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Mother of disabled teenager to fundraise for others following Winslet donation

Carolynne Hunter’s 13-year-old daughter Freya has severe complex health problems and disabilities.

The Independent UK · Nov 10, 2023

Teen dies after collapsing during 5k race: ‘Unimaginable’

Knox MacEwen, 14, died on Saturday morning, just months after his mother recovered from cancer

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2023

Iowa woman who made fake cancer claims on social media must pay restitution but stays out of prison

An Iowa woman who falsely claimed to have cancer will stay out of prison after a judge gave her probation and a suspended sentence

The Independent UK · Oct 25, 2023

Tourist hospitalised with botulism after eating tainted sardines at Bordeaux wine bar

Jubilee Pridham was partially paralyzed and having difficulty breathing when she was admitted to hospital

The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2023

Health officials cast doubt on report of woman who had limbs amputated after bacterial infection from tilapia

No recent cases of Vibrio infections have been reported, per Santa Clara County

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2023

Neighbour breaks into home and beats six-year-old boy with baseball bat

Authorities said the family’s neighbor, 39-year-old Daniel Logan, randomly attacked six-year-old Jeremy

The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2023

Bomb threat, obscene gestures, jury upheaval and a GoFundMe: How Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial became a circus

During a dramatic six weeks in Colleton County Courthouse, the murder trial testimony was sidelined by a bomb threat, bad behaviour from the Murdaugh family, a controversial GoFundMe account, a Covid outbreak and a misbehaving juror. Rachel Sharp reports

The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2023

GoFundMe freezes donations for The Grayzone, sparking free speech debate

Far-left news site says crowdfunding company prevented access to donations, citing ‘external concerns’.

Al Jazeera · Sep 1, 2023

A scuba instructor, musician, a family of four: first Hawaii victims named

Tributes pour in for those who died as majority of the more than 100 people killed in Maui wildfires have yet to be identified

The Guardian - US · Aug 19, 2023

How -- and when -- is best to donate to those affected by the Maui wildfires?

The destruction and suffering caused by the Maui wildfires in Hawaii prompted many to immediately look for ways to help

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2023