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A 71-year-old grandmother claims she was kicked off an Air Canada flight after getting into a dispute with a flight attendant over garbage, calling the ordeal “life-changing.”

Ellen Flemming was flying home with her husband and two grandsons from British Columbia to New Brunswick on Aug.

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Chicago Star Kris Bryant rejects over 200 million dollar

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Rumor has it that Chicago Cubs superstar Kris Bryant had the opportunity to become at least $200 million richer.

The same rumor also has it that he said "nah."

This is according to Chicago radio host David Kaplan during a Wednesday segment on ESPN 1000. As summarized by Brett Taylor of Bleacher Nation, the Cubs reportedly approached Bryant and agent Scott Boras about a "'massive extension' worth 'well north of $200 million'" in the last several months. They reportedly turned it down.

Although MLB.com's Daniel Kramer confirmed Kaplan's report, The Athletic's Sahadev Sharma heard from sources that the specifics of these rumblings are "simply not true." So, take it all with a grain of salt.

It is, however, plausible that Bryant and Boras turned down $200 million. It's also plausible that such an offer is either still on the table or somewhere near it.

There have been regular reports during Bryant's four-year career about the Cubs approaching him to discuss a long-term contract extension. Each time, the gist has been that Bryant and Boras would rather play for free agency.

As Bryant himself put it to Gordon Wittenmyerof the Chicago Sun-Times in April 2017:

"I guess it's a little early. I still feel super young. I'm still getting used to all of this playing at this level. I'll listen to whatever they have to say, but I just think that it might be in my best interest to just play it out and see where things go."

It's less early now, as free agency is just three years away for the 26-year-old. Assuming they did indeed make the offer, this helps explain why the Cubs might be feeling urgent about locking up Bryant.

It's not hard to discern why neither Bryant nor Boras seems willing to agree to an extension at any price. The slugger set a record by getting $10.85 million in his first arbitration payout. He's due three more of those (and, thus, plenty more life-changing money) before hitting the open market after 2021.

By then, megadeals for Bryce Harper and Manny Machado after this season and, potentially, Nolan Arenado after 2019 and Mike Trout after 2020 will have reset the bar for big-money free-agent contracts. If Bryant continues playing at an elite level through 2021, a megadeal of his own might be worth twice the Cubs' reported offer.

Still, a lot can happen in three years. And in the meantime, the magnitude of the money Bryant may have rejected must not be understated.
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This isn't the Boston Red Sox lowballing Jon Lester with a $70 million offer back in 2014. There have been only a dozen $200 million contracts in Major League Baseball history. Only four of those were contract extensions, and three of them went to players (Joey Votto, Miguel Cabrera and Clayton Kershaw) who were more accomplished than Bryant is now.

The one exception is Giancarlo Stanton, whose 13-year, $325 million deal in 2014 with the Miami Marlins still stands as the largest in MLB history. He owned 21.3 career wins above replacement through five seasons at the time. Bryant owns 21.6 career WAR through one fewer season. This is not to mention his National League Rookie of the Year Award, NL MVP or World Series ring.

Ah, but the catch: Whereas Stanton was coming off his age-24 season and a career year, Bryant is 26 and coming off a career-worst season.

The numbers tell half the story. Bryant played in only 102 games and set new career lows in batting average (.272), slugging percentage (.460), OPS (.834), home runs (13) and WAR (1.9).

The other half of the story is couched in Bryant's trouble with the injury bug. His left shoulder started bothering him relatively early in the season and put him on the disabled list June 26. He played in only 10 games between then and Sept. 1, when he was finally back for good.

The left is Bryant's lead shoulder when he's in the batter's box. Such injuries are known to sap power from sluggers. Bryant proved to be no exception, as his isolated power ( extra bases per at-bat) took a huge hit in the latter half of his season:

It's possible-perhaps even likely, in light of Kaplan's apparent walkback of his "last several months" remark-that the Cubs made their $200 million offer before Bryant's shoulder fell to pieces and that he therefore had no idea that his sky-high value was about to take a hit. If so, there's no scolding him in retrospect.

On the chance Bryant said no to their offer after his shoulder woes began, his and Boras' insistence on waiting for free agency looks all the more risky.

According to Teddy Greenstein of the Chicago Tribune, Bryant took his shoulder injury as an excuse to alter a practice routine that may have been overtaxing his body. That could resuscitate his power. Or, the cure may be worse than disease. After all, whatever he was doing before coincided with him slamming 94 home runs between 2015 and 2017.

If Bryant's shoulder saga doesn't precipitate a lasting power decline, the natural order of things might. Although power ages well relative to other skills, FanGraphs' Jeff Zimmerman found in 2014 that modern power hitters peak early and then start declining in their late 20s.

With his 27th birthday on January 4, 2019, Bryant will be there soon. He'll be 29 when he reaches free agency and looking to sell his age-30 season and beyond. At that age, any and all red flags are going to be heavily scrutinized. Perhaps enough to leave him well short of the contract he and Boras have in mind now.

Of course, this is the sky-is-falling take on a report of questionable veracity. If it is true, maybe Bryant has alternative reasons for turning down the offer-e.g., waiting to see if the Cubs sign his good buddy Bryce Harper or for some resolution with the service-time grievance he filed in 2015. And either way, things may go swimmingly for him in his final three seasons under Cub control.

But if a guy is going to say no to $200 million, he'd better have every assurance that he can do better in the near future. Bryant doesn't.
Stats courtesy of Baseball Reference and FanGraphs.

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Possibly Rejecting over $200M from Cubs Would Be a Huge Gamble for Kris Bryant

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Stacy Revere/Getty Images Rumor has it that Chicago Cubs superstar Kris Bryant had the opportunity to become at least $200 million richer. The same rumor also has it that he said "nah." This is according to Chicago radio host David Kaplan during a Wednesday segment on ESPN 1000.

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US, Russian astronauts make dangerous ballistic re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere after rocket fails

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NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin made a dramatic escape after their Soyuz booster rocket failed just two minutes after launch Thursday

After blasting into the sky from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the crew was forced to make a dangerous "ballistic re-entry" into Earth's atmosphere.

Ballistic re-entry uses atmospheric drag to slow the spacecraft and can expose crewmembers to G-forces 10 times great than those on Earth, according to New Scientist. Popular Mechanics describes ballistic re-entry as "steep and short" compared to the long, flat profile of a "controlled descent."
US, RUSSIA SPACE CREW ABORTS MISSION AFTER BOOSTER FAILURE
If the capsule loses orientation during ballistic re-entry it could expose its hatch, as opposed to its heat shield, which would kill the crewmembers, says Popular Mechanics. For this reason, the Soyuz capsule rotates on its axis of trajectory during descent to boost stability (similar to a bullet fired from a rifle), it adds.

The rescue capsule landed safely in the steppes of Kazakhstan Thursday. While the crew endured higher than normal G-force, Russian and U.S. space officials say they are in good condition.

Oleg Orlov, the head of the Institute for Medical and Biological Problems, Russia's top space medicine research center, said in televised remarks that the astronauts endured six Gs during the sharp ballistic descent. He added that space crew is trained to endure such load.

Normal Soyuz returns have G-forces of about five.

Popular Mechanics reports that Thursday's launch is the fourth time that a ballistic re-entry has occurred in the Soyuz program. The re-entry method has been used successfully on each occasion, it says.

In 2008, a Soyuz spacecraft carrying NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson made an unplanned ballistic re-entry on its return to Earth from the International Space Station. The three-person crew was subjected to gravity forces of about eight times Earth's gravity for up to two minutes.

NASA'S PARKER SOLAR PROBE GETS CLOSER TO 'TOUCHING THE SUN'

In an audio recording released by NASA in 2008, Whitson described the spacecraft's descent as "pretty dramatic." Images show the Soyuz-FG rocket booster lifting the Soyuz MS-10 spacecraft high into the sky before Thursday's mission was abandoned. In a tweet, Russian space agency Roscosmos said an emergency rescue system was activated when the booster rocket failed.

Hague and Ovchinin were scheduled to dock at the International Space Station six hours after launch.

UNITED LAUNCH ALLIANCE PREPS FOR THE RETURN OF MANNED SPACE MISSIONS FROM CAPE CANAVERAL

Russia has set up a state commission to investigate the Soyuz booster rocket failure.

"NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine and the NASA team are monitoring the situation carefully," said NASA, in a statement released early Thursday. "NASA is working closely with Roscosmos to ensure the safe return of the crew. Safety of the crew is the utmost priority for NASA. A thorough investigation into the cause of the incident will be conducted."

Since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011, the U.S. has been relying on Russian Soyuz rockets, launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, to get astronauts to the Space Station.

NASA, however, is planning to launch manned missions from U.S. soil in the coming years. The space agency recently announced the nine astronauts that will crew the test flights and first missions of the SpaceX Crew Dragon and Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft.

The safety of astronauts and launch pad personnel is critical to the space program. Private space company United Launch Alliance, for example, has worked with Terra-Nova Zipline to build an Emergency Egress System (EES) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space Launch Complex 41. By using special zipline-style cables astronauts and ground crew can quickly evacuate the Crew Access Tower in the event of a launch pad emergency, such as a fire.

The cables can transport up to 20 people to a landing zone more than 1,340 feet from the Tower, according to ULA. An armored vehicle will be parked at the landing zone ready to drive the astronauts and ground crew to safety.

Space Launch Complex 41 will be used for launch the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft atop a ULA Atlas V rocket.

Follow James Rogers on Twitter @jamesjrogers

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US, Russian astronauts make dangerous ballistic re-entry into Earth's atmosphere after rocket fails

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NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Russian cosmonaut Alexei Ovchinin made a dramatic escape after their Soyuz booster rocket failed just two minutes after launch Thursday After blasting into the sky from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the crew was forced to make a dangerous "ballistic re-entry" into Earth's atmosphere.

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The Jaguars signed RB Jamaal Charles after injury. Despite that, the Jaguars will give the starting job to TJ Yeldon.

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The Jacksonville Jaguars' backfield entered the early part of the week dealing with injuries and in need of help.

Starter Leonard Fournette remains out with a hamstring injury and backup Corey Grant suffered a season-ending foot injury, leaving T.J. Yeldon as the last man standing after Week 5.

The Jaguars, however, moved quickly to bolster depth by signing veteran Jamaal Charles to a free-agent deal and bringing in rookie David Williams off the Denver Broncos practice squad.

While Charles, a former two-time All-Pro and four-time Pro Bowler, provides experience, Jaguars coach Doug Marrone left little doubt on the current pecking order as the team prepares for Sunday's game against the Dallas Cowboys.

"T.J. will be a guy that will carry the load for us," Marrone said Wednesday, via the Jaguars' official website. "We brought Jamaal in and David Williams off the Denver practice squad.

"Jamaal, he looked good. He looked in shape; he looked like he was ready to go ... We need some help, so we brought those guys in here. We'll just put them to work."

Once regarded as one of the league's top running backs in his prime, the 31-year-old Charles has 10,142 total yards (7,556 rushing) and 64 touchdowns on his 10-year career, nine with the Kansas City Chiefs and the 2017 campaign with the Denver Broncos.

Charles, however, went unsigned during the offseason despite having a workout with the New Orleans Saints in May and a visit with the Washington Redskins in September.

The veteran running back told reporters Wednesday that he stayed in shape throughout the process, and the decision to join the Jaguars proved easy.

"I feel like they have a contender team and I was happy when they called," Charles said. "I want to win a Super Bowl and that's why I always kept my options open because I did want to win a Super Bowl. They have a good chance to do that, so I came here so I could contribute."

While the full realm of his responsibilities remains unknown, Charles said he will do whatever the coaching staff asks of him and he doesn't believe it will take long to pick up the playbook, pointing out his experience on two different teams.

"I've been a vet for years now, I mean, for a decade at least, so now football is like football to me," Charles said.

Meanwhile, the Jaguars are likely to stick with Yeldon in the lead role until Fournette returns even if Charles acclimates quickly.

At this stage of his career and with a history of knee injuries, Charles provides a veteran presence and can help out in a complementary role as a situational running back.

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T.J. Yeldon to be Jags' lead RB despite Charles signing

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The Jacksonville Jaguars' backfield entered the early part of the week dealing with injuries and in need of help. Starter Leonard Fournette remains out with a hamstring injury and backup Corey Grant suffered a season-ending foot injury, leaving T.J. Yeldon as the last man standing after Week 5.

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Georgia model is brain dead after she was shot in the neck while driving, causing a head-on collision with the car in front of her

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An aspiring Georgia model is brain dead after she was shot in the neck while driving, causing a head-on collision with the car in front of her and leading to a multi-vehicle wreck Monday, her family said.

Kelsey Quayle, 28, was driving down Upper Riverdale Road in Clayton County at about 7 a.m. when someone opened fire, striking Quayle in the neck, FOX5 Atlanta reported. Quayle lost control of her car and crashed into another vehicle.

"We believe [the shooting] was the primary cause of her not being conscious, leaving the roadway into the length of traffic," Clayton County Police Captain Scott Stubbs said.

At least three vehicles eventually became involved in the wreck.

Quayle was rushed to a hospital where doctors discovered the bullet was lodged in her neck, Quayle's family said. The projectile had severed her spinal cord at the base of the brain, causing catastrophic brain damage. On Wednesday, her family gathered at the hospital to discuss taking Quayle off life support, however, it wasn't clear if a decision had been reached.

"I just want to know who did this. It's ridiculous. She didn't deserve this," Quayle's sister, Kayleigh, told FOX5.

Police appealed to the public for help.

"Right now a theory would be road rage, or maybe just a cross-fire maybe," Kayleigh said. "But we just have so many unanswered questions."

Quayle, along with her boyfriend, had moved to Georgia a few months ago in pursuit of a modeling career, her family said. She was driving to work at a dentist's office Monday morning when she was shot.

"Kelsey was an amazing person. She always could make anyone laugh. She's kind, loving, sweet and so caring towards others," Rachel Chotro, who identified herself as Quayle's sister, wrote on a GoFundMe page intended to help defray the cost of the 28-year-old's funeral. "She was an amazing daughter, sister, friend and girlfriend."

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Female Georgia model, 28, shot in neck before multi-vehicle crash, left brain dead, family says

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An aspiring Georgia model is brain dead after she was shot in the neck while driving, causing a head-on collision with the car in front of her and leading to a multi-vehicle wreck Monday, her family said. Kelsey Quayle, 28, was driving down Upper Riverdale Road in Clayton County at about 7 a.m.

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Patrick Mahomes is just the latest in a long line of young hotshots hoping to prove himself by beating the Patriots. He brings gobs of talent to the Week 6 prime-time showdown. He carried the Chiefs to a 5-0

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Hurricane Michael hit Mexico Beach Florida and destroyed its beauty. It was a monstrous category 4 hurricane and it wiped out Mexico Beach. The hurricane left more than 350000 people without power and entire neighborhoods were left in ruins. Almost all telephone poles were snapped in half. This storm has already killed a man in Florida and a girl in Georgia.

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A girl Georgia model, 28, shot in neck before multi-vehicle crash, left brain dead

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An aspiring Georgia model is brain dead after she was shot in the neck while driving, causing a head-on collision with the car in front of her and leading to a multi-vehicle wreck Monday, her family said.

Kelsey Quayle, 28, was driving down Upper Riverdale Road in Clayton County at about 7 a.m. when someone opened fire, striking Quayle in the neck, FOX5 Atlanta reported. Quayle lost control of her car and crashed into another vehicle.

"We believe [the shooting] was the primary cause of her not being conscious, leaving the roadway into the length of traffic," Clayton County Police Captain Scott Stubbs said.

At least three vehicles eventually became involved in the wreck.

Quayle was rushed to a hospital where doctors discovered the bullet was lodged in her neck, Quayle's family said. The projectile had severed her spinal cord at the base of the brain, causing catastrophic brain damage. On Wednesday, her family gathered at the hospital to discuss taking Quayle off life support, however, it wasn't clear if a decision had been reached.

"I just want to know who did this. It's ridiculous. She didn't deserve this," Quayle's sister, Kayleigh, told FOX5.

Police appealed to the public for help.

"Right now a theory would be road rage, or maybe just a cross-fire maybe," Kayleigh said. "But we just have so many unanswered questions."

Quayle, along with her boyfriend, had moved to Georgia a few months ago in pursuit of a modeling career, her family said. She was driving to work at a dentist's office Monday morning when she was shot.

"Kelsey was an amazing person. She always could make anyone laugh. She's kind, loving, sweet and so caring towards others," Rachel Chotro, who identified herself as Quayle's sister, wrote on a GoFundMe page intended to help defray the cost of the 28-year-old's funeral. "She was an amazing daughter, sister, friend and girlfriend."

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Female Georgia model, 28, shot in neck before multi-vehicle crash, left brain dead, family says

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An aspiring Georgia model is brain dead after she was shot in the neck while driving, causing a head-on collision with the car in front of her and leading to a multi-vehicle wreck Monday, her family said. Kelsey Quayle, 28, was driving down Upper Riverdale Road in Clayton County at about 7 a.m.

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"There was something about putting this hat on that made me feel like Superman," West said, as part of an extended soliloquy that spanned topics from his mental health to prison reform to what kind of plane Trump should fly in.

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Female Georgia model, 28, shot in neck before multi-vehicle crash, left brain dead

An aspiring Georgia model is brain dead after she was shot in the neck while driving, causing a head-on collision with the car in front of her and leading to a multi-vehicle wreck Monday, her family said.

Kelsey Quayle, 28, was driving down Upper Riverdale Road in Clayton County at about 7 a.m. when someone opened fire, striking Quayle in the neck

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An aspiring Georgia model is brain dead after she was shot in the neck while driving, causing a head-on collision with the car in front of her and leading to a multi-vehicle wreck Monday, her family said.

Kelsey Quayle, 28, was driving down Upper Riverdale Road in Clayton County at about 7 a.m. when someone opened fire, striking Quayle in the neck, FOX5 Atlanta reported. Quayle lost control of her car and crashed into another vehicle.

"We believe [the shooting] was the primary cause of her not being conscious, leaving the roadway into the length of traffic," Clayton County Police Captain Scott Stubbs said.

At least three vehicles eventually became involved in the wreck.

Quayle was rushed to a hospital where doctors discovered the bullet was lodged in her neck, Quayle's family said. The projectile had severed her spinal cord at the base of the brain, causing catastrophic brain damage. On Wednesday, her family gathered at the hospital to discuss taking Quayle off life support, however, it wasn't clear if a decision had been reached.

"I just want to know who did this. It's ridiculous. She didn't deserve this," Quayle's sister, Kayleigh, told FOX5.

Police appealed to the public for help.

"Right now a theory would be road rage, or maybe just a cross-fire maybe," Kayleigh said. "But we just have so many unanswered questions."

Quayle, along with her boyfriend, had moved to Georgia a few months ago in pursuit of a modeling career, her family said. She was driving to work at a dentist's office Monday morning when she was shot.

"Kelsey was an amazing person. She always could make anyone laugh. She's kind, loving, sweet and so caring towards others," Rachel Chotro, who identified herself as Quayle's sister, wrote on a GoFundMe page intended to help defray the cost of the 28-year-old's funeral. "She was an amazing daughter, sister, friend and girlfriend."

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Female Georgia model, 28, shot in neck before multi-vehicle crash, left brain dead, family says

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An aspiring Georgia model is brain dead after she was shot in the neck while driving, causing a head-on collision with the car in front of her and leading to a multi-vehicle wreck Monday, her family said. Kelsey Quayle, 28, was driving down Upper Riverdale Road in Clayton County at about 7 a.m.

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'Unimaginable destruction': Hurricane smashes rows of houses

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A model was shot in the neck, leaving her brain dead. Kelsey Quale age 28 was driving up Upper Riverdale Road at 7a.m. when someone opened fire and shot her in the neck. She then lost control of her car and crashes into another vehicle. She was rushed to the hospital and pronounced brain dead.

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An aspiring Georgia model is brain dead after she was shot in the neck while driving, causing a head-on collision with the car in front of her and leading to a multi-vehicle wreck Monday, her family said.

Kelsey Quayle, 28, was driving down Upper Riverdale Road in Clayton County at about 7 a.m. when someone opened fire, striking Quayle in the neck, FOX5 Atlanta reported. Quayle lost control of her car and crashed into another vehicle.

"We believe [the shooting] was the primary cause of her not being conscious, leaving the roadway into the length of traffic," Clayton County Police Captain Scott Stubbs said.

At least three vehicles eventually became involved in the wreck.

Quayle was rushed to a hospital where doctors discovered the bullet was lodged in her neck, Quayle's family said. The projectile had severed her spinal cord at the base of the brain, causing catastrophic brain damage. On Wednesday, her family gathered at the hospital to discuss taking Quayle off life support, however, it wasn't clear if a decision had been reached.

"I just want to know who did this. It's ridiculous. She didn't deserve this," Quayle's sister, Kayleigh, told FOX5.

Police appealed to the public for help.

"Right now a theory would be road rage, or maybe just a cross-fire maybe," Kayleigh said. "But we just have so many unanswered questions."

Quayle, along with her boyfriend, had moved to Georgia a few months ago in pursuit of a modeling career, her family said. She was driving to work at a dentist's office Monday morning when she was shot.

"Kelsey was an amazing person. She always could make anyone laugh. She's kind, loving, sweet and so caring towards others," Rachel Chotro, who identified herself as Quayle's sister, wrote on a GoFundMe page intended to help defray the cost of the 28-year-old's funeral. "She was an amazing daughter, sister, friend and girlfriend."

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Female Georgia model, 28, shot in neck before multi-vehicle crash, left brain dead, family says

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An aspiring Georgia model is brain dead after she was shot in the neck while driving, causing a head-on collision with the car in front of her and leading to a multi-vehicle wreck Monday, her family said. Kelsey Quayle, 28, was driving down Upper Riverdale Road in Clayton County at about 7 a.m.

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Two-time Olympic medalist Laurie Hernandez is returning to gymnastics.

The 18-year-old made the announcement on "Good Morning America" Thursday, saying she is "currently training."

"Crossing your fingers for 2020," Hernandez said of the future Olympics, which will be held in Tokyo.

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Two-time Olympic medalist Laurie Hernandez is returning to gymnastics.

The 18-year-old made the announcement on "Good Morning America" Thursday, saying she is "currently training."

"Crossing your fingers for 2020," Hernandez said of the future Olympics, which will be held in Tokyo.

Besides winning a gold and silver medal, Hernandez has a new children's book out titled, "She's Got This." The name of the book is inspired by the gymnast visibly reciting "I got this" to herself before each event at the U.S. women's gymnastics team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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"Whenever I'm competing, I'm pretty much terrified before I go up there," Hernandez said. "And so, it's making sure that I can calm myself down before I hop onto the equipment. And for me, that's a lot of self-talk and self-preparation and it's being my own hype man."

"She's Got This" is about a gymnast who experiences setbacks, but keeps going.

so excited to be able to share my new book SHE'S GOT THIS with the ?? today! Zoe dreams of flying, but first has to get over her fear of falling. This message is so important to me and I hope it inspires you to go after your dreams ?? https://t.co/lxwDxOMcwB pic.twitter.com/0SJq454v5y
- SPOOKie Hernandez (@lzhernandez02) October 9, 2018

This is the second published book for Hernandez, who also won Season 23 of "Dancing With the Stars."

But that's not all: Hernandez also has her own Barbie doll.

"She has my curls, which is really important to me," Hernandez said. "When I was little, I always wanted to straighten my hair because I saw everybody had that but now I get to embrace that."

On "GMA," Hernandez also showed adorable young fans in the audience how to appropriately stick a landing.

"She's Got This" is available now.

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Two-time Olympic medalist Laurie Hernandez is returning to gymnastics. The 18-year-old made the announcement on "Good Morning America" Thursday, saying she is "currently training." "Crossing your fingers for 2020," Hernandez said of the future Olympics, which will be held in Tokyo. Besides winning a gold and silver medal, Hernandez has a new children's book out titled, "She's Got This."

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Rate of new Ebola cases has doubled since September

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Health officials say the rate of new Ebola cases has more than doubled since September after rebel violence in northeastern Congo caused response efforts to be briefly suspended.

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The final paper that famed physicist Stephen Hawking worked on before he passed away has been published and it deals with a topic bigger than Hawking's legacy – what happens when objects fall into black holes?

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The final paper that famed physicist Stephen Hawking worked on before he passed away has been published and it deals with a topic bigger than Hawking's legacy - what happens when objects fall into black holes?

The paper entitled "Black Hole Entropy and Soft Hair," looks into whether black holes keep the information of the things that fall into them. Some theoretical physicists believe they do, while others do not.

Hawking argued that because black holes have temperature and hot objects ultimately lose their heat in space, black holes eventually evaporate and disappear. One of the paper's co-authors, Malcolm Perry, told The Guardian that it looks like items disappear.
STEPHEN HAWKING'S 'GHOSTS' MAY HAVE BEEN FOUND
"The difficulty is that if you throw something into a black hole it looks like it disappears," Perry told website. "How could the information in that object ever be recovered if the black hole then disappears itself?"

The sheens of photons that surround a black hole's event horizon are referred to as a "soft hair" in the paper.

"Assuming the existence of a quantum Hilbert space on which these charges generate the symmetries, as well as the applicability of the Cardy formula, the central charges reproduce the macroscopic area-entropy law for generic Kerr black holes," a summary of the study says.
A LOOK BACK ON THE LIFE OF RENOWNED PHYSICIST STEPHEN HAWKING
Hawking, known for writing the best-selling book "A Brief History of Time," teaching physics and mathematics and delivering impactful speeches, passed away in March 2018 at the age of 76.

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The final paper that famed physicist Stephen Hawking worked on before he passed away has been published and it deals with a topic bigger than Hawking's legacy - what happens when objects fall into black holes? The paper entitled "Black Hole Entropy and Soft Hair," looks into whether black holes keep the information of the things that fall into them.

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Stephen Hawking's final paper revealed.  The paper entitled “Black Hole Entropy and Soft Hair,” looks into whether black holes keep the information of the things that fall into them. Some theoretical physicists believe they do, while others do not.

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The final paper that famed physicist Stephen Hawking worked on before he passed away has been published and it deals with a topic bigger than Hawking's legacy - what happens when objects fall into black holes?

The paper entitled "Black Hole Entropy and Soft Hair," looks into whether black holes keep the information of the things that fall into them. Some theoretical physicists believe they do, while others do not.

Hawking argued that because black holes have temperature and hot objects ultimately lose their heat in space, black holes eventually evaporate and disappear. One of the paper's co-authors, Malcolm Perry, told The Guardian that it looks like items disappear.
STEPHEN HAWKING'S 'GHOSTS' MAY HAVE BEEN FOUND
"The difficulty is that if you throw something into a black hole it looks like it disappears," Perry told website. "How could the information in that object ever be recovered if the black hole then disappears itself?"

The sheens of photons that surround a black hole's event horizon are referred to as a "soft hair" in the paper.

"Assuming the existence of a quantum Hilbert space on which these charges generate the symmetries, as well as the applicability of the Cardy formula, the central charges reproduce the macroscopic area-entropy law for generic Kerr black holes," a summary of the study says.
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Hawking, known for writing the best-selling book "A Brief History of Time," teaching physics and mathematics and delivering impactful speeches, passed away in March 2018 at the age of 76.

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The final paper that famed physicist Stephen Hawking worked on before he passed away has been published and it deals with a topic bigger than Hawking's legacy - what happens when objects fall into black holes? The paper entitled "Black Hole Entropy and Soft Hair," looks into whether black holes keep the information of the things that fall into them.

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Marine Biologist Fran Geall claims her rare brian infection caused memory loss.

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A brilliant marine biologist has told how she woke up an "entirely different person" with no memory of her previous life because of a rare condition that causes the body to attack its own brain cells.

Fran Geall, 25, from Falmouth, Cornwall, who has a masters degree, was struck down with the auto-immune condition encephalitis, which wiped all recollection of her £50,000 (approx. $66,000) five- year university education.

As well as forgetting her time in academia, Geall said she no longer knew some of her closest relatives and friends - including her niece and her partner's family, explaining: "With people I'm told I've known for years, it can be like meeting them for the first time, which is really sad. I also feel like I'm meeting myself again, because I have absolutely no idea who I was before all this was."

"People say there's a new Fran, that I'm a different person and they're having to accept that. I'm not so sure if I like the new Fran, though," she said. "All I want is to get back to the old me, who achieved so much and built so many loving relationships."
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As "old Fran," she completed an undergraduate degree in marine biology, before being awarded a Master of Science in sustainable agriculture from Plymouth University.

Keen to work in ethical agriculture in January 2018 she landed her "dream job" working as a business development manager for an oyster company in Whitstable, Kent.

In December 2015 she had also become engaged to marry the love of her life, teacher Stacey Tonkins, 29, who she had met at university in 2014.

But her happiness was shattered in March this year when she began suffering from migraines so crippling that she was forced to stay in bed for a week.

She saw her doctor and once visited the emergency room, but doctors thought she had pulled a muscle in her neck, as she could not put her chin to her chest.

Then, one morning in March, she began having a seizure in bed and it became clear something was very wrong - prompting Tonkins to call an ambulance to rush her straight to Kent's Ashford Hospital, where she was immediately put into an induced coma.

Coming to a week later, she seemed like a completely different person.

Unable to read, walk or speak for several weeks, she is still having to relearn many basic life skills.

"Doing the simplest things, like using a computer or navigating around a supermarket have now become very difficult," said Geall. "But what is heartbreaking for me is that my intellect, which was like my superpower, is now gone, and all the years I spent learning facts and learning about the natural world has been wiped out like chalk on a blackboard."

Despite having scant memories of her life before her brain condition, fortunately, Geall said she still feels an instinctive emotional link to many of her loved ones, such as Tonkins her parents and her siblings.

But she has no recollection at all of her sisters-in-law or her niece and is now having to rebuild these relationships from scratch.
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"When Stacey and my family visited me in hospital, I knew instinctively that they were people I loved, but I couldn't remember anything about them, apart from very minimal, basic details," she said. "They would show me photos of old times together and it wouldn't jog anything - it's like looking at someone else's life. I couldn't speak, I couldn't walk and I had no idea who anyone around me was or what had happened to me."

Slowly, her faculties began to return, although Geall could write before she could talk.

"I don't know why, but the first thing I was able to write down was my mum's telephone number. I couldn't remember anything, but for some reason, I could remember that," she said. "The second thing I wrote was, 'things are a jumble.' My friends and family tried to communicate by speaking and writing things down, too, but I couldn't understand anything."

Things gradually improved when Geall was given a plasma exchange 10 days after being admitted to the hospital, a procedure which replaced the white blood cells in her system that had been attacking her brain.

After that, her speech recovered and she started writing a daily diary although, sadly, it did not trigger any memories.

Discharged from hospital after five weeks, determined to get back to normal, she returned to work.

Within a few days, however, it became clear it was not going to be possible for her to stay when she had a major seizure.

"I realized then that my recovery would take a lot longer than I had imagined," she explained. "The doctors have no idea if I will ever regain my memories, so I'm living with the prospect of potentially having to relearn everything I ever knew."

Now based in Falmouth, near Geall's family, who are helping to support her and her fiance, the marine biologist - who once spent a few years studying in the seaside town - is putting all her energy into her recovery

"When I'm out people will sometimes come up to me and say hello, as they recognize me from when I lived here before," she said. "Obviously, they don't know what I've been through. I have no idea who they are, but still smile and pretend to know them. We only have a brief conversation, so they're usually none the wiser. If I talk to anyone for longer, they can usually tell something isn't quite right, so I tell them what happened."

Luckily, Geall has not lost her hunger for knowledge and is now reading up on everything she learned at university, keen to retain it - although she can only study for short periods, as the mental exertion can trigger seizures.

As doctors have no idea what caused her encephalitis, a condition which still frequently baffles the medical profession, Geall often blames herself for what has happened.

"In a way, I feel like it's my fault," she said. "There's no logic to that whatsoever, but if I tell myself that it's just unfair, it puts me into a spiral of depression. Telling myself that there was some reason behind it lets me think that I can somehow get better and move on, even though no one seems to know if I'll ever have my memory back."

Although the future remains uncertain, Geall is delighted when people tell her they still see signs of the person she used to be.

"People say that I used to crack a lot of jokes, and I'm starting to do that again now," she said. "But I suppose when you're in a situation like mine, what else can you do?"

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Bride claims brain infection wiped memory, changed personality

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A brilliant marine biologist has told how she woke up an "entirely different person" with no memory of her previous life because of a rare condition that causes the body to attack its own brain cells. Fran Geall, 25, from Falmouth, Cornwall, who has a masters degree, was struck down with the auto-immune condition encephalitis, which wiped all recollection of her £50,000 (approx.

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India has recorded its biggest outbreak of Zika virus to date, with 32 cases confirmed in Jaipur, capital of the western state of Rajasthan. The Zika virus is spreading through insects and animal bites.

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India hit with its biggest outbreak of Zika to date

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India has recorded its biggest outbreak of Zika virus with 32 cases confirmed in Jaipur, capital of the western state of Rajasthan. The state government is ramping up efforts to raise awareness about the virus and how it can be prevented.