Richmond high school shooting suspect held for July hearing
Quinshawn Booker, 14, charged with six felonies for Monday's Armstrong High School hallway shooting, was ordered held in a juvenile detention center and will be tried as an adult with a July preliminary hearing. A basketball coach and a volunteer aide were wounded but not seriously. About 300 students returned for exams amid heavy security as police described a group dispute as the motive.
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Richmond
Quinshawn Booker
Booker
Armstrong High School
David Hicks
Avery
G.W. Bowser
Fort Knox
Gregory Carter
Eloise Wilson
Three Dead in Watts Shootings Leave City Grieving
In Watts Los Angeles three people were killed and two others critically wounded in a residential shooting. Fifteen to twenty shots were fired as bystanders recalled children playing nearby. Police credited responders and noted the gunman’s arrest status was not yet known.
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Los Angeles
Watts
City Fire Department
Brian Humphrey
Jason Lee
Callie Davis
Lee
FDA panel backs safety of fake fat olestra in foods
In Reston Virginia FDA advisers vote 15 to 2 with 1 abstention to affirm reasonable certainty of no harm from the synthetic fat olestra used in some chips and crackers. The panel rejected CSPI claims of gas cramps and nutrient blockage, noting studies showed no unexpected digestive issues.
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Advisers
Reston
Food and Drug Administration
Food Safety Advisory Board
Center For Science In the Public Interest
Christopher D. Hassal
Procter & Gamble Co
Olestra
FDA
Procter & Gamble
Frito-Lay
Oceanic chemicals may fight pain and disease
Ocean scientists report sponge and sea microbial compounds as potential arthritis remedies and cancer treatments. An oyster shell chemical could improve diaper absorption and aid oil spill cleanup, but industry largely ignores ocean-derived medicines despite rich evolution-driven defenses. Researchers seek scalable production and safer, synthetic copies to supply trials and markets.
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New York
Linda Kupfer
William Fenical
California
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Shirley Pompani
Florida
Harbor
NCI
Anthony Murgo
Robert Jacobs
University of California, Santa Barbara
Pompani
Scripps
Fenical
Kupfer
Elder pilot lands plane with radio guidance after friend dies
An 81 year old man with no flying experience guided a two seat Cessna to a risky landing at Mount Comfort airport after co pilot Wesley Sickle collapsed. Aerial survey pilot Mike Bowen and nearby flyer Eddie Merchant steered him through the final approach. The plane touched down safely with a bent propeller and no injuries to Kupferschmid.
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Mount Comfort
Ind
Robert Kupferschmid
Wesley Sickle
Muncie
Sickle
Erschmid
Mike Bowen
Ode
Kupferschmid
Bowen
Eddie Merchant
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