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A 68-year-old French tourist died in Death Valley National Park last week after becoming trapped in 116-degree temperatures.
The 68-year-old man was found dead in California's salt flats amid 116°F (46.6C) heat.
NYTimes – US A 68-year-old French tourist died in Death Valley National Park last week after becoming trapped in 116-degree temperatures.
A 68-year-old French tourist died in Death Valley National Park last week after becoming trapped in 116-degree temperatures.
BBC News – World Man, 68, was left searching for help in 116F weather after his car became stuck in mud along remote park road A French tourist recently died in Death Valley national park after a car mishap left him stranded in 116F (47C) weather. The visitor, identified as 68-year-old Pierre Michel Formosa, was traveling with another French man along the park’s remote West Side Road when their vehicle became stuck in mud near Queen…
NYTimes – US The 68-year-old tourist and his companion were driving through Death Valley National Park on a remote road last week when their car got stuck in mud, officials said.
NPR – US Tennessee Department of Correction Commissioner Frank Strada is resigning after the botched execution of convicted murderer Christa Pike, who survived two lethal injections and remains in critical condition. The state's governor announced Strada's departure as an independent review examines what went wrong. Strada had insisted his team followed protocol. Pike's lawyers said the failure "goes far beyond any one person."
Kenan "Ken" Urker, 34, the on-and-off partner of Gypsy Rose Blanchard and father of her daughter, was found dead inside his Louisiana home on his 34th birthday during a welfare check on Thursday. Authorities are investigating an apparent drug overdose. Blanchard's former husband Ryan Anderson said he was "shocked" and offered support to Blanchard's family.
Federal prosecutors charged a Mississippi shop clerk and his son with selling an illegal kratom product while investigating the deaths of two University of Mississippi students, Aidan Hamilton and Robert Strang, who apparently ingested kratom last month. Authorities had warned against kratom derivatives after the Sept. 21 investigation.
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