MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Alabama’s string of troubled lethal injections, which worsened late Thursday as prison workers aborted another execution because of a problem with intravenous lines, is unprecedented nationally, a group that tracks capital punishment said Friday. The uncompleted execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith was the state’s second such instance of being unable to kill an inmate…
2 Deaths Reported as ‘Lake-Effect’ Snowstorm Paralyzes Western New York
BUFFALO, N.Y.—An early winter “lake effect” storm dumped heavy snows on parts of western New York state on Friday, with at least two deaths reported, travel disrupted, and icy powder expected to pile higher through the weekend. The squalls blowing in from Lake Erie and Lake Ontario had dumped 3 to 5 feet (1–1.5 meters)…
Third Body Recovered From Pond in Australia’s Capital
Police have recovered the body of an eight-year-old boy who was missing after his mother and brother were earlier found dead in a pond in the Australia’s capital of Canberra. Officers had been searching since Saturday for Pranav Vivekanandan in the water of Yerrabi Pond and the surrounding bushland at Gungahlin, in Canberra’s north. They previously…
Alcohol Death Toll Is Growing, US Government Reports Say
NEW YORK—The rate of deaths that can be directly attributed to alcohol rose nearly 30 percent in the United States during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new government data. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) had already said the overall number of such deaths rose in 2020 and 2021….
Draconian Zero-COVID Policies Blamed for Death of 3-Year-Old Boy in China
A 3-year-old Chinese boy died on Nov. 1, allegedly due to lockdown policies that delayed getting medical treatment. The boy’s father, Tuo Shilei, said, “I personally think that he was indirectly killed” [by China’s zero-COVID policies]. Tuo and his family live in Lanzhou, the seat of China’s northwestern Gansu Province. The death of Wenxuan, the…
CDC’s Excess Death Report, Insurance Data Sounding Major Alarm Bells | Facts Matter
Right now, there is an alarming trend of young people dying from unknown causes. Specifically, looking at the numbers coming from the Human Mortality Database for the United States over the past two years, they show that starting in 2020, excess mortality rates began to skyrocket. 🧶 EpochTV: What is Sudden Adult Death Syndrome 👉 https://ept.ms/3NptK6J…
Paradigm Shift: From Seeking Health to Accepting Death
Because we’re situated in a resort community, our hospital admits as many visitors as locals. Some of these tourists are in the middle of treatments for severe diseases. I’m sure that their thinking is along the lines of “I don’t care if I do have cancer—I’m going to live my life! I’m taking that long-planned…
Nigeria Races to Assist Flood Victims; Death Toll Tops 600
ABUJA, Nigeria—The death toll from floods in Nigeria this year has increased to 603 as local authorities race to get relief items to hundreds of thousands being evacuated from their submerged homes. More than 1.3 million people have been displaced by the disaster, which has affected people across 33 of Nigeria’s 36 states, the nation’s…
Death Toll From Nigerian Floods Tops 500: Ministries
LOKOJA, Nigeria—Widespread flooding has killed more than 500 people in Nigeria, left around 90,000 homes under water and blocked food and fuel supplies, two government ministries said on Friday. The floods have hit 27 of Nigeria’s 36 states and impacted around 1.4 million people, the ministries for humanitarian affairs and for disaster management said in…
No Charges to Be Filed in Wisconsin Drawbridge Death
MILWAUKEE—No charges will be filed in the death of a man who fell from a Milwaukee drawbridge that was raised as he was walking across it, prosecutors said Friday, noting that investigators found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing. Richard Dujardin, 77, of Providence, Rhode Island, was crossing the Kilbourn Avenue Bridge in downtown Milwaukee on…
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