Early U S flu season signals could be severe
The CDC reports an unusually early start with suspected flu cases rising in five Southern states and hospitalizations increasing. Health officials stress the elderly are at high risk while noting that over a third of Americans are vaccinated and the current vaccine matches circulating strains.
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Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
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Georgia
James Steinberg
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Atlanta
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DNA links sought to solve Gacy murders in Illinois
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart expands a program to enter DNA profiles of executed killers into a national database. The effort aims to uncover unidentified victims by matching blood, semen, hair, or skin under victims’ fingernails to claims of other murders possibly tied to John Wayne Gacy and other condemned inmates. Authorities hope investigators nationwide submit DNA from executed inmates and decades old crime scenes to aid long unresolved cases.
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John Wayne Gacy
Cook County Sheriffs Department
Jason Moran
Illinois
Cook County
Tom Dart
Dart
Gacy
Explosives cleanup disrupts Louisiana town. 6 million pounds found
In Dayline Louisiana residents evacuated as 6 million pounds of propellant at Camp Minden were moved for safer storage after an October explosion. Authorities opened a criminal probe into Explo Systems over storage practices. Thunderstorm risks and spillage slowed work.
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Arkansas
Explo Systems
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Louisiana State Police
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Minden
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Alaska suspect tied Vermont killing to broader spree dies in jail
Israel Keyes, jailed for the Alaska barista murder, began confessing to multiple killings in Vermont Washington state and New York. He died by an apparent self inflicted act in his Alaska cell after warning he would stop talking if his name was public. Officials say more victims may exist but details remain unclear.
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Alaska
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Keyes
Dolphin bites 8 year old at SeaWorld in Orlando
Eight-year-old Jillian Thomas was bitten by a dolphin during feeding at SeaWorld Orlando on November 21. Her father Jamie filmed the attack, showing three puncture wounds and a swollen hand, while the family criticized the handling of the incident by SeaWorld staff and highlighted safety guidelines at the dolphin encounter.
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Orando, Fla
Jillian Thomas
SeaWorld
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Jillian
Orlando
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