBI under Wray blocked the implementation of Trump’s declassification order.

“I have determined that all of the materials referenced in the Presidential Memorandum of January 19, 2021 … are no longer classified,” Trump declared in the March 2025 order titled “Immediate Declassification of Materials Related to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Crossfire Hurricane Investigation.”

Despite a number of sections being heavily redacted, Patel’s declassified documents to Congress provide rare insight into the FBI’s internal procedures, debates, and decisions during the early phases of the Trump–Russia collusion investigation.

This step is a confirmation for Trump supporters that the investigation against him was biased and illegitimate since its inception.

Critics, however, see the declassification as a political theater and bringing back an old narrative that has already been proven false by independent investigations and court rulings.

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A number of Democrats and analysts brought up the question of appropriate balance between government transparency and the protection of sensitive law enforcement methodologies, according to The Archivist.

Reports by Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz and Special Counsel John Durham spotted critical errors with the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane probe into Trump–Russia collusion. They claimed it relied on unverified claims from the Steele dossier, and ignored key facts.

Durham noted that “FBI ignored the fact that at no time before, during, or after Crossfire Hurricane were investigators able to corroborate a single substantive allegation in the Steele dossier reporting.”

The Steele dossier was funded by Clinton’s 2016 campaign, raising concerns about political bias.

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The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey shares why they have some regrets about coming out as non-binary

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Bella Ramsey, the star of The Last of Us, came out as non-binary in 2023 during the film’s promotion. Now, two years after revealing they are genderfluid, Ramsey has some regrets.

Back then, Ramsey told The New York Times that they loved being mistaken for a boy by strangers.

“I guess my gender has always been very fluid,” she said. “Someone would call me ‘she’ or ‘her’ and I wouldn’t think about it, but I knew that if someone called me ‘he’ it was a bit exciting.”

Bella Ramsey, the star of The Last of Us, came out as non-binary in 2023.
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Asked by the Guardian how they feel of the way they shared the news with the public, Ramsey said, “Part of me looks back and I wish that I didn’t, because I didn’t want it to become a headline and a big thing.”

They added: “And obviously it was going to, and I didn’t really understand that at the time. And I wasn’t really prepared for that. But on the other hand, people have said to me that it’s been very helpful for them seeing some representation.

“So it’s been a mixed bag, but overall, I think it was a good thing, just for me living more freely, without feeling like I’m keeping a secret.”

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The British actor explained they don’t want the topic of their gender to be in the focus.

“I guess I’m just quite chill with it. And I want everyone else to be as chill with it basically,” she said.

She said she didn’t really care of the pronouns people use when they refer to them. “I’m very much just a person,” she said. “Being gendered isn’t something that I particularly like, but in terms of pronouns, I really couldn’t care less.”

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The topic of Bella Ramsey declaring to be non-binary resurfaced when she decided to deactivate her Instagram account last week.

They said they found inspiration in Kit Harrington and Jesse Eisenberg.

“Those are the two actors who I just thought were the coolest people to ever walk the earth, and neither of them had social media,” Ramsey said.

“I remember them just being so normal and funny and interesting. They were famous because they were great at something, not because they were celebrities. They never pushed themselves out there and made themselves more famous.”

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