John Torres
Medical Contributor at NBC News
Medical Contributor for @NBCNews, Emergency Med physician, former AF Pilot, current husband, father & grandpa! Author of "Guide to Surviving Everything"
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1 week ago |
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Orlando's first new major theme park in 26 years opened this week with the doors opening on Universal's Epic Universe, prompting me to ask, is Islands of Adventure really already 26 years old? Time really does fly. Except, of course, you're one of thousands waiting on a two-hour line in the scorching sun sipping on a $14.25 Belgian beer all to experience the four-minute "Curse of the Werewolf" roller coaster. Ah, the joy of an Orlando theme park.
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2 weeks ago |
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I recently wrote a column about the Daily Bread soup kitchen closing its doors as it transitions from providing food to a housing-based model. I repeated a phrase in my piece I'd heard a lot in recent months about how the soup kitchen model is old fashioned and no longer works. That comment prompted David Brubaker, the CEO of the Central Brevard Sharing Center, to reach out to me with an email, inviting me to come have lunch at the sharing center's community kitchen.
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2 weeks ago |
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Most of us agree that converting septic systems to sewer hookups will greatly benefit the health of the Indian River Lagoon. But the question of who should foot the bills for these conversions remains a sticking point. This week, the Cocoa City Council gave its initial approval to an ordinance that would make it mandatory to hook up to central sewer when public sewer lines become available. Cocoa plans to convert 88 homes along Indian River Drive from old septic tanks to central sewer.
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4 weeks ago |
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News that President Donald Trump plans to reopen the notorious Alcatraz prison off the coast of San Francisco got my mind racing. As a child one of my favorite movies was Burt Lancaster's "Birdman of Alcatraz," and I was always fascinated by the notion of a prison for the worst offenders, a place that even housed the infamous Al Capone. Alcatraz was also known as a prison that no one escaped from.
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | John Torres
Listen to a special Murder on the Space Coast podcast update. After 23 years in prison for a murder many believe he did not commit, Jeff Abramowski's conviction was overturned and he was released from custody last month. The state has yet to announce whether it will retry the Melbourne man again for the 2002 murder of Cortney "Dick" Crandall in Palm Shores.
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