The Daily Populous

Friday September 8th, 2017 night edition

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[‘This is crazy,’ sobs Utah hospital nurse as cop roughs her up, arrests her for doing her job].

Payne could be seen grabbing Wubbels by the arms and pushing her out of the building as she screamed “help me” and “your’re assaulting me.”.

The altercation drew national attention and prompted the hospital to bar police from direct contact with nurses.

The Salt Lake City mayor and other officials condemned the arrest, saying Wubbels had done nothing wrong.

University of Utah Police Chief Dale Brophy apologized in a news conference Monday, saying the video showed “how poorly the situation was handled.”.

Wubbels politely read the hospital’s policy to Payne and even got her supervisor on the phone to help explain the decision.

[A Utah nurse’s violent arrest puts patient-consent law — and police conduct — in the spotlight]. »

Donated organs of 13-year-old girl help record eight people to live

Authored by theguardian.com
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Parents of Jemima Layzell, who died unexpectedly of a brain aneurysm, want other families to consider organ donation.

A 13-year-old girl who died unexpectedly of a brain aneurysm has had her organs transplanted to eight people - the largest number in the history of the organ donation service.

Her liver was split and transplanted into another two people, while her lungs were transplanted into one patient. »

The Best Christmas Movie of All Time Is Being Turned Into a Must-Have Children's Book

Authored by io9.gizmodo.com
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It’s unfortunate that Die Hard, the best Christmas movie of all time, isn’t really a film you can watch with your kids.

But this year, instead of suffering through Elf once again, you can spend some quality time with your PG-rated family members by reading a new holiday children’s book based on the adventures of John McClane.

A Die Hard Christmas: The Illustrated Holiday Classic, written by comedian Doogie Horner, and illustrated by JJ Harrison, was inspired by the classic Christmas poem, Twas the Night Before Christmas. »

South African rhino deaths by poaching is down by 100 in 2016

Authored by animalsupporter.com
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South African rhino deaths by poaching is down by 100 in 2016.

Good news out of South Africa (home to a very large rhinoceros population) - poaching numbers seem to be decreasing and poaching related arrests are increasing.

2016 saw 1,054 rhinos poached for the horns, a drop from the 1,174 rhinos taken in South Africa in 2015. »