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Ex-safety manager given 19 months’ prison over five-year-old’s hyperbaric chamber fire death

Jeffrey Mosteller pleaded no contest to charges relating to burning death of Thomas Cooper in Michigan A former safety manager has been sentenced to one year and seven months in prison in connection with the death of a five-year-old Michigan boy who was killed in a fiery January 2025 explosion inside a hyperbaric oxygen chamber. Jeffrey Mosteller, 66, received that sentence after pleading no…

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Ex-safety manager given 19 months’ prison over five-year-old’s hyperbaric chamber fire death

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Shettima mourns Emir of Gumel, says death huge loss

Vice President Kashim Shettima mourns the passing of the Emir of Gumel, Alhaji Ahmed Muhammad-Sani II, describing his death as a profound loss to Nigeria. Read More: https://punchng.com/shettima-mourns-emir-of-gumel-says-death-huge-loss/

·punchng.com

Federal judge extends block on Trump executive order seeking to limit mail voting in the midterms

A federal judge on Friday extended her prohibition against the U.S. Postal Service implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to limit mail voting during the midterms, putting another major obstacle in the way…

  • Federal judge extends block on Trump's mail voting order
  • Judge Indira Talwani issues preliminary injunction
  • North Carolina begins mailing out ballots

·apnews.com

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