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AOL

News 4 St. Louis is reporting “at least 100 cop cars and numerous officers armed with M-16’s in the area” after an incident on Saturday.

Police have confirmed that one person is dead after a officer-involved shooting at the Canfield Green apartment complex, according to Fox 2 Now.

Though very few details have been confirmed at this point, Twitter is exploding with reports of a 17-year-old boy being shot dead by police — with this picture making the rounds of an unidentified male holding a sign that reads: “Ferguson police just executed my unarmed son!!!”   Continue reading “Multiple police agencies descend on reported Ferguson, Missouri shooting”

Fortune – by Claire Zillman

It will do the continent and its people no good if companies pledging to transform Africa’s economy stand by during an outbreak.

As the White House launched its Africa summit this week and pledged $14 billion in investment in the continent from U.S. corporations, National Security Advisor Susan Rice said that the United States doesn’t see Africa “as a pipeline to extract vital resources, nor a funnel for charity.” Instead she said, the U.S. wants to be a partner to create jobs, resolve conflicts, and develop the continent’s economy.   Continue reading “In Africa, foreign corporations protect their own from Ebola”

Huffington Post – by Kate Abbey-Lambertz

A jury in Detroit found Theodore Wafer guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the death of Renisha McBride Thursday, according to the Associated Press.

Wafer, 55, was on trial in Detroit’s Wayne County Circuit Court after shooting 19-year-old McBride on his porch in November. McBride appeared at Wafer’s house in Dearborn Heights, adjacent to Detroit, around 4:30 a.m. on Nov. 2. She crashed her car nearby earlier that night, and no one knows her whereabout in the several hours between the accident and her death. She was severely intoxicated. She knocked on Wafer’s door, potentially looking for help; he came to the door with a loaded shotgun and shot her in the face.    Continue reading “Theodore Wafer Found Guilty Of Second-Degree Murder In Death Of Renisha McBride”

New York Post – by Larry Celona and Laura Italiano

The NYPD is offering a sweet deal to its retirees, asking hundreds of them to consider part-time, nonpatrol jobs with the department while still collecting their pensions, according to a survey sent out Wednesday and obtained by The Post.

The returning retirees would work as recruiters and instructors, and might also be called on to scrutinize applicants and make verification visits to cops who call in sick.   Continue reading “NYPD offers its retirees on pensions part-time jobs”

Bloomberg

On a small plot of land incongruously tucked amid a Kentucky industrial park sit five weather-beaten greenhouses. At the site, tobacco plants contain one of the most promising hopes for developing an effective treatment for the deadly Ebola virus.

The plants contain designer antibodies developed by San Diego-based Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc. and are grown in Kentucky by a unit of Reynolds American Inc. (RAI:US) Two stricken U.S. health workers received an experimental treatment containing the antibodies in Liberia last week. Since receiving doses of the drug, both patients’ conditions have improved.   Continue reading “Ebola Tobacco Drug Joins Duckweed in Plant War on Disease”

New York Times – by MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ and MICHAEL WINERIP

Even on the most violent cellblocks at Rikers Island, the beatings were astonishing in their severity. Two inmates were strapped to gurneys, taken to a clinic in a mental health unit and beaten so badly by correction officers that blood splattered the walls and witnesses described feeling sick to their stomachs.

Several witnesses, including civilian staff members, were so appalled that, in a rare occurrence at Rikers, they came forward to tell investigators what they had seen on that night in December 2012. The New York City Department of Investigation referred the case for prosecution twice, and The New York Times reported details of the assaults in an investigation into brutality by guards last month.    Continue reading “No Charges for Rikers Officers in 2012 Beatings of 2 Inmates”

New York Daily News – by TINA MOORE , GINGER ADAMS OTIS

Two FDNY EMTs who had to intervene to stop four police officers beating a handcuffed patient on a stretcher have turned the cops in to authorities, the Daily News has learned.

The emotionally disturbed patient was punched multiple times in the face by the cops on July 20, according to FDNY documents obtained by The News. The cops only stopped when the EMTs bodily intervened, the report said.

The violence broke out when the patient spit at the Emergency Service Unit officers and swore at them. The officers responded by hitting him in the face, hauling him off the stretcher to the ground and then tossing him back on the stretcher, the EMTs said in written statements submitted to the FDNY.   Continue reading “EMTs who stopped NYPD cops from beating handcuffed, emotionally disturbed patient turn officers in”

AOL – by John Seewer

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) – A water ban that had hundreds of thousands of people in Ohio and Michigan scrambling for drinking water has been lifted, Toledo’s mayor announced Monday.

Mayor D. Michael Collins called the drinking water safe and lifted the ban at a Monday morning news conference.   Continue reading “Toledo mayor lifts water ban in northwest Ohio”

New York Daily News – by ROCCO PARASCANDOLA

A Bronx cop lauded on Medal Day for his heroics has been charged for breaking into a Bronx woman’s home and drunkenly assaulting her just hours after being honored, police said Monday.

The Daily News in June reported that Officer Eugene Donnelly was placed on modified duty — stripped of his gun and badge — after the startling June 11 incident.   Continue reading “NYPD cop charged for breaking into Bronx woman’s apartment and beating her”

Wall Street Journal – by Will Huntsberry

A man who recently returned from West Africa with symptoms consistent with the Ebola virus is being tested for the disease in New York City, where he was admitted to a hospital early this morning, officials said.

The man presented at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan with a high fever and gastrointestinal problems, officials said. Authorities wouldn’t identify the man or the country he had been to and the reasons for his visit. He is currently undergoing tests to determine the cause of his symptoms.   Continue reading “Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City Tests Patient for Ebola”

Gothamist

After Officer Darren Ilardi fatally struck 24-year-old Ryo Oyamada with his police cruiser in Queensbridge last year, the NYPD purposefully destroyed evidence, failed to properly investigate the crash, and engaged in a “cover-up,” according to a set of recently filed court documents.

Officers responding to the scene dispersed all eyewitnesses, failed to measure skid marks, and did not check Ilardi’s cell phone records to determine if he was using his phone when he struck the 24-year-old student outside a deli near the intersection of 40th Avenue and 10th Street, the filings claim.   Continue reading “Speeding Cop Killed Student & NYPD Covered It Up, Lawsuit Claims”

The New York Times – by James Barron

Jeremiah Johnson was flying his battery-powered drone above a park in Brooklyn on a recent weekend when he saw something in the distance.

Faster than you could say “speeding quadcopter,” Mr. Johnson, a design technologist, realized it was a small, remote-controlled aircraft just like his — and it was only about 150 feet away. “We were eyeing each other,” he said, “sizing each other up.”

Not long ago, drones were a relatively rare sight over New York City, usually piloted by photographers. But now drones are soaring as never before, deployed more and more by those who just love gadgets, as new models come on the market at lower and lower prices.   Continue reading “Drones Outpacing Rules as Popularity Soars in New York”

Care2 – by Susan Bird

This is how a simple traffic stop turns to tragedy.

If you’re a dog lover, this story will make your blood boil and will break your heart. In fact, you merely need to be a decent human being to be outraged.

According to Houston, Texas, resident Josie Garcia, her husband and a friend were out in their truck on Sunday, July 13, when the police pulled them over for failing to use a turn signal. With the men in the truck was the Garcia family dog, little Guero.   Continue reading “Cop Forces Man to Abandon His Elderly Blind Dog by the Road to Die”