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An inquest into the death of a 14-year-old boy from Acaill in County Mayo has ended in Swinford Courthouse with Coroner for Mayo, Patrick O’Connor recording an Open Verdict into his death. Joseph McGinty died in an ambulance on his way to Mayo University Hospital on 13 September 2021. The Coroner for Mayo, Patrick O’Connor, recorded the medical cause of death as “profound adrenal pathology consistent with Addison’s Disease.” In his recommendations, Mr O’Connor called for the Pediatric Department of Mayo University Hospital to be fully and adequately resourced so that it is in a position to provide the facilities...

You must understand, the prosecutor said at today’s press conference, that the pellet gun Rice was carrying was no shiny silver Lone Ranger toy pistol with an orange tip. It was nearly indistinguishable from a real piece, especially from any sort of distance. Which is true: Prosecutor shows Tamir Rice's toy gun next to real gun, says it's "impossible to say which one is real." pic.twitter.com/sjiNLoQxRS— Mike Hayes (@michaelhayes) December 28, 2015 It’s also true that the cops were never told what the police dispatcher heard when the 911 call came in about Rice, namely, that he was probably a...

Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton recently decided that 250 million acres of public land will not be considered for wilderness preservation. There's only one problem: She forgot to ask the landowners -- the American people -- about it. In fact, Norton notified only a few select U.S. senators when she decided to reverse four decades of established environmental policy on Bureau of Land Management lands. Here's how that policy had worked: Under the 1976 Federal Land Policy and Management Act, the interior secretary is to identify and manage potential wilderness areas in order to keep their pristine characteristics intact--...