Neighbors Fight Testimony Supports Zimmerman Self Defense Claim
Neighbors Jonathan Good and Jonathan Manalo along with Officer Tim Smith testified in the Zimmerman trial, detailing a struggle with Trayvon Martin that the defense argues shows Zimmerman was on the defensive. Good described a mixed fight with straddling and ground and pound, while Manalo corroborated Zimmerman’s self defense claim and noted Martin’s hands under his body. Paramedics and first responders described injuries to Zimmerman and the aftereffects of the confrontation in Sanford Florida.
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Good
Martin
Jonathan Good
Mark O’mara
Manalo
Neighborhood Watch
Don West
Smith
Sanford
Stacy Livingston
O’mara
Livingston
Sabrina Fulton
Mandela end of life care dilemmas expand with age
US doctors say Mandela likely has pneumonia amid a pattern of repeated hospitalizations for a lung infection. Experts note cultural expectations shape decisions on life support, with family members like Ada Levine and Dr. Schaffner recounting the emotional burden of choosing comfort care and hospice for loved ones in fragile health.
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Nelson Mandela
Mandela
William Schaffner
Vanderbilt University
Africa
Sola Olopade
University of Chicago
Center For Global Health
Olopade
United States
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Medical Intensive
Kress
Schaffner
Vanderbilt
Ada Levine
Maria Robles
Chicago
Robles
Levine
West Virginia trims Medicaid reserves to balance budget
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin authorized an $17.7 million cut from the Medicaid reserve fund to cover a general revenue shortfall and keep the year balanced. Legislation had already reduced current spending by $28 million and drained a $45 million tax refund reserve. The move avoids a deficit while not impacting ongoing health care services.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Earl Ray Tomblin
Jason Pizatella
Tomblin
Pizatella
Executive Branch
Beretta balks at West Virginia expansion over Manchin stance
Beretta USA says it will not consider West Virginia for future expansion citing U S Sen Joe Manchins push on gun control and his Toomey Manchin background check plan Reh notes concerns over a provision favoring gun show access and questions whether WV remains pro gun decisions follow Manchins ads and state measures Beretta previously weighed Maryland and other sites for growth while WV offered incentives and political support from officials
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Charleston
U.S
Joe Manchin
Beretta USA
West Virginia
Jeffrey Reh
Democrat
Manchin
Patrick Toomey
Pennsylvania
Beretta
Chuck Schumer
New York
Reh
National Rifle Association
Jonathan Kott
Rick Thompson
Maryland
Thompson
Department of Veterans’ Assistance
Manchin-Toomey
Senate
Red
Virginia
Texas
Utah
Car found tied to ex Patriots player Hernandez case
Massachusetts authorities say a 2012 Chrysler 300 linked to suspect Ernest Wallace has been recovered in the Aaron Hernandez Lloyd slaying investigation. Wallace is being sought as an armed and dangerous accessory after the murder, last seen driving the silver car with Rhode Island plates. Hernandez remains jailed on murder charges.
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Mass
Massachusetts
Patriots
Aaron Hernandez
North Attleborough
Bristol County
Ernest Wallace
Boston
Oolin Lloyd
Wallace
Rhode Island
Hernandez
Lloyd’s
New England Patriots
Bristol
Conn
Hartford
NFL
Bristol Central High School
D.J
University of Connecticut
Dennis
Andrew Ragali
Ragali
North
Attleborough
Odin Lloyd
Lloyd
Connecticut
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