
Maia McDonald
Journalist at Freelance
chicago freelance journo 📝 | reporting for @raceandequity1 🔎 | board member @CJA_Updates | @mujschool alum 🎓🐯 | funky fashion enthusiast | views are my own
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4 weeks ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Maia McDonald |Nicole Johnson |Khadija Ahmed |Amilia Estrada
Michael Burton was stopped by Southern Illinois University-Carbondale campus police so many times that he dreads driving anywhere near the college. “Any time I got behind the wheel, I was getting pulled over,” said the 21-year-old junior from Austin. He said he reached a breaking point in December 2023 while driving with friends — all of them, like Burton, Black — to an art exhibit on campus.
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1 month ago |
dailymail.co.uk | Jada Bas |Maia McDonald
Everyone suffers headaches from time to time, and they are usually nothing to worry about. But a doctor has shared the eight warning signs that a headache could indicate something much more sinister—like a deadly brain bleed or cancer. In a viral TikTok video that has amassed more than 1.2 million views, Dr Ahmed, an A&E specialist, outlined the scenario in which you must 'come to see me quickly'.
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1 month ago |
msn.com | Maia McDonald
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1 month ago |
dailymail.co.uk | Maia McDonald
Sandwiches sold on the British high street and in supermarket meal deals can be more calorific than burgers and sweeter than chocolate bars, analysis reveals. MailOnline found a host of the nation's lunchtime favourites had more calories, saturated fat, sugar and salt than fast food and desserts. Pret's Posh Cheddar & Pickle Baguette sandwich contained 643 calories, more than two McDonald's cheeseburgers (295 calories each) or a Big Mac (494 calories).
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1 month ago |
dailymail.co.uk | Jada Bas |Maia McDonald
Experts have long said that standing is better than sitting—but a gruelling experiment undertaken by one man has revealed it may not be as beneficial as we've been told. In a YouTube video that has amassed nearly four million views, Lucas Ball, a US-based 'self-certified stunt man', refused to sit down for five days in order to test the health benefits of remaining upright. For 16 hours a day he stood and could only relax when he was sleeping, which he set himself a strict eight hour timer for.
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