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Breaking news: A suspect has been arrested after an hours-long shooting spree in Memphis, Tennessee, yesterday evening that left four dead and three others injured. This is a developing story, see updates here. |
Canada Stabbing Suspect Dies
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The primary suspect in a mass stabbing across an Indigenous community in Canada's Saskatchewan province died yesterday evening, shortly after being arrested. Officials said 32-year-old Myles Sanderson died from self-inflicted wounds after being located in a stolen vehicle and run off the road by police.
Sanderson and his brother, Damien, are alleged to have killed 10 people and injured 18 others in a stabbing rampage that spanned 13 locations across the province's James Smith Cree Nation Saturday. Damien was found dead Monday, with wounds that officials described as "not self-inflicted"—though it was unclear whether his brother is responsible for his killing. A motive has not been publicly disclosed, though authorities have speculated drugs may have played a role.
See the victims of the massacre here. |
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The first major hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic season is expected to develop later this week as it moves north and to the east of Bermuda. Hurricane Earl, currently a Category 1, is only the second hurricane this year after last week's Danielle. It is not projected to make US landfall.
With only five named storms since June 1, the 2022 hurricane season has been one of the slowest on record, marking the first year since 1941 without a named storm between July 3 and Aug. 30. Though the season runs through the end of November, weather experts had predicted a volatile, above-normal season, anticipating 20 named storms and seven hurricanes due to high sea surface temperatures. Some scientists credit an excessively dry patch of the Atlantic for the unexpected lack of cyclone activity.
The calm comes just two years after the busiest season on record, which saw 30 named storms and 14 hurricanes. Read how Atlantic tropical storms develop and are classified here. |
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Archaeologists revealed yesterday evidence of a complex amputation carried out roughly 31,000 years ago, a find that predates what was formerly believed to be the earliest such operation by about 24,000 years. Researchers say the discovery may help rewrite the history of medical innovation in prehistoric communities.
The remains reportedly belong to a young hunter-gatherer buried in a remote cave on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo. The skeleton was missing the lower left leg and foot (see full paper), with the tibia and fibula showing a clean cut, along with a bony outgrowth similar to that seen in modern amputations. Researchers estimated the individual underwent the procedure between the ages of 10 and 14 and lived until the age of 20 before being buried.
It had previously been believed humans lacked the tools and medical knowledge to perform complicated medical procedures until the Neolithic Revolution, roughly 12,000 years ago. |
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