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U.S. woman loses leg in shark attack snorkeling in Turks and Caicos

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:40 GMT

A Connecticut woman snorkeling in Turks and Caicos lost her leg during a shark attack on Wednesday.The attack — which left the 22-year-old woman in serious condition — was reported at about 3:07 p.m., according to a release from the Department of Environment and Coastal Resources in Turks and Caicos.The woman, who was snorkeling with a friend at the Bone Yard dive site in Princess Alexandra National Park, was taken to the Cheshire Hall Medical Centre, according to the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force.The location of the incident is part of the Princess Alexandra National Park, a marine-protected area of the Turks and Caicos islands, according to the Department of Environment and Coastal Resources.The incident is under investigation by police.“Though incidents such as these are highly unusual in the Turks and Caicos Islands, swimmers, snorkelers and divers and boat operators are reminded to exercise caution on the water,” the Department of Environment and Coastal Resources...

‘I feel like a complete idiot’: Bay Area man avoids jail for selling fake Adderall pills containing meth online

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:40 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO — A Bay Area man was sentenced to three years of supervised release, but no jail time, after pleading guilty to selling fake Adderall pills containing methamphetamine, court records show.Andrew Tan, of San Francisco, was charged in 2021 after authorities linked him to an account on the dark web called ADDERALL123 that offered 30 milligram pills of the prescription drug, which is used to treat ADHD. Undercover Drug Enforcement Agents ordered pills from the account, while police tracked one of the packages to a post office in Daly City, and confirmed that Tan was the one who mailed it.In a three-page apology letter to the court, Tan wrote that he is “truly sorry” and pled for leniency.“I feel like a complete idiot and ignorant for the crime I committed,” Tan wrote. “I love my wife so much, I wish I could take away all the pain and burden of her responsibilities, and especially my conviction away from her. Everyday, I regret my actions ...

Charges against parents in co-sleeping death of 2-day-old baby draw condemnation from pregnancy justice groups

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:40 GMT

The criminal case of an Aurora couple charged in the co-sleeping death of their 2-day-old baby has spurred outcry from state reproductive justice groups who describe the prosecution as part of a growing trend across the country in which pregnant and postpartum people are facing more criminalization.Brittany Diekneit, 27, and her husband Sean Byrne, 26, are each facing a felony charge of child abuse resulting in death. Diekneit and baby Walker returned home from the hospital on Sept. 22, and Walker died sometime that night or early morning. In April, three months after the autopsy was completed, arrest warrants were issued for the pair. The Aurora police arrest affidavits allege that the couple was drinking alcohol before sharing a bed with the baby and “ignored the substantial and unjustifiable risk of co-sleeping with Walker while being incapacitated and they were thus unable to check on him.”The 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office also upped the detective’s initial charge of ...

U.S. teen on grad trip lost overboard from sunset cruise boat off Bahamas

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:40 GMT

Three days after graduating from high school, a Louisiana teen went missing from a sunset cruise in the Bahamas, the Coast Guard has reported.Cameron Robbins, 18, was among of group of Baton Rouge teens on a graduation trip to the Atlantis resort, near Nassau. He jumped or fell from a boat Wednesday evening near Athol Island and disappeared in the water, the Royal Bahamas Police Force said.The U.S. Coast Guard is assisting Bahamian teams in the search, it said Thursday.Robbins graduated Sunday, May 21, from University Laboratory School, which is run by Louisiana State University. He had been there since kindergarten, a school official told TV station WBRZ.The trip was not a school-sanctioned event but a commercial package arranged for students from the Baton Rouge area.Related ArticlesNational News | Body found in Alabama woods in 1997 identified as 20-year-old California man National News | Map: Where the new search for Madeleine McCann has led Natio...

Terrifying moments as man opens plane door midair on Asiana Airlines flight

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:40 GMT

By Yoonjung Seo and Brad Lendon | CNNSeoul, South Korea  — The door of an Asiana Airlines jet opened as it was coming in to land in Daegu, South Korea, on Friday afternoon, leaving wind whipping through the plane’s cabin as terrified passengers gripped their armrests, video of the incident shows.An airline official said a man in his 30s who was sitting at the emergency seat seemed to have opened the door when the aircraft was about 700 feet (213 meters) above the ground and about two to three minutes from landing in the city 150 miles (240 kilometers) south of Seoul.However, company officials told CNN the plane had landed safely.Local police said a man had been arrested. They said he confessed to opening the door, but would not say why he did it.South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said in a statement Friday that police and the ministry were investigating an individual over violation of aviation law.Any person who contravenes the Aviation Security Act, which ...

Parents of Banko Brown sue Walgreens, security company, Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony for wrongful death

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:40 GMT

(KRON) -- Twenty-four-year-old transgender man Banko Brown was fatally shot and killed by a private security officer at a Walgreens in San Francisco after being accused of shoplifting in April. Now, Brown's parents have decided to sue Walgreens, the private security firm Kingdom Group Protective Services Company, and the killer Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony for wrongful death, the family's lawyer announced Friday."Anthony was on edge, a powder keg waiting to explode. Banko's apparent shoplifting was the spark that set Michael Earl-Wayne Anthony off," said attorney John Burris. "Walgreens and Kingdom Protective Services ordered their security to be more aggressive, causing their unfit security guard to blow up and kill Banko over nothing."Brown and the security guard got into a deadly confrontation inside a Walgreens store on Market Street on April 27. Brown was unarmed when the guard opened fire. Anthony told detectives that Brown threatened to stab him and that he felt like his life w...

All lanes open on southbound Highway 17 in San Jose after fatal crash

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:40 GMT

(KRON) -- A fatal crash between a gray minivan and a gray Honda Civic snarled traffic on southbound Highway 17 Friday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol incident page. The accident was first reported around 4:12 a.m. near the Hamilton Avenue offramp in San Jose.The accident temporarily shut down all lanes but all lanes have since reopened as of around 7 a.m., CHP reported.Officials reported at least one fatality as a result of the crash.

Katherine Legge carries hopes of women into Indianapolis 500

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:40 GMT

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Katherine Legge remembers returning to the Indianapolis 500 for the second time a decade ago, and the unmistakable feeling of satisfaction she experienced walking through Gasoline Alley and knowing that she was not alone.For the third time in four years, a record-tying four women were in the 33-car field that day.“That was the era of Sarah Fisher and then Danica Patrick came along and then, you know, there’s me and Simona de Silvestro and I just thought it would kind of snowball and grow,” Legge recalled, before pausing for a moment. “But it hasn’t.”Instead, Legge is the only female driver who will start “The Greatest Spectacle in Racing” on Sunday.The women’s movement that began when Janet Guthrie qualified for the first time in 1977, gained traction with Lyn St. James in the 1980s and hit its stride with the arrival of Patrick in the early 2000s has stalled out. By 2020, not only was there no female driver in the field for the first time since...

DC-area airports get busy as Memorial Day weekend begins

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:40 GMT

Whether you plan to fly in to or out of BWI Marshall, Dulles or Reagan National airports, pack plenty of patience as many other travelers have similar plans this Memorial Day weekend.At Dulles International Airport, early morning flyers were picking up their boarding passes at ticket kiosks. Many of them came arrived extra early for their flights, anticipating the additional time it can take to find vehicle parking and passing through security during busy travel periods.Are you flying for this holiday weekend? Don’t forget to snap a photo of where you park, for when you return. Here at Dulles this morning, @WTOP pic.twitter.com/uzBuY3XF3C— Neal Augenstein (@AugensteinWTOP) May 26, 2023WTOP’s Neal Augenstein reported available parking spots were difficult to locate. He suggested if once your vehicle is parked, save a photo of where you parked it on your mobile phone. That way, it will be easier to locate when you return.Some passengers told Augenstein they were heading out to w...

KHSC and Providence Care to scale back COVID-19 restrictions

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:25:40 GMT

Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) and Providence Care say they’re moving to the next step of their step-down approach to COVID-19.Kingston hospitals have maintained masking within all patient care areas, but during the first phase of the step-down plan staff were allowed to remove masks where they could maintain a metre of distance in areas where there were no patients, clients, or visitors. Now, KHSC and Providence Care are considering two main changes in on-site COVID-19 related restrictions.KHSC is proposing removing mandatory physical distancing and mandatory masking for staff and others in the hospital, however patients can still request their healthcare provider wear a mask and staff and visitors will continue to be asked to mask up in more vulnerable areas including the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Dialysis Clinics, Oncology, Emergency Department, Urgent Care Centre, and the Children’s Outpatient Clinic.Masks will continue to be made available at the entran...