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France 24
a day ago
- Entertainment
- France 24
First ever Birkin bag to be auctioned in July
The large black leather tote, whose design went on to become one of the most famous and expensive bags in the world, will be the centrepiece of the "Fashion Icons" sale, the auction house said. This "historic, handcrafted prototype", engraved with the initials J.B., has several unique features, Sotheby's said, including closed metal rings, non-detachable shoulder strap and a built-in nail clipper. The birth of the Birkin bag has become a modern fashion legend. During a Paris–London flight, the Anglo-French singer and actress -- who died in 2023 -- complained to a fellow traveller about not being able to find a bag suited to her needs as a young mother. That fellow passenger happened to be Jean-Louis Dumas, then head of Hermes. The result of their conversation was a spacious tote with room for baby bottles, created in 1984 and named the Birkin. Forty years later, the leather handbag has become the flagship product of the luxury French leather goods maker. Produced in very limited numbers, it maintains an aura of exclusivity, with prices ranging from several thousand euros for the simplest models to several hundred thousand for the most luxurious. Beloved by celebrities including Khloe Kardashian, Jennifer Lopez and Victoria Beckham, the bags are not displayed in shops and cannot be ordered online. The prototype Birkin will be exhibited at Sotheby's in New York from June 6 to 12 before being put on show in the French capital before the sale. In addition to the Birkin bag, the Sotheby's sale will feature iconic runway pieces from designers including Christian Dior, John Galliano, Thierry Mugler and Alexander McQueen. Bidding will open online on June 26 and close on July 10.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- General
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Woman diagnosed with cancer has her womb and ovaries removed... then came even an more devastating discovery
J.B. felt like she 'died' on the spot when doctors told her she had cancer. At the request of her husband, the then 50-year-old had gone to doctors in her home state of Idaho with heavy menstrual bleeding - assuming it was caused by stress from the death of her brother. Your browser does not support iframes.
Yahoo
19-04-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Idaho medical malpractice lawsuit against Dr. Ryan Cole ends in legal agreement
This story originally published April 18, 2025, at Attorneys in a lawsuit against Idaho pathologist Dr. Ryan Cole for his alleged false cancer diagnosis that led a woman to undergo major surgery reached an agreement to dismiss the case. But almost no information about the agreement is public. Idaho 4th District Judge James Cawthon on April 10 agreed to dismiss the medical malpractice lawsuit, following a stipulation between attorneys on both sides. That came months after Cole and the patient's attorneys began mediation, which is a legal process to work toward agreement. Filed in April 2023, the lawsuit was scheduled for a jury trial in April. Granting a request from both sides' attorneys, the judge dismissed the case with prejudice. Each party will pay their own costs and attorneys' fees. In November, patient J.B.'s attorneys submitted a ream of additional evidence in court. Those included statements from six doctors — who either worked with the patient, or were independent from her medical care — that disagreed with Cole's diagnosis of a rare and aggressive form of endometrial cancer. The Idaho Capital Sun is identifying the patient only by her initials to protect her medical privacy. In legal declarations, two independent pathologist doctors called Cole 'reckless' in rendering the patient's cancer diagnosis. Cole, an Idaho pathologist, gained fame for false and misleading statements he made about COVID-19. He serves as an appointed Idaho health official. Early last year, Washington state regulators restricted Cole's medical license in the state after they found he spread COVID disinformation and broke medical practice by virtually prescribing ivermectin to COVID patients. The drug — long used as an anti-parisitic in humans but which lacks evidence to treat COVID — can now be sold over the counter in Idaho, after the Legislature widely approved the deregulation this year. Cole and his attorney, Nancy Garrett, could not be immediately reached for comment. Mallam Prior, an attorney for the patient, declined to comment to the Idaho Capital Sun, saying the lawsuit's outcome was confidential. In 2021, Cole ran a laboratory being used by women's health practices in the Boise area. J.B.'s nurse practitioner sent Cole's lab a biopsy from her body that summer. After she underwent surgery to remove her female reproductive system, J.B. learned she didn't have cancer, the Sun previously reported. Part of Cole's stance against COVID vaccines included false claims that they cause cancer. There is no evidence that COVID vaccines can raise, or lower, a person's risk of cancer. There is evidence that they lower a person's risk of severe illness, death and chronic health issues after a COVID infection. 'I have seen a 10- to 20-fold increase of uterine cancer in the last six months in my laboratory,' Cole said at a meeting of America's Frontline Doctors in San Antonio, Texas, about two weeks after he misdiagnosed J.B. with cancer of the uterine lining. 'In the last six months. When did we start shots? January? How much solid-tumor cancer increase are we going to see over the next several years? Probably a lot.' In November, as part of the plaintiff's additional evidence submission, J.B's attorneys wrote that Cole 'claims to have retracted his comment that he was seeing a 20-fold increase of endometrial cancer in 2021 when there is nothing he can point to in order to demonstrate he has actually done so.' Actually, Cole's cancer diagnosis records — which the plaintiffs' attorneys obtained as part of the lawsuit's evidence discovery process — show 'less than a 1% increase,' the legal filing alleged. That was part of the patient's attorneys' request for a jury to require Cole to pay punitive damages in the lawsuit. Six other doctors — including five pathologists — evaluated the patient's tissue samples and disagreed with Cole's diagnosis, the filing alleged. Dr. Matt Tannenbaum, an Idaho Falls pathologist who disagreed with Cole's diagnosis of the patient, wrote 'it is my opinion to a reasonable degree of medical probability and far more likely than not that Dr. Cole was negligent and reckless when misdiagnosing (the patient) with serous carcinoma.' Dr. Paul Cohen, who serves as chair of pathology at Yale University's hospital in Connecticut, wrote that 'Dr. Cole's level of incompetence in this case rises to the level of being reckless.' 'He either knew or should have known that there were problems with the diagnosis of serous carcinoma, that it was an incorrect diagnosis, and that by rendering such diagnosis it was creating an unreasonable risk of harm to (the patient) and a high probability that such harm would actually result,' Cohen wrote. Cole maintained his cancer diagnosis for J.B. was correct, despite the lawsuit and another review of the slides since his initial diagnosis, the filing alleged. The medical malpractice suit J.B. filed in Ada County accused Cole of negligence and other harms. The lawsuit also was against his business Cole Diagnostics, based in Garden City. The company is still registered as an Idaho business and lists Cole as president, business filings from the Idaho Secretary of State's Office showed Thursday night. Cole is still licensed to practice medicine in Idaho, the Idaho Board of Medicine's licensing records website shows. In 2024, his Idaho license temporarily lapsed, prompting questions about his status on the Central District Health board, the Sun previously reported. In September, Cole renewed his Idaho medical license. Central District Health is a regional Idaho government public health agency that serves Idaho's two most populated counties in and around Boise — Ada and Canyon — and two rural counties: Elmore and Valley. Cole remains on the Central District Health board. In the state of Washington, Cole's medical license is active with restrictions, the Washington State Department of Health's website shows.
Yahoo
26-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Gov. Pritzker's township consolidation proposal stalls
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — During Governor J.B.. Pritzker's budget address, he proposed a plan that would change the number of local governments. The proposal would consolidate smaller townships across the state. The idea didn't get much traction in the Capitol. Some Republicans supported the idea of the bill but argue that the language in the bill could have a negative impact on services the small communities rely on. Gov. Pritzker's idea was filed in both chambers by Rep. Joe Sosnowski (R-Machesney Park) and Sen. Suzy Glowiak Hilton (D-Western Springs). The House bill aims to dissolve all townships with a population of 500 or less in the next two years. The Senate bill suggests similar changes, with also consolidating townships with populations of 5,000 or less to merge with surrounding townships or join the counties in which they are located. New Illinois law addresses law enforcement misconduct while investigating prostitution Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) said the merger would slow services and raise taxes. 'When you force people to do this, make no mistake about it, it will raise the property tax to the people I represent,' Rose said. With the state's high number of local governments, the bill aims to make it more efficient and cut costs on maintaining smaller governments. Any responsibilities townships had, such as cemeteries, road maintenance, general assistance like welfare and property assessment would be transferred to the counties. Sen. Chris Balkema (R-Pontiac) said the bill could be improved by removing the words 'mandate' and 'requirement.' He filed his version of the bill which will allow people from both sides to petition and go through a referendum if they want to dissolve townships. 'We can't require things in large geographical sections of the state where few folks between townships and the counties are mandated to do things that are not going to fit them and survive.' Balkema said. 'So let's put language out there that reduces some of the bureaucracy that exists today. Let's work together to do a grassroots up.' Currently, Illinois leads as the state with the most units of government, with nearly 7,000 units as of two years ago. The idea behind the bill is to reduce the number and make sure local governments run efficiently. 'This proposal empowers Illinois taxpayers to reduce duplicate taxing bodies, increasing the efficiency of service provision to local communities and saving taxpayers money,' a flyer from the Governor's office advocating for the idea reads. The Senate bill was sent back to the assignment committee. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
