Richard Slayman died almost two months after the historic procedure, the Boston hospital where he had the transplant said Saturday. At 62, he had the transplant to treat his end-stage kidney disease.
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The fundraiser regularly draws in big names in the national Republican Party, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former Vice President Mike Pence.
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The money will help build, renovate, and modernize public housing.
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The 6'6" guard from St. Louis joins Jarrett Hensley and Sheridan Sharp as holdovers from the Bryan Mullins era.
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Alumni and friends can choose a monthly membership or one-time contributions.
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A woman is dead after she was struck by a vehicle on a busy roadway outside Washington.
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Five time Grammy award-winning, multiplatinum rap icon Lil Wayne will headline on Wednesday August 14th.
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Thomas C. Britton will deliver the keynote address during commencement ceremonies on Friday, May 10.
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Advocates seek $50M to keep programs operating.
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The suspect is identified as 31-year-old Evetta Hughes 31 of Carbondale.
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Hundreds of Native American tribes are getting money from lawsuit settlements with opioid companies. Some are investing the new funds in traditional healing practices to treat addiction.
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After initiation rites – including circumcision – the boys leave their families to take charge of the herds, driving them high into the mountains. It's a way of life that climate change is testing.
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Afuá, a remote town in the Brazilian Amazon, banned motor vehicles over 20 years ago. Writer Mac Margolis and photographer Stefan Kolumban paid the town a visit to see what life is like.
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Playwright Paula Vogel is known not just for her work on Broadway — but for the generations of famous playwrights whose careers she has nurtured. Mother Play is about her own mother.
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After weeks of preparation, crews are scheduled to conduct a controlled demolition to break down the largest remaining span of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Maryland.
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Over some five decades, Corman filled America's drive-ins with hundreds of low-budget movies. Many of Hollywood's most respected directors have at least one Corman picture buried in their resumes.
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The Swiss singer and rapper was one of two nonbinary artists in the finals at this year's event held in Malmo, Sweden. Meanwhile, protesters called for Israel's disqualification from the contest.