Year of hardships and hope highlights global progress in 2023
The 2023 landscape mixed wars and heat records with science and acts of kindness. WHO approved a malaria vaccine, FDA lines up new postpartum mood drug and sickle cell gene therapies, dementia risk reduced by lifestyle and green spaces, and a biodiversity pact to protect high seas was agreed. Separate stories recount Ukrainian refugees aiding tornado victims in Mississippi and a nurse aiding a baby during Hurricane Otis relief, drawing global praise.
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Strangest 2023 crimes from loopy to notorious incidents
A roundup of unusual crimes from 2023 includes Colby Parker’s missing child report tied to a Price Chopper trip and possible impairment, theft of 75 million dimes outside a Philadelphia Walmart, and a hoax kidnapping claim by Carlee Russell. Other cases feature a sock theft during a home intrusion, feet rubbed in Lake Tahoe condominiums, a drunken plane engine shutoff during a flight, Colosseum carving, and a bomb scare hoax at a Missouri plant.
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