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Cam Smith pulls away from Phil Mickelson for a 4-shot lead at LIV Golf
Cam Smith pulls away from Phil Mickelson for a 4-shot lead at LIV Golf
Phil Mickelson was in the hunt at LIV Golf
2023-08-13 08:24
Who is Antonella Rivoir? Florida pet sitter charged with animal cruelty after starving a dog in her care to death
Who is Antonella Rivoir? Florida pet sitter charged with animal cruelty after starving a dog in her care to death
Antonella Rivoir was detained on two animal cruelty counts and was released on a $10,000 total bond
2023-09-23 08:27
Squid Game The Challenge: It felt like it was real, says contestant
Squid Game The Challenge: It felt like it was real, says contestant
The hit TV drama is reinvented as a game show as real players battle it out for a $4.56m prize.
2023-11-22 16:28
Alyssa Farah Griffin hailed for her work as 'The View' host as she shares snap from show's wrap-up party: 'The right Republican'
Alyssa Farah Griffin hailed for her work as 'The View' host as she shares snap from show's wrap-up party: 'The right Republican'
Alyssa Farah Griffin shared an endearing moment from The View's wrap-up party
2023-08-04 14:17
Elon Musk was on brink of death after catching malaria on South African safari, book claims
Elon Musk was on brink of death after catching malaria on South African safari, book claims
Elon Musk contracted malaria while on safari in South Africa in 2000 and almost died, a new biography has claimed. Walter Isaacson detailed the billionaire’s near-death experience in a new biography published this week. Mr Musk contracted malaria during a holiday in South Africa after being ousted as CEO of PayPal by Peter Thiel in October 2000. It was Mr Musk’s first time back in his native South Africa since leaving for Canada aged 17, Mr Isaacson wrote. During his trip, Mr Musk and his then-wife Justine Musk went to a game reserve. When he returned to California in January 2001, Mr Musk reportedly began to feel dizzy and experienced recurring waves of chills and started throwing up in an emergency room, leading to him being wrongly diagnosed with viral meningitis. The billionaire’s condition worsened until his “pulse was barely perceptible,” according to the book. Mr Musk was only diagnosed with malaria after a doctor with expertise in infectious diseases passed by his bed at Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City and realized he had a potentially fatal form of the disease that can affect the central nervous system or cause “acute respiratory distress,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Mr Isaacson described how it took Mr Musk five months to fully recover after he was put in intensive care for 10 days and treated with doxycycline and chloroquine. An email written by the head of human resources at X.com — later Paypal — to Mr Musk’s former business partners Peter Thiel and Max Levchin described how he was “actually only hours from death,” the biography revealed. The Tesla CEO’s mother Maye Musk described the ordeal as “terrifying”. “I remember your malaria infection very clearly. You were unconscious, yellow and shivering for days. Tubes were going in and out of you. It was a terrifying time. Modern medicine saved you,” she wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. While he was in hospital, Mr Musk’s then-colleagues found he’d taken out a life insurance policy worth $100 million on behalf of X.com. “If he had died, all of our financial problems were going to be solved,” Mr Thiel reportedly told Isaacson. Mr Musk told Isaacson: “Vacations will kill you. Also, South Africa – that place is still trying to destroy me.” The tech mogul co-founded online bank X.com in 1999. The company merged with another payment system, Confinity, which was co-founded by Thiel and Levchin, and was renamed PayPal. Isaacson was given access to the Tesla and SpaceX CEO over the past two years, which culminated in Mr Musk’s biography being published this week. The writer spoke with several figures close to Mr Musk while writing the biography, including his ex-girlfriend Grimes and his former wives Tallulah Riley and Justine Musk, as well as his estranged father. So far, the book has also claimed Musk and Grimes secretly welcomed a third child, in addition to X and their 22-month-old daughter Exa Dark Sideræl. However, it was not immediately clear when their second son, named Techno Mechanicus or “Tau”, was born. In the biography, Isaacson also writes that the tech mogul’s brother Kimbal Musk and his friends “hated” ex-girlfriend and actor Amber Heard so intensely, it “made their distaste for Justine [Musk’s first wife] pale”. One review by The New York Times said Isaacson’s biography stitches together a portrait of a Mr Musk as a “mercurial ‘man-child’”. Read More Grimes says Elon Musk was ‘clueless’ about why she was upset by C-section photo Elon Musk ‘hardly remembers’ his own ‘demon-like’ episodes, biographer claims Book Review: 'Elon Musk' offers a revealing but not surprising portrait of tech mogul Elon Musk makes prediction for imminent Starship launch Twitter rival Bluesky hits new milestone Putin praises Musk days after report Tesla boss stopped Ukrainian attack
2023-09-14 01:18
Typhoon Mawar lashes Guam, US island territory known as 'Where America's Day Begins'
Typhoon Mawar lashes Guam, US island territory known as 'Where America's Day Begins'
The powerful Typhoon Mawar lashing Guam has interrupted travel and tropical island life for residents and U.S. military members in one of the nation's most remote territories
2023-05-25 06:22
Tristan Tate denies supplement use, defies 'steroid' accusations from haters: Fans say 'you are not natural anymore!!!'
Tristan Tate denies supplement use, defies 'steroid' accusations from haters: Fans say 'you are not natural anymore!!!'
Tristan Tate stated he has been trying Creatine for his body for a month
2023-07-22 19:50
Former Mozambique finance minister pleads not guilty in US federal court over $2 billion scandal
Former Mozambique finance minister pleads not guilty in US federal court over $2 billion scandal
Mozambique’s former finance minister has pleaded not guilty in U.S. federal court in connection with a $2 billion corruption and money laundering scandal
2023-07-14 06:16
Musk’s Brain Implant Firm Says US Approves Human Clinical Tests
Musk’s Brain Implant Firm Says US Approves Human Clinical Tests
Neuralink Corp., Elon Musk’s brain-implant company, said it received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration to
2023-05-26 07:19
Idaho man accused of killing four neighbours ‘snapped’ after victim allegedly ‘exposed himself’ to daughter
Idaho man accused of killing four neighbours ‘snapped’ after victim allegedly ‘exposed himself’ to daughter
Authorities in Idaho have revealed an alleged quadruple murderer opened fire on his victims after one of them exposed himself to the suspect’s daughters. Majorjon Kaylor, 31, has been charged with the killings of Kenneth Guardipee, 65, his daughter Kenna 41, and her sons 18-year-old Devin Smith and 16-year-old Aiken Smith on Sunday. The victims lived below the suspect and his family in a duplex at 515 W Brown Ave in Kellogg. The carnage last week shocked the community of Kellogg, with court documents shedding some light on the circumstances surrounding the shooting. According to an affidavit unsealed on Tuesday, Mr Kaylor reportedly told law enforcement that he “snapped” and “lost it” during an argument with his neighbours. Mr Kaylor and his wife, Kaylie Kaylor, told police that they were upset because several days earlier, Devin had allegedly masturbated in front of his bedroom window in full view of the Kaylors’ young daughters. The families shared a duplex, and the girls were playing outside in the yard when the exposure allegedly occurred. The incident was reported to the police, and the report was forwarded to the county prosecutor so a criminal charge of indecent exposure could be filed. But on Sunday evening, the Kaylors had an argument with the Guardipees over how the allegations were being handled. Police arrived at the house after reports of a shooting at around 7.20pm on Sunday. Mr Guardipee, his daughter and youngest grandson were found shot in the temple at close range, while Devin was shot multiple times in the head. Kaylor is being held without bond and has not yet entered a plea. A preliminary hearing has been set for 3 July. This is a developing story ... check again for updates.
2023-06-22 01:22
Disney rocks DeSantis ahead of expected White House bid announcement
Disney rocks DeSantis ahead of expected White House bid announcement
"DeSantisland" was likely not the happiest place on Earth on Thursday.
2023-05-19 12:26
GOP 2024 hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy proposes raising the voting age to 25
GOP 2024 hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy proposes raising the voting age to 25
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy is proposing raising the legal voting age to 25, his campaign announced Thursday.
2023-05-12 10:19