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Officials release body cam footage of corrections officers fatally beating upstate NY inmate

James’ office has been investigating the death of Robert Brooks for several weeks, and her office released the body-worn camera footage from the officers involved in the attack at Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County following the Dec. 9 incident that led to Brooks’ death.
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Video Shows Prison Officers’ Fatal Assault of Inmate in ‘Shocking’ Detail

Robert Brooks died after a savage attack at a New York prison this month that was captured by several officers’ body-worn cameras.
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NJ SINKHOLE: Crews ‘working around the clock’ to fix stretch of I-80 that collapsed into ‘abandoned mineshaft’

An eastbound stretch of Interstate 80 in New Jersey will remain closed and detoured “until further notice” but crews are “working around the clock” on repairs after a giant sinkhole swallowed part of the roadway Thursday and wreaked traffic havoc.
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Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash: what do we know?

Dec 27 (Reuters) – A passenger jet operated by Azerbaijan Airlines crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, after diverting from an area of southern Russia where Moscow has repeatedly used air defence systems against Ukrainian attack drones.At least 38 people were killed while 29 s
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Russia says Azerbaijani plane crashed amid Ukrainian drone attack

Russia’s head of aviation Dmitry Yadrov claimed a Ukrainian drone attack was underway in Grozny before the plane crashed.
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Experts Believe Russia Caused Deadly Christmas Day Plane Crash

The crash killed 38 and left 29 survivors, all injured.
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10 Movies That Were Turned Into Kids’ TV Shows

The popularity and box-office success of a few films led to the creation of animated shows for kids based on the films’ original stories.
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Aspira Women’s Health in Shelton to use $10M grant to create blood test to detect endometriosis

SHELTON — A local company dedicated to advancing women’s gynecologic health was awarded $10 million in federal funding to develop a blood test to help with early detection of endometriosis. “It’s such a debilitating disease that we’re trying to help women get results quicker in the process,” said Jamie Sullivan, director of corporate communications at Aspira Women’s Health, which moved from Trumbull to Shelton in November 2023. “We want to also…
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Videos of man’s fatal beating at Marcy state prison released

Videos released Friday confirm that Robert L. Brooks was handcuffed when he was beaten at…
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Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy open rift with MAGA loyalists over skilled worker visas

The backlash escalated Thursday, when Vivek Ramaswamy, in a post on X, criticized an American culture that he said “venerated mediocrity over excellence.”