A years-long study has revealed how predators hunt in the African wild, and what tactics their prey use to outmaneuver them. Continue reading
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Potentially disturbing video: Police shoot black man as he runs away
Newly released bodycam video shows a Salt Lake City police officer shooting and killing a black man as he ran away after the officer attempted to arrest him. Linda So reports. Continue reading
Japan rethinks right to “die with dignity”
Ageing, indebted Japan rethinks right to ‘die with dignity’.
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Pope Francis faces shadow of ‘Saint Death’ cult in Mexico
Mexico’s Saint Death cult makes in-roads with local Catholics, posing new challenges for the Church in the country ahead of Pope Francis’ visit.
Texas trooper indicted for perjury in Sandra Bland case
Texas grand jury indicts state trooper who pulled over Sandra Bland over for perjury. Continue reading
Hundreds mourn for woman found dead in Texas jail cell
Hundreds of family and friends gather in Illinois for the funeral of Sandra Bland who was found dead in a Texas jail cell.
Sandra Bland found dead in Texas jail cell
USA (Next Media) – African American civil rights activist Sandra Bland was found dead in her Waller County jail cell on Monday in what has initially been ruled a suicide.
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Patz jurors explain verdict problem
(REUTERS/NEW YORK POLICE DEPARTMENT) – Etan Patz vanished in 1979 in New York on his first walk alone to the school bus stop.
He’s thought to have been killed at what was then a deli.
His body’s never been found. He was officially declared dead in 2001.
Thirty-six years later a man on trial for his murder has walked free after jurors failed to agree a verdict.
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France debates ‘deep sleep’ option at end of life, no euthanasia
Some say it’s euthanasia, others say it’s not enough, French legislators are to start examining a draft law which would give the right to “deep and ongoing sedation” until death for terminally ill patients.