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November 13, 2021

Happy Days actor who played eldest son dies.

Actor Gavan O'Herlihy, best known for his brief role as the eldest Cunningham son on the sitcom "Happy Days," has died at the age of 70, his agent said.

"He was a wonderful actor with a long and distinguished career in film, television and theatre and was respected as a man of directness, sincerity, and honesty," Michael Emptage told CNN.

Emptage said O'Herlihy died in Bath, England, on September 15, although his death was not publicly confirmed until Friday.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/happy-days-actor-gavan-o-herlihy-dies-at-age-70/ar-AAQF5ZX?ocid=msedgntp

November 13, 2021

😳update on soup thrower..police will investigate as higher level crime/ soc media says shes nurse

https://www.kcentv.com/article/news/local/soup-throwing-incident-to-be-investigated-as-higher-level-offense-temple-police-say/500-51625c93-97fe-45d7-b428-dcf81729c2d7

Temple police will investigate the case of a woman who threw soup in the face of a restaurant employee as a "higher level offense," a spokesperson for the department told 6 News Friday.

Alejandra Arreguin said the class C complaint that was forwarded to the City Court is being dismissed.

The new charge will be "determined on the outcome of the investigation," Arreguin said. "We are just investigating higher charges."


A video that quickly went viral around the world shows the woman throw a large serving of soup in Jannelle Broland's face as she stands behind the counter. It happened Nov. 7 at the Sol De Jalisco on South General Bruce Dr. in Temple. The woman, who police have yet to identify, then quickly leaves the restaurant.

November 12, 2021

killer tossed his elaborate killing plan in the trash can

now he's serving life without parole... killed his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend.






On February 28, 2018, Weaver and his crew of investigators entered Bender’s house in Windemere, Florida, to execute their search warrant. Virtually instantly after coming into Bender’s five-bedroom home, Weaver noticed what did seem to be a fantasy. There, within the suspect’s house workplace, Weaver noticed the pocket book pages Sanchez had described.

“I used to be in shock,” mentioned Weaver. “There is not any means that we simply discovered this homicide plan.”

There, on a number of crumpled-up items of paper sitting on the high of Bender’s trash bin, have been the small print of his elaborate plot to kill Patrick De La Cerda.

“The very first thing I needed to do was attain within the trash can, seize it, and browse the entire thing,” Weaver mentioned, however he knew this wanted to be bagged as essential proof.

https://newsplaneta.com/2021/11/12/gregory-bender-could-have-gotten-away-with-the-homicide-of-patrick-de-la-cerda-if-hed-emptied-his-personal-trash/
November 12, 2021

LAPD says teens ages 13 to 16 motivated by racism were behind 'swattings' of BLM leader

The Los Angeles Police Department said Friday that a group of teenagers motivated by racial hatred is responsible for two separate “swatting” incidents at the home of Black Lives Matter Los Angeles leader Melina Abdullah.

The incidents, which led to LAPD surrounding the home of one of their most prominent critics, were highly controversial — and the police were heavily criticized for their responses.

The teens, ages 13 to 16, were connected via the online chat platform Discord and are also suspected in 30 other false emergency threats across the country since July 2020, targeting “other online persons, video gamers, activists, schools, airports, houses of worship, entertainment venues and memorial parks,” the LAPD said.

Police will present cases supporting charges of criminal conspiracy and creating a false emergency against three of the teens to local prosecutors, they said. One of the three lives in New York and another in Ohio, while a third — an American citizen — is living abroad in Cyprus, police said. They were not identified.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-11-12/lapd-say-group-of-teens-motivated-by-racial-hate-behind-swatting-of-blmla-leader

November 12, 2021

Westchester GOP leader resigns after racist remark, sparks calls for diversity training

A Republican leader in northern Westchester has resigned from his post after being caught on camera using a racist slur to refer to a Democratic town councilman who is Indian-American.

Since-deleted video posted to the Yorktown GOP Facebook page featured district leader Tom Pomposello calling Councilman Vishnu Patel a “sand n----r” during an Election Night event last week.

“Vishnu’s gone. Gone. Gone,” Pomposello can be heard saying in a short clip uploaded by Yorktown News. “That motherf----r. That f-----g sand n----r.”

Patel lost his reelection bid last Tuesday.

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/new-york-elections-government/ny-westchester-gop-leader-resigns-racist-remark-20211111-f2kozscb4rfolhhiibsyzryh7m-story.html

November 12, 2021

Florida ordered 90,000 child vaccine doses. Texas ordered 1 million.

Florida ordered 90,000 child vaccine doses. Texas ordered 1 million.
Compared to eight other states, Florida preordered the least number of pediatric COVID doses. But there doesn’t appear to be a shortage.


TALLAHASSEE — Florida health officials say they preordered approximately 90,000 child-size doses of the Pfizer vaccine. That’s enough to fully vaccinate 3 percent of Florida’s approximately 1.7 million children ages 5 to 11.

Texas, another Republican-led state, preordered 1 million doses — enough to fully vaccinate over 17 percent of the state’s children in the same age group. California preordered 860,000 doses, enough to fully vaccinate 13 percent of kids there.

The federal government does not publicize the amount of vaccine states are ordering through its distribution clearinghouse. The Tampa Bay Times compared Florida’s preorder to what eight other states have reportedly ordered. Florida, the third-most populated state, ordered the least of the nine.

Florida lags behind other large states.
State pre-orders of pediatric Pfizer doses by number of children age 5 to 11.
State Pre-ordered doses Share of children that can be fully vaccinated by state pre-orders
Texas 1,010,700 17.4%17.4%
Michigan 287,000 17.3%17.3%
Virginia 252,000 17.3%17.3%
Illinois 306,000 14.2%14.2%
New Jersey 205,000 13.5%13.5%
New York 380,000 12.5%12.5%
California 860,000 12.5%12.5%
Georgia 145,000 7.3%7.3%
Florida 90,000 2.7%2.7%

https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2021/11/11/florida-ordered-90000-doses-of-the-child-vaccine-texas-ordered-1-million/
November 12, 2021

San Francisco police officer dies of covid while on leave for failing to meet vaccination requiremen

San Francisco police officer dies of covid while on leave for failing to meet vaccination requirement

When San Francisco police officer Jack Nyce missed the city’s Nov. 1 deadline to submit his coronavirus vaccination record, he was placed on a month of paid administrative leave, the San Francisco Chronicle first reported.

Jack Nyce, a 17-year-old veteran with the force, died of coronavirus complications Saturday at a Manteca, Calif., hospital with his wife by his side.Jack Nyce, a 17-year-old veteran with the force, died of coronavirus complications Saturday at a Manteca, Calif., hospital with his wife by his side.

It was during that time that Nyce — who was not vaccinated — became ill with covid-19, Lt. Tracy McCray, vice president of the San Francisco Police Officers Association, told the paper.


Nyce, a 17-year veteran with the force, died of coronavirus complications Saturday at a Manteca, Calif., hospital with his wife by his side.

“He loved being a cop,” his wife, Melissa Nyce, told the Chronicle.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/san-francisco-police-officer-dies-of-covid-while-on-leave-for-failing-to-meet-vaccination-requirement/ar-AAQA1JS?ocid=msedgntp

November 12, 2021

Utah doctor Jason Lance lied about suffering hypothermia to get airlifted off Denali, facing charges

A Utah doctor is accused of lying about climbers suffering from hypothermia and shock to have the National Park Service airlift them from an Alaska mountain in the spring, federal officials said. Jason Lance faces three charges — interference with a government employee, violating lawful order and false report, according to a federal criminal complaint filed on Nov. 9. Lance tried to conceal and erase the messages from the tracking device he used to get help, court documents show.


Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article255736316.html#storylink=cpy

https://www.peninsulaclarion.com/news/utah-doctor-accused-of-lying-for-denali-helicopter-rescue/

After A.R. was off the mountain, the court documents say Lance used the communications device to send this message to the manufacturer’s emergency response center: “No injuries. Stuck without equipment after climber fall. Request assisst (sic) for evac.” The center responded, advising him to contact Denali National Park directly.

Nearly an hour later, park officials told him if he had a rope, he should “rope up and begin descending.” He responded by saying they could not safely descend.

The park told him the helicopter was no longer flying that night and the only option was to descend.

After receiving that message, Lance responded 21 minutes later: “Cant descend safely. Patients in shock. Early hypothermia. Cant you land east of pass?”

Given that medical news, the helicopter launched but hadn’t informed Lance. Shortly after launching, it abandoned the mission when guides at the nearby high base camp reported the three climbers were climbing down.

In later interviews, neither member of the other climbing team reported they suffered from medical shock or hypothermia at any time. They also said they spent hours trying to convince Lance to descend with them the 1,000 feet to the 17,200-foot high base camp.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/doctor-jason-lance-faked-hypothermia-so-he-could-be-airlifted-off-denali-criminal-complaint-says

Denali was off-limits to climbers during much of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since it reopened for the 2021 season, rangers said they have seen a “disturbing amount of overconfidence paired with inexperience,” leading to a sharp spike in serious accidents and emergency rescue calls.

“Rescue is not guaranteed, and your emergency plan should not be contingent upon the NPS,” the National Park Service said in a blog post. “Rescuer safety will always be our first priority, and weather or lack of resources often preclude us from coming to help. The NPS policy is to only respond to immediate threats to life, limb, or eyesight. Anything that we deem falls outside these categories, we will leave you to figure out on your own, and this year we have already turned down rescue requests that don’t meet these criteria.”


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Lance responded, according to the complaint, stating, “there are no pickets available. We cannot safely descend.” Rangers texted back, telling Lance, “The helicopter cannot come to your location and is not flying any more tonight. Do you have a rope with you? Your only option tonight is descent.” But Lance continued to push back, messaging rangers, “Cant decend [sic] safely. Patients in shock. Early hypothermia... Cant you land east of pass?” the complaint states.

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When they got back down to a lower altitude, the pair of climbers who had been with Lance told rangers that “neither of them had suffered from any form of medical shock or hypothermia at any point during their ascent or descent contrary to Dr. Lance’s claims to Denali NPS,” the complaint states. “Both [climbers] reported that they spent hours attempting to convince Dr. Lance to rope up and descend with them from 18,200 ft to 17,200 ft high camp after the trio watched A.R. fall. [The climbers] reported that Dr. Lance insisted the three stay put, told [the climbers] that the NPS was going to rescue them, and that the NPS was obligated to do so because ‘we’ve paid our fee.’”

November 12, 2021

something's up in Monaco

https://www.yahoo.com/news/princess-charlene-monaco-reunited-prince-133833496.html

Princess Charlene of Monaco has reunited with Prince Albert and their twins in Europe after a 6-month separation

The 43-year-old was unexpectedly grounded in South Africa in May with an ENT infection.

Her prolonged stay came as European outlets speculated about her and Albert's marriage.

Princess Charlene reunited with Prince Albert and their twins on Monday after spending six months in South Africa, where she'd been grounded with a severe ENT infection, People magazine reports.

The 43-year-old flew in her husband's private plane from the city of Durban to Nice, France, arriving at 8.30 a.m. local time, the publication added. She was greeted by Albert and their children, six-year-old Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella.

An Instagram post shared by the official Monaco palace account on Monday showed the family later returned to Monaco and said the reunion was "filled with joy and emotion."

Charlene uploaded an Instagram photo of her own on Monday where she, the children, and Albert are seen huddled close in front of the camera. She called it a "happy day," thanking her followers for keeping her strong.
November 12, 2021

catalytic converter thief caught in the act

catalytic converter thefts are off the charts in California. sometimes stolen, replaced and stolen again the next day. can cost up to $5000 to replace


the walk of shame... having to walk away from thieving;

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/full-video-neighbor-catches-catalytic-converter-thief-in-the-act/vi-AAQwm6m

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