Multiple tornadoes were confirmed across southern states Tuesday night through Wednesday morning, with at least two people dead.
Montgomery County Emergency Management Director Christina Thornton confirmed two deaths in Alabama early Wednesday morning.
&#8220;We don&#8217;t have an exact number, and I do not want to give out incorrect information,&#8221; she said in a <a href="https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/montgomery-county-alabama-tornado-deaths" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> to Fox Weather. &#8220;But there are minor, moderate (injuries) and the two fatalities that we have suffered in our community at this time.&#8221;
Search and rescue teams operated overnight to help those impacted by severe storms and tornadoes.
&#8220;It&#8217;s absolutely looking like a small community has been wiped off the map,&#8221; Thornton said. &#8220;It&#8217;s really devastating to think about when you look across the field, and you know that there were homes there the day before on your way to work, and when you&#8217;re leaving work this morning, they&#8217;re not going to be there.&#8221;
The Montgomery Advertiser later <a href="https://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/news/local/2022/11/30/two-dead-in-tornado-north-of-montgomery-alabama-lower-wetumpka-road/69688019007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> that the victims included a 39-year-old woman and an 8-year-old boy who were mother and son. They lived just north of Montgomery, where a tornado touched down around 3 a.m. local time. Some schools in the area have been closed.
The severe weather caused heavy damage in Eutaw, Alabama, including the partial destruction of an apartment complex.
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More than 55,000 customers were without power in parts of Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama, according to PowerUsage.us as of early Wednesday. Over 34,000 of the homes and businesses without power were located in Alabama.
AccuWeather <a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/severe-weather/live-news/live-updates-severe-weather-tornado-threat-southern-us/1377321?utm_campaign=accuweather&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> nearly two dozen tornadoes had been spotted across Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi overnight.
WCBI also tweeted images of tornado damage in Mississippi, including the destruction of a fire station in Lowndes County, where a twister trapped several people in Malone&#8217;s Grocery Store. The building was damaged, but everyone later left without injuries, <a href="https://www.wtva.com/news/tornado-confirmed-in-choctaw-lowndes-counties/article_b66348b8-703f-11ed-a024-f750da093297.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> WTVA.
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Tornado damage reported near District One Volunteer Fire/Rescue in Lowndes County, MS tonight. <a href="https://t.co/SXz7HdY15v">pic.twitter.com/SXz7HdY15v</a>
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The outlet&#8217;s Scott Martin reported that one bridge washed away during the storm.
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Bridge on Wolfe Road near Reeves Circle is washed out. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is asking people to avoid the area. <a href="https://twitter.com/WCBIWEATHER?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WCBIWEATHER</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/WCBINEWS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WCBINEWS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Wx_Isaac?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Wx_Isaac</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/abryantwx?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@abryantwx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DylanHudlerWX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DylanHudlerWX</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/jchastainwx?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jchastainwx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BryleeFaithWX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BryleeFaithWX</a> 📸 MCSO <a href="https://t.co/emnWUhsRID">pic.twitter.com/emnWUhsRID</a>
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At least one church was also damaged in the storm, with WTVA reporting a toppled steeple at Mt. Zion Church in Caledonia.
Some parts of Mississippi, such as Vaiden, reportedly experienced hail up to two inches in diameter. The community is located in the northwestern part of the state.
Dickson, Tennessee, approximately 30 miles west of Nashville, also reported large hail, <a href="https://twitter.com/NC5/status/1597759350667354112" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> NewsChannel 5.
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The storm that came through dropped some amount of hail in Dickson. This picture from Jamie McDaniel shows what she saw. 
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Start spreading the poop: New Yorkers may get stuck with 2.4 million pounds per day of their own excrement if a national rail strike occurs.
Normally, the trains that transport human waste from New York City wind up in landfills across the South, but the tentative deal that the Biden administration brokered between the rail workers and railroad companies <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-bidens-railroad-deal-falls-apart-rail-strike-union-workers-presidential-emergency-board-11669070947" target="_blank" rel="noopener">came asunder</a> on Monday.
“We are working closely with our contracted vendors and are prepared to do all that we can in a worst-case scenario, but let me be clear: a prolonged disruption of the rail network for trash removal represents a very real threat to public health and safety in the City of New York,” New York City Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch told <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/a-railroad-strike-could-lead-to-a-literal-shitshow-in-new-york-city?ref=scroll" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Beast</a>.
“For the sake of our neighbors and our neighborhoods, I urge all parties involved to do all that they can to avert a strike,” she pleaded.
The excrement is transported in freight containers filled with “biosolids,” a dehydrated, treated version of the substance. In the past, New York City actually sent the excrement into the ocean, but in the past thirty years, they have sent it to landfills.
In April 2018, a train holding millions of pounds of excrement from New York got <a href="https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/04/poop-train-from-new-york-stuck-in-parrish-alabama.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stuck in Parrish, Alabama,</a> with a population 982.
The train, stuck in a rail yard next to a softball field, forced people to stay indoors and little league games had to be rescheduled as a result.
The <a href="https://apnews.com/28f5b0563b1441b6ac5d29f7dfd7f5f7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AP reported</a> at the time that because New York had no room for its biowaste and could not dump it into the Atlantic Ocean because of federal law, it had transported its excrement to Alabama since 2017, as Alabama’s zoning laws were not as restrictive as New York’s. Thus the train was bound for the Big Sky Environmental landfill, roughly 20 miles east of Parrish.
The nearby town of West Jefferson, which was supposed to receive the excrement, and where trucks were supposed to transport the waste to the landfill, filed an injunction against the landfill in January to prevent the biowaste from being stored in the town’s rail yard, which terminated shipments coming to the town.
That meant shipments following the injunction wound up in Parrish. CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/03/us/parrish-waste-poop-train-alabama-trnd/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Parrish, which is only two square miles, had to host 10 million pounds of poop.

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New Yorkers May Get Stuck With 2.4 Million Pounds Of Their Own Poop If Railway Strike Goes Through

New Yorkers May Get Stuck 2.4 Million Pounds Of Their Own Poop If Railway Strike Goes Through

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The parent company of Pornhub is being sued by a minor child&#8217;s mother for the X-rated adult website allegedly allowing the dissemination of videos and images of her son being molested by an Alabama man despite authorities&#8217; warning.
Plaintiff CV1 Mother, an anonymous name used due to the sensitive and private nature of the allegations, filed a <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.almd.78851/gov.uscourts.almd.78851.1.0.pdf">lawsuit</a> last month against Pornhub&#8217;s parent company, MindGeek, other foreign entities, and Rocky Shay Frankin, a resident of Greenville, Alabama, who has been accused of entering into a contractual relationship with the pornography website&#8217;s operator in a U.S. District Court of Alabama.
&#8220;This lawsuit concerns perhaps one of the most disturbing courses of conduct imaginable: the exploitation of child molestation for profit,&#8221; the lawsuit reads. &#8220;The MindGeek Defendants are those entities who utilized their platform(s) in collaboration with Defendant Franklin to disseminate obvious images and videos of child molestation, thereby profiting from their dissemination.&#8221;
Franklin allegedly uploaded at least 23 videos molesting the child offered for at least $15, which prosecutors said represents &#8220;substantial financial benefit to the MindGeek Defendants in multiple ways.&#8221;
Franklin was arrested in May 2020 for sexually exploiting a child, advertising child pornography, and distributing child pornography. Following his arrest, he pled guilty and is currently serving 40 years in prison.
Before his sentencing, the lawsuit claims Franklin lived with plaintiff CV1&#8217;s Mother and her children between July and October 2018, during which he assaulted the 12-year-old and another minor.
&#8220;Franklin overpowered them and, in some cases, drugged them for the purpose of preying on them [while] recording his acts of sexual violence,&#8221; the court document describes.
According to the lawsuit, Franklin entered a contractual relationship with MindGeek, where the footage of the molestation generated an &#8220;astonishing&#8221; 188,000 video views with more than 1,100 subscribers on Pornhub.
MindGeek officials were asked by authorities to remove the content of the 12-year-old victim&#8217;s assault.
MindGeek allegedly removed the content in December 2019 following three separate requests from authorities.
MindGeek told <a href="http://The Journal of Montreal">The Journal of Montreal</a> that company officials were aware of the lawsuit, saying the Pornhub parent company has cooperated with authorities in the investigation.
&#8220;We sympathize with all victims of abuse,&#8221; the company said. &#8220;We have zero tolerance for illegal material.&#8221;
Pornhub has recently come under fire after both Visa and Mastercard cut off payment privileges with MindGeek, the site&#8217;s parent company, and its advertising arm, TrafficJunky. The move from the payment processing companies followed a federal judge ruling in August that it was reasonable to conclude Visa knowingly &#8216;intended to help monetize child pornography&#8217; on Pornhub and other sites operated by MindGeek in the Fleites v. MindGeek lawsuit.
The judge’s ruling came a month after MindGeek denied allegations from a nonprofit organization that more than half of its employees were likely laid off following the resignation of two of the company’s top executives on the same day.
MindGeek’s former chief executive officer, Feras Antoon, and ex-Chief Operating Officer David Tassillo resigned earlier this year after more than a decade of running the adult website company, though both remain shareholders.
Laila Mickelwait, founder and CEO of Justice Defense Fund, a nonprofit that has opposed Pornhub since it was accused of having ties with the sex trafficking of minors, advocated for a complete shutdown of the site and to hold all of its executives accountable after issuing a list of accusations.
&#8220;Pornhub was cut off from all credit cards, they deleted 80% of the site/10 million videos…Instagram shut down their 13 million follower account, the CEO &amp; COO were forced to resign, 194 victims of child abuse and sex trafficking are suing them in lawsuits across the U.S./Canada…,&#8221; Mickelwait said in a tweet. &#8220;A bad day for Pornhub is a great day for humankind.&#8221;
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Pornhub was cut off from all credit cards, they deleted 80% of the site/10 million videos…Instagram shut down their 13 million follower account, the CEO &amp; COO were forced to resign, 194 victims of child abuse and sex trafficking are suing them in lawsuits across the US/Canada…
&mdash; Laila Mickelwait (@LailaMickelwait) <a href="https://twitter.com/LailaMickelwait/status/1591866112647565313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 13, 2022</a></blockquote>
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More than 200 victims of image-based sexual abuse worldwide signed a <a href="https://endsexualexploitation.org/wp-content/uploads/ProtectAct_SurvivorLetter-w-Signatures.pdf">letter</a> supporting new legislation a Republican lawmaker introduced earlier this year that would require age and consent verification of those depicted in sexually explicit or intimate materials online.
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced <a href="https://www.lee.senate.gov/services/files/52B309C1-784C-4BFA-8487-1355D3592504">The Preventing Rampant Online Technological Exploitation and Criminal Trafficking Act</a>, otherwise known as the PROTECT Act. The proposed legislation comes as lawmakers and victims look for solutions to solve the child sexual abuse imagery epidemic that has grown exponentially since the late 1990s when the Internet started becoming a household necessity.

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A 14-year-old girl in Franklin County, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alabama">Alabama</a>, found out that her father had a social media account she believed he was using to have an affair and told her mother. When her father found out, he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/child-abuse">brutally beat her</a>, according to police.
The girl, who has not been named because she is a minor, ran from her home to ask neighbors for help. The neighbors noticed “obvious injuries” on the girl and called police, telling them a father was attacking his daughter, WHNT <a href="https://whnt.com/news/northwest-alabama/neighbors-rescue-russellville-teen-from-allegedly-violent-father/">reported</a>. Franklin County Sheriff’s Office deputies went to the girl’s home and found her father, Christopher Andrighetti, hiding in a bedroom closet and bleeding from what police described as “self-inflicted lacerations” to his arms and waist.
When police arrived to the trailer park where the girl lived, they found broken beer bottles, a broken Nintendo Switch, and drops of blood outside the front door. Deputies forced their way into the home and found it in “disarray,” with the TV destroyed and laptops broken and ripped apart. Items from the kitchen were also thrown around, as well as furniture and clothes from the kids’ bedrooms, WHNT reported.
Andrighetti was arrested before police searched the premises to find two other child victims, finding one hiding in a closet.
The teenager reportedly told police that her father punched her and hit her with a shower curtain rod and piece of wood. She said he also threw her to the ground, slapped her, and threw things including glass bottles at her.
After the beating, the teenager said, her father ordered her to clean up the mess. She went to the kitchen pretending to grab a trash bag but ran out the front door to the neighbor’s house.
The teenager was taken to the hospital to receive treatment for her injuries. Andrighetti has been charged with first-degree domestic violence, assault, child abuse, and second-degree domestic violence, <a href="https://www.franklinsheriff.org/roster_view.php?booking_num=8159">according to jail records</a>. He’s being held at the Franklin County Detention Center on a $200,000 bond.

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The streets of Knoxville, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tennessee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tennessee</a>, were ecstatic Saturday night after the Volunteers defeated <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alabama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alabama</a> for the first time in 15 years.
In what has so far been the game of the year for the 2022 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/college-football" target="_blank" rel="noopener">college football</a> season, sixth-ranked Tennessee beat #3 Alabama 52-49 on a last second field goal. Moments after the wobbling kick somehow made it through the uprights, a mass of crazed Tennessee fans stormed the field, tearing down the goal posts and carrying them out of Neyland Stadium.
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Down goes the goalposts. Not an ounce of alcohol is gonna be left in Knoxville tomorrow morning. <a href="https://t.co/SKQMIenwp1">pic.twitter.com/SKQMIenwp1</a>
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The goal posts eventually made their way to the streets as the crowd carried them through Knoxville, screaming their excitement.
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The win marked the first for the Vols against rival Alabama since the 2006 season, a year before legendary head coach Nick Saban even took over on the Crimson Tide’s sideline. Tennessee dominated the first half with their explosive offense behind the arm of quarterback Hendon Hooker and the hands of receiver Jalin Hyatt, who connected on a record-breaking five touchdown passes for the game.
After making brutal mistakes and going down 28-10 in the first half, Alabama crawled their way back into the game and eventually took the lead in what became a back-and-forth shootout during the final quarters. Saban’s Crimson Tide had an opportunity to seal the win late after quarterback Bryce Young drove his team down the field in the final minutes, but Tennessee forced Alabama to attempt a 50-yard field goal that was missed wide right.
With 19 seconds remaining, the Vols completed two long passes for 45 yards on consecutive plays to give their kicker Chase McGrath a chance to be the hero on a 40-yard kick. McGrath, behind the prayers of thousands in Knoxville, kicked a knuckleball that squeaked just above the goal post, initiating the party in Tennessee.
&#8220;This is college football at its absolute best,&#8221; Vols coach Josh Heupel said, <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=401403921" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to ESPN. &#8220;We were the best team on the field tonight. That&#8217;s all we can control.&#8221;

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alabama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alabama</a> Department of Labor officials <a href="https://www.labor.alabama.gov/news_feed/News_Page.aspx">said</a> Tuesday that two companies that manufacture car parts for Hyundai and Kia were issued more than $35,000 in fines for violating the state&#8217;s child labor laws.
Automotive supplier SL Alabama, which produces headlights and mirrors for Hyundai, and JK USA, a temporary employment agency providing workers to car part manufacturers, were fined $17,800 each for multiple violations of the Child Labor Law. Such violations included employing seven children under the age of 16, two violations for failing to obtain proper child labor permits, and five violations for failing to provide identification documents.
&#8220;This practice of providing and employing underage and undocumented workers is appalling,&#8221; Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington said. &#8220;Employee safety, especially the safety of children, is a top priority.&#8221;
Washington said the businesses violated the law and put these children at risk, some of whom were operating plastic bonding machines in a prohibited occupation and location.
Kenneth Stripling with the U.S. Department of Labor <a href="https://www.labor.alabama.gov/news_feed/News_Page.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the investigation found SL Alabama engaged in &#8220;oppressive child labor&#8221; and reiterated that employers must comply with federal, state, and local labor laws employing workers of legal age.
SL Alabama told <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/hyundai-kia-auto-parts-supplier-alabama-fined-child-labor-violations-2022-10-11/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reuters</a> in a statement that the car parts manufacturer &#8220;has never knowingly employed minors to work at any of its facilities,&#8221; adding that a staffing agency supplied the underage employees to work at the plant.
The company claims it had cooperated with regulators by paying the fines, ended the relationship with the staffing firm, and replaced the facilities president.
Alabama Department of Labor officials issued a warning saying violating child labor laws would &#8220;not be tolerated in Alabama&#8221; and that the agency will &#8220;vigorously investigate any business or industry suspected to be participating in this illegal activity.&#8221;
&#8220;We will continue to take action and use all tools at our disposal to ensure young workers&#8217; safety and well-being is not jeopardized by employers who fail to comply with the law,&#8221; Regional Solicitor of Labor Tremelle I. Howard said, per <a href="https://www.al.com/business/2022/10/alabama-hyundai-parts-supplier-hit-with-30076-fines-penalties-for-oppressive-child-labor.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AL.com</a>.
Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exclusive-hyundai-subsidiary-has-used-child-labor-alabama-factory-2022-07-22/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> in July that investigative work by the outlet documented child labor practices at another auto parts supplier in the state, Hyundai-owned SMART Alabama LLC.

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An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alabama">Alabama</a>-based pediatrician &#8220;glorified&#8221; teen suicide during a panel talk at the American Academy of Pediatrics annual conference in Southern <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">California</a> on Saturday.
Video of the disturbing commentary surfaced online on Tuesday of Dr. Morissa Ladinsky, professor of Pediatrics at the University of Alabama, describing the suicide of a trans-identified teen as a gesture of bravery.
“And in the final days of 2014 … a local 16-year-old young lady, Leelah Alcorn, of trans experience, stepped boldly in front of a tractor-trailer, ending her life,” said Ladinsky, referring to trans-identified male Alcorn using female pronouns.
“Her suicide note, written to post on social media about an hour after her death, went viral around the world. Now, Leelah was not my patient. But I took care of hundreds of her classmates at Kings Mills High School. But each day, on the way to work, I passed that spot — where this teen boldly ended her life,” Ladinsky said, twice referring to the teen’s tragic death as a “bold” act.
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&mdash; Julia Mason MS MD (@JuliaMasonMD1) <a href="https://twitter.com/JuliaMasonMD1/status/1579975190012100608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2022</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2014/12/31/us/ohio-transgender-teen-suicide" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Josh Alcorn</a>, who called himself Leelah, was a male 16-year-old in Ohio who identified as transgender, and committed suicide by stepping in front of an oncoming semitrailer on a highway near his home. Activists frequently point to Alcorn’s death as a justification for administering “gender affirming care” as suicide prevention, a myth that has been debunked by <a href="https://www.realityslaststand.com/p/pediatric-gender-medicine-and-the" target="_blank" rel="noopener">data analysis</a>. 
The <a href="https://www.eventscribe.net/2022/AAPexperience/agenda.asp?pfp=BrowsebyDay" target="_blank" rel="noopener">session</a>, hosted by Ladinsky and Dr. Raymond Catteneo, an Assistant Clinical Professor at the Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, was called “Standing up for Gender-Affirming Care in the Statehouse, Courts, and Places of Employment.” The American Academy of Pediatrics held its annual conference at the Anaheim Convention Center on Oct 7-11.
Portland-based pediatrician Dr. Julia Mason attended the conference and shared the clip she took on her phone with her followers on Twitter. “Glorifying suicide is unprofessional and dangerous,” said Mason of Ladinsky’s comments. Mason has been an outspoken critic of “gender affirming care” and the rush to medicalize children and adolescents who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hospitals-clinics-are-promoting-services-to-gender-nonconforming-kids-here-are-47-of-them" target="_blank" rel="noopener">do not conform</a> to sex-based stereotypes.
“As pediatricians, we’ve forgotten what we’ve been taught about childhood development,” Mason continued. “We’ve forgotten what we’ve been taught about suicide prevention. We’re ignoring what our colleagues in Sweden &amp; Finland &amp; the United Kingdom have realized. We’re concretizing gender ideation.”
Mason was one of five AAP members to request a thorough and systematic evaluation of the available evidence to update the AAP’s 2018 policy that uncritically endorses “gender-affirmation” care, while rejecting other forms of treatment for minors experiencing gender distress, including the more cautious “watchful waiting” approach.
The formal request, called Resolution #27, was submitted in March. In response, the AAP made a new rule that shut down member comments, preventing pediatricians from contributing to the discussion, and stifling debate of the AAP’s controversial policy.
Mason helped form the Society for Evidence Based Gender Medicine (<a href="https://segm.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SEGM</a>), an international group of over 100 clinicians and researchers who advocate for a “safe, compassionate, ethical and evidence-informed healthcare for children, adolescents, and young adults with gender dysphoria.”
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a free hotline for individuals in crisis or distress or for those looking to help someone else. It is available 24/7 at 1-800-273-8255.

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alabama">Alabama</a> Deputy Attorney General told a federal judge Monday that the state could “very likely” carry out a never-before-used execution method called nitrogen hypoxia on a death row inmate later this month.
The Birmingham News <a href="https://www.al.com/news/2022/09/alabama-says-nitrogen-hypoxia-could-be-used-for-execution-next-week.html">reports</a> Deputy A.G. James Houts said during a hearing in his statement to U.S. District Judge R. Austin Huffaker Jr. that the method could be available for the execution of Alan Eugene Miller, 57, who is currently scheduled on Sept. 22 for lethal injection at Holman Prison.
Authorities convicted Miller of capital murder and sentenced him to death after killing three men during a shooting rampage at two separate businesses in Shelby County in August 1999.
The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/alabama-executions-d6a34c1f02881948b298f2ad3e1898c3">reports</a> that evidence showed Miller shot and killed Lee Holdbrooks and Scott Yancy at one business and then drove to another location, where he killed Terry Jarvis. Testimony detailed that Miller believed the men spread rumors about him, including that he lived a homosexual lifestyle.
In 2018, Alabama lawmakers passed a bill that authorized execution by nitrogen hypoxia, which replaces oxygen with nitrogen resulting in death. Inmates at the time were given a timeframe to choose whether or not they wanted the alternative method to lethal injection, which has been the state’s protocol for approximately 20 years. Lawmakers approved the bill after it became increasingly difficult to obtain the deadly substances used in the procedure.
However, Miller argues authorities possibly mishandled his request form, which has sparked confusion in the courtroom about whether or not he would receive the new method.
Miller said he remembers receiving a form to choose the execution method because he thought it was like receiving nitrous oxide used by dentists.
“I didn’t want to be stabbed with needles and stuff,” Miller said, according to The Birmingham News. “I didn’t want to be executed at all, but I didn’t want to be stabbed with needles.”
He said he returned the form with the new method selected to the prison staff.
“I yelled back, ‘I want it notarized and copied,’” Miller said.
The 57-year-old inmate argued that authorities never returned a copy and alleged prison staff lost his paperwork.
Houts said there was no evidence that Miller had submitted such paperwork with the request.
Houts said although the protocol has not been finalized, it exists and stated the final decision would be left up to Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm.
Mara Klebaner, the death row inmate’s lawyer, said that Hout’s office asked if Miller would renounce his claims regarding the execution-style while simultaneously seeking out a mask to fit Miller for his death sentence.
Kelbaner also said Miller’s legal team would need more information about the nitrogen hypoxia before agreeing to allow the state to test it out on Miller.
Nitrogen hypoxia has been approved in Alabama, Oklahoma, and Mississippi.
The State of Alabama has executed 72 people on death row since <a href="https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/executions/executions-overview/executions-by-state-and-year">1976</a>, one of the highest per capita execution rates in the nation.

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Two <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jews" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jewish</a> sisters, who long outlived the Nazi regime, died 10 days apart in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alabama" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alabama</a>.
Ruth Scheuer Siegler died on September 3 at 95 years old, just over a week after her sister Ilse Scheuer Nathan died at 98 on August 23. After surviving the horrors of the Holocaust, including the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp, Siegler and Nathan moved to the U.S. to fulfill their father’s dream, eventually settling in Birmingham, Alabama, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/07/us/holocaust-survivors-sisters-alabama-died/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“It is with profound sadness that we share that our dear and beloved survivor and friend, Ruth Scheuer Siegler, passed away on Saturday, September 3, at the age of 95. Her passing was a mere 10 days after that of her sister, Ilse Scheuer Nathan, with whom she held a special bond both before, during, and after the Holocaust,” the Alabama Holocaust Education Center (AHEC) <a href="https://www.facebook.com/AHEC.connect" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in a Facebook post Tuesday.
Siegler and Nathan were both born in Germany and lived there until fleeing to Holland in 1939 following Kristallnacht. Their father Jakob was arrested by Nazis five years later for refusing to remove his cap for a German officer. Instead of fleeing again, the family chose to stay together, and were all sent to a concentration camp before ending up in Auschwitz II-Birkenau.
The sisters managed to survive the death camp, but their mother, Helene, and brother died at the hands of the Nazis in the camp. Siegler and Nathan never saw their father after his arrest, but the last time he was with them, he gave them the address of a cousin who lived in America.
After Siegler and Nathan were moved to a concentration camp in Poland and Russian troops began advancing on the Nazis in 1945, the Germans forced the sisters to walk on a four-week death march with 800 other girls, <a href="http://ahecinfo.org/survivors/Nathan-ilse-scheuer/?fbclid=IwAR0cwAXP5RUG0AUtIJMcd7aWPxevtrv9Ad0N4Cha3Dqo5yKL-7jdL8Erq7U" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to AHEC. The sisters were two of the 50 to survive the march.
Siegler and Nathan were left by fleeing Nazi soldiers on the side of the road to die. They made it to a farmhouse, but to their dismay, it was occupied by SS soldiers. The soldiers soon left the sisters in the farmhouse, however, and a Russian soldier later found them and took the girls to Russian headquarters.
Eventually, Siegler and Nathan reconnected with relatives in Holland who had survived the Holocaust before moving to America in 1946 and living with their cousin in Brooklyn, New York. Both sisters married German-born Jews in 1949. Nathan moved to Birmingham with her husband that year, and her sister and brother-in-law joined her there in 1960, where the two spent the rest of their lives together with their children and grandchildren.

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Former Huntsville, Alabama, police officer Ben Darby awaits an appeal more than a year after a controversial 25-year sentence in a “suicide-by-cop” case going back to 2018.
Darby&#8217;s legal team has urged the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals to overturn his conviction and order a new trial. The <a href="https://standwithdarby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Motion-for-New-Trial_Redacted.pdf">motion</a> for a new trial was submitted in August of last year, more than a year ago.
The case arose from an incident four years ago involving Darby responding to a call on April 3, 2018, of a man inside his own home with a gun to his head. The 911 call was made by Jeffrey Parker, with the man claiming he would “blow his brains out.”
Darby arrived as the third officer on the scene armed with a shotgun. The officer ordered Parker to drop the gun that was pointed at Parker&#8217;s head.
Parker refused and appeared to move his gun toward the officers. Darby shot and killed Parker due to the imminent threat.
It was later found that the firearm was a flare gun. An investigation by the Incident Review Board of the Huntsville Police Department cleared Darby of any wrongdoing. Body cam footage of the incident was also available and reviewed as part of the investigation.
The other two officers were sent back to the academy for further training. The investigation revealed that the other officers had broken protocol by entering the house of the reportedly armed man and had violated standard safety precautions. Both officers later resigned.
Darby returned to active duty, but within four months was charged with murder by the district attorney (DA). The officer was reportedly offered a plea deal involving no custody time if he accepted an aggravated manslaughter conviction. He refused.
The closed trial that followed resulted in a 25-year prison term. Then Huntsville Police Chief Mark McMurray, now retired, sent a letter on Darby&#8217;s behalf to the state&#8217;s Attorney General Steve Marshall.
“There is an obvious legal incongruity here that demands clarification and resolution for the benefit of all law enforcement officers across the state, especially Officer Darby,” McMurray <a href="https://standwithdarby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Letter-to-Attorney-General.pdf">wrote</a> regarding the case.
“Does an Alabama law enforcement officer have to wait until an individual points a gun at him before he can use deadly force?” he added.
McMurray also shared a statement in support of Darby immediately following the guilty verdict last year.
“While we thank the jury for their service in this difficult case, I do not believe Officer Darby is a murderer,” McMurray <a href="https://apnews.com/article/al-state-wire-trials-shootings-6c3086a61eefc9605d171e3446c1e844">said</a>. “Officers are forced to make split-second decisions every day, and Officer Darby believed his life and the lives of other officers were in danger. Any situation that involves a loss of life is tragic. Our hearts go out to everyone involved.”
In April, McMurray also shared a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb_nIA0Lv64/">video</a> on Instagram in support of Darby&#8217;s case.
“I am recently retired Huntsville Police Chief Mark McMurray and I stand with former Huntsville police officer William Ben Darby,” he said in the video.
The National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), representing 356,000 members in more than 2,100 lodges nationwide, also filed an <a href="https://standwithdarby.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/National-FOP-Brief_Redacted.pdf">amicus brief</a> in support of Darby in the case.
“Law enforcement officers are increasingly facing criminal indictments as a result of a use of force on duty. The trend moving forward is uncertain. There is no precedent in Alabama regarding the proper jury instruction in a criminal case involving a police officer use of force,” the brief concluded.
“In light of the foregoing, the FOP respectfully requests that Officer Darby&#8217;s conviction be reversed,” the FOP added.
The Huntsville City Council voted to approve $125,000 toward Darby&#8217;s legal defense. A city <a href="https://www.al.com/news/huntsville/2018/08/taxpayers_to_pay_for_defense_o.html">resolution</a> in 2018 noted that Darby&#8217;s response was “within the line and scope of his duty.”
The verdict came just weeks after former white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-derek-chauvin-sentenced-for-murder-of-george-floyd">convicted</a> of murdering George Floyd, who was black, in a high-profile case that led to an increased focus on race-related police actions.
Some believe the timing may have influenced the decision in Darby&#8217;s trial. In Darby&#8217;s case, he was a white officer responding to a 911 call regarding Parker, also white, who said he planned to shoot himself.
The jury believed Parker did not pose an imminent threat to Darby or other officers. The ruling stood in clear contrast to the police department&#8217;s investigation, as well as the evidence of an armed man just feet away from three officers who refused to put down his weapon.
Madison County DA Robert Broussard <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/05/08/alabama-police-murder-parker-darby/">emphasized</a> that Darby had “no business” being a police officer. Attorneys for Parker&#8217;s family emphasized Darby had only been an officer for about a year and a half at the time and shot Parker just seconds after entering the home.
In contrast, Darby&#8217;s legal team argued in the motion for a new trial that “the Trial court erred by excluding spectators from the courtroom thus violating the Defendant’s constitutional rights to a public trial.”
The motion also adds that the court “erred by violating the Defendant’s constitutional right to present a defense by excluding evidence that the Defendant followed established procedures and protocol on the scene of the shooting” among the defendant&#8217;s list of 32 concerns.
<a href="https://standwithdarby.com/">StandwithDarby.com</a>, an effort to stand in solidarity with Darby and his family, says any law enforcement officer or their family member could be in Darby&#8217;s position. The website <a href="https://standwithdarby.com/about-ben-darby/">describes</a> the former officer as “a Christian, husband and son, and has lived a life of service and honor. Ben is known by his love for his family, involvement in church, and care for the community. Ben honorably served as a police officer, risked his life for others, and now needs help as he fights for his life.”
His wife Keelin, who is also an officer, continues to advocate for his appeal and release.
“When I go to work tonight, I&#8217;m possibly going to face the same threat that he did and I&#8217;m going to have to make that decision. Am I going to protect my life or am I going to get shot?” she said during an interview with Tomi Lahren during a recent “Fearless” episode.
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Keelin and everyone else involved with the case faced a gag order until recently that prevented her from speaking out on her husband&#8217;s behalf. Now the order has ended, and she&#8217;s out to share her story to help advocate for Ben&#8217;s release.
Each day continues her battle as she works as an officer by day and advocates for her husband&#8217;s cause by night. Keelin also shared her concerns related to the trial on the “Stand with Darby” website.
“During the trial, the judge prevented exculpatory evidence from being heard by the jury, including relevant testimony by the neighbor, Ben’s police academy instructors, and an FBI instructor, as well as applicable case law that would have exonerated Officer Ben Darby,” she wrote.
“This trial was closed to the public — not open to family, friends, or me, due to Covid restrictions. He was denied qualified immunity and after multiple plea deals consisting of NO prison time, my husband went to trial. During the trial, the DA compared Officer Darby to a regular civilian who barged into a random person’s house, shooting, and killing them. This is a false comparison as Ben was officially trained on how to handle this situation. The general public is untrained. Officer Ben Darby was sentenced to 25 years,” she added.
During a phone interview with Keelin, she remained steadfast in her support and hopeful regarding the future of the legal battle.
“We are hopeful that the State Court will see the miscarriage of justice and political persecution committed against my husband at his original trial and they will overturn the verdict. Pertinent case law that was omitted from his original trial exonerates Ben,” she said in a written statement to The Daily Wire.
“I am ready and determined to take his case to the US Supreme Court if necessary. I&#8217;ll do whatever it takes, and however long of a process, to see my innocent husband&#8217;s freedom restored,” she added.
Those who wish to help or want more information about the effort can discover more at<a href="https://standwithdarby.com/"> Stand with Darby</a> or the<a href="https://pipehitterfoundation.org/who-we-support/ben-darby/"> Pipe Hitter Foundation</a>.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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A University of Central <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/florida">Florida</a> student was shot and killed earlier this month after he stopped to help a woman who flagged him down on the side of the road.
Adam Simjee, 22, and his girlfriend Mikayla Paulus, 20, were driving through the Talladega National Forest in Alabama on the morning of August 14 when a woman flagged them down and claimed her car wouldn’t start, the Clay County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) said in a <a href="https://www.wbrc.com/2022/08/14/one-person-shot-killed-after-attempted-robbery-near-cheaha-state-park/">news release</a> to WBRC. That woman was Yasmine Hider, and when the couple tried to help her, she allegedly pulled out a gun and forced the couple to walk into the woods.
Simjee, however, had his own gun, and pulled it out, which led to an “exchange of gunfire” that left Hider with several gunshot wounds to the torso. Simjee was shot in the back. Paulus, who wasn’t injured, attempted to revive Simjee using CPR, but he died at the scene, according to the CCSO.
Hider was laying nearby and taken to a Birmingham, Alabama, hospital, where she received surgery for her injuries. Police determined that another woman, Krystal Pinkins, had also been present for the robbery but had fled the scene when shots were fired.
“Over the next several hours sheriff deputies received information that they may be a group of people ‘living off the grid’ somewhere in the National Forest. This group of people were reported to be armed and potentially violent,” the CCSO statement said.
A tracking team using dogs from the Alabama Department of Corrections, as well as aerial observation and police from multiple nearby precincts, began searching the area for the suspects. They soon found “a large group of tents” that “appeared to be a base camp” located about a half mile from where the robbery occurred.
“As law enforcement were approaching the base camp, they observed a black female standing near the tents. As officers were ordering the female to the ground a 5-year-old child ran from the woods holding a loaded shotgun. Law enforcement told the child to put the shotgun down however the child continued to the female’s location before laying the gun on the ground,” the CCSO statement said.
The child was later determined to be Pinkins’ son. Pinkins was arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a child, and her son was taken by the Department of Human Resources.
Pinkins was also charged with one count of murder, two counts of kidnapping, and two counts of robbery. CCSO investigators have also obtained warrants against Hider for the same charges, but she is currently recovering in the hospital from her injuries.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/immigration-and-customs-enforcement-ice">Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)</a> confirmed to the media this week that a man accused of kidnapping a 12-year-old girl and holding her hostage, as well as murdering three others, is a previously deported <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illegal-immigration">illegal alien</a> who had entered the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/united-states">United States</a> without permission.
On Monday, the 12-year-old girl escaped the mobile home of 37-year-old José Paulino Pascual-Reyes. Police in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, responded to a 911 call from a driver who found the girl walking alone alongside a road in Dadeville, Alabama. Upon arriving at the scene, authorities found two corpses. Tallapoosa County Sheriff Jimmy Abbett confirmed at a <a href="https://www.wsfa.com/2022/08/02/child-discovery-leads-alabama-police-2-bodies-arrest/">press conference</a> Tuesday that court documents revealed the girl had been assaulted, drugged with alcohol, and tied to a bed post for nearly a week before escaping.
In a statement given to Daily Caller News Foundation, an ICE spokesperson <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2022/08/04/alabama-alleged-suspect-12-year-old-kidnapping-illegal/">confirmed</a> that Pascual-Reyes was previously deported in 2014.
“It’s horrendous to have a crime scene of this nature and also a 12-year-old juvenile to deal with this horrendous situation,” Abbett said on Tuesday.
The girl was crucial in helping authorities launch a 24-hour investigation that led to the arrest of Pascual-Reyes in Auburn, Alabama — about 25 miles from the mobile home where he’s resided since February, police estimated.
Authorities also charged Pascual-Reyes on two counts of abuse of a corpse. He’s currently being held in Tallapoosa County Jail pending a bond hearing.
It’s unclear when Pascual-Reyes kidnapped the girl. According to the DCNF, the two bodies found were those of Pascual-Reyes’ girlfriend and her 14-year-old son.
Jacqueline Burgess, executive director of the Tri-County Children’s Advocacy Center, told <a href="https://www.wsfa.com/video/2022/08/03/tri-county-children-advocacy-center-helping-year-old-girl-kidnapping-case/">WSFA</a> that the girl showed bravery and courage in ways she had never seen before.
Burgess said the girl remains safe and protected while the investigation continues.
“Our role in that is to interview the child in a way that’s not scary,” Burgess said. “That is developmentally appropriate so that they’re not questioned by 50 different people on what is probably the most traumatic thing that’s ever happened to them.”
“We don’t ever want their life to be defined by these events,” she added. “We want to teach them how to be resilient and how to heal from this trauma.”
According to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, over 365,000 reported missing persons, including youth, were filed into the FBI’s National Crime Information Center. Of those, nearly 90,000 records remained active by the end of 2020. About one-third of those cases were regarding individuals under 18 years old.
Brandon Drey contributed to this report.

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