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Bruce Lee’s death has long been presumed to have been a result of cerebral edema, but it turns out it may have been a very different thing that caused the icon’s tragic passing. Nearly fifty years after his death, Lee’s untimely passing has reentered the debate as a group of kidney specialists in Spain have posited a new theory about what could have killed the Hong Kong movie star. Published in the Dec. 2022 volume of the Clinical Kidney Journal, their belief is a vastly different ailment caused his death. Instead of…

Five people were killed and dozens more injured in a mass shooting at the gay nightclub Club Q over the weekend. The suspect, Anderson Lee Aldrich, 22, was taken into custody at the scene and arrested on murder and hate crime charges.Here is what we know so far about the victims. Daniel Aston, in an undated photo, was one of five people killed late Saturday when a gunman opened fire in a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs.(Courtesy of Jeff Aston via Associated Press) Daniel Aston Aston, a 28-year-old…

A number of stars used their time onstage at the American Music Awards Sunday night to speak about Saturday night’s shooting at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, which left five people dead and 25 others injured. “Every award that I ever win will always first and foremost be dedicated to the queer community at large,” says Dove Cameron, while accepting the award for new artist of the year.  “I want to remind everyone how important queer visibility is, and how important our community is,” she…

Deputy Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire told AFP on Thursday that while they were still discussing the problem, Hidalgo was leaning towards a ban that would make Paris one of just a few major cities to outlaw free-float e-scooter fleets. An electric scooter rider in Paris was killed after colliding with a truck on Thursday, police said, days before Mayor Anne Hidalgo decides on whether to outlaw e-scooter rental fleets.Deputy Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire told AFP on Thursday that while they were still discussing the problem, Hidalgo…

Extreme rainfall in Nigeria triggered catastrophic floods this summer that killed hundreds and displaced more than a million people. A new study finds that the influence of global warming made the downpours 80 times more probable. It’s the latest report from the international research consortium World Weather Attribution, which specializes in the links between climate change and extreme weather events. So far this year, the organization has identified the fingerprints of global warming in deadly flooding in Pakistan and …

The one-hit wonder can be one of the music industry’s cruellest, and kindest, trajectories. A song takes on a life of its own as a previously unknown act gets propelled into temporary superstardom, only to come crashing down just as fast when future releases don’t quite make the same mark.For some, phone calls to the record label go unanswered, dreams and hopes are shattered and swanky dinners get replaced by beans on toast. For those who never banked on commercial success in the first place, the temporary high can offer…

After weeks of public silence, rappers Quavo and Offset paid tribute to their Migos band mate Takeoff, who was killed Nov.1 in a shooting outside a Houston bowling alley.Offset on Tuesday wrote a tribute to the fallen rapper on Instagram and said posting about his death “still doesn’t feel like reality,” largely echoing his emotional remarks at his band mate’s funeral at State Farm Arena in Atlanta last Friday.“Dear Take,” he began the post. “The pain you have left me with is unbearable. My heart is shattered and I have…

So much for a smooth rollout of Twitter's "official" verification badges. Elon Musk claims he "just killed" the deployment hours after it began. The gray checkmarks have vanished from those accounts that only just got them, including Engadget's and The New York Times. With that said, this isn't necessarily a complete about-face. Twitter VP Esther Crawford clarified that you'll still see the marks, but that the social media giant is handing them out to "government and commercial entities" at first. The focus just isn't on…

Software updates usually ship with a bug or two, but it’s not often that they permanently kill your device. Unfortunately, that appears to be precisely what is happening to Galaxy Watch 4 owners after installing Samsung’s latest firmware for the smartwatch. SamMobile reports that new firmware update R8xxXXU1GVI3 is bricking Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic devices. A number of Galaxy Watch 4 users claim that once they apply R8xxXXU1GVI3 and turn the watch off, it won’t turn back on. If you let the…

There were certainly tears to be shed at the end of No Time To Die, as Daniel Craig’s 007 sacrificed himself for the greater good. Making for a landmark event in the history of James Bond movies, it’s a result that’s still talked about a little over a year after it finally landed in theaters. Such a somber, heartbreaking moment doesn’t make for easily light conversation... unless you’re someone like composer Hans Zimmer, who gleefully reflected on how he, musically, killed Commander Bond.In a recent Instagram video, the…