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Georgia authorities release body camera footage after woman dies following fall from patrol car
CNN — Georgia authorities released body camera footage Friday of an incident from earlier this month where a mother experiencing what her family called a mental health crisis died due to a fatal injury while in police custody. Brianna Grier, 28, was experiencing a mental health episode on July 15 when her mother called police …
Paris trial for 2009 plane crash that left 152 dead, 1 alive
The lone survivor of a 2009 plane crash that killed 152 other people is expected to attend the trial of Yemen’s main airline By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY The Associated Press May 9, 2022, 11:49 AM • 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article PARIS — The lone survivor of a 2009 plane crash …
Credit Suisse, Johnson & Johnson, Micron Technology: Stocks That Defined the Week
Credit Suisse Group AG A fire sale of stocks by a large U.S. investor burned Credit Suisse and Nomura Holdings Inc. The global investment banks said Monday that they could incur substantial losses after Bill Hwang’s firm Archegos Capital Management and its banks began liquidating huge positions in blue-chip companies. Large banks served as prime …
Is Google Down? Gmail, YouTube Suffer Outages
More than a dozen Google services, including Gmail and YouTube, were offline in swaths of the globe Monday morning, interrupting access for individuals and businesses. The Alphabet Inc. GOOG -0.24% -owned company’s services showed errors for users attempting to sign in, access their emails or files, according to social-media postings from users. On YouTube, the …
Theta Is 29th Named Storm in 2020, Breaking 2005 Record
With the naming of Subtropical Storm Theta this week, the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season surpassed 2005 as the busiest season ever recorded. Theta is the 29th named storm of hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to Nov. 30. There were 28 named storms in 2005: 21-named from an official alphabetical list used by the …
Venezuela’s Food Chain Is Breaking, and Millions Go Hungry
Ana Nuñez, a 62-year-old retired municipal worker in western Venezuela, says her meals often consist of just a few corn-flour pancakes, known as arepas. Even when she has money to buy groceries in the city of Maracaibo’s teeming flea market, she said that “instead of quality food they sell garbage, like animal hides and rotten …
California Wildfires Rage Despite Break in Heat Wave
VACAVILLE, Calif.—Firefighters took advantage of a break in extreme heat wave conditions to gain more control over numerous wildfires that have prompted evacuations and blanketed wide swaths of the state in smoke. Still, many of the major fires in and around the San Francisco Bay Area are no more than 7% contained, according to the …
California Braces for More Blackouts as Heat Wave Scorches West
California was struggling to deliver enough power to keep the lights on for the first time in nearly two decades as a severe heat wave broiled the region, and officials warned of potentially more rolling blackouts if high temperatures persist. Residents across the state were blasting their air-conditioning units while sheltering at home as coronavirus …
Ferrovial : Saving Lives with Road Saftey Technology
Over 1 million people each year are tragically killed in road accidents around the world, with millions more severely injured. The human cost is far too great to ignore and global efforts are required to save lives, but how do we even begin to enhance road safety? During the days of horse and carriage, emphasis …
As India Reopens, Deadly Accidents Break Out
NEW DELHI — Sixteen migrant workers were crushed to death by a freight train in central India on Friday as they were traveling home, the latest casualties connected to India’s coronavirus lockdown and efforts to reopen the economy. Just the day before, a disaster at a plastics factory that was reopening after a lockdown killed …
