Blood donor shortfalls widen as flu keeps donors home
The New York Blood Center and the American Red Cross report dangerously low blood supplies amid a flu outbreak. Regions including Los Angeles Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Toledo and Peoria see donor cancellations and cancellations due to illness. Red Cross COO Jacquelyn Frederick warns of ongoing fragility in the national supply as winter and holidays reduce donations. Donors can call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE to schedule.
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Police shoot Queens man who attacked his mother
A Queens man who allegedly slashed his mother was fatally shot by a police officer after lunging with a knife during a 911 assault call at an Astoria apartment. The officer fired once, striking him below the left shoulder. he died at Elmhurst General Hospital. The mother was treated for chest lacerations and released.
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Man at Border Tied to Knife Point Robberies
Police probe whether Waitall Triplett, 21, nabbed at the Peace Bridge border crossing with a sword and a phony passport is linked to a string of knifepoint robberies and a daredevil Manhattan high rise escape. Officials say he was stopped aboard a bus near Buffalo after being denied entry to Canada, and investigators weigh a possible Brooklyn killing on December 26.
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Physicist Robert Rathbun Wilson Dies at 85
Robert Rathbun Wilson, 85, a leading physicist whose work on particle accelerators helped unlock nuclear secrets and contributed to the development of atomic bombs, died Sunday after a stroke. He earned a Berkeley PhD in 1940, worked with Enrico Fermi at MIT, and helped move a cyclotron to Los Alamos in 1943 as part of wartime research.
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Herald Journal corrects errors and updates contact info
The Herald Journal clarifies a genealogy column date for the Central New York Genealogy Society meeting at 10 a.m. March 18, First United Church East Syracuse. Call Leola Sutton at 699-3341. Also corrects a fundraising number for Judith Mallory breast cancer expenses, with event details at Watertree Condominiums Dewitt, and offers late-delivery compensation and customer service hours.
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