🚔 Release body-cam footage showing officers restrain man who later died

A caller to 911 in Salt Lake City said a man had come into a brewery in his underwear, tried to steal beer and was running around in the street, posing a danger to himself and to drivers. Police tried to detain the man. Soon, Nykon Brandon was dead.

Activists on Saturday were asking why an unarmed person wound up dead and were accusing police of using disproportionate force. They have called for reforms, saying rather than armed police who can often escalate situations, a better solution would be for special mental health crisis teams to respond.

The police department said a thorough investigation was being conducted by an outside agency and that the department’s own internal affairs unit would conduct a separate investigation.

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💊 Teen dies at Leeds Festival as police investigate suspected drugs tragedy

West Yorkshire Police have launched an investigation into the teenager’s death to determine whether he had taken an ecstasy tablet at the music festival that took place in Bramham Park over the weekend.

Officers were called at about 10:16 p.m. on Saturday after the 16-year-old boy, who has not been publicly identified by police, fell ill and was rushed to hospital. He died on Sunday.

It comes after festival organizers warned attendees that the amount of MDMA found in tablets has been increasing in recent years.

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Commanders’ Brian Robinson shot as part of attempted robbery

Washington Commanders running back Brian Robinson Jr. is in stable condition after being shot during a possible attempted carjacking in Washington, according to a DC police spokesman.

The spokesman, Dustin Sternbeck, confirmed Robinson is the victim and added that the shooting occurred shortly before 6 pm Sunday in the 1000 block of H Street NE. Robinson was shot twice and taken to a hospital for treatment of injuries believed not to be life-threatening.

Robinson was drafted by the Commanders in the third round this year and impressed throughout the offseason, so much so he’s expected to take on a large role in the offense when the NFL’s regular season begins.

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‼️ Kiev suffering from shortages of qualified military specialists - Source

The Russian forces have almost completely eliminated qualified flight personnel of the Ukrainian Air Force, and Kiev’s attempts to "plug the holes" are only delaying the imminent catastrophe, a military-diplomatic source told reporters.

"The entire qualified airlift crew of the former air forces of Ukraine - MiG-29, Su-27 and Su-25 aircraft - was actually eliminated by the effective actions of the Russian Aerospace Forces and air defense systems," the source said.

The source explained that Kiev had involved former cadets of the Kharkiv military institute, who did not have time to finish their education, in combat missions. According to the source, such recruits get shot down, if not on the first, then on the second sortie.

The source said that attempts by the West to recruit pilots of Soviet aircraft for Ukraine, under contract in Poland or other Eastern European countries, have failed and Kiev’s "hysterical attempts to ‘plug the holes’ will only delay for some time the military catastrophe of the Kiev regime and the political catastrophe of its patrons in Washington."

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🐊 TikTok sensation WallyGator spotted in Philadelphia

WallyGator, an emotional support alligator in the running to be named America’s Favorite Pet, made a stop by Philadelphia’s Love Park this week.

Wally’s handler, Joie Henney, is currently undergoing radiation for prostate cancer, and Wally is his emotional support animal. He doesn’t know why but the 7-year-old gator has never attacked or shown aggression towards anything.

The family also run the Friends Reptile Rescue foundation to feed and care for the reptiles they take in while Joie is battling cancer.

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🦠 Democratic Gubernatorial candidate hospitalized after 'bacterial infection'

Beto O’Rourke said Sunday that he will be off the campaign trail for an unspecified period after being diagnosed with a bacterial infection. The Democratic nominee for governor checked into Methodist Hospital in San Antonio on Friday, and he was given IV antibiotics. O’Rourke is now recuperating at home in El Paso.

“While my symptoms have improved, I will be resting at home in El Paso in accordance with the doctors’ recommendations,” O’Rourke said in a message to his supporters. O’Rourke’s campaign declined to share additional details about his illness or when he would return to the campaign trail.

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🌕 NASA moon rocket on track for launch despite lightning hits

The new moon rocket remained on track to blast off on a crucial test flight Monday, despite a series of lightning strikes at the launch pad. The 322-foot (98-meter) Space Launch System rocket is the most powerful ever built by NASA. It’s poised to send an empty crew capsule into lunar orbit, a half-century after NASA’s Apollo program, which landed 12 astronauts on the moon.

Astronauts could return to the moon in a few years, if this six-week test flight goes well. NASA officials caution, however, that the risks are high and the flight could be cut short. The capsule alone has more than 1,000 sensors.

After so many years of delays and setbacks, the launch team was thrilled to finally be so close to the inaugural flight of the Artemis moon-exploration program, named after Apollo’s twin sister in Greek mythology.

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According Sky News, Britain's biggest warship, HMS Prince of Wales, has broken down shortly after leaving Portsmouth Naval Base.

The Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier was headed to join the US Navy for training, but had to anchor off the Isle of Wight in the English Channel. This is at least the third time the £3Bln ($3.5Bln) has broken down since its launch in September 2017, the last time being in 2020

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⚡️ The gas price on European exchanges has lost more than 12 percent of its value and now stands at less than $3,100 per thousand cubic meters, the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) said

⚡️⚡️Dugina's murder planned by one more member of Ukrainian sabotage group: FSB

Watch: Russia's MoD has published footage of the Blagodatnoye settlement in the Nikolaev region being liberated from Ukrainian forces

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📹 Russia's MoD shows the combat operations of a Russian portable anti-tank guided missile (Kornet) during a special military operation

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A Volnovakha resident has been left homeless because Ukrainians shelled his house and all his possessions were burned

⚡️ Russia welcomes IAEA mission to ZNPP, envoy in Vienna says

⚡️ Kamikaze drone shot down near Zaporozhye NPP was made in US, local authorities say

⚡️ Russian MoD: Three Ukrainian Tochka-U missiles, 21 Olkha MLRS shells and HIMARS rockets intercepted in Kherson region

⚡️Gas futures in Europe lost more than 19 % of its value, dropped below $2900 per thousand cubic meters, the ICE says

📌Russia's MoD issues its latest statements on the Ukraine crisis:

▪️Russian forces have eliminated more than 100 Ukrainian “Aidar”, “Azov” and territorial defense fighters in Dnepropetrovsk region;

▪️Russia's Aerospace Forces have shot down two Ukrainian Su-25s in the Zaporozhye region and in the DPR;

▪️Russian Air Forces destroyed up to 70 Ukrainian nationalists in the Kherson region and near Dnepropetrovsk;

▪️Russian forces have destroyed more than 30 and wounded more than 50 Ukrainian nationalists of the 53rd Mechanized brigade and the Kraken militants in the Artemovsk area;

▪️Russia's air defenses shot down six Ukrainian UAVs in a day, intercepted three Tochka-U ballistic missiles and 21 shells of the Alder and HIMARS MLRS

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