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HOUSTON — A woman who was injured by a defective metal gate at a self storage facility is claiming negligence. 

'It’s a sign of respect': Man in Michigan spends free time cleaning old gravestones Michael Pohl picked up a unique hobby during the pandemic. One where he's paying his respects to the dearly departed in a St. Johns cemetery. By: WSYM Staff and last updated 2021-04-22 11:42:30-04 ST. JOHNS, Mich. — During the pandemic, thousands took up new hobbies like baking bread, reading or knitting. Michael Pohl decided on a unique hobby that's a lot closer to death — cleaning the many century-old gravestones at Mt. Rest Cemetery in St. Johns. It's a hobby that pays respect...

Michael Pohl has lost four people he knew well during the COVID-19 pandemic, but not to COVID-19. Two were people he sponsored in addiction-recovery groups, both of whom died of drug overdoses. Another person close to him died by suicide, while the fourth “drank himself to death,” Pohl says. Amid the upheavals caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, “a lot of people have stopped doing what they need to do to maintain their recovery,” says Pohl, who is executive director of the Pathfinders Club on Norman Street in Manchester, which hosts a number of addiction recovery groups. He s...