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☆ Surfer’s leg washes up on shore after shark attack
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A surfer’s leg that was severed by a shark attack on Tuesday later washed up on an Australian beach, where a police officer retrieved it and put on ice. CNN affiliate 7News reported that Kai McKenzie, a 23-year-old surfer, was mauled by a shark in the water off North Shore Beach in Port Macquarie – a small town about 400 kilometers (249 miles) north of Sydney. The severed leg was also taken to the hospital in case doctors were able to reattach it, 7News reported. He is an inspiring person.”A long stretch of the beaches in Port Macquarie was closed for 24 hours after the shark attack, according to the town’s lifeguards, before they reopened on Wednesday afternoon. There are several shark monitoring devices on the coastline at Port Macquarie.

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☆ Manhunt launched after human remains found in second British city
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Maija-Liisa Ehlinge | Chris Lau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —British police have found human remains in a west London apartment which they believe are connected to body parts found earlier this week in another city, officers said Friday. Authorities are now on the hunt for a Colombian man thought to be linked to the case. Officers said their priority is to find Yostin Andres Mosquera, a 24-year-old Colombian national, naming him for the first time. They released a photo of Mosquera clad in a black Adidas baseball cap, black jeans, a black jacket, black trainers with thick white soles, with a black backpack. Kyle Clifford, 26, was found by officers in Enfield, north London, on Wednesday following an extensive manhunt, and arrested on Thursday in connection with the killing.

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☆ Crossbow killings: Man arrested on suspicion of murdering 3 women in England
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Catherine Nicholls | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The man suspected of murdering three women in a crossbow attack in southern England has been arrested, British police say. “A man has now been arrested in connection with a triple murder which happened on Tuesday evening,” Hertfordshire Constabulary said in a statement Friday. According to the statement, a 26-year-old man was arrested on Thursday evening on suspicion of three counts of murder. Carol Hunt, 61, the wife of BBC horse racing commentator, John Hunt, and their daughters, Hannah Hunt, 28, and Louise Hunt, 25, were named as the victims of the attack on Tuesday night. The three were found seriously injured at a house in the town of Bushey and later died in hospital.

Persons: Rob Hall, ”, Carol Hunt, John Hunt, Hannah Hunt, Louise Hunt Organizations: CNN, ” Hertfordshire Constabulary, Crime Unit Locations: England, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Bushey

☆ Tributes for John Hunt, BBC sport commentator whose wife and daughters were killed in suspected crossbow attack
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Catherine Nicholls | Sana Noor Haq | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

London CNN —Figures from across the sporting world have offered their condolences to a BBC sport commentator, after his wife and two daughters were killed by an alleged crossbow attacker, in deaths that again drew attention to the epidemic of violence against women. Carol Hunt, 61, wife of BBC horse racing commentator, John Hunt, and their daughters, Hannah Hunt, 28, and Louise Hunt, 25, died from injuries sustained in an attack in Bushey, just northwest of London, on Tuesday, according to police and Britain’s public broadcaster. BBC Sport presenter Mark Chapman said: “John Hunt is our colleague, and our friend, not just to the current 5 Live Sport team, but to all of those who have worked here with him over the past 20 years. Truly horrific.”The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) said in a statement that its thoughts are with Hunt, his family, and friends. Ascot Racecourse, one of Britain’s most famous horse-racing grounds, said that it echoed the BHA’s words and posted that “our thoughts are with John Hunt at this tragic time.”

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☆ U.K. Police Searching for Man Suspected of Killing 3 Women With Crossbow
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Claire Moses | More About Claire Moses | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The authorities in England were hunting on Wednesday for a man who was suspected of killing three women the previous night with a crossbow and possibly other weapons in a small, leafy town north of London, according to Hertfordshire Police. The police said they arrived at the scene just before 7 p.m. local time on Tuesday and found three women with serious injuries. The BBC reported that the victims were the wife and two daughters of one of its horse-racing commentators. “As we’ve just reported, the three women killed in a crossbow attack in Bushey, near Watford, are Carol Hunt, the wife of the BBC commentator John Hunt, and two of their daughters,” the broadcaster wrote. The police were searching for Kyle Clifford, 26, they said, warning people that “he may be in possession of a crossbow, do not approach.” It was not immediately clear on Wednesday what the relation was between Mr. Clifford and the three women.

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☆ On Elite Campuses, a New Protest Demand: Unwavering Support
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Ginia Bellafante | More About Ginia Bellafante | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

But a different dynamic seemed to be emerging against the backdrop of vastly different expectations. He imagined an entirely different and urgent reaction, he said, if the child in the picture had been African American. The campus protests of the late 1960s sought in part to dismantle the in loco parentis role that colleges and universities had held in American life. Ten years ago, when the former New York City police commissioner, Ray Kelly, was invited to speak at Brown University, students objected. The current campus protests reflect the limits of the more bonded relationship that students and universities have forged.

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☆ People mocked me online for being attacked by a shark, so I started a support group for survivors like me
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Maiya Focht | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Dave Pearson survived a shark attack, but faced vitriol online for it afterwards. His isolation led him to found a support group for shark attack survivors, called Bite Club. AdvertisementAdvertisementIt was because the week prior, there had been another shark attack near Newcastle and that girl was still in the hospital. I was attacked by a bull shark and she was attacked by a white shark, but they were both similar sizes. AdvertisementAdvertisementAfter that, whenever I was interviewed for a news story, I asked them to pass on my information to any other shark attack survivors they were talking to.

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☆ Kentucky man digs up 'insane' treasure trove of over 700 Civil War-era gold coins — and they could be worth millions
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A Kentucky man found a hoard of over 700 Civil War-era coins on his farm. The coins, which have been dubbed the "Great Kentucky Hoard," could be worth millions. The cache of gold coins, dubbed the "Great Kentucky Hoard," dates between 1840 and 1863, according to GovMint.com. "Those are all $1 gold coins, $20 gold coins, $10 gold coins." "The opportunity to handle the 'Great Kentucky Hoard' is one of the highlights of my career.

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☆ Live updates: Russia's war in ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Heather Chen | Andrew Raine | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The move is in response to the "regularly anti-Russian sanctions" imposed by the US administration, according to a statement from Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday. Hours earlier, at the Group of Seven summit, the Biden administration unveiled new sanctions targeting Moscow for its war in Ukraine. An adviser to the mayor of Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine claims the explosions took place at a base for Moscow's forces. US diplomatic appointment: US President Joe Biden formally nominated James O'Brien to serve as the top State Department official for European affairs — a key role for guiding Washington's response to Russia's war in Ukraine. NATO developments: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told CNN he is still not prepared to support Sweden's NATO membership, repeating his claim that Stockholm has allowed terrorist organizations to harbor in the country.

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