The Daily Populous

Friday December 20th, 2024 morning edition

image for Pregnant Kentucky woman cited for street camping while in labor

Body camera footage obtained by Kentucky Public Radio shows that as Lt. Caleb Stewart walked closer, the woman yelled, “I might be going into labor, is that okay?”.

As she stood a little ways into the street, waiting for the ambulance, Stewart shouted at her repeatedly to stand next to him.

“So I don’t for a second believe that this woman is going into labor,” he said.

observed listed subject camping underneath the interstate bridge at listed location by utilizing camping paraphernalia (mattress, blanket, pillow as bedding).

Both of those outreach attempts occurred before the street camping ban went into effect, according to city officials.

Kentucky Public Radio received two-and-a-half hours of Stewart’s body camera footage in response to the open records request, including Stewart’s decision to cite a woman apparently in labor.

“If you’ve ever been pregnant or had a loved one who was pregnant, think about the advice you get. »

Trump Sure Seems Pissed at Elon Musk Over the Spending Bill

Authored by newrepublic.com

Musk has been threatening Republicans, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, about the spending bill, even as the prospect of a government shutdown looms.

“Any member of the House or Senate who votes for this outrageous spending bill deserves to be voted out in 2 years!”

“It’s not Donald Trump asking for this, it’s very clearly President Elon Musk asking for this,” Representative Dan Goldman said Wednesday on The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell. »

“Unprecedented” decline in teen drug use continues, surprising experts

Authored by arstechnica.com

Teen drug use continued to fall in 2024, extending a dramatic decline spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic that experts expected would reverse now that the acute phase of the global crisis is well over.

Use of illicit drugs also fell on the whole and use of non-heroin narcotics (Vicodin, OxyContin, Percocet) hit an all-time low.

The initial drop in drug use between 2020 and 2021 was among the largest ever recorded. »

UnitedHealthcare CEO killing latest: Luigi Mangione faces federal charges including stalking, murder

Authored by abcnews.go.com

ET on ABC looks at the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the manhunt that led to the arrest of Luigi Mangione, who went from the Ivy League to alleged killer.

Luigi Mangione, a suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is escorted by police, Dec. 19, 2024, in New York City.

In Pennsylvania, where Mangione was arrested on Dec. 9 after nearly a week on the run, he faces charges including allegedly possessing an untraceable ghost gun. »

Doctors remove live cockroach from the intestine of man complaining of abdominal issues

Authored by nationalpost.com

Doctors remove live cockroach from the intestine of man complaining of abdominal issues 'Even we were surprised as to how the cockroach managed to stay intact' Photo by anatchant / Getty Images/iStockphoto.

Article content Plagued by a stomach bug for a few days, an Indian man and the doctors treating him were surprised to discover the source of his malaise: a three-centimetre cockroach alive and wriggling in his small intestine.

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