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In 2023, an 89-year-old man in the U.K. died in part from vitamin D toxicity, or hypervitaminosis D, coroner’s records show.
Health

The dark side of daily vitamin D supplements: After a man died from an ‘overdose’ in the U.K., experts explain how much is healthy

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March 16, 2024
Lord Jacob Rothschild, the banker who broke from Europe’s biggest banking dynasty to build his own financial empire in London, dies at 87
Leadership

Lord Jacob Rothschild, the banker who broke from Europe’s biggest banking dynasty to build his own financial empire in London, dies at 87

By Tom Metcalf and Bloomberg
February 26, 2024
Google co-founder Sergey Brin sued by the widow of a pilot who was flying one of the billionaire’s planes to his private island in Fiji when it crashed
Tech

Google co-founder Sergey Brin sued by the widow of a pilot who was flying one of the billionaire’s planes to his private island in Fiji when it crashed

By Rachel Graf and Bloomberg
February 21, 2024
The home was rented by former funeral home owner Miles Harford
Finance

Financial hardship led ex-funeral home owner to stash cremated human remains in temporary urns and may have led to mixups of ashes, police say

By Amy Beth Hanson, Colleen Slevin and The Associated Press
February 17, 2024
Pastors Lynn Hopkins and Shane Isner
Politics

Alabama claims its new capital punishment, a gas chamber, is ‘the most painless and humane method of execution known to man’

By Kim Chandler and The Associated Press
January 23, 2024
Tech CEO dies after falling to the stage at company event
Tech

Tech CEO dies after falling to the stage at company event

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January 22, 2024
China ‘AI dragon’ SenseTime plunges after surprise death of U.S.-sanctioned firm’s co-founder
Tech

China ‘AI dragon’ SenseTime plunges after surprise death of U.S.-sanctioned firm’s co-founder

By Edwin Chan, John Cheng and Bloomberg
December 18, 2023
Pallbearers carrying a wooden casket
Lifestyle

Funeral home that offered “green” burials let 189 bodies pile up and lied about it, say authorities who responded to complaints of “abhorrent” smell

By Jesse Bedayn, Matthew Brown and The Associated Press
October 18, 2023
Blueprint founder Bryan Johnson lies by a pool wearing sunglasses.
Health

Eccentric bachelor Bryan Johnson knows his $2 million obsession not to die is killing his dating life, since he’s ‘impossible’ to be with

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August 9, 2023
Barbie casket
Lifestyle

You can get buried in hot pink with Barbie lining your casket—in El Salvador

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August 5, 2023
Teen dies while climbing Los Angeles bridge for an apparent social media stunt
Lifestyle

Teen dies while climbing Los Angeles bridge for an apparent social media stunt

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May 25, 2023
Peter Thiel.
Tech

Billionaire Peter Thiel says he’s signed up to be cryogenically preserved when he dies so he can be revived in the future—but he’s ‘not convinced it works’

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May 5, 2023
Family of worker who died in Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion that killed 7 sues over ignored gas leak warnings: Company ‘did nothing’
Finance

Family of worker who died in Pennsylvania chocolate factory explosion that killed 7 sues over ignored gas leak warnings: Company ‘did nothing’

By Michael Rubinkam and The Associated Press
April 12, 2023
Medical examiner
Health

From grave-robbing to unclaimed poor to donating your body after death: Here’s a look at the strange history of medical cadavers

By Susan Lawrence, Susan E. Lederer and The Conversation
March 10, 2023
A man walks across a lawn using radar to find graves.
Lifestyle

A team of researchers is using 100-year old maps and radar technology to look for the lost graves of dozens of Native American children

By Scott McFettridge and The Associated Press
November 24, 2022

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