Ebola response failure highlighted in Kenema city report
AP investigation details how WHO and other responders faltered in Kenema Sierra Leone during the 2014 Ebola outbreak with expired chlorine shortages unsafe PPE and overwhelmed staff. The piece cites mismanaged logistics delayed emergency declarations and costly bureaucratic delays that worsened patient outcomes and corps fatalities.
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Kenema
Sierra Leone
Kenema Government
Associated Press
World Health Organization
U.N. Health Agency
WHO
West Africa
Margaret Chan
Donnell Tholley
Jacob Mufunda
Mufunda
Chan
Mozambique
Africa
Government Hospital
Georgia man charged after trying to grab officer's stun gun
A 25 year old Georgia man, Gary Michael Adams, was arrested at the Flying J Truck Stop on Interstate 20 after allegedly grabbing a corporal's stun gun while facing delusions. He taunted the officer and was charged with attempting to take a weapon from a peace officer and held on a $10,000 bond at Ector County Detention Center.
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Georgia
Gary
Michael Adams
Ector County
Flying J
Interstate 20
Volkswagen Emissions Scandal Roils Shares Worldwide
Volkswagen tumbled 17.1 percent after admitting it programmed software to defeat U.S. emissions tests in nearly half a million diesel cars. The EPA and California ARB pressed for answers as the company faces possible billions in fines and ongoing federal probes.
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Berlin
Volkswagen
U.S
Obama
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
California Air Resources Board
EPA
Liz Purchia
Martin Winterkorn
Midland man jailed five years for intoxication manslaughter
A 28 year old Midland man, Loren Sage Kinney, received concurrent five year prison terms after pleading guilty to two counts of intoxication manslaughter in 358th District Court. Kinney was southbound in a 2007 Ford F 150 when crossing into the northbound lane on Loop 338 near Yukon, killing Melissa Ann Alvarado and Virginia Ellen Tate. The DA said both drivers were intoxicated and the plea had victim family support.
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Midland
Loren Sage Kinney
Stacy Trotter
Kinney
Loop 338
Yukon
Num
Melissa Ann Alvarado
Medical Center Hospital
Alvarado
Virginia Ellen Tate
Ector County
Bobby Bland
Bland
Julia Prentiss
John Shrode
Brian Carney
Two Americans Freed in Yemen Repatriated to Oman
The White House says two Americans held in Yemen have been released and are in Oman. A New Orleans based logistics firm confirms employee Scott Darden was freed while delivering aid for Transoceanic Development and relief organizations.
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White House
Yemen
Washington
Oman
National Security Council
Scott Darden
Transoceanic Development
Darden
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Irwin Redlener
National Center For Disaster Preparedness
Columbia University
Joseph Fair
Freetown
Red Cross
IFRC
Ian Norton
Mark Honigsbaum
Queen Mary University of London
Honigsbaum
Coomm
Oanews
OAQA
Adams
Dustin Dean
Dean
Gary Michael Adams
Purchia
Justice Department
Purchin
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