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Biden Declares Public Health Emergency Amidst Monkeypox Outbreak

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Biden administration declares the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency – CNN The Biden administration declared monkeypox a public health emergency on Thursday, with cases on the rise across the US. On Tuesday, President Biden named Robert Fenton as the White House’s national monkeypox response coordinator. Dr. Demetre Daskalakis will serve as his deputy. Virologists have been warning about monkeypox for decades, and fear it could fill the niche of a variola virus, which caused …

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Woman And Child Killed In Fire Started By An Electric Scooter

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Fire Sparked by Electric Scooter Battery Kills Woman and Child in Harlem – The New York Times A fire broke out in a sixth-floor apartment in the Jackie Robinson Houses on East 129th Street, killing a young girl, an adult woman, and three dogs. Investigators believe that an e-bike parked near the door was the source of the blaze. Erika Williams, 5, was in a deadly fire. The young girl was killed in a battery-powered …

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Husband Watches In Horror As Wife Falls To Her Death In Rope-Jumping Accident

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Rope-jumping instructor imprisoned after woman falls 100 feet to death in front of husband – New York Post Alexander Muznikas, 33, was convicted of causing death by negligence and offering services that did not meet safety rules in the death of Yevgenia Leontyeva. Leontyeva’s husband witnessed her fall to her death and yelled “I love you!” seconds before her body struck the concrete pavement. Leontyeva had been reluctant to make the leap from the rooftop …

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Car Drives In The Wrong Direction Killing A Mom And Her Kids In Deadly Crash

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Hampshire car crash: Wrong-way I-90 accident in McHenry County leaves 7 dead, including 5 children, Illinois State Police say – WLS-TV A mother and her five children were among seven dead in a wrong way crash on I-90 near Hampshire, Illinois. The family’s minivan was completely charred after the crash. A sole survivor of the crash remains hospitalized. Thomas Dobosz, 32, is the husband and father of the victims that died in this wrong-way crash. …

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Airplane Passenger Fined Almost $2K For Stashing McDonald’s In His Luggage

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Passenger slapped with $1.8K fine after airport K-9 sniffed out McDonald’s meal – New York Post A traveler heading home from Bali was hit with a fine for smuggling contraband in their carryon luggage. They paid for what might be considered the most expensive McDonald’s breakfast in history. The passenger was heading from from Bali, Indonesia to Australia. They were fined $1,874 after two undeclared egg and beef sausage McMuffins and a ham croissant were …

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Alaska Boy Murders His 4 Siblings And Then Shoots Himself

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4 children dead in Alaska after boy fatally shoots siblings before turning gun on himself, authorities say – NBC News A 15-year-old male juvenile killed three of his siblings before killing himself, according to Alaska State Troopers. Three other children under the age of 7 were in the home at the time of the shooting but were unharmed. Alaska State Troopers received a report of a shooting in the Skyridge Drive Subdivision, north of Fairbanks, …

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One Dead. Thousands Without Power Following Record Setting Rain Fall In St. Louis

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Rainfall in the St. Louis area exceeded the city’s all-time one-day record of 6.85 inches set on August 20, 1915, and caused widespread flash flooding. Many areas of St. Louis saw 8-10 inches of rain in just under 7 hours. One person was found dead in a vehicle stuck in about 8 feet of water in western St. Louis, city Fire Chief Dennis Jenkerson said. Videos on social media showed surrounding floodwater vehicles and creeping …

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Two 15-Year-Olds Charged In Carjacking and Murder Of Memphis Pastor

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A second teen has been arrested in connection to the murder of a Memphis pastor. Rev. Altura Eason-Williams was shot multiple times during a carjacking in Whitehaven on July 18. She later died at a hospital, Memphis Police said. A 15-year-old, Miguel Andrade, was previously arrested and charged with her murder. Another 15-year-old, Brayan Carrillo, has been arrested concerning  Eason-Williams’ death. Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich said her office would seek to try Carrillo …

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A Young Woman Who Was Abducted, Sexually Assaulted and Killed In Her Small Town In Massachusetts In 1992

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The Cold Case Solved After Written Confession From Attacker. Lisa Ziegert was snatched from her job at a small card shop in Massachusetts 25 years ago in 1992. Her body was found by a hiker in the woods four days later, with eight stab wounds to her neck and leg. Lisa’s mother, Dee Ziegert did not give up hope of finding her daughter’s murderer. In 2017, the case was looked at again and it was …

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Apple-App Developers May Charge You More Money Without Permission

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Apple will let your subscription apps charge you more money without asking – The Verge Apple has updated its App Store rules to allow subscriptions to auto-renew without your explicit permission, though you’ll still be notified about the price change before it happens. Apple’s Monday evening post says that developers can only increase the price of an auto-renewable subscription by 50 percent if the difference is over $5. It also says that they can’t raise …

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