Lawmakers agree to pay victims of 1923 massacre
The Florida Legislature approves a $2.1 million claims bill to compensate Rosewood survivors and family members. Up to $150,000 per living survivor who proves residence and evacuation, plus a $300,000 fund for restored property, and $100,000 yearly for scholarships supporting Rosewood descendants and other minorities, with the attorney general deciding individual awards.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Rosewood
Senate
Lawton Chiles
House
State Attorney General's Office
Rosewood Family
Arnett Doctor
Annette Goins
Shakir
Florida Senate
Electric belt shocks in court provoke debate in California
In Santa Ana a new REACT belt from Stun-Tech can immobilize a prisoner with an eight second, 3000 volt shock controlled by a marshal. Proponents say it deters violence and avoids visible handcuffs. critics call it cruel and unusual punishment. About 150 belts exist nationwide with few activations.
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Santa Ana
Calif
David Kairys
Temple University School of Law
Philadelphia
REACT
Stun-Tech Inc
Cleveland
Elizabeth Ryan
Ryan
Kankakee
Ill
San Diego County
Pensacola
Fla
Aton
Polly Klaas
Santa Rosa
Richard Allen Davis
Davis
Thomas P. Twellman
Orange County Marshal’s Office
Twellman
American Civil Liberties Union of
Southern California
Mary Takita
Kairys
FDA warns tamoxifen raises uterine cancer risk
FDA strengthened warnings on the breast cancer drug tamoxifen noting it reduces mortality and helps survival, but raises endometrial cancer risk two to threefold. Women on the drug should maintain gynecologic checkups and report symptoms. new labeling and doctor letters were issued amid ongoing studies.
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FDA
Washington
Food and Drug Administration
David Kessler
Gregory Burke
Tamoxifen
Zena¢a Pharmaceuticals
Burke
National Cancer Institute
Sweden
Addi
NCI
University of Pittsburgh
Perez pursues third bid to lead Harris County Democrats
Transsexual ex convict Leslie Elaine Perez, who once faced the electric chair, leads a field of six in the Harris County Democratic race and heads to a runoff against real estate developer David Mincberg after 26 percent of the vote. Perez, later known as Leslie Douglas Ashley, was sentenced to death in 1961 for a Houston businessman’s killing but was overturned and later paroled in 1971 after a sex change. She vows to boost minority inclusion and turnout if elected, despite party officials' wishes she would withdraw.
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Houston
Leslie Elaine Perez
Harris County
Democratic Organization
Perez
David Mincberg
Leslie Douglas Ashley
Fred Tones
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