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Today in History: July 25, Tuskegee Syphilis Study exposed

By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, July 25, the 207th day of 2024. There are 159 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 25, 1972, the notorious Tuskegee syphilis experiment came to light as The Associated Press reported that for the previous four decades, the U.S. Public Health Service, in conjunction with the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, had been allowing poor, rural Black male patients with syphilis to go without treatment, even allowing more than 100 of them to die, as a way of studying the disease. Also on this date: In 1866, Ulysses S. ...

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Marquette and vicinity: Today, showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before noon, then a chance of showers. Patchy fog after 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and ...

SPRING, Texas (AP) — As the temperature soared in the Houston-area home Janet Jarrett shared with her sister after losing electricity in Hurricane Beryl, she did everything she could to keep her 64-year-old sibling cool. But on their fourth day without power, she awoke to hear Pamela Jarrett, who used a wheelchair and relied on a feeding tube, gasping for breath. Paramedics were called but she was pronounced dead at the hospital, with the medical examiner saying her death was caused by the heat. “It’s so hard to know that she’s gone right now because this wasn’t ...

Rain collapses part of Michigan cave where ‘The Great Train Robbery’ was filmed

BERRIEN COUNTY, Mich. (AP) — Part of an ancient Michigan cave where “The Great Train Robbery” was filmed has collapsed under heavy rain. A wall of Bear Cave in Buchanan collapsed this week, Adam Morris, the property manager at a campground that operates near the cave, told MLive.com. The wall collapsed at night and was already closed to the public due to flooding, Morris said. He didn’t clarify what night the collapse happened. The cave will remain closed pending an inspection, Morris said. It was unclear how soon the inspection might take place. Storms on July 9, 10 and ...

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Marquette and vicinity: Today, a 20 percent chance of showers after 9 a.m. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the morning. Tonight, mostly clear, with a low around 58. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the afternoon. Extended forecast: Sunday, ...