Richland County, SC

A woman died from malnutrition due to severe chronic fatigue syndrome, a coroner has concluded. Maeve Boothby-O’Neill suffered with severe myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) for a decade before she died at home in Exeter in October 2021. Sarah Boothby previously said her daughter's death was "wholly preventable" and that her...

Woman died from malnutrition due to ME - coroner

The Independent

 A coroner has warned that a common way of giving anaesthetic to patients poses a risk of future deaths, after a woman was administered too much local anaesthetic by mistake and died three months later.Dr Rachel Gibson, who had severe osteoarthritis, had hip replacement surgery at Spire Lea Hospital in Cambridge on April 12, 2022, according to a coroner’s report.Philip Barlow, assistant coroner for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, said in the report that 47-year-old Dr Gibson was given a local anaesthetic towards the end of her procedure.He said that the amount of the anaesthetic, Ropivacaine, was “in excess of the...

Woman, 47, died after she was given too much anaesthetic by mistake – coroner

The US Sun

A GUNMAN is on the run after three teenagers including two 14-year-old boys were shot on a quiet street. Cops were called to the road in Orpington, south London at 10pm last night following reports of a man being shot. They found an 18-year-old with gunshot wounds before discovering two 14-year-old boys had also been […]

Horror as three teenagers including two 14-year-old boys are shot on quiet street in Orpington – with gunman on the run

Los Angeles County, CA

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Actor Van Johnson, who died in 2007, was one of Hollywood's ideal films idols. In the 1940s, the charming screen icon was box office gold, and remained a popular presence on TV in shows like Murder, She Wrote (which starred his good friend Angela Lansbury).

The Secret Gay Life & Horrific Car Accident of Actor Van Johnson: 16 Years After His Tragic Death

A man has admitted supplying MDMA to a group of teenagers, including a 16-year-old schoolgirl who died after collapsing in an Exeter nightclub. James Greaves, 18, of Hatt, Cornwall, admitted between 23 November and 3 December 2022 being jointly concerned in the supply of MDMA to a number of young people.

Teens admit supplying drug after girl, 16, dies

Reece Fowler drove through a red light at almost 30mph (48 km/h) over the speed limit, police say.

Driver who killed man in red light crash jailed

Georgia State

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Atlanta, GA

Daily Coffee Press

A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to over 28 years in prison for distributing significant amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances to dealers in the Middle Georgia region. Authorities revealed that investigators uncovered evidence linking the drugs provided by the defendant, 40-year-old Lagary Williams, also known as "Frog," from Atlanta, to a fatal overdose.

Atlanta Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Supplying Deadly Fentanyl Linked to Fatal Overdose

Five motorcyclists have died in two separate crashes near the same Derbyshire town. Three Ducati motorbikes, a van and a car were involved in the first crash on the A53 near Buxton at about 09:45 BST on Sunday. The bikers, all men in their 50s, were pronounced dead at the...

Five motorcyclists die in two crashes near same town

A 31-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell, and pronounced dead at the scene.

Three in court charged with murder of prisoner

A MAN has today appeared in court charged with murdering a 19-year-old mum who was stabbed to death at a train station. Stephanie Marie was discovered in the car park of Crawley station in West Sussex on Sunday morning. Tragically she couldn’t be saved and was declared dead at the scene. Jason Pascal Flore, 26, […]

Tributes to ‘much-loved’ mum, 19, stabbed to death at train station as man, 26, appears in court charged with murder

A 15-year-old girl who died in a river had been playing with friends, the opening of an inquest has been told. Holli Smallman from Welshpool, Powys, was found at 20:00 BST on Friday, 9 August after a search of the River Severn. Her heartbroken family described Holli as a "loving...

Girl, 15, found in river was playing, inquest told

BBC Investigations correspondent & Senior investigations producer. More than 700 people in the UK have posted on a pro-suicide website looking for someone to die with, a BBC investigation has found. The site, which we are not naming, has a members-only section where users can look for a suicide partner.

Hundreds of Britons advertise for suicide partner

A teenager, who was the first person in England to be charged with riot following the recent disorder, has appeared before magistrates. The 15-year-old boy had previously admitted a charge of violent disorder and burglary of a vape shop following widespread trouble in Sunderland on 2 August. However, the Crown...

Boy, 15, appears in court charged with riot

It's been eight years since beloved former child star and Oscar-winning actress Patty Duke died from sepsis (a ruptured intestine) at only 69 in 2016. She was also the recipient of two Golden Globes, three Emmys, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In the 1960s, she was the star of her own TV sitcom. In the mid-1980s, she served as President of the Screen Actors Guild. Through it all, she was married four times (including once to actor John Austin), had three sons, and never stopped acting. This is her tragic yet triumphant story.

In Memory of Former Child Star and Oscar-winning Actress Patty Duke: 8 Years After Her Tragic Death

Maine State

Sagadahoc County, ME

Lewiston, ME

The Maine Monitor

Editor’s note: This story contains references to suicide. When a bill to strengthen Maine’s yellow flag law went into effect earlier this month, Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said he felt a sense of relief.

Law enforcement officers can now get a warrant to take someone into protective custody

Two teenagers have died and two others are in a critical condition after a crash near Exeter, police have said. The crash involving a silver Peugeot 107 happened at about 01:20 BST on a back road at Haldon near Exeter Racecourse, Devon and Cornwall Police said. The 18-year-old male driver...

Two teens die and two seriously hurt in crash

Salem, OH

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Every day, 8-year-old Emma sits in a small garden outside her grandmother’s home in Salem, Ohio, writing letters to her mom and sometimes singing songs her mother used to sing to her.

Thousands of parents die of overdoses; advocates say their kids need more help

Washington State

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Small game hunters and trappers must submit the lower jaw of bobcats they kill as part of the mandatory pelt sealing process, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced on Friday.

Bobcat Jaw Submission Now Required for Pelt Sealing

South Yorkshire Police are investigating Alicia Douglass's death as murder and have arrested man.

Richland County sees rise in suicide rate

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