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The death of a 53-year-old Ohio man who died in police custody in April after he repeatedly told officers “I can’t breathe” has been ruled a homicide. Bodycam video shows police approaching Frank Tyson at an AMVETS post in Canton Township, Ohio, on April 18. The officers tell him he is fine and to calm down and stop fighting as he is handcuffed face down. A passing motorist whose face is blurred in the video directed officers to the AMVETS post. When the officers approach him at the bar, Tyson knocks over a barstool and tells them to get the sheriff.

Persons: “, Frank Tyson, Harry Campbell, Tyson, “ They’re, ”, “ I’ve, ” Tyson Organizations: Canton Police, leafs Locations: Ohio, Canton, Cleveland, Stark, Canton Township , Ohio

☆ The death of a retired Marine major general is under investigation after his body was found at the training base he once commanded
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Drew F. Lawrence | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewLaw enforcement is investigating the death of a retired major general whose body was found Saturday at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms , California, officials confirmed to Military.com. AdvertisementUS Marine Corps Maj. Gen. William F. Mullen III speaks with staff members during a visit at Camp Johnson. US Marine Corps photo released/by Sgt James A. GuilloryWhen asked, NCIS did not disclose the manner of Mullen's death. US Marine Corps Maj. Gen. William F. Mullen III delivers a speech during a ground breaking ceremony held at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center. Twentynine Palms is the largest Marine Corps base in the world, according to the installation's website.

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☆ Online-gambling giants conquer U.S. with tactics deemed too tough for Britain
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +22 min

NYSEIn 2018, British regulators sanctioned the UK arm of online gambling giant Flutter after it failed to catch an astonishing anomaly. The United States is Flutter's largest and fastest-growing market in terms of revenue. Both online sports betting and online casinos have been legal and regulated far longer in Britain than in the United States. But in the United States, Flutter doesn't place such limits on the age group. Around a decade ago, British politicians became concerned about a rise in gambling-linked fraud and suicides involving online VIP customers.

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☆ A Boeing whistleblower says he saw holes being drilled incorrectly on 787 planes, adding to the chorus of people speaking up against the company
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Aditi Bharade | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewAnother Boeing whistleblower has come forward, saying that he witnessed 787 Dreamliner planes being built in a manner that could lead to a "catastrophe down the line." Richard Cuevas was a Strom airplane mechanic who used to work as a contractor for Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems. He said that in 2023, he witnessed substandard manufacturing of the 787 planes' forward pressure bulkheads, which help maintain air pressure. AdvertisementHowever, in March, a few months after he reported his findings to Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems, he was fired from his job, the complaint said. Cuevas' lawyers and representatives of Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider, made outside regular working hours.

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☆ These new bombshell allegations from Boeing whistleblowers about what happens to faulty plane parts are pretty horrifying
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewThe Senate subcommittee investigating Boeing's safety and quality practices on Monday released a new report — and it contains new allegations from company whistleblowers about what happens to faulty plane parts. A new slate of accusations came from Sam Mohawk, a Boeing quality assurance investigator in Renton, Washington. Related storiesThe Senate subcommittee also highlighted allegations from former Boeing quality manager Merle Meyers. The fresh slate of accusations from Boeing whistleblowers adds to the existing allegations against the company from other Boeing whistleblowers. AdvertisementNotably, two Boeing whistleblowers died before the Senate subcommittee's report came out on Monday.

Persons: —, Sam Mohawk, Merle Meyers, Meyers, Joshua Dean, Dean, John Barnett, Dave Calhoun, Calhoun, Sen, Josh Hawley Organizations: Service, Business, Boeing, Occupational Safety, Health Administration, FAA, OSHA, BI Locations: Washington, Renton , Washington . Mohawk, Renton, Charleston

☆ Inside Oracle's Deadly Gamble on Cerner and Electronic Health Records
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Ashley Stewart | Blake Dodge | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +29 min

That was the promise of Cerner, the medical-records company Oracle bought in 2021 for $28.3 billion — Oracle's biggest acquisition. At the time, Cerner managed the electronic health records for a quarter of all American hospitals, including those run by the Pentagon and the Department of Veterans Affairs. Larry EllisonCerner's electronic records, in short, were a deadly disaster for the VA. Never mind the futuristic, AI-driven healthcare system Ellison envisioned. In 2015, it beat out Epic, its main competitor, for a $4.3 billion contract to handle electronic health records for the Defense Department. It had agreed to process tens of millions of crucial medical records, but it couldn't handle the subsequent deluge of data.

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☆ BofA banker whose death shook Wall Street was looking for new job and willing to take a lower salary for better hours, recruiter says: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Related storiesA new report from Reuters released Wednesday raised more questions about the hours Lukenas may have been logging leading up to his untimely death. Walters said Lukenas told him he was putting in more than 100 hours a week at Bank of America. "He made a comment saying like, 'Hey, I'll trade hours of sleep for a 10% (pay) cut,'" Walters told Reuters. Walters said he told Lukenas that was excessive, even by Wall Street's standards. Prior to Lukenas' death, he had been participating on deal work related to UMB's $2 billion all-stock acquisition of Heartland Financial USA — a transaction that was announced in late April.

Persons: —, Wall, Leo Lukenas III, Lukenas, Douglas Walters, Walters, GrayFox Organizations: Service, of America, Army, Bank of America, Business, Reuters, New, Office, GrayFox, BI, Heartland Financial, Vets Locations: New York

☆ A lawyer who wrote a book about sleepwalking is cleared of misconduct after she dozed off for 2 hours during an inquest
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Alexandra Bacon | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

British lawyer Ramya Nagesh was accused of misconduct after falling asleep during a coroner's inquest. Nagesh was representing a nurse witness but nodded off and missed her client giving evidence. A tribunal cleared her of all professional misconduct charges after she cited medical issues. AdvertisementBritish barrister and sleepwalking expert, Ramya Nagesh, has been cleared of all professional misconduct charges by the Bar Standards Board after she fell asleep during an inquest. Nagesh had appeared remotely from a hotel room to represent her client, a nurse witness, at a coroner's inquest in December 2022.

Persons: Ramya Nagesh, Nagesh, — Organizations: Service, Bar, The Telegraph, Business Locations: British

☆ Why Wall Street is transfixed by a BofA banker's untimely death
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Reed Alexander | Emmalyse Brownstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

The untimely death of a 35-year-old Bank of America associate has sparked a conversation across Wall Street over working conditions. "And to at least just start having those conversations as to how they can make junior bankers work life much better because it's been long overdue. At BofA, 100-plus hour weeks logged by junior bankers aren't unusual, said current and former employees, who questioned whether the firm's system for flagging excessive amounts of work was actually effective. But some junior bankers felt dismayed by an apparent lack of written communication from bank leaders about the incident, this person added. Crushing exhaustion, heightened demandsThe former BofA investment-banking analyst, who was not on Lukenas' team, quit in 2023 after two years.

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☆ A whistleblower who accused a Boeing supplier of turning a blind eye to defects has died after a sudden illness: reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewA whistleblower who accused a Boeing supplier of ignoring manufacturing defects on the 737 Max died on Tuesday. Former Spirit AeroSystems employee Joshua Dean, 45, died after contracting a sudden illness, The Seattle Times reported on Wednesday. This sudden loss is stunning news here and for his loved ones," Joe Buccino, a spokesperson for Spirit, told The Seattle Times. Dawn soap is, however, documented under the Federal Aviation Administration's standards as a viable factory tool, Spirit told The Times. AdvertisementDean's lawyer, Brian Knowles, told The Seattle Times that he did not want to speculate about the timing and circumstances of Dean's death.

Persons: —, Max, Joshua Dean, Dean's, Carol Parsons, Dean, Parsons, intubated, Josh Dean's, Joe Buccino, John Barnett, Barnett, Brian Knowles, Knowles, Dave Calhoun, AeroSystems Organizations: Service, Seattle Times, Business, Spirit, New York Times, Federal Aviation, Times, Wall Street, Boeing, BI Locations: Charleston

☆ A former Boeing manager turned whistleblower has been found dead with a 'self-inflicted' wound, the authorities say
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

John Barnett, 62, worked for over three decades at Boeing, including as a quality manager at a 787 plant. AdvertisementA former Boeing manager who flagged concerns about the aircraft manufacturer's quality standards was found dead in South Carolina on Saturday. Boeing told Business Insider in a statement: "We are saddened by Mr Barnett's passing, and our thoughts are with his family and friends." AdvertisementBarnett's lawyer, Brian Knowles, said the former Boeing manager was supposed to report for the third day of his deposition on Friday, per the Corporate Crime Reporter. Barnett's lawyers asked his hotel to check on the whistleblower, and he was found dead in his vehicle, Knowles told the Corporate Crime Reporter.

Persons: John Barnett, Barnett, —, Mr Barnett's, I'd, Barnett's, Brian Knowles, Knowles Organizations: Boeing, Service, BBC, Business, New York Times, Federal Aviation Administration, Alaska Airlines, Latam Airlines Locations: South Carolina, Charleston, North Charleston

ASHTABULA, Ohio (AP) — Two Ohio women have been accused of driving the body of a deceased 80-year-old man to a bank to withdraw money from his account before dropping his body off at a hospital. Police said they were called Monday evening and told that two women had dropped off a body at the Ashtabula County Medical Center emergency room without identifying the person or themselves. A few hours later, one of them contacted the hospital with information on the deceased, who was then identified as 80-year-old Douglas Layman of Ashtabula. A message was sent to the county public defender's office seeking comment if the office was defending one or both. The coroner's office said an autopsy to determine the cause of Layman's death could take up to eight months.

Persons: Karen Casbohm, Loreen Bea Feralo, Douglas Layman, Layman, ”, “, Robert Stell, Stell, Mike Palinkas, WEWS, Palinkas, ” Palinkas, Casbohm, Feralo Organizations: Ashtabula Municipal, Police, Medical Center, Ashtabula Police Locations: ASHTABULA, Ohio, Ashtabula

☆ Marion Barter mystery: The conman, his lovers and the mother who vanished
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Hilary Whiteman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +22 min

At the time, Australian police dismissed her concerns, insisting that her mother, Marion Barter, had disappeared by choice, and wanted nothing to do with her family. Ric Blum told the NSW Coroner's court that he last saw Barter in June 1997, just before she left Australia. Blum told the court Cornelius had lied about their relationship, which was platonic, he said. Several years later, Ghislaine Danlois-Dubois met Blum in 2006 through an advertisement she posted in a newspaper seeking companionship. O’Sullivan concluded by reading Leydon’s own words about her mother, Marion Barter, read from her submission.

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☆ A man was killed by vitamin D supplements he'd been taking for months. A coroner said the risks of taking too much weren't made clear.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Kim Schewitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

David Mitchener, 89, had been taking vitamin D supplements for at least nine months before he died. Complications related to excess vitamin D and calcium led to him having liver and heart failure. AdvertisementA man who had been taking vitamin D supplements for at least nine months died of a condition linked to excessive levels in the blood. When doctors tested Mitchener's vitamin D levels, the results showed they were at the maximum level recordable by the lab, the report said. For people aged 14 to 70, the recommended daily dose of vitamin D is 15 micrograms or 600 International Units (IU).

Persons: David Mitchener, —, Michener, Jonathan Stevens, Stevens Organizations: Service, National Institutes of Health

☆ Human remains found on beach in Canada are possibly connected to a 19th-century shipwreck, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Human remains found on Canada's Prince Edward Island could be linked to a 19th-century shipwreck. The force said on Facebook that officers had received reports of human remains found on January 27 at 4 p.m.RCMP Cpl. Gavin Moore said that it appeared that the cliff "had eroded with time and revealed the human remains," per the CBC. AdvertisementIt's not the first time human remains found in Canada have been linked back to 1800s shipwrecks. The ship was carrying 180 people from Ireland when it sank off of the coast of Cap-des-Rosiers, north of Prince Edward Island, per the report.

Persons: Edward, —, Gavin Moore, Moore, Prince Edward Island, Rodney Wood, Edward Island Organizations: Service, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, RCMP, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC, Facebook, CBC . " Police, Business Locations: Canada, Gaspé, Quebec, Ireland, Prince

☆ An estate manager for the wealthy shares some of the outlandish and intimate requests she's received from clients
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Mark Ellwood | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

She and her team coordinate service providers, from gardeners to party planners, for her clients. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementEmily Webb-Doskow, an estate manager, receives strange requests from wealthy clients. These shifts expanded the prospective client base of families who could benefit from an estate manager. She said a starting salary for a full-time estate or house manager could be about $150,000.

Persons: Emily Webb, Doskow, Baker, —, Webb, Rich, I've, She's, bender, Barths, Holger Leue, they'd, they're Organizations: Webb, Service, Craigslist, Business, Baker, Estate Management, YouTube Locations: Los Angeles, New York City, St, America

☆ Matthew Perry's death means hard questions for the ketamine movement
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-20 | by ( Anna Silman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

AdvertisementWhen Charles Patti read that ketamine had been a major factor in the "Friends" star Matthew Perry's death, his heart sank. AdvertisementMultiple researchers told Business Insider that labeling ketamine as the sole cause of Perry's death is misleading. "Matthew Perry's ketamine overdose should be a lesson in expanded use of the dangerous drug," declared The New York Post. There's no data on how many people go from receiving ketamine treatment in clinics to using it without a prescription. Herzberg, the historian, said he's not particularly worried about Perry's death causing a moral panic.

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Through her sobs, she said she heard the coroner’s office worker give two details that she thought couldn’t possibly be true. In a court filing, the coroner’s office denied negligence in the Pfantz case. “When I post on NamUs, I am saying the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office has failed, and I need your help,” Yates said. “Why was he left in the coroner’s office for three and a half months to just rot?” Pendar said in an interview. The county agency, like most of California’s coroner’s offices, does not post the names of unclaimed dead to NamUs.

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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Eight high school students in Las Vegas between the ages of 13 and 17 have been arrested on suspicion of murder in the fatal beating of a classmate, authorities announced Tuesday at a news conference. Johansson said the local FBI office assisted with the arrests Tuesday morning of the eight students. The coroner's office in Las Vegas ruled the beating a homicide. Political Cartoons View All 1247 ImagesThe fight, Johansson said, had been prearranged after the headphones and vape pen were stolen from the victim's friend. After his death, the victim's father, Jonathan Lewis Sr., said his son was attacked while standing up “for one of his smaller friends,” the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.

Persons: Jason Johansson, Johansson, Jonathan Lewis Jr, Jonathan Lewis Sr, “, ” Organizations: LAS VEGAS, Las, Authorities, Rancho High School, Las Vegas Locations: Las Vegas

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles County coroner's investigator has been arrested on suspicion of stealing a gold chain and crucifix from around the neck of a dead man, prosecutors said Wednesday. The suspect, a 34-year-old man, faces one felony count of grand theft and one misdemeanor count of petty theft, the district attorney's office said in a statement. The suspect, employed by the Medical Examiner’s Office since 2018, had handled the man’s death investigation. District Attorney George Gascón said the allegations represent a violation of trust the community places in the Medical Examiner's Office. Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Odey Ukpo said his office was cooperating with the investigation.

Persons: George Gascón, Gascón, Odey Ukpo Organizations: ANGELES, Medical, Office Locations: Los Angeles County

☆ Calls mount for federal investigation of Mississippi police in Dexter Wade's death
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Al Sharpton are asking the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate Wade's death and the Jackson police's handling of it, saying the police failed to notify the family. The last time Wade's mother saw her son was on March 5, when he left her home in the evening, NBC News reported last week. NBC cited interviews with Wade's family members and documents obtained via public records requests, including a crash report, incident reports and coroner’s office records. The investigator said he called Wade's mother and could not get through, and then passed the information to the Jackson Police Department so it could notify Wade's next of kin of his death, NBC reported. Wade's mother filed a missing person report on March 14 and said she nagged the department and begged for help finding her son on Facebook for months, NBC reported.

Persons: Ben Crump, Eduardo Munoz, Dexter Wade, Benjamin Crump, Al Sharpton, Jackson, Wade's, Wade, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, Rev, Gabriella Borter, Aurora Ellis Organizations: REUTERS, U.S . Department of Justice, NBC News, NBC, Jackson Police Department, The Jackson Police Department, Jackson Mayor, Department, National Action Network, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S, Mississippi, Jackson, Hinds County, Hinds, Wade

☆ Inquiry into New Zealand's deadliest shooting to start on Tuesday
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Lucy Craymer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Farid Ahmed, survivor of the Christchurch shootings where her wife Husna was killed, is joined in prayer with his neighbours, during his visit to offer thanks for their support, in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 24, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWELLINGTON, Oct 20 (Reuters) - A coroner's inquiry into the death of 51 Muslim worshippers in 2019 in New Zealand’s deadliest shooting will start on Tuesday, hoping to establish what happened after the attack started and make recommendations to prevent deaths in the future. Armed with high-capacity semi-automatic weapons, Australian Brenton Tarrant, 32, killed 51 people and injured dozens when he opened fire on Muslim worshippers on March 15, 2019, in Christchurch. Tarrant released a racist manifesto shortly before the attack and streamed the shootings live on Facebook. A Royal Commission of Inquiry in 2020 found that security agencies were almost exclusively focused on the perceived threat of Islamist terrorism before the massacre.

Persons: Farid Ahmed, Husna, Edgar Su, Brenton Tarrant, Tarrant, ” Tarrant, Lucy Craymer, Christian Schmollinger Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Facebook, New, Coroners, Royal Commission of, Thomson Locations: Christchurch, Christchurch , New Zealand, New, New Zealand

☆ One of the Colorado officers who arrested Elijah McClain, leading to his death, was found guilty. Another officer was acquitted.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Elijah McClain, an unarmed, 23-year-old Black man, died in 2019 after being arrested in Colorado. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe case initially did not receive widespread attention, but protests over the killing of George Floyd the following year sparked outrage over McClain's death. Their attorneys blamed McClain's death on the paramedics for injecting him with ketamine, which doctors said is what ultimately killed him. Paramedics injected McClain with ketamine as Roedema and another officer who was not charged held him on the ground. However, Cina still was not able to say if the death was a homicide or an accident or if the officers' actions contributed to McClain's death.

Persons: Elijah McClain, McClain, —, Randy Roedema, Jason Rosenblatt, McClain's, Sheneen McClain, Phil Weiser, George Floyd, Jared Polis, Phil Weiser's, Floyd, Roedema, Rosenblatt, Jason Slothouber, Mark Warner, Nathan Woodyard, Don Sisson, Sisson, Harvey Steinberg, Stephen Cina, Cina, Roger Mitchell, Mitchell Organizations: Service, Colorado, Howard University, D.C Locations: Colorado, Denver, Washington

☆ Former NFL player taken into custody over mother's death -CNN
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Brendan O'Brien | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

CHICAGO, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Former National Football League player Sergio Brown has been taken into custody in connection with the death of his mother who was found deceased near her home outside of Chicago last month, CNN reported, citing a law enforcement official. Authorities apprehended Brown near San Diego after he was deported by Mexico on Tuesday. Police are working to transfer him back to the Chicago area, CNN reported, citing an unnamed official. She had suffered injuries from an assault, local media reported, citing the coroner's office. Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Chicago; Editing by Bill BerkrotOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Sergio Brown, Brown, Myrtle Brown, Brendan O'Brien, Bill Berkrot Organizations: National Football League, CNN, Authorities, Tuesday . Police, Police, Maywood Police Department, Notre Dame, New England Patriots, Thomson Locations: Chicago, San Diego, Mexico, Maywood

Sept 30 (Reuters) - A semi-truck carrying thousands of gallons of a toxic substance crashed in southern Illinois, and the multi-vehicle accident killed five people and left five seriously injured, officials said on Saturday. Early estimates indicated that 4,000 gallons were spilled, leading to about 500 people being evacuated from the area, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency said. The accident led to an evacuation within a mile's radius of the crash due to the plume from ammonia leak, state police said. Illinois State Police said it was notified about the crash "involving multiple vehicles, including a semi-truck that is leaking anhydrous ammonia." Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Leslie AdlerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Louis, Kanishka Singh, Leslie Adler Organizations: Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, U.S . National Transportation Safety Board, Illinois State Police, Occupational Safety, Health Administration, OSHA, CBS, Thomson Locations: Illinois, Teutopolis, Effingham County, St, Washington

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