The Daily Populous

Saturday May 1st, 2021 day edition

image for Ashli Babbitt's family set to file lawsuit against police for shooting her dead during Capitol riot

Ashli Babbitt, a 35-year-old Air Force veteran, was shot and killed while trying to storm the Speaker's Lobby during the January 6 Capitol insurrection.

The family of Ashli Babbitt (pictured) is set to sue the U.S. Capitol Police and the officer who shot her dead during the January 6 Capitol riot.

The family of Ashli Babbitt is set to sue the U.S. Capitol Police and the officer who shot her dead during the January 6 Capitol riot.

They will seek at least $10million and will serve Capitol Police within 10 days, the family's lawyer Terry Roberts told Zenger.

The civil suit from the family follows an April 14 decision by federal prosecutors not to charge the officer after months of deliberation.

Police summoned medical help to evacuate Babbitt, who was pronounced dead soon after at Washington Hospital Center.

'And he has plenty of other officers there to assist with arrest,' he said, referring to the officer who shot Babbitt. »

Elderly couple uses military Morse Code training to escape Tennessee assisted living facility

Authored by eu.tennessean.com

Elderly couple uses military Morse Code training to escape Tennessee assisted living facility.

A husband and wife briefly escaped from a secure memory unit at an assisted living facility in Lebanon last month by using military experience with Morse code to decipher and memorize the code to an electronic door lock, according to Tennessee Department of Health documents obtained through a public records request.

Assisted living: Man dies at Nashville assisted living facility after being lost outside overnight. »

Amazon employees say you should be skeptical of Jeff Bezos’s worker satisfaction stat

Authored by vox.com

These employees told Recode that many Amazon employees do not answer Connections questions honestly because they fear their responses are not truly anonymous, and they fear retaliation if they give negative feedback.

A warehouse manager and employee also said workers often just choose the top answer to more quickly get on with their day.

Are you a current or former employee with insights on what it’s like to work at Amazon? »

Seattle Kraken make final payment, officially become 32nd NHL team

Authored by espn.com

SEATTLE -- The Seattle Kraken are free to make trades and sign players after making their final expansion payment to the NHL.

"On behalf of the board of governors, I am delighted to officially welcome the Seattle Kraken to the NHL as our 32nd member club," NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said Friday.

"Congratulations to David Bonderman, the Bonderman family, their partners, the entire Seattle Kraken organization, the city of Seattle and Kraken fans as the club continues on its exciting journey towards puck drop in October.". »

Flu Has Disappeared Worldwide during the COVID Pandemic

Authored by scientificamerican.com

Since the novel coronavirus began its global spread, influenza cases reported to the World Health Organization have dropped to minuscule levels.

The reason, epidemiologists think, is that the public health measures taken to keep the coronavirus from spreading also stop the flu.

“There’s just no flu circulating,” says Greg Poland, who has studied the disease at the Mayo Clinic for decades. »