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Janet Reno, first female U.S. attorney general dies at 78

Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general, who played key roles in some of the most acrimonious events of the Clinton administration, died early Monday at the age of 78. Ms. Reno died at her longtime home in Miami-Dade County, Fla., of complications related to Parkinson’s disease, from which she had suffered for more than 20 years, said her sister, Maggy Hurchalla. She spent her final days surrounded by loved ones, receiving visitors and messages from admirers. “It has been the greatest outpouring of love,” Ms. Hurchalla said.

At least 9 killed as unidentified gunman opens fire on soccer fans in South Sudan

At least 9 people are dead and 11 others have been injured after an attack on football fans in South Sudan. A gunman opened fire on a crowd watching an English Premier League game near the town of Juba, a police spokesman said on Monday. The motive for the attack on Saturday night in Juba's southwestern suburb of Gure was not immediately clear. South Sudan has been plagued by violence since a civil war erupted in December 2013, although it was not clear if the shooting was linked to political tensions. South Sudan, a poor, oil producing nation, is awash with arms. "The investigation is going on," South Sudan police spokesman Daniel Justin said. He said six people were killed at the scene and three died on the way to hospital. Juba was the scene of fresh fighting in July between troops loyal to President Salva Kiir and those of his rival Riek Machar.

Woman farts during surgery, causing laser to catch fire

A woman who went into a Tokyo hospital for surgery needed to be treated for burns after one of her farts apparently started a fire in the operating room. The fire happened April 15 at the Tokyo Medical University Hospital when a doctor was using a laser on the cervix of a woman in her 30s, according to the Asahi Shimbun newspaper. Doctors believed the patient passed gas that was then ignited by the laser. The resulting fire burned most of the patient’s body, waist and legs, according to a News.com.au. According to a report about the incident, no flammable materials were in the operation room during the surgery and that equipment was functioning normally.
According to the report:
When the patient’s intestinal gas leaked into the space of the operation (room), it ignited with the irradiation of the laser, and the burning spread, eventually reaching the surgical drape and causing the fire.

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Woman stabs husband and lover after catching them in bed

A Facebook user, Daniel Kemps Kemps, shared a graphic video of a man and a woman who were allegedly stabbed by the man's wife after she caught her husband in bed with the woman above. Watch the video below

Samsung recalls 2.8 million washing machines over 'explosion' fears

More than 2.8 million Samsung washing machines have been recalled, after reports 730 of the company's top loading machines have exploded. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission and the South Korean company recalled the units, after explosions reportedly caused nine injuries, including a broken jaw, and are occurring due to excessive vibration. Reports suggest the drums in certain washing machine models can become unbalanced which can cause serious vibrations that sometimes lead to the top of the machine detaching from the chassis. The recall affects 34 different models that were sold from March 2011 to November 2016 and Samsung is offering its customers a rebate on the cost of a new machine, free repairs or a full refund for machines purchased in the last month.

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India set to get technology to unlock any mobile phone

Indian law enforcement will soon get the technology to unlock notoriously hard-to-crack iPhones and other electronic devices with top-notch encryption. And India’s forensic facilities could become the global go-to place for law enforcement agencies seeking to unlock high security devices. The Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL), the country’s premier forensic institute located in Gandhinagar, will be buying the technology from Cellebrite, an Israeli company that was sought out by US’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for unlocking a terrorist’s iPhone. According to Israeli media reports, the digital forensics company has worked with major intelligence and law enforcement agencies around the world.
FBI and iPhone-maker Apple had fought a public battle over unlocking the iPhone of Syed Farook, who along with his wife had killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, last December. FBI unlocked the iPhone with the help of Cellebrite, paying the firm a million dollar-plus fee. Now, FSL is in negotiations with the company to obtain this highend decryption technology.

Zimbabwean woman dies during deliverance at church service

A 46-year-old Zimbabwean woman, Pedzai Muyambo, left the congregants in shock last Sunday, when she collapsed and died during deliverance time at Prophet Adventure Mutepfa’s Revival Centre Church’s Dangamvura assembly, in Zimbabwe. According to reports, a member of the Church, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Pedzai had collapsed during deliverance time at around 3pm, but no-one realised it, until after two hours, when the woman was still motionless on the floor:

“It is normal in our church to fall down during worship or deliverance service. She fell down and everyone thought it was the Holy Spirit working on her. It was until 5pm when someone alerted the church authorities that Sister Pedzai was still lying motionless on the ground. They tried to deliver her because they thought she was possessed by evil spirits, but all their efforts were in vain. She never moved an inch. That is when she was rushed to hospital and was pronounced dead upon arrival. It is a sad thing and we are still shocked,” she said.

Liberia’s internet services grinded to a halt by massive cyber-attack

The entire internet infrastructure of the African nation of Liberia has been brought to a grinding halt after it was targeted by hackers using the same weapon that caused the largest cyber-attack in history just two weeks ago. The attack was a distributed denial of service, or DDoS, in which a network of infected computers – a botnet – is directed to bombard its target with traffic, overloading its servers. The weapon used in the October attack, the Mirai botnet, was particularly effective because it harnessed infected, internet-connected devices such as DVR players and digital cameras.
Now the same weapon has been used over the past seven days in continued attacks on the west African nation of Liberia, according to Kevin Beaumont, a security expert who has been closely monitoring attacks using Mirai botnets.

Graves older than 20 years to be recycled in Accra, Ghana

In the wake of overcrowding in our public cemeteries and the scarcity of land in Accra for the creation of new ones, the Metro Public Health Department (MPHD) of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has evolved a plan to recycle graves older than 20 years, to make room for new burials. This comes after several Ghanaians have been burying their dead ones at their homes and Churches due to lack of space at public cemeteries. According to the Director of MPHD, Mr Vctor Acquaye, who feels people who died of contagious diseases could pose health risks to those living close to burial sites.

Study shows smoking causes extensive damage to DNA

The vast amount of damage that smoking can have on your DNA has been revealed in a new study exploring how tobacco smoke affects cells within the human body. Consuming a pack of cigarettes every day for a year can cause multiple changes in cells within various parts of the body, according to the study, published in the journal Science on Thursday. The cells in parts of the body that are directly exposed to smoke are particularly damaged, with 150 mutations found to occur in lung cells within one year, 97 in the larynx and 39 in the oral cavity.
"Tobacco smoking damages DNA in organs directly exposed to smoke as well as speeds up a mutational cellular clock in organs that are both directly and indirectly exposed to smoke." said Ludmil Alexandrov of the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico, who led the study.

Another Chibok schoolgirl regains freedom

One of the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria in 2014 was found Saturday by the Nigerian army, the army said. She was discovered carrying a 10-month-old son among a group that had escaped from a Boko Haram hideout in Sambisa Forest, the army said. She was taken to a medical facility for evaluation. The girl is said to have been among the 276 girls and women that Boko Haram militants herded from bed in the middle of the night at a boarding school in Chibok in April 2014.
As many as 57 girls escaped almost immediately. One was found in May. She apparently wandered out of a forest, asking for help, accompanied by a baby, according to witnesses.
Saturday's announcement comes nearly a month after 21 Chibok girls were freed in a deal brokered by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Swiss government. Roughly 196 girls are still unaccounted for.

Germany: Imams officiating at child weddings to be fined

The German Interior Ministry has proposed fining Muslim clerics who officiate at child weddings, Die Welt reports, adding that the authorities plan to amend marriage laws in the view of the massive refugee inflow. All imams marrying people under 16 years old should face fines of up to €1,000 ($1,100), German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere proposed at a special working group meeting about child marriages, consisting of the members of the Justice and Interior Ministries as well as of representatives of some German states, Die Welt reports. The ministry also suggested considering child weddings an administrative offense while the working group agreed that all religious wedding ceremonies involving children should be banned in Germany.

Pope Francis: Women will never be Roman Catholic priests

Pope Francis has ruled out a woman ever serving as a priest in the Roman Catholic church. He stated this when he was asked by a Swedish journalist during a press conference onboard the papal plane. He said
“Saint Pope John Paul II had the last clear word on this and it stands, this stands,” Francis said in his initial response, referring to a 1994 document stating that women could never join the priesthood.
“But for ever, for ever? Never, never?” the reporter asked
Francis replied:
“If we read carefully the declaration by St John Paul II, it is going in that direction.”
According to The Guardian, the pope went on to say women did “many other things better than men”, emphasising what has been called the “feminine dimension of the church”.
“People ask me: ‘Who is more important in the theology or in the spirituality of the church, the apostles or Mary, on the day of Pentecost?’ It is Mary,” he said. He then added: “More.”

Man born with two extra legs seeks medical help to remove them

A young man born with four legs desperately wants doctors to amputate two of them. Arun Kumar, from Uttar Pradesh, India, has two extra legs growing from his lower back, which affect his ability to move or walk properly. After living for 15 years without any kind of treatment, the 22-year-old launched an online plea for medial help to remove his additional limbs. He was delighted when a team of specialists at Fortis Hospital in Delhi responded to his request. The team has now organised a series of tests to find out how his legs are attached and if he can be treated.

Experts warns against dogs licking faces

Dr. Neilanjan Nandi, an assistant professor of medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, says a dog’s saliva has proteins that may help cleanse or heal its own wounds, but in a paragraph titled “Why Not to Make Out With Your Pet,” he noted, “There are some organisms unique to dogs that we were simply not meant to tolerate or combat.”
Some bacteria in dogs’ mouths are zoonotic, meaning the animals can pass them to humans and cause disease. Some common zoonotic bacteria include clostridium, E. coli, salmonella and campylobacter, which can cause severe gastrointestinal disease in humans, said Dr. Leni K. Kaplan, a lecturer of community practice service at Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine.
When dog saliva touches intact human skin, especially in a healthy person, it is extremely unlikely to cause any problems, as there will be very little absorption through the skin. However, a dog’s saliva and pathogens can be absorbed more easily through the mucous membranes of a person’s nose, mouth and eyes. Though illnesses transmitted this way are rare, Dr. Kaplan said it was best to avoid having your dog lick those parts of your face.

Source: NY Times

Police officer fired after accidentally shooting 11-yr-old daughter with service weapon

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A Lincoln County sheriff’s deputy is facing a double tragedy after accidentally shooting her daughter with her service firearm while off-duty. Misty Michelle Flowers allegedly had friends to her home Saturday night and was showing her service weapon to them when she accidentally fired. The bullet traveled through a wall and hit her 11-year-old daughter in the abdomen, the Shelby Star reported. The girl is expected to recover, unlike her mother’s career. As a result, Flowers has been terminated and is being investigated by the State Bureau of Investigation.
While it is not uncommon for officers to bring their service weapons home with them after a shift, the sheriff’s office’s policy states, “Members shall ensure that all firearms and ammunition are locked and secured while in their homes.”
In addition, the policy manual states: “Members should be aware that negligent storage of a firearm could result in civil liability.”