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• Skyrocketing demand and a tough growing season have contributed to an avocado shortage that has sent the fruit's price soaring.
• Some local restaurants are coping by raising prices, cutting portions, serving fake guacamole, or outright refusing to sell fresh avocado.
• Bigger chains, like Dos Toros, Chipotle, and Qdoba, all detailed to INSIDER how they have managed to cope with the shortage without taking drastic measures.
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1. Dog lick infection: Woman in medically induced coma awakes, finds limbs amputated  KOKI FOX 23
2. Ohio woman loses hands, legs after infection from dog lick  WTKR News 3
3. A woman lost her hands and legs to an infection from puppy kisses  The Mercury News
4. Woman loses arms and legs to sepsis after being licked by her dog  VT
5. Dog licks hospitalized Ohio woman, multiple limbs partially amputated  KATV
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US-Präsident Donald Trump hat Kim Jong-un in einem Tweet am Freitag als einen „Freund“ bezeichnet. Zudem spielte er die jüngsten Raketentests Nordkoreas herunter. Seine Wortwahl ist weit entfernt von seiner „Feuer-und-Wut-Rhetorik“, die er noch vor zwei Jahren an den Tag legte.

Udinese earned a prestigious pre-season friendly 2-0 victory over Turkish giants Besiktas and hit the woodwork twice too.

• President Donald Trump announced Friday the European Union would open its beef market to American farmers in a bid to defuse one front in a yearlong trade trade dispute between the two sides.
• The move could ease tensions between the two sides, which have fought over trade for more than a year. 
• The announcement came just a day after Trump escalated trade tensions with China.
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Ashleigh Buhai stretched her surprise lead at the Women's British Open to three shots, shooting a bogey-free 5-under 67 in the second round

Works by female artists are notoriously underrepresented in the auction world, where far fewer are sold for far smaller sums in comparison to art by men.

I could not place the comfort of the president ahead of the discomfort of his targets.

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, 2019 Proclamation One of the more than 200 color photos taken in Korea during the Korean War by Master Sgt. Thomas Benton Hutton, who served with the Eighth Army as a First Sergeant assigned to the 91st Ordnance Medium Automotive Maintenance Company. Hutton died in 1988. His grandson, Col. …

Tyler Stallings is 8 years old and already has a strong love and appreciation for our military. That's why he's doing whatever he can to help homeless veterans everywhere by creating "Hero Boxes and Bags."

The horror master will rework his classic novel for a new adaptation.

The post Stephen King is rewriting ‘The Stand’ ending for CBS All Access series appeared first on The Daily Dot.

The bank’s gross NPAs declined to 3.07 per cent in June compared to 5.29 per cent in June 2018.

Popular Nigerian singer Tekno Miles has shared his experience battling illness after he cracked his voice performing with Wizkid and Davido at an event in Ghana. Legit.ng had earlier reported that Tekno asked Nigerians to pray.

THINGS appear to be moving in the right direction for Tottenham as far as transfers are concerned. Giovani Lo Celso closing in on a move and Toby Alderweireld looking more likely to stay – although fans still want #LevyOut. Follow ALL of the latest Spurs news, updates and gossip below…

BEIRUT, LEBANON (9:30 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has intensified their attack on the northern countryside of the Hama Governorate this evening after the militant forces failed to withdraw their fighters from the demilitarized zone. According to a source near the front-lines, the Syrian Arab Army fired several artillery shells and missiles towards […]

Many American teens who misuse prescription drugs get them from a variety of sources, researchers report.

Talk about an appealing patent, eh, VirnetX?

Apple has lost its fifth legal appeal against the holder of network protocol patents, VirnetX, inching the case forward one judgment at a time.…

1. Illinois state senator Indicted on embezzlement charges  ABC News
2. Democratic Illinois state senator pocketed nearly $275K from labor union for doing ‘little or no work,’ pro...  Fox News
3. Corrupt ex-Teamsters boss put state Sen. Thomas Cullerton on payroll in do-nothing job, federal charges allege  Chicago Tribune
4. Editorial: Aggressive feds strike again: The indictment of Sen. Tom Cullerton  Chicago Tribune
5. Here’s what we know about Illinois state Sen. Tom Cullerton... Читать дальше...

July at least equalled -- and potentially surpassed -- the hottest month ever recorded. Based on data from the first 29 days of the month, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says July 2019 was around 1.2°C warmer than the pre-industrial...

Verstappen arrived in Hungary for the concluding round before Formula One’s summer break as arguably the sport’s pound-for-pound star.

Lucie Mayer Fuld ran from Germany at the height of Nazi occupation, and her house was raided as the result of an "exit tax."

REAL MADRID have pocketed an incredible £230million in the last six years by selling duds to Premier League clubs. The likes of Mateo Kovacic  Mesut Ozil, Angel Di Maria and Alvaro Morata have all made the switch from Spain to England in recent times. But Prem fans regard them all as full-time flops, with Real […]

Pogba was named in the travelling squad to fly Cardiff on Friday for the International Champions Cup fixture, but United confirmed he would not take part after aggravating a back problem.