Sinkhole Swallows Cars Killing Deputy in San Antonio
A 12 foot sinkhole in San Antonio’s industrial district swallowed two cars killing a reserve sheriff deputy Dora Linda Nishihara who was in uniform. Passers by rescued another driver as rains and a sewage leak complicated the rescue during an aggressive sewer replacement program.
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San Antonio
Ivy Taylor
Bexar County
California fire probe widens as toll reaches 36 in Oakland blaze
Criminal investigators join the Alameda County arson task force and the district attorney in examining potential criminal activity behind the warehouse fire in Oakland. Resumed search crews after a wall shift prompted temporary halt. 11 of 36 victims identified, many aged 20s and 30s. The Satya Yuga Collective leased the site led by Derick Almena amid prior health and safety complaints.
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Oakland
Calif
California
Oakland Fire Battalion
Melinda Drayton
Drayton
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
Alameda County
Tya Modste
Ray Kelly
Kelly
Alameda County District Attorney’s Office
Oakland Police Department
Satya Yuga Collective
Derick Almena
Almena
Realms
San Francisco Bay Area
Graham Patzner
Record Polar Ice Decline Amid Global Warming Signals
Polar sea ice is at record lows in both Arctic and Antarctic regions as temperatures soar worldwide. NSIDC and UK scientists link the shrinkage to greenhouse gases, El Nino, and natural swings, noting potential faster sea level rise if Antarctic ice continues to melt.
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Oslo
Antarctica
Arctic
Alaska
Earth
Pacific Ocean
Mark Serreze
U.S
NSIDC
India
Alaskas
John Turner
British Antarctic Survey
Turner
No Safe Level Found in Smoking Study
A National Cancer Institute study of almost 300 000 adults in the NIH AARP Diet and Health Study finds no safe amount of smoking. Even less than one cigarette daily raises death risk by 64 percent and ninefold for lung cancer compared with nonsmokers, with higher risk for one to ten cigarettes daily.
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National Cancer Institute
Maki Inoue Choi
NCI
Jama Internal Medicine
Courts Case of white S C officer ends in mistrial
The jury deadlocked in the murder case of Michael Slager a white South Carolina officer after video showed him firing at Walter Scott a black motorist as he ran away. Judge Clifton Newman declared a mistrial as the panel reported no unanimous verdict following the April 2015 traffic stop.
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S.C
Charleston
South Carolina
Clifton Newman
Newman
Michael Slager
Walter Scott
Slager
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