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☆ Doctors Without Borders halts operations in Haiti’s capital after escalation in violence
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Tuesday that it is stopping operations across the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and its wider metropolitan area due to an escalation in violence and threats to its staff from members of the Haitian police. The suspension would last from Wednesday “until further notice,” said MSF. A spokesperson for Haiti’s national police declined to comment. The medical aid group treats on average 1,100 outpatients, 54 children in emergency situations and more than 80 sexual and gender-based violence survivors each week, MSF said, as well as many burn victims. Garnier added that while MSF remained committed to the population it could only resume services if it receives guarantees of security and respect by armed groups, members of self-defense groups and law enforcement.

Persons: ”, Christophe Garnier, Garnier Organizations: Haitian, MSF, ”, Prince Locations: Haitian, Port, Haiti, Caribbean

☆ Tampa Bay's main hospital is built on a low-lying island. Hurricane Milton could push its defenses to the limits.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-09 | by ( Joshua Nelken-Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Tampa General Hospital is bracing itself for Hurricane Milton with an AquaFence flood barrier. AdvertisementAs Hurricane Milton approaches Florida's central-west coast, Tampa General Hospital, located on a low-lying man-made island, is bracing for disaster, and is preparing to put its flood defenses to the test. Although the fence was successful in protecting the hospital from Hurricane Helene a couple of weeks ago, Hurricane Milton may prove more challenging. A previous disaster-planning project, modeled after a fictional "Hurricane Phoenix" that was more devastating than Milton is expected to be, highlighted Tampa General Hospital's vulnerabilities. Tampa General Hospital did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

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Gregory Delpeche, 49, a city hospital worker, was shot Sept. 15 while he was riding the L train. He suffered a traumatic and significant brain injury, according to the notice of claim, which is the first step in filing a lawsuit against the city. Two officers opened fire on the man with the knife after he entered the station without paying his fare and refused to drop the weapon. The video shows the officers follow Mickles up the stairs to a platform. The officers follow him out and he runs in the direction of one officer, who runs backwards.

Persons: Gregory Delpeche, Derell, John Chell, “, Mickles, Gregory, Nick Liakas Locations: New York City, Brooklyn, Delpeche, Delpeche’s

A man has been arrested after an 11-year-old girl and a 34-year-old woman were stabbed in central London, London’s Metropolitan Police said Monday. The attack occurred in Leicester Square, a magnet for tourists with its shops, theaters and cinemas. The square and surrounding area have an estimated 2.5 million visitors every week. The stabbing occurred as Britain is on edge after violence for the past week as crowds spouting anti-immigrant and Islamophobic slogans clashed with police. Ministers remained on high alert, Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s office said, adding its work was not done in dealing with the fallout from the violence.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Keir Starmer’s Organizations: London’s Metropolitan Police, Police Locations: London, Leicester, Britain

☆ London stabbing: Security guard disarms attacker after girl and woman attacked
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —A security guard said he tried to save an 11-year-old girl and a 34-year-old woman as they were attacked by a man wielding a knife in London’s Leicester Square, one of the busiest tourist destinations in the English capital. London’s Westminster Police said a man, believed to be the only suspect, had been arrested after the attack on Monday morning. Abdullah said he and the two others had given first aid to the girl before police took over. “I just saw a kid getting stabbed and I just tried to save her. The London Ambulance Service said it was called to the scene at around 11.36 a.m. Monday morning (6.36 a.m.

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☆ One person was critically injured in a stabbing at Miami International Airport, police say
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Paradise Afshar | Melissa Alonso | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —One person was critically injured in a stabbing at Miami International Airport late Saturday evening, according to the Miami-Dade Police Department, prompting the evacuations of two concourses. Normal airport operations have since resumed, police said in a news release Sunday morning. “Without provocation, the subject attacked the victim by stabbing her multiple times and attempted to throw her over the railing,” the release said. Passengers were evacuated from Concourses H and J in the airport’s south terminal as a precaution, and operations resumed after all passengers were rescreened, airport officials said. The Federal Aviation Administration received more than 2,000 reports of unruly passengers in 2023, a 15% decrease from the previous year.

Persons: “, Jackson, J, ” Organizations: CNN, Miami International Airport, Miami - Dade Police Department, Authorities, Dade, Rescue, Trauma, Passengers, “ Authorities, Dade Police, Federal Aviation Administration Locations: Miami

☆ The Long, Strange Road to Alec Baldwin’s Manslaughter Trial
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Jonathan Mahler | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The shooting occurred at 1:46 p.m. that day at the Bonanza Creek Ranch, a family-owned Old West movie set about 20 miles southeast of Santa Fe that had been rented out by “Rust,” an independent film that Baldwin was both starring in and producing. The bullet he inadvertently fired passed through the upper body of the film’s cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, and lodged near the spine of Joel Souza, the director. Souza was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Santa Fe; Hutchins was airlifted to a trauma center in Albuquerque and died a short time later. She had been an assistant district attorney specializing in violent crimes when her boss made a bid for Congress. She ran to succeed him — her first foray into electoral politics — and won easily, inheriting a jurisdiction that covers three counties: Los Alamos, Rio Arriba and Santa Fe.

Persons: “ Rust, ”, Baldwin, Halyna Hutchins, Joel Souza, Souza, Hutchins, Carmack, Altwies, —, She’s Organizations: Democratic Locations: Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, New Mexico, New York, California

☆ Israeli Airstrike Kills Dozens in Tent Camp in Rafah, Gazan Officials Say
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-27 | by ( Anushka Patil | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Top NewsAn Israeli airstrike on a makeshift tent camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah, Gaza, killed at least 35 people on Sunday night, the Gaza Health Ministry said. The Israeli military said the strike was aimed at a Hamas compound. In a statement, the Israeli military said it was looking into reports that “several civilians in the area were harmed” by the airstrike and a subsequent fire. “What kind of a tent will protect us from missiles and shrapnel?” he said. “There was darkness and no electricity.”Doctors Without Borders said more than 15 dead people and dozens of wounded in the Rafah strike were brought to a trauma stabilization center that it supports in Tal as Sultan.

Persons: Tal, Israel, “, Benjamin Netanyahu, Bilal Al Sapti, Sapti, ”, Sultan, Dr, James Smith, Smith, I’ve, Patrick Kingsley, Johnatan Reiss, Iyad Abuheweila, Aaron Boxerman Organizations: Gaza Health Ministry, Palestine Red Crescent Society, The New York Times, International Court, Justice, Friday, United Nations Locations: Israeli, Rafah, Gaza, Palestine, Tal

☆ Israeli Airstrike in Rafah Kills Dozens in Tent Camp, Gazan Officials Say
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-26 | by ( Anushka Patil | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Video Authorities in Rafah, Gaza Strip, said that an Israeli strike had killed and wounded displaced Palestinians seeking shelter in the area. The Israeli military said that it had targeted two senior Hamas leaders. Credit Credit... ReutersAn Israeli airstrike on a makeshift tent camp for displaced Palestinians killed at least 35 people in Rafah on Sunday night, the Gaza Health Ministry said. The Israeli military said its operation was aimed at a Hamas compound. Doctors Without Borders said more than 15 dead people and dozens of wounded in the Rafah strike were brought to a trauma stabilization center that it supports in Tal as Sultan.

Persons: Tal, Sultan, Dr, James Smith, Smith, ”, I’ve, Patrick Kingsley, Johnatan Reiss, Aaron Boxerman Organizations: Authorities, Credit, Reuters, Israeli, Gaza Health Ministry, Palestine Red Crescent Society, The New York Times, Hamas, United Nations Locations: Rafah, Gaza, Palestine, Israel, Tel Aviv, Tal

☆ Robert Fico: Slovakia’s PM in life-threatening condition after being shot multiple times
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-15 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico was in a life-threatening condition in hospital Wednesday after he was shot multiple times in an assassination attempt. Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico attends a European Council summit in Brussels, on April 18, 2024. Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images/FILEFico previously served as Slovakia’s prime minister for more than a decade, first between 2006 and 2010 and then again from 2012 to 2018. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, tweeted: “I strongly condemn the vile attack on Prime Minister Robert Fico. My thoughts are with PM Fico, his family.”And Hungarian Prime Minister Orban added: “I was deeply shocked by the heinous attack against my friend, Prime Minister Robert Fico.

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☆ Health Concerns Mount for Migrant Children at Outdoor Holding Sites
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Emily Baumgaertner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Among the throngs at this and other sites, she found children with deep lacerations, broken bones, fevers, diarrhea, vomiting, even seizures. Some were hiding in dumpsters and overflowing porta-potties. An asthmatic boy without an inhaler was wheezing in the acrid smoke from brush and trash fires, which had been lit for warmth. With the capacity at immigration processing centers strained, migrants, including unaccompanied children, are waiting for hours — sometimes days — in outdoor holding areas, where a lack of shelter, food, and sanitation infrastructure has triggered an array of public health concerns for the most vulnerable. “From a public health standpoint, there are communicable diseases and outdoor exposures that would strike anyone down, much less this medically vulnerable population,” said Dr. Cheng, an emergency room physician at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.

Persons: Theresa Cheng, ”, Cheng Organizations: Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Trauma Center Locations: San, United States, Mexico, porta

☆ 6 people missing in the Baltimore bridge collapse are presumed dead, and the Coast Guard says their next job is to try to recover their bodies
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Six construction workers went missing during the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. AdvertisementThe six construction workers who went missing after Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed are presumed dead, a US Coast Guard official said on Tuesday night. Gilreath told reporters that they were suspending active search-and-rescue efforts on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., local time. AdvertisementBaltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge had collapsed on Tuesday morning after it was struck by a Singapore-flagged cargo ship, the Dali. BREAKING: Ship collides with Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing it to collapse pic.twitter.com/OcOrSjOCRn — BNO News (@BNONews) March 26, 2024The Francis Scott Key Bridge is a key node within Baltimore's transportation network.

Persons: Francis Scott Key, —, Baltimore's Francis Scott Key, we've, Shannon Gilreath, Gilreath, Roland L, Butler Jr, Butler, Kevin Cartwright, Dali, Paul Wiedefeld, James Wallace Organizations: Coast Guard, Service, US Coast Guard, Maryland State Police, Baltimore Fire Department, New York Times, BI, Maryland Transportation Locations: Singapore, Dali, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Baltimore, Maryland

Read previewA container ship crashed into a major bridge in Baltimore early Tuesday, causing its collapse into the Patapsco River. Baltimore first responders called the situation a "developing mass casualty event" and a "dire emergency," per The Associated Press. pic.twitter.com/ipoTR2HljY — Harford Co., MD Fire & EMS (@HarforCoFireEMS) March 26, 2024The vessel is the Dali, a Singapore-flagged container ship about 984 feet long, and 157 feet wide, per a listing on VesselFinder. The Dali's owner is listed as Grace Ocean, a Singapore-based firm, and its manager is listed as Synergy Marine, which is also headquartered in Singapore. AdvertisementStaff for Grace Ocean declined to comment on the crash when contacted by Business Insider.

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☆ What we know about the Baltimore bridge collapse
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Holly Yan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —A massive cargo ship plowed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday, causing the 1.6-mile bridge to crumble like a pile of toothpicks and plunge cars and people into the frigid water below. Here’s what we know about the catastrophe:Why did the bridge collapse? The Patapsco River is about 50 feet deep under the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Wiedefeld said. The water temperature in Baltimore Harbor near the site of the bridge collapse was about 46 to 48 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday morning. The Francis Scott Key Bridge lies in shambles after a massive cargo ship crashed into one of its pillars overnight in Baltimore.

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Harrison doesn’t have an overall diagnosis beyond being a French bulldog — an increasingly popular breed prone to health problems. While most patients pay out of pocket, AMC offers multiple initiatives to cover charity care, especially for rescue animals and working dogs. The price of veterinary services have increased in recent years because of inflation, but also because of advances in care. The same day Harrison visited the surgical suite, Lynx was brought in by a rescue group. “We get to take extraordinary care of rescue animals,” Spector said.

Persons: —, Harrison, ”, Daniel Spector, Harrison doesn’t, Grace Kim, Kiki, “, ” Spector, Spector, Jennie Anne Simson, Simson, we’ve, Helen Irving, Elaine, Kenneth Langone, Elaine Langone, they've, Emily McCobb, Kelly Hall, ” Irving, Kim Organizations: Animal Medical, AMC, Avian, Shepherd Fund, Buddy, Veterinary, Home Depot, Bucknell University, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, Colorado State University, Associated, Lilly Endowment Inc, AP Locations: New York City, French, Manhattan, Manhattan’s, anesthesiologists, Brooklyn, New York

☆ Russian Celebrities Caught ‘Almost Naked’ Are Now Dressing to Appease
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Paul Sonne | More About Paul Sonne | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The Russian pop star winced as the black kitten he was cuddling in Russian-occupied Ukraine licked the crook of his neck for about the 15th time. Several weeks earlier, the musician, Dima Bilan, had been in Moscow, mingling in a see-through shirt with celebrities at an “almost naked” theme party that caused an uproar in Russia and threatened to end his career. He petted dogs and stroked kittens at animal shelters outside Donetsk. He handed out plush toys to convalescing children at a medical trauma center. He delivered new air-conditioning units to a facility in need.

Persons: Dima Bilan, Bilan Locations: Russian, Ukraine, Moscow, Russia, Donetsk

☆ Freed Israeli hostages tell families of beatings and death threats
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Howard Goller | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Danny Brom, director of METIV: The Israel Psychotrauma Center, said some will need medical treatment but others will not. Since the latest round of releases began on Friday, with Israel releasing some jailed Palestinians in exchange, the freed hostages have been kept away from the media. Most of the 240 hostages that Israel says were seized on Oct. 7 are still in captivity. Hamas portrays the treatment of hostages as humane, and says it has treated the hostages in accordance with Islamic teachings to preserve their lives and wellbeing. Officials at Israeli hospitals say hostages experienced poor nutritional health, and many with chronic diseases were denied medical treatment, causing serious health problems.

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☆ Opinion | Not Everything Has to Be Meaningful
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Brad Stulberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

And with the benefit of time, most people found at least some meaning and growth. Yet even then there can still be meaning and growth. For some participants, symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder gradually rose during the first three months of recovery before they started to subside and shift to a more positive trajectory. Do what you can to hold onto the fact that what feels like forever now probably won’t in the future. If you find immediate meaning and growth in your experience, that’s great.

WESTCLIFFE, Colo. (AP) — Authorities in Colorado hunted Tuesday for a man they believe shot and killed three people and critically wounded a fourth in a property dispute. The 45-year-old suspect was believed to be driving a white Ram 1500 pickup truck with a camper shell, according to a Facebook post from the Custer County Sheriff's Office. The shooting took place on the property line in a wooded area and began with “a suspected property dispute,” the Sheriff's Office said. Political Cartoons View All 1260 ImagesTwo men and a woman died at the scene and a fourth person was taken to a trauma center in critical condition but was expected to survive, the Sheriff's Office said. Four people were wounded Monday night when a gunman opened fire in a Walmart in Beavercreek, Ohio, before apparently killing himself, police said.

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☆ One dead, three injured in shooting at Ohio Walmart - local media
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nov 20 (Reuters) - At least one person was killed and three people were injured on Monday in a shooting at a Walmart store in Beavercreek, Ohio, WHIO television reported, citing its reporters on the scene, as witnesses told media a man opened fire with an assault rifle. Three patients from the shooting being treated at a nearby trauma center, a hospital spokesperson said. Beavercreek police said they responded to the shooting and that there was no was longer any threat to the public. The building was cleared and secured and "there is no active threat at this time," police said on the social media platform X, without releasing any details about possible casualties. Another witness on social media described the shooter as a "tall, young white guy" carrying an Army bag.

Persons: WHIO, Catherine Morris, We're, what's, Daniel Trotta, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Walmart, Dayton Daily, Soin, Kettering Health, Police, Thomson Locations: Beavercreek , Ohio, Dayton, Beavercreek, , Ohio

☆ Galveston shooting: 5 people injured in a shooting during the Lone Star motorcycle rally
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Paradise Afshar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Five people were injured in a shooting during a motorcycle rally in Galveston, Texas, Saturday night, police said. Shots were fired as crowds were gathered for the Lone Star Rally in a historic district known as The Strand around 11 p.m. local time, Galveston Police Department spokesperson Kurt Koopmann told CNN. All five people who were shot were taken to an area trauma center for treatment, Koopmann said. The rally had already drawn a heavy law enforcement presence to the area, which allowed first responders to react quickly, Koopmann said. The Lone Star Rally is billed as the largest four-day motorcycle rally in North America, according to its Facebook page.

Persons: Kurt Koopmann, Koopmann, ” Koopmann Organizations: CNN, Lone Star, Galveston Police, Facebook Locations: Galveston , Texas, North America, Galveston, Gulf Coast of Texas, Houston

☆ US agency, California gathering details of accident involving robot taxi and pedestrian
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( David Shepardson | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

San Francisco Fire Department via... Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreWASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - U.S. and California officials said on Tuesday they are in discussions with General Motors' (GM.N) self-driving unit Cruise about an accident in San Francisco involving a pedestrian hit by a vehicle into the path of a robot taxi. The self-driving vehicle came to a stop on top of the pedestrian, the San Francisco Fire Department said on social media, adding the victim was freed using rescue tools and transported to a nearby trauma center. San Francisco police said Cruise was cooperating in the investigation. The DMV in August said it was investigating "recent concerning incidents" involving Cruise vehicles in San Francisco and asked the company to take half its robotaxis off the roads, a request Cruise complied with. NHTSA said Cruise vehicles "may engage in inappropriately hard braking or become immobilized."

Persons: Cruise, David Shepardson, Chris Reese Organizations: General Motors, San Francisco Fire Department, Traffic Safety Administration, California Department of Motor Vehicles, Cruise, DMV, Teamsters, NHTSA, Thomson Locations: Francisco, San Francisco , California, U.S, WASHINGTON, California, San Francisco

☆ Live updates: Hurricane Idalia expected to make landfall in Florida as a Category 4 storm
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Elizabeth Wolfe | Liz Enochs | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Workers set up a fence to prevent flooding at Tampa General Hospital in Tampa, Florida, on August 29, as the city prepares for Hurricane Idalia. Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/AFP/Getty ImagesMajor hospitals in the Tampa and St. Petersburg area are preparing for a significant storm surge from Hurricane Idalia. Tampa General Hospital – located in the Davis Islands neighborhood in a surge-prone area of the city — has gone as far as to construct a water-impermeable barrier around parts of its campus. “We are a 259-bed hospital and the largest freestanding pediatric hospital in the area so (we) are prepared to take in patients in need of medical care,” Caci said. BayCare, a hospital system that owns 16 acute-care hospitals in the Tampa Bay area, also said it didn't anticipate any "operational changes” other than closing some ambulatory services.

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July 2 (Reuters) - Police in Baltimore said that two people had died and 28 others were injured in a mass shooting early on Sunday morning at a housing block in the city. An 18-year-old female was pronounced dead at the scene and a 20-year-old male was pronounced dead after being taken to a local hospital, the police said. Nine people were transported from the scene to local hospitals, while 20 others affected walked into hospitals in the area, police said. "Nine critically injured patients were stabilized and transferred to Baltimore trauma centers," it said, adding that all but one patient had been released. The police department said that at about 12:35 a.m. on Sunday officers responded to calls of a reported shooting at 800 block of Gretna Court.

Persons: Richard Worley, Shivani Tanna, Jahnavi, Gursimran Kaur, David Goodman, Simon Cameron, Moore, Susan Fenton Organizations: Police, Gretna, Baltimore, Reuters, Fox, CNN, Baltimore Police, Thomson Locations: Baltimore, Brooklyn, Gretna Court, Bengaluru

CNN —An 18-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man were killed and 28 others injured in a mass shooting at a Baltimore block party, officials said. Nine people were transported from the scene to hospitals and 20 people walked into hospitals in the area. The 18-year-old was pronounced dead on the scene and the 20-year-old was pronounced dead at a hospital, police said. Police received multiple calls after 12:30 a.m., and arrived to find one woman dead and another nine people suffering from gunshot wounds, according to Baltimore Police Acting Commissioner Richard Worley. There is no information on suspects or a motive at this time, but investigators are “working an extensive crime scene,” Worley said.

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