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Dylan Rich: England team pay tribute ahead of Poland game   The England football team have paid tribute to a teenager who died after collapsing at an FA Youth Cup game. Dylan Rich suffered a suspected cardiac arrest in the match between West Bridgford Colts and Boston United in Nottinghamshire on 2 September. The 17-year-old, who went to The West Bridgford School, died on Sunday. On Wednesday night, ahead of their World Cup qualifier against Poland, the England players held up a shirt with 'For Dylan' printed on it. The official England Twitter account posted a picture with the words "Rest in peace, Dylan Rich. Forever in our thoughts". Dylan was playing in a football match at the West Bridgford Colts ground in Regatta Way when he fell ill. East Midlands Ambulance Service said they received a call at 19:50 BST on Thursday. Dylan was treated with a defibrillator at the ground before paramedics arrived, and he was then taken to the Queen's Medical Centre. Read more:...

John Mulaney

  John Mulaney and Olivia Munn Are Having a Baby?! The  Year of the Unexpected Couple  continues with even more unexpected news: John Mulaney and Olivia Munn are having a baby. On Tuesday, the comedian confirmed his girlfriend’s pregnancy on  Late Night With Seth Meyers . There was speculation that  Munn might be pregnant  after tabloid “Page Six” posted photos of the actress with what appeared to be a baby bump last week. Well, we needn’t speculate any longer: They are definitely having a baby together. It’s been quite the year for John Mulaney, which he acknowledged in the interview with Meyers. “I went to rehab in September [2020], I got out in October, I moved out of my home from my ex-wife [Anna Marie Tendler],” Mulaney said, explaining that he relapsed after he hosted the Halloween episode of  Saturday Night Live . He then went back to rehab for two months, which he completed in February. “Then, in the spring I went to Los Angeles and met and sta...

Nipah virus

  Nipah virus New Delhi  — Authorities in India's southern Kerala state are racing to contain an outbreak of the  Nipah virus . The virus, which is not related to the  coronavirus behind the current global pandemic  and is far more deadly, killed a 12-year-old boy in Kerala over the weekend, prompting stepped-up efforts to trace his contacts. New infections have been confirmed.  The boy was admitted to a hospital a week ago with a high fever. As his condition worsened and doctors suspected inflammation of his brain (encephalitis), his blood samples were sent to the National Institute of Virology, where tests confirmed a Nipah infection. He died early on Sunday.  Government authorities have stepped up contact tracing efforts, identifying, quarantining, and testing people who may have come into contact with the young victim. According to the state's health minister, Veena George, 188 people who came into contact with the boy had been identified by Monday...