Trial begins in human smuggling case after family froze to death trying to cross border

1 in 4 Child Deaths After E.R. Visits Are Preventable, Study Finds

If every emergency room in the United States were fully prepared to treat children, thousands of lives would be saved and the cost would be $11.84 or less per child, researchers found.

Business - The New York Times - November 1

Spain deploys 5,000 more troops to boost flood rescue effort

Death toll reaches 211 with an unknown number missing as rescuers struggle to access cut-off areas

Business - Financial Times - November 2

Death toll after storms in Spain reaches 213, many still missing

World - Yahoo News - November 3

Death toll in Lebanon rises to 30 after Israeli attack on Barja

World - Yahoo News - November 6

Hurricane Rafael intensifies to category 3 as battered Cuba braces for new storm

More than 70,000 people reportedly evacuated and military mobilised with hurricane close to making landfall. Hurricane Rafael has intensified into a category 3 hurricane as it nears the coast of ...

World - The Guardian - November 6

After the stunning death of a coach, how the Ravens are playing this season for him

Offensive line coach Joe D'Alessandris died of a heart attack 11 days before the season started.

Sports - ESPN - November 7

Two Florida women arrested after shooting death of photographer is livestreamed

Two women were arrested on Friday in connection with the murder of a photographer that was partially livestreamed on social media, police in Florida said.

Where Minneapolis police reform stands after George Floyd's death in 2020

Since George Floyd's 2020 murder, the Minneapolis Police Department has spent at least $2.5 million on training and recruitment, but some community members say that has not translated to trust.

Woman released without charge after care home deaths

Three elderly care home residents were found dead in Swanage, Dorset, on 23 October.

Organic carrots recalled after E. coli outbreak leads to 1 death

Multiple brands of bagged organic carrots have been linked to at least 40 E. coli cases and one death. The organic carrots grown by Grimmway Farms are no longer on grocery store shelves but they ...

$103,500 reward offered after protected Mexican wolf's death in Arizona

Government agencies are investigating the death of a Mexican gray wolf in Arizona. The animal is protected by the Endangered Species Act.

UFC heavyweight champ Jon Jones avoids trial after agreeing to anger management classes

Agreement reached after incident during drug test Jones will defend heavyweight belt in November UFC heavyweight champion Jon “Bones” Jones has agreed to attend four hours of anger management ...

World - The Guardian - October 29

Rapper Young Thug pleads guilty to gang, drug and gun charges almost a year after opening statements in trial

Entertainment - ABC News - October 31

Young Thug released from jail after guilty plea in Georgia's longest-running criminal trial

Atlanta rap star Young Thug was released from jail Thursday night after changing his plea to guilty earlier that day in Georgia’s longest-running criminal trial.

Bristol Myers Squibb’s stock soars after rival AbbVie reports disappointing schizophrenia-drug trial

Bristol Myers Squibb Co. shares surged 12.5% Monday after rival AbbVie Inc. reported disappointing results from the trial of a new schizophrenia drug.

Business - MarketWatch - November 11

UN force says Israeli project on Syria border saw 'severe violations' of a cease-fire deal after AP report on work there

World - ABC News - 6 days ago

AI Will Understand Humans Better Than Humans Do

Or so says a controversial Stanford researcher, who finds that the latest systems have, against all odds, mastered a high-level cognitive skill.

Tech - Wired - November 1

Footballer denies plot to smuggle £600k cannabis

Jay Emmanuel-Thomas and two women are told they will stand trial in May during a court hearing.

Smuggled out in suitcases, potato sacks and coffins

Polish aid worker Irena Sendler saved 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw ghetto in WW2

Turkish man accused of being major supplier of Channel smuggling boats arrested

The man was held in Amsterdam after an operation by the National Crime Agency and Dutch and Belgian police.

GOP pollster Frank Luntz: Harris momentum 'froze' when she went 'anti-Trump'

Republican pollster Frank Luntz in a recent interview said Vice President Harris could come up short in November, suggesting her momentum "froze" when she went ‘anti-Trump." Luntz said Harris’s ...

Politics - The Hill - October 23

Family of Maine mass shooter wants more brain injury research one year after rampage

LEWISTON, Maine — For the family of the Army reservist who carried out a mass shooting across Maine's second-largest city one year ago, dissecting what provoked the deadly rampage has been daunting.

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