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Lqpp COVID-19 wiped out a decade of life expectancy gains, WHO says A 41-year-old woman was found dead after an alligator was spotted with a body in its mouth in Florida.The Pinellas County Sheriff s Office said officers responded to the area of 134th Avenue North and 121st Street North in Unincorporated Largo after a report of a body seen in the waterway.Deputies were met with a 13-foot, 8.5-inch male alligator, who was humanely killed and removed from the waterway with help from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.Officers also recovered the remains of a deceased person, whom the medical examiner s office later identified as Sabrina Peckham. The medical examiners office said an autopsy will determine Peckhams cause and manner of death. It is not yet known if the alligator killed her.Peckham faced a history of trespassing charges near the area where she was found dead stanley cup quencher . Scripps News reviewed a police report from earlier this month where Peckham was arrested for trespassing on Sept. 7 in Largo. The New York Post reported that Peckham was homeless and had a history of trespassing arrests on county wetlands, in addition to mult stanley cupe iple drug and theft convictions dating back to 2014.Police said an investigation into Peckham s death remains ongoin stanley romania g.SEE MORE: Grizzly bear euthanized after breaking into West Yellowstone homeTrending stories at ScrippsnewsMid-Atlantic coast under flood warnings as Ophelia eases, moves northA resolution in sight Hollywood strike negotiations enters fourth dayBorrowers weigh payment boycott as student lo Khmt Ruble plummets as sanctions bite, sending Russians to banks MILWAUKEE 鈥?The American Red Cross is urging people to sign up to donate blood and blood platelets at a critical time for hospitals in Wisconsin and across the nation.Historically low blood supply levels not seen in more than a decade persist fo stanley us r the American Red Cross, which supplies about 40% of the nations blood. The ongoing decline comes at a time of year when donations typically fall. Holiday get-togethers, school breaks and winter weather often lead to lower donor tur stanley termosy nout making the situation worse.Potential donors are urged to schedule an appointment now by using the Red Cross Blood Donor App, visiting RedCrossBlood.org or calling 1-800-RED CROSS 1-800-733-2767 .As a thank you, people who donate between now and January second will receive an exclusive Red Cross long-sleeve shirt.Anyone who comes to give blood, platelets or plasma in January will automatically be entered for a chance to win a getaway to Super Bowl LVI in Los Angeles. As an extra thank-you from the Red Cross, those who come to donate in January will also be automatically entered cups stanley to win a home theater package and a $500 e-gift card.Report a typo or error // Submit a news tip

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Joyl World Central Kitchen will resume feeding operations in Gaza weeks after deadly Israeli strike GREEN BAY, Wis. 鈥?Green Bay Packers Jordan Love has been ruled out of Sunday s game against the Colts. This comes after Love sustained an injury to his MCL medial collateral ligament during the Packers-Eagles game in Brazil.Love was initially expected to be out anywhere from three to six weeks. Packers QB Jordan Love 39 initial timetable for return is 3-6 weeks. via @tompelissero pic.twitter/FdcIynUAR9mdash; NFL @NFL September 7, 2024 Love was listed as questionable Friday then was downgraded to doubtful on Saturday. Malik Willis will start as quarterback for Sunday s Packers home opener against the Colts. Who 39 in who 39 out for Week 2. INDvsGB inactives list: https://t.co/LvGOSdC0Cg pic.twitter/a1F1tC8u72mdash; Green Bay Packers @packers September 15, 2024 NFL Networks Ian Rapoport says that Love is targe stanley mug ting a Week 5 return from his MCL injury. .@RapSheet says that Jordan Love is targeting a Week 5 return from his MCL injury. pic.twitter/y7WM30qL80mdash; NFL Network @nflnetwork September 15, 2024 Packers WR Jayden Reed is active after b stanley cup eing listed as questionable with a calf injury. Rookie RB MarShawn Lloyd is active for the first time, he is in line to make his NFL debut in Sundays game against the Colts. Talk to us: Hey there! At TMJ4 News, were all about listening to our audience and tackling the stuff that really matters to you. Got a story idea, tip, or stanley tumblers just want to chat about this piece Hit us up using Tmzp You don t get much worse than this : 4-year-old abused, hospitalized MILWAUKEE 鈥?The first case of the Omicron variant appeared in Milwaukee on Saturday; now it has emerged in Chicago.City of Chicago health officials announced Tuesday that the case of the latest COVID-19 variant was found in a fully vaccinated city resident, who had also gotten their booster shot.Chicago news outlets report that person was visited by an out-of-state traveler who also tested positive for the Omicron variant. Officials did not say where that second person was from.Luckily the Chicago resident did not need to be hospitalized. Their condition is improvin stanley cup nz g and they have been self-isolating since they began experiencing symptoms, officials said.The variant is making its way through the Midwest. Minnesota saw their first case of the variant on Thursday.As experts investigate the new variant, Wisconsin health leaders on Tuesdayvoiced their concerns on the previous variant, the Delta variant, which is leading to crowded hospitals and a new spike in cases. We are full. Period, said Eric Conley, president of Froedtert Hospital, during a roundtable discussion with health leaders.Conley was one of four bl stanley quencher untly detailing their struggle to care for patients. According to Conley, 33 out of their 100+ ICU beds are made up of COVID-patients. Conley said roughly 88 percent of their COVID-positive cases are unvac stanley quencher cinated.Report a typo or error // Submit a news tip

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Swvm Bublr Bikes to add nearly 400 electric bikes in the Milwaukee area A Cudahy woman faces a criminal charge after investigators reported she stole nearly $100,000 in donations intended for the Stars and Stripes stanley puodelis Honor Flight.According to a criminal complaint, Joni Nogay, 60, ran a non-profit called We Run -- They Fly. The group s sole purpose was to raise money for the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight, which takes local veterans to Washington D.C. to see memorials built in their honor.Authorities said between 2016 and 2023, Nogay raised more than $100,000 but only about $20,000 ever made it to the organization.The complaint showed multiple checks for thousands of dollars that never made it to their intended destination. Investigators said a ma stanley cup spain jority of stanley cup the money went to Nogay s personal expenses including spa services, groceries, and more.In a statement, Stars and Stripes Honor Flight leaders said: Anyone who may be fraudulently fundraising for our organization will be swiftly referred to law enforcement. No idea. No one on the board had any idea. We were shocked, said WTMJ Radio host John Mercure.Mercure is on the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight board of directors. It s preying on our veterans, those men and women that we re trying to honor as a community. If it s true it s just sickening, Mercure said.Law enforcement began investigating after the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight organization had issues with a check for $9,500 in 2021.Authorities said Nogay admitted to wrongdoing, expressed remorse, and pledged to make it right. I am filled w Bowf Wisconsin Republicans announce proposals to address COVID-19 pandemic Tyler Clay Morgan is now out of a teaching job. He resigned from his role as a music teacher at West Irvine Intermediate School in Kentucky on Monday after facing controversy over this colorful message of support to his students: Courtesy of Tyler Clay Morgan Morgan confirmed that he wrote You are free to be yourself ... You matter on the board in his classroom along with multi-colored letters, symbolic of a rainbow. He said he is not ready to speak on camera but did post this on Facebook:Estill County Superintendent Jeff Saylor wrote the following statement on the matter: April 4, 2022Over the past few days there has been a lot of conversations and misinformation surrounding the incident at West Irvine Intermediate School. A lot of this conversation centered on the statement, You are free to be yourself . As superintendent, my issue has not been with this statement because we have to meet the needs of all of our students and families.The stanley cup issue at hand is the conversations that took place during class. I firmly stanley cup believe that students and their parents expect teachers to teach content about their assigned curriculum in a subject area. Of course, there are times that conversations may vary from that days lesson vaso stanley plan, but these conversations went far beyond the music curriculum. It is my job to make sure that parents are not surprised by these types of situations. Finally, I believe that all teachers have a responsibility to be supportive of th

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Urxu DOT adds concrete barriers to Holt Avenue park-and-ride lot MILWAUKEE 鈥?A staple of Milwaukee and the city s food scene is reaching a major milestone. It s time to say congratulations to Zaffiro s Pizza for celebrating its 70th stanley cup anniversary this May.The iconic pizzeria has been slinging slices to hungry Milwaukeeans since 1954. Zaffiros has served thousands upon thousands of pizzas to all types of Milwaukeeans from your 9 to 5ers to former Brewers player Ryan Braun, former Bucks coach Don Nelson, and the late politician and businessman Herb Kohl. Everybody gets together sitting at this bar and its a good time, Michael Zaffiro, the owner said. James Groh The bar area of Zaffiro s Pizza. Originally, brothers John and Bobby Zaffiro opened Rock-A-Bye Tap in stanley italia the Third Ward in 1952. They started selling pizzas in 1954. Then in 1956, the brothers moved the business to its current location near the co stanley cup rner of Farwell Avenue and Brady Street. In 1970, the brothers bought the neighboring barbershop to expand the restaurant. In 1990, Bobby s son, Michael, took over as owner. He inked a deal with Marcus Theaters to license the name Zaffiro s to create a franchise. There are Zaffiro s locations attached to Marcus Theaters across the Midwest including Nebraska, Missouri, and Minnesota. The restaurant will officially turn 70 on May 28, 2024. We had my first birthday here. So I mean Ive been here ever since, Michael Zaffiro said.Michael Zaffiro has seen generations of families come in to order a pizza. He has Naxe New car or used Sometimes buying new can be smarter WAUWATOSA 鈥?Wauwatosa s Police and Fire Commission voted unanimously to dismiss all charges against Wauwatosa Police Officer Joseph Mensah du stanley quencher ring a meeting Thursday. Those charges were filed against Mensah from the families of the victims Mensah shot and killed. Wauwatosa Police Department Wauwatosa Police Officer Joseph Mensah Mensah signed a separation agreement with the City of Wauwatosa to resign from the police department, effective Nov. 30. In doing so, the city agreed to compensate Mensah with at least $130,000 in pay and benefits during and following his resignation. Mensah also agreed to not sue the city regarding his resignation.Watch the meeting below: Mensah fatally shot three people as an employee of the city s police department since 2015, including the fatal shooting of Alvin Cole outside Mayfair Mall in February, sparking protests across the Milwaukee area. Mensah has since been on paid administrative leave, as protesters call for him to be fired from the department.On Thursday, the Police and Fire Commission voted to approve a resolutionthat dismisses all pending matters related to Officer Mensah. That includes dismissing charges stanley cup aimed at Mensah by the families of the victims Mensah shot and killed since 2015 - including A stanley borraccia lvin Cole s family.Demands issued by the attorneys representing those families include the firing of Mensah from the police department, and him being charged in Milwaukee County Court.

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Wgcy Speaker Pelosi to no longer lead House Democratic caucus, will remain in Congress MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin 鈥?The Secret Service has announced its security zone impact map for the 2024 RNC held in Milwaukee. US Secret Service Closures related to the 2024 Republican National Convention With the new clarity on which businesses will be impacted, TMJ4 found local businesses inside and outside the zone to ask how they re preparing for the RNC.Copper, which opened in May, is on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. They are just two blocks from Fiserv Forum, where the RNC is taking place.For Peter Marshall, the owner, the RNC is going to be the first big event for the new stanley tumbler bar and restaurant. Absolute excitement, Marshall told TMJ4 when asked how he was feeling. I m confident we can take care of it. Brendyn Jones/TMJ4 Peter Marshall, owner of Copper. The new restaurant is right in the middle of the security zone. They have been in contact with the RNC about potential events, but theyre also e stanley cup xcited about the foot traffic since theyre right by Fiserv. Copper sits on the right where the yellow Vehicle Restric stanley cup quencher ted Zone turns into the red Pedestrian Restricted Zone. TMJ4 was the first to show Marshall the map. Its a reminder of how big its going to be, Marshall said. Seeing it on a map just shows you how widespread all of the people will be. This will be everyone from all over the world here. Marshall says they have been in contact with RNC officials since construction started in January Ylgd Jury finds father of school gunman guilty of involuntary manslaughter A popular product that can be found at CBD and hemp stores across Wisconsin is now at the center of controversy after a law enforcement raid two weeks ago in Waukesha County.Dozens of CBD stores and even gas stations in the Milwaukee area told TMJ4 News that their top-selling product is called Delta 8 THC. Store owners said the product that can be smoked, vaped, or ingested has a psychoactive component si stanley cup milar to marijuana, but its less potent. Delta 8 THCs legality depends on who you ask. This is just the cartridge, its called ice cream cake, said Alexander Thompson.Thompson said it was an easy decision for him to transition from purchasing marijuana illegally on the black market to buying a similar product called Delta 8 THC from his favorite CBD store on Milwaukees south side. Wisconsin still doesn t have legalized cannabis and I kind of got to a point in my life where, do I want to risk going to jail over a plant And the answer is just simply no, Thompson said.But thats exactl stanley becher y where Chris S. wound up after his CBD store was raided two weeks ago in Menomonee Falls.The Waukesha County Sheriffs Office said it confiscated all the Delta 8 THC inside Superstar stanley water bottle Buds after a customers kids unintentionally ingested the product. The sheriffs office said the children reportedly overdosed on the product requiring a trip to the hospital. TMJ4 Chris said he was arrested and is now facing potential felony charges because the sheriffs office claims tho

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