Roundup of bombings, oil platform fire, and prosthetic leg trials
The lake Chad bombings in Chad left at least 15 dead and 130 hurt, with authorities blaming Boko Haram. A SOCAR oil platform fire near Guneshli in Azerbaijan killed one and left 30 missing after a lifeboat incident in rough seas. In Salt Lake City two veterans will receive pioneering osseointegrated prosthetic legs, while in California an Alaska Airlines plane struck a deer on approach to Santa Rosa Airport.
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Dakar
Senegal
Chad
Nigeria
Boko Haram
Koulfoua
Paul Manga
National Radio
Lake Chad
Cameroon
Niger
Banyaman Cossingar
Baku
Azerbaijan
SOCAR
Guneshli
Salt Lake City
U.S
Bryant Jacobs
Ed Salau
Jacobs
Laurence Meyer
Salt Lake VA
Meyer
Santa Rosa
Calif
Alaska Airlines
Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County
Bobbie Egan
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Egan
Los Angeles
Kerry warns against Palestinian Authority collapse risk to Israel
Secretary of State John Kerry told a Brookings Conference that a disintegrating Palestinian Authority could force Israel to govern the West Bank and risk a one state outcome. He urged both sides to back a two state solution, condemned Palestinian incitement, and criticized settlement expansion while calling for renewed dialogue and renewed leadership commitments.
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Kerry
Palestinian Authority
Washington
John Kerry
Israel
Brookings Institution
West Bank
Mahmoud Abbas
Ramallah
Abbas
Video contradicts police reports in Laquan McDonald case
Police reports filed by officers who witnessed the shooting differ from dash cam video showing 17-year-old Laquan McDonald being shot by Jason Van Dyke. Reports describe McDonald as aggressively approaching with a knife, prompting officers to justify the fatal force. The city released hundreds of pages of documents after Van Dyke was charged with first degree murder, amid protests and claims of a cover-up.
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Chicago
Laquan McDonald
Jason van Dyke
van Dyke
McDonald
Chicago Police Department
Colombia touts discovery of San Jose treasure galleon
President Santos announced the discovery of the San Jose wreck off Cartagena, with an international team confirming the galleon’s identity through photos of cannons and jewels. The 1708 sinking carried about 600 aboard and an estimated 11 million gold coins, now tied to a multi country rights dispute.
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Ernesto Montenegro
Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History of
Colombia
Cartagena
Juan Manual Santos
Santos
San Jose
Bara Peninsula
U.S
Spain
Florida death penalty threshold faces Supreme Court challenge
Florida juries now recommend death by a simple majority the only state with such a rule. A pending U S Supreme Court case and proposed legislation could require unanimous jury votes for death sentences, potentially reducing executions. Bessman Okafor received a death sentence after an 11 1 jury vote in Orange County for a 2012 murder.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida
Rick Scott
U.S. Supreme Court
Orange County
Bessman Okafor
Okafor
Alabama
Delaware
Thad Altman
Altman
Pam Bondi
Ted Bundy
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