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  Children among the victims of Gaza escalation as Israel clashes with Islamic Jihad for second day   Jerusalem and Gaza CNN  —  The Israeli military campaign against Islamic Jihad went into its second day Saturday evening with continued airstrikes on what it said were militant targets in Gaza. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said more than 200 people have been injured and 24 people killed in the escalation, among them a five-year-old girl, Alaa Qadoum, who was killed by the first Israeli airstrikes on Friday, and two women, aged 23 and 79. Israel says most of those killed were militants. Late Saturday evening, four children were among seven people killed in an explosion in Jabaliya in northern Gaza, Palestinian Health Ministry spokesman Midhat Abbas told CNN. The cause of the explosion has been disputed.    Two Israeli soldiers received minor injuries when...

  Suspect in Ohio shootings that left 4 dead captured in Kansas A man wanted in connection with the shooting deaths of four people in an Ohio neighborhood on Friday has been captured in Kansas, authorities announced Saturday.  Police in Montgomery County's Butler Township, north of Dayton, said officers were called to the area shortly before noon Friday on a report of shots fired. Butler Township Police Chief John Porter said four victims with gunshot wounds were found at "multiple crime scenes" and all were pronounced dead at the scene. Police said they were seeking 39-year-old Stephen Marlow, who was believed to have fled the area in a white 2007 Ford Edge. The FBI placed Marlow on its Most Wanted list early Saturday, stating that he has ties to Indianapolis, Chicago, and Lexington, Kentucky. His last known address was in Dayton, the FBI said.  Porter confirmed in a news briefing Saturday night that Marlow was captured in Lawrence, Kansas, which is about 60...

  We didn’t even know they had returned to Ghana – Family of couple who were found dead Family of the couple who died under strange circumstances at Atwima Maakro in the Ashanti Region is shocked to learn their relatives are in the country. According to the family of the lady, up until the incident, they thought their kin was still in the Netherlands. Agyei Manu, a relative of Ernestina Jackson, revealed that although the couple used to visit Ghana once in a while, they had no information that they had permanently returned to the country. “The two kids on admission at the Abuakwa Polyclinic are our grandchildren. Their mother was my niece. She had her traditional wedding with her husband at Bohyen. The family members of the man are in Tema. That was where they did the white wedding. After the marriage they travelled to the Netherlands, so we lost contact at a point. “Had it not been for this incident, we wouldn’t have known that they were in Ghana. We came here...

  Lightning kills student, injures another, at Wyoming educator event A lightning strike at an outdoors educator course in the Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming killed one student and injured another, officials said Thursday. The announcement came on the same day that a lightning strike killed two people and critically injured two others in Washington, D.C. The group with the National Outdoor Leadership School was just days into their trip and had set up camp near Enos Lake, south of Yellowstone National Park, when a thunderstorm moved into the area Tuesday evening. John D. Murphy, 22, of Boston, died of cardiac arrest because of the lightning strike, Teton County Coroner Brent Blue said Thursday. Blue did not know if the lightning struck Murphy directly or passed through something else to him.   https://www.cbsnews.com/video/lighting-critically-injures-4-near-white-house-cbs-news-flash-august-5-2022/ The injured student was flown to an Idaho hospital for trea...

  Methanol found in 21 teens who died in South Africa tavern The toxic chemical methanol has been identified as a possible cause of the deaths of 21 teenagers at a bar in the South African city of East London last month. Methanol was found in all of their bodies and investigations are continuing to determine whether the levels of the toxic chemical were enough to have killed them. "Methanol has been detected in all the 21 individuals that were there, however there is still progressive analysis of the quantitative levels of methanol and whether it could have been the final cause of death," Dr. Litha Matiwane, Eastern Cape provincial deputy director for clinical service, said at press conference in East London on Tuesday. Authorities are still awaiting the conclusive results which are being conducted at a laboratory in the city of Cape Town, he said.   Methanol is a toxic form of alcohol that is used industrially as a solvent, pesticide or an alternative source of ...

 Police identify victims, gunman and armed bystander in Indiana mall shooting Authorities revealed new details Monday on the weekend mall shooting in Greenwood, Indiana, including the identities of the gunman, three victims and the legally armed bystander who fatally shot the gunman. The shooting rampage took place at the Greenwood Park Mall around 6 p.m. Sunday. Multiple people called 911 to report an active shooter. Three people died and two were injured as a result of the shooting. Greenwood is 15 miles south of Indianapolis. The gunman was identified as Jonathan Douglas Sapirman, 20, who police said prepared for the shooting for a little over an hour in a bathroom before he emerged with a rifle, Greenwood Police Chief James Ison said. © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap Improve this map ...

  Man arrested for attempting to sacrifice his daughter for money   A returnee, Evans Oppong has been arrested for allegedly attempting to sacrifice his daughter for money. The suspect, who claims to have returned from a sojourn abroad, is said to have visited the home of a herbalist, Nana Adu-Boafo and requested to be made rich. Nana Adu-Boafo Jnr, appalled by the situation, recorded their interaction on tape and reported to the Police right after that. Narrating the incident on Facebook, the herbalist said the suspect picked up his daughter from school under the pretense of buying her a new dress. He noted that Mr. Oppong’s intention was, however far from getting his daughter the promised attire. “This man is a bad man with many evil intentions. He doesn’t even feel anything for his own girl. Wow, what a wicked soul,” he posted on Facebook. According to Nana Adu-Boafo, the suspect tried to induce him with money, but nothing convinced him to perform such a cruel...