67-Year-Old MLB Umpire Hospitalized After Being Hit in the Head by Relay Throw

Photo: Ron Schwane/Getty A 67-year-old umpire was hospitalized after Wednesday’s New York Yankees versus Cleveland Guardians game at Progressive Field. Vanover was positioned between second base and the mound when the ball hit him on the left side of his head and knocked him to the ground. The Washington Postreportsthat Vanover is scheduled to work in Cincinnati on Thursday and will have to pass concussion protocols before returning to the field.

68-Year-Old Man Develops Painful Boils on His Neck Linked to Infected Pet Cat

Photo: Getty Images An unidentified man from Missouri developed a rare infection that caused swollen lesions to develop on the side of his face — and doctors believe it originated from his pet cat. While the lesions were progressively painful, the man endured them for weeks until he came down with a week-long fever that finally prompted him to seek medical treatment. Doctors at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis believe the man initially caught the disease from his outdoor cat, who died just two days before his symptoms appeared.

69-Year-Old Woman with COVID Wakes Up from Coma as Family Was Picking Out Her Gravestone

Bettina Lerman.Photo: GoFundMe As their 69-year-old mother spent 60 dayson a ventilator with COVID-19and doctors said that she wasn’t going to make it, Andrew Lerman and his family was preparing for her death. They had started picking out a gravestone, planning what she would wear for the funeral, canceled her lease and donated her belongings, when suddenly, Bettina Lerman woke up. “They told us, ‘Your mother is never going to wake up,’ " AndrewtoldThe Washington Post.

6th Grader Gets Texas City to Declare Day in Honor of 13-Year-Old Boy Who Died Suddenly: 'A Day for Kindness'

Jackson Mohr.Photo: courtesy Erica Mohr When Ricky Rodriguez learned that his friend Bianca Mohr’s older brother, Jackson, 13, had died from sudden cardiac death on April 22, 2021, he was determined to lift the spirits of his pal and make a difference in his community. Rodriguez followed up the petition with a heartfelt, handwritten letter to San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg. Ricky writing to the mayor of San Antonio.courtesy Erin Rodriguez

6th Police Officer Fired After Death of Tyre Nichols, Memphis Police Department Announces

Tyre Nichols.Photo: Adrian Sainz/AP/Shutterstock Content warning: This article contains disturbing descriptions of violence. A sixth Memphis police officer involved in the arrest that leftTyre Nicholsdead has been fired. The Memphis Police Department announced that Preston Hemphill “wasdepartmentally charged and terminated” after officers discovered more information while investigating the death of Nichols — a Black man and father who worked at FedEx. “After a thorough review of the circumstances surrounding this incident, we determined that Officer Preston violated multiple department policies,” the MPD wrote in a statement shared on their social media.