• Jamestown Man Arrested In Infant’s Death

    A Jamestown man has been arrested in the death of an infant. Jamestown Police say they were made aware about a suspicious death of a child that happened on April 13 on Maple Street in the City. Following an investigation, police arrested 25-year old Matthew Nuttall on April 17 for causing the death of a […]

  • LASG urges communities’ cooperation to prevent flood

    The Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources has disclosed that the removal of structures on the drainage systems is to prevent perennial flooding in the areas. The PUNCH reports that the state government had on Monday commenced the removal of contravening structures under the System 1 Drainage Channel Midstream (Odo Iya Alaro) Read More

  • Double tragedy highlights risk in Black maternal deaths

    Ebony Johnson could never have imagined that the day after Mother’s Day — her 39th birthday — she will also celebrate the life of twin daughters who died shortly after birth three weeks ago.

  • Community Conversations: Youth Mental Health & Preventing Addiction

    Join in a collaborative community conversation on the effects of trauma and its connection to potential addictions and impact on mental health. Hosted by Essex County Community Services Board, Building Resilience in Essex Families (BRIEF) Coalition, and ECHO, a series of collaborative conversations on April 16th, 18th, 23rd, and 25th will focus on the effects of childhood trauma, known as ACE’s (Adverse Childhood Experiences), and its connection to potential addictions and impact on mental...

  • North Dublin community mourning following death of beloved barman

    John Meegan minded the bar at Curtin's Hamlet in Balbriggan for more than a decade

  • City of Roswell facing $637,311 fine after worker death

    ROSWELL, N.M. (KRQE) – The New Mexico Environment Department is issuing a fine against the City of Roswell after a city utility worker died from an injury. The incident happened in October 2023. City workers were repairing a leaking water main in a trench when the walls of the trench caved in and trapped the worker, the []

  • Mother facing new charge in Madisonville boy’s death

    New charges have been filed against the mother of an 8-year-old boy who died after being exposed to fentanyl.

  • US tells UK court Assange would not face death penalty

    The United States government has provided assurances requested by the High Court in London which could finally pave the way for WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange to be extradited from the United Kingdom. Last month, the High Court ruled that, without certain US guarantees, Assange, 52, would be allowed to launch a new appeal against being […]

  • New Georgia commission will explore state's maternal and infant health

    (The Center Square) — While Georgia Democrats continue to call for a Medicaid expansion, saying it could help address the state's high maternal mortality rate, a bill the state's Republican governor signed will create a commission to study maternal and infant health. House Bill 1046, which Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed earlier this week, created the Georgia Commission on Maternal and Infant Health, tasked with making policy recommendations on perinatal care. It also authorizes...

  • A Washington police officer faces a murder trial in man’s death

    SEATTLE >> Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a suburban Seattle police officer charged with murder in the death of a 26-year-old man outside a convenience store in 2019 — the third person the officer had killed in the past eight years.

  • World faces ‘deathly silence’ of nature as wildlife disappears, warn experts

    Loss of intensity and diversity of noises in ecosystems reflects an alarming decline in healthy biodiversity, say sound ecologists: No birdsong, no water in the creek, no beating wings: how a haven for nature fell silentSounds of the natural world are rapidly falling silent and will become “acoustic fossils” without urgent action to halt environmental destruction, international experts have warned.As technology develops, sound has become an increasingly important way of measuring the health and...

  • Florida Mom May Face Death Penalty For Murder Of Her 3-Year-Old

    The Florida mother said a "voodoo spell" is the reason she harmed her children, actions that resulted in the killing of her three-year-old.