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☆ Downtown Orlando Halloween shootings: Police search for a motive after gunfire left 2 dead in crowded nightlife district. Here’s what we know
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-02 | by ( Paradise Afshar | Andy Rose | Ashley R. Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

This was the 27th mass shooting in Florida this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, with more than 400 nationwide. About 100 officers were working a detail in the area, which allowed for a quick response but did not appear to deter the shooter, Smith said. and Orange Ave., where a shooting occurred during Halloween festivities on November 01, 2024, in Orlando, Florida. “Shortly after reported shots fired, a shooting suspect was located and taken into custody at Washington and Orange,” Smith said. Bloodstains were seen on the sidewalk along Orange Ave., where a shooting occurred during Halloween festivities on November 01, 2024, in Orlando, Florida.

Persons: Marlei Martinez, Eric Smith, Smith, ” Smith, “, Andrew Bain, ” Bain, Gerardo Mora, Sofia Alcala, WKMG, ”, Buddy Dyer, ” Dyer, Shan Rose, ” Rose, Bloodstains, I’m, Florida –, Anthony Berry, could’ve, Joseph Ibrahim, Berry Organizations: CNN, Orlando, Police, Orlando Regional Medical, Authorities, Central Blvd, Getty, University of Central Florida, Health Locations: Florida, Orange, Orlando , Florida, Washington, Orlando

☆ Hostages were killed by Hamas the night before IDF reached tunnel, Israel says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Raf Sanchez | Raf Sanchez Is A Foreign Correspondent For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

TEL AVIV — The six hostages recently found dead in Gaza were executed by Hamas the night before Israeli forces reached the tunnel where they were being held, government officials said Tuesday night. The IDF said it reached that tunnel and made the gruesome discovery on Aug. 30. AK-47 magazines and shell casings were found nearby, Israeli officials said. "It was a hard moment to see the bloodstains on the floor," said Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, an IDF spokesperson. That's when about 1,200 people were killed in Israel and 250 people taken hostage.

Persons: Hersh Goldberg, Rafah’s Tal, It's, Daniel Hagari, Mickey Mouse, Hagari, Goldberg, Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Alexander Lobanov, Almog, Sgt, Ori Danino, Benjamin Netanyahu, ”, Shai Dickman, Gat, Carmel, “ Organizations: Israel Defense Forces, AK, IDF, Israel’s, Health Ministry Locations: TEL AVIV, Gaza, Rafah’s Tal Al Sultan, Israel

☆ DNA Tests and Stranded Bodies: Ukraine’s Struggle to Name Its Dead
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-05 | by ( Maria Varenikova | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The bodies of the two Ukrainian soldiers lay motionless in a field for months. The soldiers’ relatives identified their bodies from aerial footage gathered by drone. Andriy Zaretsky — were dead. Yet more than four months later, the Ukrainian military still lists them as missing, even though subsequent drone footage provided by a fellow soldier weeks later showed them still lying there. This confusion, and the lengthy, difficult process of obtaining official declaration of the deaths, is far from isolated, and has emerged as another painful consequence of the two-year-old war.

Persons: Serhiy Matsiuk, Andriy Zaretsky —, ”, Zaretsky’s, Anastasia Locations: Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine’s

☆ Opinion: It’s time to change the way we think about sociopaths
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Opinion Sara Stewart | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —This piece contains mild spoilers for the Netflix series “Ripley” and a scene in the movie “Civil War.”Are we finally ready to take another look at why we love to hate sociopaths so much? But his rendition of Ripley – highly capable, chameleonic, but never what you’d call charming — represents a refreshing take on one of the most famous sociopaths in literature and film. Gagne feels Hollywood’s nearly always gotten it wrong with portrayals of sociopaths, reducing them to a collection of cartoonish, villainous traits. In fact, I found one of film’s most recent sociopaths to be singularly chilling because of his very plausibility. He’s in Alex Garland’s “Civil War,” the polarizing film about a vaguely-sketched conflict set in the modern-day United States.

Persons: Sara Stewart, Ripley ”, Sara Stewart Todd Thompson, Andrew Scott’s, Tom Ripley, Patricia Highsmith’s, Scott, who’s, Ripley –, Steven Zaillian’s, “ Ripley, Jennifer Rubin, ”, Rubin, Tony Soprano, Walter White, Patrick Bateman, Dexter Morgan, Don Draper, I’ve, Emily Nussbaum, Norman Lear’s “, Archie Bunker, Carroll O’Connor, Penn Badgley, Joe Goldberg, Sociopath, Patric Gagne, Gagne, Hollywood’s, vilify, Jenna Ortega, Alex Garland’s “, Jesse Plemons —, —, Owen Gleiberman’s, “ Garland, ” Gleiberman, Ripley, sociopathy, we’ll Organizations: CNN, Netflix, Washington, Vogue Locations: Pennsylvania, ”, United States, America

☆ Opinion: The problem with Beyoncé’s ‘Jolene’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Opinion Holly Thomas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

It’s hardly my place to conclude how much of Beyoncé’s riff on “Jolene” is autobiographical, but I think we can safely assume she wants us to guess. That approach applies perfectly to country music (though she insists “Cowboy Carter” is “a ‘Beyoncé’ album,” not a country album). In “Daughter,” the track that follows “Jolene” on “Cowboy Carter,” Beyoncé continues on the theme of adultery. Whether or not Beyoncé’s “Jolene” has anything to do with her real life — or anyone’s — I think it’s a mistake to see it as a departure from Parton’s version. For someone cycling through the stages of post-cheating grief, Beyoncé’s “Jolene” reads like the “anger” prequel to Dolly’s “bargaining” “Jolene.” As listeners, the point isn’t to imitate either of them, or to know the roots of every phrase.

Persons: Holly Thomas, Katie Couric, CNN —, Holly Thomas Holly Thomas, Beyoncé’s, Dolly Parton’s, Jolene, ”, Cowboy Carter, Jolene — she’s, Parton, “, Beyoncé, don’t, ” Beyoncé, Azealia Banks, Jay, I’m, Tina, Jolene ”, Cowboy Carter ”, Dolly, Becky, Z, She’s, Becky ”, coos Organizations: Katie Couric Media, CNN Locations: London, Houston, Louisiana

☆ US' Harris to Visit Parkland Shooting Site, Push New Gun Laws
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( March | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

"Red flag" laws allow courts to issue "extreme risk protection orders" removing firearms from individuals considered at risk of harming themselves or others. As part of her visit, Harris will call for 29 other states that have no such laws to pass them and encourage 15 more states that have the laws to start using the available federal funds. Florida approved a red flag law after the 2018 shooting but has not used the federal funding, according to the official. Some advocates regard the red flag laws as violating their constitutional right to bear arms, while gun safety advocates point to some studies showing they can prevent some deaths. Republican candidate Donald Trump has previously supported red flag laws but opposed broader measures favored by Biden.

Persons: Trevor Hunnicutt, Kamala Harris, Harris, Marjory Stoneman, Joe Biden, University of Washington School of Medicine . Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, White, Parkland, United, Institute for Health Metrics, University of Washington School of Medicine ., Democrat, Republican Locations: Trevor Hunnicutt FORT LAUDERDALE , Florida, Parkland , Florida, Six U.S, Florida, United States

☆ Period poverty: How air pollution in Kenya could make periods heavier, more painful and more expensive
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Elizabeth Wells | Eoin Mcsweeney | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Studies have linked air pollution to an increased risk of endometriosis , a condition that causes tissue like what lines the womb to grow outside of the uterus. Compared with Kenya, women can more easily access anti-inflammatory drugs and birth control commonly used to manage painful periods. She believes that the new research on air pollution should be a major concern for the millions of women struggling to manage their periods in Nairobi. Kenyan Senator Gloria Orwoba is calling for more research on the link between air pollution and women's reproductive health. Now, she tells CNN, targeted government intervention is needed to address the possible effects of air pollution on menstrual cycles.

Persons: Alice Shikuku, Shikuku, Mercy, Audrey Gaskins, we've, Gaskins, Oscar Lee, Lee, Emmie Erondanga, Miss Koch, Erondanga, Wanjiru Kepha, Kepha, Wanjiru, Damaris Atieno, Atieno, Sen, Gloria Orwoba, Orwoba, William Ruto's, she's, I'm Organizations: CNN, US Agency for International Development, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, China Medical University, World Health Organization, Miss, Huru International, Kenya, Kenyan, William Ruto's United Democratic Alliance Locations: Nairobi, Kenya, Korogocho, United States, Taiwan, Taichung, Shikuku's, Dandora, Miss Koch Kenya, Mukuru, Miss, Wanjiru Kepha

☆ I've seen the worst horrors of Ukraine, Bosnia, and ISIS. I never thought I'd see them come to Israel, my home.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Itai Anghel is a veteran war correspondent with the Israeli current affairs show 'Uvda.' In my time as a war correspondent, I've covered so many atrocities and genocides: Bosnia, Bucha in Ukraine, and ISIS. Itai Anghel of @Uvda_tweet, a veteran war correspondent, was the first journalist to visit kibbutz Nir Oz in Israel after Saturday's attacks. pic.twitter.com/ZQOldmEKs4 — Joshua Zitser (@mrjoshz) October 12, 2023Yesterday, I visited a kibbutz, Nir Oz. AdvertisementAdvertisementAround a quarter of the people of Nir Oz were assassinated, kidnapped, or injured in a very severe way.

Persons: Nir Oz, —, Itai Anghel, It's, I've, ZQOldmEKs4, Joshua Zitser, Bloodstains Organizations: ISIS, Service Locations: Ukraine, Bosnia, Bucha, Israel

☆ Hamas militants shot festival goers at point-blank range with machine guns after throwing grenades, survivor says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A survivor of the Hamas militant attacks on an Israeli festival has spoken to Israel's Channel 12. He described the terror as Hamas militants opened fire on festival goers. He said people hiding in a shelter were killed with a machine gun and grenades. AdvertisementAdvertisementA survivor of the Hamas militant attack on a rave in Israel has described the terror as militants opened fire on festival goers huddled inside a bomb shelter for safety. He described the chaos that unfolded as a group of Hamas militants opened fire on festival goers near Kibbutz Re'im in the Negev desert early Saturday morning.

Persons: —, Sahar Ben Sela, Sahar, Sela's Organizations: Service, Israel's, Social Locations: Israel, Kibbutz Re'im, Gaza

And then, without much ceremony, several of the girls were rounded up and taken to a stockade in Leesburg, Georgia, 23 miles outside of town. Teenage girls, including Shirley Reese who is holding onto the window bars, are held inside a stockade in Leesburg, Georgia, in 1963. “(Adults) didn’t participate a lot because they had to work and take care of families,” said Carol Barner Seay, one of the Leesburg Stockade Girls, as they became known. But the story of the Leesburg Stockade Girls was soon eclipsed by the relentless drumbeat of racist violence in the American South. CNNFor years, many of the Leesburg Stockade Girls refused to speak about their harrowing experience.

Persons: CNN —, Shirley Reese, Reese, ” Reese, Danny Lyon, CNN’s Randi Kaye, ”, “, Carol Barner Seay, Seay, Seay gestured, Leesburg, “ I’d, ” Seay, ‘, ’ ” Reese, ” Shirley Reese, Lyon, Harrison A, Williams, “ We’d, haven’t Organizations: CNN, Civil Rights Movement, Martin Theater, White, CNN ‘, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Leesburg Stockade Girls, SNCC, “, Jet Magazine, Congressional, Klux Klan Locations: Americus , Georgia, Leesburg , Georgia, Georgia, Americus, Leesburg, Dawson , Georgia, ”, Lynchburg, Black, Lyon, New Jersey, American, Birmingham , Alabama

[1/2] The "1200 building" at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the crime scene where the 2018 shootings took place, is seen in Parkland, Florida, U.S. August 4, 2022. Scot Peterson, the school resource officer on duty at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on Feb. 14, 2018, was armed but never went inside the building as the shooting unfolded, according to the Broward County Sheriff's Office and surveillance video. Friday's re-enactment is part of a civil case against Peterson in which victims' families and survivors are seeking unspecified damages. In June, Peterson was acquitted by a Florida jury of criminal charges of child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury connected the shooting. It has remained largely unaltered since the 2018 shooting, with bloodstains and bullet holes still visible.

Persons: Marjory Stoneman, Amy Beth Bennett, Scot Peterson, Peterson, Friday's, Michael Piper, Piper, David Brill, Carol, Lisa Phillips, Phillips, Nikolas Cruz, Julia Harte, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Broward County Sheriff's Office, Broward, Broward County Public, Thomson Locations: Parkland , Florida, U.S, Florida, Broward County, Broward

[1/2] The "1200 building" at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the crime scene where the 2018 shootings took place, is seen in Parkland, Florida, U.S. August 4, 2022. The re-staging of the school shooting, one of the deadliest in U.S. history, was part of a civil lawsuit against Scot Peterson, a police officer who was stationed outside the Parkland, Florida, high school when the gunfire began on Feb. 14, 2018. In June, Peterson was acquitted by a Florida jury of criminal charges of child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury connected the shooting. The nonprofit group defines a mass shooting as four or more people shot or killed, not including the shooter. Ahead of the re-enactment, nine members of Congress and family members of victims toured the school building.

Persons: Marjory Stoneman, Amy Beth Bennett, Scot Peterson, Peterson, Tony Montalto, Gina, Michael Piper, Carol, Lisa Phillips, Nikolas Cruz, Julia Harte, Cynthia Osterman, Leslie Adler Organizations: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Broward, Sun Sentinel, U.S . Congress, Thomson Locations: Parkland , Florida, U.S, Florida, Broward County, Parkland

☆ Fiji’s Leader Declines Invitation to China, Saying He Tripped and Fell
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Natasha Frost | More About Natasha Frost | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Fiji’s uneasy relationship with China has hit an unusual roadblock, in the form of an office door. In a video posted to social media on Tuesday, the Pacific island nation’s prime minister, Sitiveni Rabuka, said he was declining an invitation to visit China this week because he had tripped while looking at his phone, striking his head on a door at the entrance to a government building. “I do not know whether my head is hurt more than the door, or the door hurt more than my head,” Mr. Rabuka said. He was wearing a shirt flecked with bloodstains, which he pointed out to viewers, and had a bandage on his head. Because his doctor would have to change the bandage on Friday, he said, “I have had to inform China that I will not be able to undertake the trip coming up tomorrow night.” China had invited Mr. Rabuka to the city of Chengdu, where he was to have met with Xi Jinping, the country’s leader, at the World University Games.

Persons: Sitiveni Rabuka, ” Mr, Rabuka, “, China, Xi Jinping Organizations: World University Games Locations: China, Chengdu

☆ Israeli troops kill two Palestinian gunmen in West Bank
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-14 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/4] A Palestinian checks a damaged car where two militants were killed during an Israeli operation, near Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, January 14, 2023. REUTERS/Raneen SawaftaJENIN, West Bank, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Israeli troops killed two Palestinian gunmen in the occupied West Bank on Saturday in what witnesses described as a running skirmish touched off by an army raid near a flashpoint town. Jenin and outlying areas have seen intensified military sweeps following a spate of street attacks in Israeli cities last year. Witnesses said Israeli troops clashed with gunmen before dawn, wounding one. An army spokesperson said troops opened fire on the car after being shot at, and that there were no Israeli casualties.

☆ Philippine artist creates paintings using his own blood
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Adrian Portugal | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] Filipino artist Elito Circa, 52, paints with his own blood in his studio in Nueva Ecija province, Philippines November 29, 2022. REUTERS/Eloisa LopezMANILA, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Philippine artist Elito Circa has blood on his hands, literally - but only to create art with. Using blood taken from his own veins, the 52-year old produces canvas paintings that have drawn both praise and criticism because of his unusual choice of medium. Born in a low-income household with little access to school supplies and art materials, Circa explored different mediums, including plums and tomatoes, but it was when he scraped himself as a young boy that his fascination with using blood began. "Every time I got scraped, I would use my own blood since bloodstains are also hard to remove," said Circa, while dabbing a white canvass using a paint brush dipped in blood.

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