Multiple incidents across U S cities including 105 injured in California rear-end crash
A Sunday interstate crash near Baker on I 15 left 105 people injured, some critically, as two buses collided amid road construction. Separately in Times Square a nightclub brawl left eight shot and two stabbed, with two others trampled in the rush to exit. Bike Week in Daytona Beach drew far fewer attendees due to volatile weather, while the Houston Symphony struck over budget shortfalls and Broadway musicians also walked out. A nursing home fire in Hartford killed 13, with 10 resident deaths and 23 hospitalizations in the blaze at Greenwood Health Center with unclear link to injuries. The day’s events included a mix of violent incidents, labor actions, and public-safety reports.
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California
Baker
Las Vegas
Times Square
Dennis Ferber
Jyse Fink
City Department of Buildings
New Smyrna Beach
Paul Orel
Daytona Beach
Elizabeth Arata
Greenwood Health Center
Hartford Hospital
Lee Monroe
Monroe
Arata
High school assault leads to manslaughter charge nine years later
Desmon Venn, now 26, faces involuntary manslaughter charges after Zuhair Pattah died from injuries after a 1994 punch. Prosecutors say death adds a new crime with a different element, while defense argues double jeopardy and a lapsed charging window. Pattah, 16 at injury, remained in a coma for years before dying at 25.
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West Bloomfield Township
Mich
Desmon Venn
Venn
Pattah
Atlanta
Hatchett
Stephen J. Schulhofer
New York University
U.S. Supreme Court
Elbert Hatchett
Pontiac
Zuhair
Steven” Pattah
Texas set for 300th execution in Texas history
Livingston Texas is to witness the 300th execution since Texas resumed capital punishment in 1982 as Delma Banks or another inmate would reach the milestone. Through 2000 Texas has executed nine inmates that year, with 40 anticipated as a one-year record, while debates over death penalty fairness and appeals rules continue nationwide.
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Livingston
Texas
Delma Banks
Michael Dewayne Johnson
Charlie Brooks
Harold Lane
Earl Heiselbetz
Banks
Supreme Court
Gregory van Alstyne
Richard Head Williams
Rick Perry
Perry
George W. Bush
Safe-haven laws face critique from adoption institute
The Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute says hurried safe-haven laws in 41 states risk concealing pregnancies, encouraging unsafe births, and hiding abandoned infants from medical and genetic histories. It urges more research, counseling, and father notification to improve outcomes while supporters argue the laws save lives.
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New York
Evan B. Donaldson Adoption Institute
Donaldson Institute
Adam Portman
Porlman
National Conference of State Legislatures
Texas
Wyoming
Alaska
Hawaii
Massachusetts
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Vermont
Virginia
Foreign-born population hits record 11.5 percent in United States
Census Bureau estimates show about 32.5 million foreign-born residents in March 2002, 2 percent more than the prior year, composing 11.5 percent of a 282.1 million population. The rise slowed amid economy weakness and post September 11 scrutiny, with 1.2 million new arrivals in the year ending March 2002.
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Washington
U.S
America
United States
William Frey
Frey
Brookings Institution
Angela Kelley
National Immigration Forum
Census Bureau
Steven Camarota
Center For Immigration
Camarota
Northeastern University
Latin America
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Houston Symphony
Houston Symphony Orchestra
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Murad
Detroit
Europe
Asia
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