Florida husband fatally shoots pregnant wife thinking she was an intruder
A Florida husband said he fatally shot his pregnant wife after waking up in the middle of the night and thinking she was an intruder, according to authorities who believe it was nothing more than a tragic mistake.
Officers were called to the home in Stuart, about 40 miles northwest of Palm Beach, around 1:30 a.m. on Wednesday, according to a Martin County Sheriff’s Office incident report obtained by NBC News.
When officers arrived, the man was standing outside the home with the couple’s other child yelling for help. He told police that he had shot his wife by accident and his “life is over,” the report states.
The wife was found inside the home suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. A handgun with an attached light that was turned on was found next to her and another handgun was located on a dresser in the couple’s bedroom, according to the report.
The wife was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.
The sheriff’s office told local station WPBF in Tequesta that the wife was six months pregnant and doctors were able to save the baby.
Sheriff William Snyder told the outlet that the husband said he woke up in the middle of the night, thought he heard an intruder in the home and grabbed his firearm to investigate. The man, who said he didn’t realize his wife had gotten up, saw a shape in the hallway and fired a single shot, the sheriff said.
“Unfortunately it turned out to be his wife,” Snyder said.
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5-year-old boy has 123 magnetic beads removed from stomach
A 5-year-old Chinese boy was so attracted to magnets that he swallowed 123 of them in the form of beads — which had to be removed from his stomach during a four-hour operation, according to a report.
The child decided to consume the small balls while watching TV with his 12-year-old sister after their parents left for work, the Daily Mail reported, citing the Guiyang Evening News.
At one point, the girl noticed that her brother was choking so she gave him water to drink, which helped him breathe again.
He told his parents he had only swallowed one bead, which a doctor said would soon be excreted — but when the ball didn’t show up after several days the worried parents took him to The Affiliated Hospital of Guizhou Medical University.
Doctors were stunned to discover a huge bundle of beads on an X-ray and rushed him to surgery.
An image released by the local outlet shows a surgeon scooping up the beads during the four-hour operation.
“It’s rare to see [someone] swallowing so many [magnetic beads]. Because the number of magnetic beads is relatively large, the operation time was long, and the procedure was difficult,” lead surgeon Dr. Wanwei Chen told reporters.
“Two surgical instruments had been worn out. It was very difficult to take out all of the balls,” he added.
The young patient was reportedly recovering from the ordeal.
via: https://nypost.com/2020/11/05/5-year-old-boy-has-123-magnetic-beads-removed-from-stomach/
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Mississippi third-grader forced to remove ‘Jesus Loves Me’ mask: lawsuit
A third-grade pupil in Mississippi was robbed of her First Amendment rights when her school forced her to take off a mask that said “Jesus Loves Me,” a new lawsuit claims.
Lydia Booth, 9, was ordered by her principal to remove the mask Oct. 13 at Simpson Central Elementary School in Pinola — claiming that it went against district policy, news station WLBT reported.
The school later issued a statement banning any mask that displays “political, religious, sexual or any inappropriate symbols, gestures or statements that may be offensive, disruptive or deemed distractive to the school environment.”
The Alliance Defending Freedom filed a federal lawsuit Monday on her family’s behalf claiming the district violated her free speech.
“Public schools have a duty to respect the free expression of students that the First Amendment guarantees to them,” ADF attorney Michael Ross said.
“Other students within the school district have freely worn masks with the logos of local sports teams or even the words ‘Black Lives Matter.’ This student deserves an equal opportunity to peacefully express her beliefs.”
Tyson Langhofer, who is senior counsel at the ADF, added that the school’s actions upset the third-grader, news station WBRC reported.
“She’s told her parents she wants to be a missionary and that’s why she wants to wear this mask,” Langhofer said. “It made her really sad when she was forced to remove this mask because the message means something to her and it’s her choice to wear it.”
An attorney for the Simpson County School Board said the district hasn’t been served in the lawsuit but doesn’t comment on potential litigation, WBRC reported.
via: https://nypost.com/2020/11/05/third-graders-jesus-loves-me-face-mask-sparks-lawsuit/
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Dismembered bodies of Mexican boys discovered in man’s delivery cart
A traffic agent in Mexico City made a gruesome discovery while helping a man pushing a delivery cart — the dismembered remains of two boys — when a bag ripped open, revealing “very white meat,” according to a report.
Héctor Efraín Tolentino de Jesús, 14, and his pal Alán Yair Silvestre Becerril, 12, vanished after going out to sell candy near their home in the city’s historic center, the Sun reported.
Four days later, on Oct. 31, a man identified as Edgar Zuñiga walked by two officers from the Secretariat of Citizen Security who saw him pushing a cart piled with plastic crates, according to the outlet.
Suddenly, two of the containers fell off the cart and out tumbled three plastic trash bags, prompting one officer to lend a hand — but one of them ripped open and revealed what officials described as “very white meat.”
The cop was horrified when he realized that he was staring at chopped-up body parts, including an arm, a shoulder and an ear, the Sun reported.
Forensic evidence has revealed the boys were tortured and mutilated.
The suspect claimed he was just a poor drug addict who had been paid “two grams of cocaine” to remove the crates, according to local reports.
According to the grieving families, the boys left their homes about 9:30 p.m. Oct. 27 to sell the candy before visiting the church of San Hipólito to celebrate the festival of San Judas Tadeo.
The boys planned to visit Héctor’s girlfriend later but never made it, according to the report.
When Héctor’s family called his cellphone around midnight, a man answered, but immediately hung up, they said.
“They do not have enemies, they do not take drugs, they are not in a gang, they are not in any type of illicit activity,” the relatives told local media at the time of their disappearance.
The investigation continues.
via: https://nypost.com/2020/11/05/dismembered-bodies-of-mexican-boys-discovered-on-mans-cart/
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Toddler released from hospital after drinking toilet cleaner dies
A 2-year-old British girl was rushed to a hospital when she began vomiting a “bright pink” fluid after swallowing toilet cleaner — but was declared well enough to be discharged a week before she died, according to an inquest.
Arietta-Grace Barnett cried, “Ow, Mummy, help me!” after ingesting the toxic substance while playing with her 4-year-old sister at their home in the village of Sarisbury on June 28, 2019, the Sun reported.
The toddler’s mom rushed her to Southampton General Hospital, which discharged her on July 2 with potential gastroenteritis — but she was readmitted July 9 when she vomited blood and had a nosebleed, according to the outlet.
She died later that day after suffering cardiac arrest.
Arietta-Grace is believed to have swallowed a Toilet Duck capsule upstairs while her mom was downstairs, according to coroner Rosamund Rhodes-Kemp, the BBC reported.
She said it was unclear why the substance the girl threw up was pink when the capsule she was suspected to have swallowed was a blue-green color.
The coroner said the mother, Lucy Cook, had pink hair at the time of the incident but had told doctors she had no hair dye on the premises.
“We couldn’t make sense of why the vomit was bright pink,” Dr. Nicola Trevelyan, a pediatrician at the hospital, said at the inquest, adding that “products that look like sweets will attract children to play with them.”
The doctor said that although Arietta-Grace continued to have difficulty consuming fluids and food at the hospital, she later stopped vomiting and appeared to improve.
via: https://nypost.com/2020/11/05/2-year-old-in-the-uk-dies-after-drinking-toilet-cleaner/
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2 Dick’s Drive-ins closing after worker tests positive for COVID 19
SEATTLE – Two Dick’s Drive In restaurants are closing until further notice after an employee tested positive for coronavirus, the company announced Tuesday.
In an open email to customers, the popular local burger chain said its restaurants in Kent and on Queen Anne will shut down temporarily but indefinitely.
The closures come after another employee at the Kent location tested positive. The employee was last inside the restaurant on Saturday, and all employees who were exposed to that worker will quarantine immediately.
The Dick’s Drive In on Queen Anne will also remain closed because some employees there may have been exposed to the infectious worker while helping to support the Kent location, so they also are going into quarantine.
The company said it has consulted with Seattle-King County Public Health and confirmed that the transmission risk to customers is “extremely unlikely” because its restaurants are following all public health guidelines for safe operation. Among the precautions being taken:
- Social distancing is required for customers and masking is mandatory for all employees and customers.
- All locations are sterilized daily.
- The average length of time for transactions is under two minutes, and each restaurant’s ventilation system pulls fresh air from outside the building into the building via the window ports constantly while serving customers.
- Additionally, there is no evidence of food borne transmission of COVID-19.
“We will be working closely with public health on next steps and will update you as soon as we know more,” the company said.
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Oregon could become 1st US state to decriminalize heroin, cocaine, other hard drugs
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In what would be a first in the U.S., possession of small amounts of heroin, cocaine, LSD and other hard drugs could be decriminalized in Oregon under a ballot measure that voters are deciding on in Tuesday’s election.
Measure 110 is one of the most watched initiatives in Oregon because it would drastically change how the state’s justice system treats people caught with amounts for their personal use.
Instead of being arrested, going to trial and facing possible jail time, the users would have the option of paying $100 fines or attending new, free addiction recovery centers.
The centers would be funded by tax revenue from retail marijuana sales in the state that was the country’s first to decriminalize marijuana possession.
It may sound like a radical concept even in one of the most progressive U.S. states — but countries including Portugal, the Netherlands and Switzerland have already decriminalized possession of small amounts of hard drugs, according to the United Nations.
Portugal’s 2000 decriminalization brought no surge in drug use. Drug deaths fell while the number of people treated for drug addiction in the country rose 20% from 2001 to 2008 and then stabilized, Portuguese officials have said.
The U.N. Chief Executives Board for Coordination, chaired by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, is also advocating a different approach.
In a 2019 report, the board announced its commitment to “promote alternatives to conviction and punishment in appropriate cases, including the decriminalization of drug possession for personal use.”
Doing so would also “address prison overcrowding and overincarceration by people accused of drug crimes,” said the board, which is made up of the leaders of all U.N. agencies, funds and other bodies.
Oregon’s measure is backed by the Oregon Nurses Association, the Oregon chapter of the American College of Physicians and the Oregon Academy of Family Physicians.
“Punishing people for drug use and addiction is costly and hasn’t worked. More drug treatment, not punishment, is a better approach,” the groups said in a statement.
Opponents include two dozen district attorneys who urged a no vote, saying the measure “recklessly decriminalizes possession of the most dangerous types of drugs (and) will lead to an increase in acceptability of dangerous drugs.”
Three other district attorneys back the measure, including the top prosecutor in Oregon’s most populous county, which includes Portland, the state’s largest city.
“Misguided drug laws have created deep disparities in the justice system,” said Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt. “Arresting people with addictions is a cruel punishment because it slaps them with a lifelong criminal record that can ruin lives.”
Jimmy Jones, executive director of Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action, a group that helps homeless people, said arresting people who are using but not dealing hard drugs makes life extremely difficult for them.
“Every time that this happens, not only does that individual enter the criminal justice system but it makes it very difficult for us, on the back end, to house any of these folks because a lot of landlords won’t touch people with recent criminal history,” Jones said. “They won’t touch people with possession charges.”
The measure would decriminalize possession of less than one gram of heroin or methamphetamine; two grams of cocaine; 12 grams of psilocybin mushrooms; 40 doses of LSD, oxycodone or methadone; and one gram or five pills of MDMA.
The new addiction recovery centers that would be launched in the state would be funded by tax revenues from Oregon’s legal, regulated marijuana industry.
Marijuana tax revenues collected by the state in excess of $45 million annually would fund the centers. Doing so would reduce the amount given to schools, the state police, mental health programs and local governments, according to the ballot measure’s financial impact statement published by the Oregon secretary of state.
The Oregon revenue department said it received about $133 million in marijuana taxes during the most recent fiscal year that started in July 2019 and ended last June.
Opponents have seized on the funding reductions in an attempt to sway voters to vote against the measure and have also said that decriminalizing hard drugs would make young people more likely to start using them.
The state’s voters in 2014 legalized recreational use and sale of marijuana. But it passed by fewer than 200,000 votes of the 1.5 million counted.
Given that margin, the more controversial hard drugs decriminalization measure is unlikely to pass, said Catherine Bolzendahl, director of Oregon State University’s School of Public Policy.
But Christopher McKnight Nichols, associate professor of history at Oregon State University, said it’s hard to gauge the outcome because voter participation seems headed for a historic high, with many first-time voters.
“We don’t know as much about their preferences,” Nichols said.
If Oregon’s voters reject Measure 110, “it may well pass next time, which has been the model for marijuana legalization, for instance, across the country,” Nichols said.
The measure’s political action committee, More Treatment for a Better Oregon: Yes on 110, received a $500,000 donation from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Dr. Priscilla Chan via the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, which supports science and education work and promotes criminal justice reform.
“If the measure passes, Oregon will shift to a health-based approach to drugs and addiction,” the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s website says.
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