Uncle recalls officer killed aiding wounded partner
Atlanta area police officer Nicholas Smart died after being shot while helping fellow officer Jody Smith as they pursued an assailant. Smith later died in a Macon hospital. The shooter, Minquell Lem brick, was found dead in Americus from a self-inflicted gunshot. A $70,000 reward remained available for tips.
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Americas
Nicholas Smart
Georgia Southwestern State University
Jody Smith
Smart
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Macon
Michael E. Waters
Minquell Kennedy Lembrick
Americus
Nick
Jody) Smith
Nick Smarr
Lembrick
Opioid deaths surge in 2015 surpassing 30000 for first time
CDC data show opioid fatalities rose to over 30 thousand in 2015 with fentanyl and heroin driving most of the increase. Deaths involve multiple drugs, and heroin surpassed traditional painkillers for the first time since the 1990s amid a broader mortality uptick.
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Lorain County
Congress
Grant Smith
The
Drug Policy Alliance
Ghost Ship warehouse inspections raise fire code concerns
A San Francisco Bay area fire official says the Oakland warehouse where 36 partygoers died was not in a city inspection database and may never have been checked for fire hazards. Officials acknowledge lack of routine commercial inspections due to staffing and emergency duties.
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Oakland
Associated Press
Derick Ian Almena
Fire Department
Libby Schaaf
Rebecca Kozak
Kozak
Erica Terry Derryck
Schaaf
Jon Narva
National Association of State Fire Marshals
Amy Demetria
Union City
Calif
Vanessa Plotkin
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley
Roof trial judge hushes on heart attack claim in Emanuel AME case
Dylann Roof's attorney cites his mother's heart attack as part of a motion for mistrial amid emotional survivor testimony. Court showed 360 degree crime-scene images. victims lay in pools of blood at Emanuel AME Church. Prosecutors and defense see tears among family members as Felicia Sanders testifies.
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Michael Morris
Jennifer Morris
Vanessa Plotkin
Morris
Charleston
S.C
Dylann Roof
Roof
Fellowship Hall
Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church
David Bruck
Felicia Sanders
U S life expectancy backssliding signals shift in health trend
A CDC led report shows life expectancy in 2015 did not improve and may have plateaued near levels from four years earlier. Mortality rose for eight of ten major causes, led by heart disease and rising deaths from chronic lung disease and stroke.
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U.S
S. Jay Olshansky
University of Illinois-Chicago
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
United States
World Bank
CDC
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