News about Gerald Green

Gerald Green (left and right), 21, of Paisley, Scotland, had been coughing up blood and vomiting as a result of his injury in the weeks leading up to his death but decided to conceal his symptoms from his parents. He eventually told his mother Paula on January 19, who then rushed him to the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Glasgow, where he was discovered to have severe aneamia caused by a lack of red blood cells. Gerald was given surgery to drain his kidney, but doctors had to quickly resuscitate him before putting him in an induced coma to keep him alive. He awakened on January 26 after doctors broke the tragic news that he had incurable and aggressive cancer. Gerald began end of life care at St Vincent's Hospice in January 30, but he and his family were with him just hours after arriving.

Waffle House workers are demanding a minimum wage amid growing demonstrations over unsafe working conditions. Workers are 'fed up' of making "poverty wages" and "the constant threat of in-store violence" at the roadside diner chain, which is often seen as a symbol of the working-class South. With an estimated annual sales of $1 billion, the chain has over 1,900 locations in 25 states in the South and Midwest, each open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.