Oct 26 (Reuters) – TikTok Inc won dismissal of a lawsuit accusing it of causing the death of a 10-year-old girl by promoting a deadly “blackout challenge” that encouraged people to choke themselves on its video-based social media platform. U.S. District Judge Paul Diamond in Philadelphia ruled Tuesday that the company was immune from the...
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Mahsa Amini: Clashes break out as people mourn teen’s death
CNN — Clashes broke out throughout Iran Wednesday as thousands of people came to the burial site of Mahsa Amini in Saqqez, a city in the Kurdistan province, to mark 40 days since her death, semi-official Iranian state news agency ISNA said. Protests have swept through the Islamic Republic following the death of the 22-year-old...
U.S. imposes more sanctions on Iran over Mahsa Amini’s death
Washington — The U.S. on Wednesday imposed new sanctions on members of Iran’s intelligence agency, leaders of the country’s Revolutionary Guard, prison wardens and others. The action came 40 days after 22-year-old Mahsa Amini died while being held by Iran’s morality police. The U.S. government’s sanctions arm designated 10 members of Iran’s leadership with financial...
Protests rock Iran on 40th day since death of Mahsa Amini
Comment on this story Comment Thousands of people poured into the streets of Mahsa Amini’s hometown Wednesday and marched to her grave. Iranian security forces responded — as they have throughout the course of the nationwide protests inspired by her death — with violence and arrests. The gathering in Saqez, in Iran’s western Kurdistan region,...
Mystery death of fifth humpback whale in Pacific northwest sparks alarm | California
The nearly 32-foot hulking frame of a male humpback whale was found splayed on sands near California’s Fort Bragg on Saturday – the fourth whale to wash ashore along the coasts of Mendocino this year. A day later, a young female humpback, would also be found dead far north near Vancouver Island. She was known...
Texas man sentenced to death over murder of Sikh police officer | Texas
A man was sentenced to death on Wednesday for the fatal 2019 shooting of a law enforcement officer who was the first Sikh deputy in his Texas agency. A Harris county jury deliberated for about 35 minutes before returning the death sentence for Robert Solis, 50, after convicting him of capital murder on 17 October...
Texas man sentenced to death for 2019 murder of Harris County’s first Sikh deputy
A Texas man convicted of murdering a Harris County Sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop in 2019 was sentenced to death on Wednesday, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said. It took a jury just half an hour of deliberations to convict 50-year-old Robert Solis of capital murder earlier this month for shooting and killing Sandeep Dhaliwal, the...
Mahsa Amini: Clashes break out as people mourn teen’s death
CNN — Clashes broke out throughout Iran Wednesday as thousands of people came to the burial site of Mahsa Amini in Saqqez, a city in the Kurdistan province, to mark 40 days since her death, semi-official Iranian state news agency ISNA said. Protests have swept through the Islamic Republic following the death of the 22-year-old...
San Diego doctor charged in death of inmate in county jail
SAN DIEGO — A San Diego doctor was charged Wednesday with involuntary manslaughter in the death of a 24-year-old female inmate who collapsed in front of a nurse, who was also charged in the case. Dr. Friederike Von Lintig, 57, was arraigned in San Diego Superior Court in the San Diego suburb of El Cajon...
Clashes erupt between Iranian security forces and protesters marking Mahsa Amini’s death
Issued on: 26/10/2022 – 14:27Modified: 26/10/2022 – 14:34 Iranian security forces opened fire on protesters who massed in their thousands on Wednesday in Mahsa Amini’s hometown to mark 40 days since her death, a human rights group said. “Security forces have shot tear gas and opened fire on people in Zindan square, Saqez city,” Hengaw,...