20-Year-Old with Tourette Syndrome Raising Awareness After Being Bullied: 'Might as Well Embrace It'

Baylen Dupree.Photo: Aileen McCarron Baylen Dupreewas about 7 years old when her parents noticed she had very simple motor tics — an early sign of Tourette syndrome — but they brushed it off because it didn’t interfere with her everyday life. However, when she was 15, her tics worsened and caused her to struggle in school and at home. She spent the next few years searching for a neurologist who specializes in movement disorders, specifically Tourette’s.

20-Year-Old Woman Dies After Getting Trapped Under Capsized Boat on Lake Michigan

Brianna Joy Burden.Photo:Brianna Joy Burden/Facebook Brianna Joy Burden/Facebook A 20-year-old woman has died and six others were injured after their boat capsized on Lake Michigan in Chicago last week. Rescue teams responded to the lakefront scene around 3:30 a.m. local time Friday morning, the Chicago Police Department (CPD) confirmed to PEOPLE. Four women and two men between the ages of 20 and 40 were rescued from the water. They were transported to local hospitals in “fair condition.

200 Dogs Saved From Cruel Korean Dog Meat and Puppy Farm That Bred Pups as 'Friend and Food'

Photo: Jean Chung for HSI Jean Chung for HSI HSI has long suspected there was a connection between the dog meat industry and the country’s pet puppy trade. This is the first farm they have found where that connection is clear. “Although HSI has found all sizes and breeds of dogs at its previous thirteen dog meat farm closures, this is the first time the charity has discovered a facility where puppies being born for the pet trade were being bred alongside others destined to be electrocuted and butchered for meat to supply local restaurants.

200 Fishermen Rescued from Minnesota Lake After Large Chunk of Ice Breaks From Shoreline

Photo: Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office/Facebook A large group of fishermen set sail Monday morning in Northern Minnesota — but it wasn’t on purpose. Around 11:30 am on Monday, a 911 call was received reporting that an estimated 100 people had been fishing on Upper Red Lake when a chunk of ice they were standing on broke off from the main shoreline, according to apress releasefrom Chief Deputy Jarrett Walton at the Beltrami County Sheriff’s Office.

200 Vehicles Involved in Massive Pileup South of Montreal, Leaving Dozens Injured

Photo: Paul Chiasson/AP Blizzard-like conditions in Canada led to a pileup of hundreds of cars on a highway near Montreal. The crash started at about 12:30 p.m. local time in La Prairie, Quebec on Wednesday, injuring dozens of people in a pileup of about 200 cars — including a bus full of high school students, the Associated Pressreported. None of the high school students were injured, the AP reported. Two people expected to be in serious condition were left trapped in the pileup — which stretched down the highway for more than half a mile — into the afternoon, according to the AP.