[ad_1] The problem is that 85 of the 194 countries surveyed by the WHO technical advisory group that came up with the new estimates don’t have good enough death registries for this to be a viable approach. Forty-one of those countries are in sub-Saharan Africa. For these countries, a team led by Jonathan Wakefield, a statistician at the University of Washington in Seattle, used the data from countries with complete death registries to build another…
"COVID Has Killed 15 Million People Worldwide, WHO Says"Tag: killed
[ad_1] He was struck by a 17-year-old female driver who stayed at the scene as emergency responders arrived; no charges have been filed A 41-year-old father, who stopped to help ducklings cross a Northern California road, was killed by a teen driver, authorities said on Monday. The tragic accident occurred on Thursday evening in Rocklin, a city just outside of Sacramento. “The man was reportedly trying to help some ducklings that were in the intersection,”…
"Dad Helping Ducklings Cross Road Killed By Teen Driver in Front of His Children"
[ad_1] About 150 people had gathered for the opening ceremony, and women and 20 to 30 children were among the dead, he said, adding that those killed also included leaders of locally formed anti-government armed groups and other opposition organisations. Military officers march during a parade to commemorate Myanmar’s 78th Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw last month.Credit: AP Loading “This heinous act by the terrorist military is yet another example of their indiscriminate use of…
"Airstrikes on village feared to have killed 100"
[ad_1] ORLANDO, Fla. – At age 9, T’yonna Major excelled at her school work and in gymnastics, shown flexing her arms after competitions with newly won medals around her neck in photos her proud dad posted on social media. “She was a light to everyone that knew her,” the girl’s father, Tokiyo Major, posted on the fundraising site GoFundMe, where he has asked for donations to help pay for his daughter’s funeral. “She was everything…
"Child killed in Orlando-area shootings identified"
[ad_1] About two hours after first responding, a sheriff’s deputy noticed the suspect, Zhao, in his car parked outside a sheriff’s substation in a strip mall and arrested him, recognising the car by its license plate. A video of the arrest showed three officers approaching a parked car with drawn weapons. Zhao got out of the car, and the officers pulled him to the ground, put him in handcuffs, and led him away. A weapon…
"Seven people killed in California mass shooting"
[ad_1] New reports of Los Angeles Police Department officer Houston Tipping‘s tragic and “accidental” death make it seem like he may have actually been targeted for reporting the sexual misconduct of one of his fellow officers. The 32-year-old died from a severe spinal cord injury suffered on the job in May. Only he was serving as a bicycling instructor in the local police academy at the time — and his death was during some kind…
"LAPD Officer Killed In Training Accident Had Just Reported Sexual Misconduct Of Fellow Officers!"
[ad_1] A man opened fire during a lunch reception at a Southern California church on Sunday, killing one person and wounding five senior citizens before being stopped and hog-tied by parishioners in what a sheriff’s official called an act of “exceptional heroism and bravery.” Four of the five people wounded suffered critical gunshot injuries during the violence at Geneva Presbyterian Church in the city of Laguna Woods, Orange County Sheriff’s Department officials said. The suspect…
"1 killed, 5 injured in mass shooting at California church"
[ad_1] The driver accused of killing Nicki Minaj’s father in a hit-and-run last year has pleaded guilty. As you may recall, her dad Robert Maraj was walking in the village of Mineola, New York, back in February 2021 when he was hit by a 1992 Volvo Station Wagon driven by Charles Polevich. The man fled the scene after stopping to ask “if ‘he was ok.’” The 64-year-old was taken to the hospital where he succumbed…
"New York Man Who Killed Nicki Minaj’s Father In A Hit-And-Run Pleads Guilty"
[ad_1] I’m normally a very even-keeled guy, and I can ride the ups and downs of life with aplomb. I like to say I’m emotionally stable … except when it comes to texting-based courtship. Some buddies from high school and I got together a few months ago for a weekend trip to Las Vegas. We’d all emerged, double-vaxxed, from our respective COVID bubbles, and the energy was high as we wandered the strip on our…
"Texting killed my relationship – Los Angeles Times"