November 14, 20240 Comments

LSU student arrested over alleged death threat vs. governor who wanted live tiger at game

11/13: CBS Evening News 19:46 Baton Rouge, La. — An LSU student has been arrested after, prosecutors say, he made an online threat to kill Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, who advocated for bringing a live tiger onto the field as part of a recent college football game. Landry, a Republican, helped revive the school’s tradition of wheeling a caged Bengal tiger into the stadium before kickoff for the first time in

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November 13, 20240 Comments

Cornwall Ginsters worker death brings £1.28m fine for owner

Health and Safety Executive Paul Clarke, seen in the white coat behind the lorry, was new to the firm Pasty maker Ginsters’ parent company has been fined £1.28m after an employee was killed by a lorry that was delivering supplies. Paul Clarke, 40, died in hospital after he was fatally crushed by the lorry as it reversed into a loading bay at Ginsters’ plant in Callington, Cornwall on 2 December

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November 13, 20240 Comments

Father takes responsibility for death of 10-year-old daughter

Sara Sharif’s father has accepted “full responsibility” for her death, a court has heard. Her father Urfan Sharif, 42, stepmother Beinash Batool, 30, and uncle, Faisal Malik, 29, had denied murder after Sara’s body was found with dozens of injuries at the family’s home in Woking, Surrey, last year. Under cross-examination at the Old Bailey, Mr Sharif said: “She died because of me.” The court previously heard that Sara was

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November 12, 20240 Comments

Police weren’t ‘rigorous’ when looking into her death

Family handout Katie Simpson died in August 2020 The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has said it was not “rigorous enough” when investigating the death of showjumper Katie Simpson. “We did not act quickly enough in responding to some of the concerns that were raised around Katie’s death,” added Ass Chief Con Davy Beck. It comes after an ombudsman report found the police investigation was flawed and failed her

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November 8, 20240 Comments

Nurse’s death linked to weight-loss drug Mounjaro approved on NHS

BBC Susan McGowan died two weeks after taking tirzepatide – brand name Mounjaro The death of a nurse from North Lanarkshire has been linked to the use of a weight-loss drug recently approved for use on the NHS. Susan McGowan, 58, took two low-dose injections of tirzepatide, known under the brand name Mounjaro, over the course of about two weeks before her death on 4 September. Her death certificate, seen

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