TUCSON, Arizona, June 11 -- The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons issued the following news release: Nurse RaDonda Vaught received a sentence of three years' probation after being convicted of criminally negligent homicide and gross neglect of an impaired adult in an incident that occurred on Dec 26, 2017. For the nurse, this ends years of wondering whether she would spend 8 years in prison, but not the questions about the event. Nurse Vaught erroneously gave vercuronium, a paral  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 (TNSstt) -- The FBI's Office of Partner Engagement issued a 30-page report in May 2022 entitled "Active Shooter Incidents in the U.S. in 2021". The report was written in collaboration with the Criminal Investigative Division, Critical Incident Response Group and Advanced Law Enforcement Rapid Response Training Center at Texas State University. (Continued from Part 1 of 2) * * * The Shooters Sixty-one shooters carried out 61 active shooter incidents./65 Sixty shooters we  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The House Judiciary Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 117-342) on the Federal Extreme Risk Protection Order Act (H.R. 2377) that aims to authorize the issuance of extreme risk protection orders. The report was advanced by Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, on June 3, 2022. Excerpts of the report follow (with changes to the law omitted, and available at https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/117th-congress/house-report/342/1?s=1&r=11) * * * Purpose and Summary On a  more

WASHINGTON, June 13 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 117-347) on the Water Resources Development Act (H.R. 7776), which aims to provide for improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United States, to provide for the conservation and development of water and related resources. The report was advanced by Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon, on June 7, 2022. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE OF LEGISLATION The purpose of H.R. 7776, the Water Resources  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected 19 projects, with a total funding of $6 million, that will pursue innovative, targeted, early-stage ideas in solar energy research and development. These projects, representing 13 different U.S. states, will support President Biden's goal of addressing the climate crisis by driving innovation and speeding clean en  more

TUCSON, Arizona, June 11 (TNSjou) -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release: * * * A new study identified a gene variation that could inform clinicians which patients are more susceptible to developing stomach cancer. * * * Researchers at the University of Arizona Health Sciences are hoping to catch stomach cancer before it develops in at-risk patients. In a paper published in the journal Gastroenterology, researchers identified a genetic variation that could help signa  more