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Alabama Police Search For Suspects After 16-Year-Old Shot Dead In A Drive-By
Grandmother, Who Used An Oxygen Tank To Breathe, Dies After Power Company Cuts The Electricity From Her Newark Home
Police are searching for the killer of a 16-year-old Ala- bama girl who was gunned down in a drive-by shooting reports AL.com.
The victim Arrielle Lashawn Parker-Jef- feries was a rising senior at Wenonah High and a mem- ber of the school’s dance team.
“She was very smart, stayed out of trouble and
ARRIELLE PARKER- JEFFERIES
just liked to have fun and enjoy life,”’ said one of her longtime friends, Chaseity William. “She was very active and always had a smile on her face. She had big dreams in life. She was going to be successful.”
Police Sgt. Johnny Williams said they re- ceived a call about shots fired in the 200 block of West- wood Drive but officers found no sign of a shooting.
A New Jersey woman who depended on an oxygen tank to breathe, died after the power company cut off her electricity because of an overdue bill, re- ports ABC7.
Linda Daniels’ frail respi- ratory issues required her to be tethered to an oxygen tank that was powered by electricity. On Thursday the 68-year old died in her Newark home from con- gestive heart failure when the utility company cut her power, said the family.
“We put one ice pack here by her side and one on the other side. We were fanning her. It was so hot in here, she could- n’t breathe – it was unbear- able,” said her daughter Desiree who was with her mom according to reports.
The family called para- medics who showed up with a portable oxygen tank. They also said they called the local power company, PSEG, nu- merous times pleading for them to turn the electric back on. Daniels’ oxygen needed to be plugged into an electrical outlet.
“One rep told me to stop call- ing, that there were too many tickets in the system,” said De- siree. “PSEG said ‘Oh, we’re on our way.’ Kept telling us that, but no one showed up.”
The power company con- tends that they did not have record of a medical condition that required Daniels’ elec- tricity to stay on.
“Because there was no re- sponse from the customer, the customer was shut off. They had not notified us of any med- ical circumstances in the home.”
Daniels’ daughter however said that her mother’s medical
Linda Daniels (seen here with one of her granddaugh- ters) died last week after PSE&G turned off the electric- ity to her home. (Photo cour- tesy of Desiree Washington)
equipment was registered with the utility company.
Daniels reportedly fell be- hind on a $1,800 bill in May. Her daughter said she had made good faith payments cit- ing that a $300 payment was sent in April, a $450 was sent following that, and July 3, two days before Daniels died, a $500 payment was made on the account.
A day late, the power com- pany turned on Daniels’ elec- tricity one day after she died.
PSEG said it is reviewing its records.
“She was the matriarch of this family – she was the glue that held everything together,” said Desiree.
As Newark Police investi- gate the matter, Desiree said she may sue, but for now she’s focused on funeral prepara- tions and she and her family begin the process of saying goodbye to their beloved mother on Wednesday.
All 12 Boys, Coach Rescued From Flooded Thai Cave
MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) — All 12 boys and their soccer coach have been rescued from a flooded cave in north- ern Thailand, the Thai navy SEALs said Tuesday, ending an 18-day ordeal that riveted people around the world.
The SEALs said on their Facebook page that the re- maining four boys and their 25-year-old coach were all brought out safely Tuesday.
They said they were wait- ing for a medic and three SEALs who stayed with the boys in their dark refuge deep inside the cave complex to come out.
Eight of the trapped boys had been brought out of the cave by divers on Sunday and Monday.
All 12 boys have been rescued after an intense search.
The plight of the boys and their coach has riveted Thai- land and much of the world — from the heart-sinking news that they were missing to the first flickering video of the huddle of anxious yet smiling boys when they were found 10 days later by a pair of British divers.
They were trapped in the cave that became flooded by monsoon rains while they were exploring it after a soc- cer practice on June 23.
The eight boys brought out by divers over the previous two days were doing well and were in good spirits, a senior health official said.
Black-Owned Bottled Water Brand Makes History As The First To Be Sold In Walmart
For the first time in history, Walmart is selling a Black- owned bottled water brand on its shelves. It's called Live Alkaline Water, and it is 100% natural alkaline water that is bottled at the source from a natural underground spring, an aquifer, and a min- eral rock bed that lies 800 feet below the ground.
The company is based in Jacksonville, Florida, but the water comes from a family- owned spring in North Car- olina that has been passed down for generations.
The quality and high PH balance of the water has been tested and certified by the state of North Carolina, as well as the University of North Carolina in Greens- boro.
How They Did It When Robert McCray, whose family has owned the spring for more than 100 years, learned that the water in their spring could be sold as a product, he decided to
Dr. Shayla Creer, co- founder of Live Alkaline Water
partner with Dr. Shayla Creer to create the brand. They both knew that the bot- tled water industry was very
competitive, but they still be- lieved that they had a unique product that could compete.
Dr. Creer told First Coast News, "I called... many Wal- marts, and finally we got a hold of one who allowed us to do a presentation." Soon after, they presented their business plan to a local Wal- mart... and to their surprise, the regional manager was there and decided to give them a chance.
Of course, they were thrilled. "It was hard to keep our composure," said Mc- Cray, "because its the prod- uct that was [our] baby."
And they had every right to be excited because not only did they become the first Black-owned bottled water brand to be sold by Walmart, but their product sold out within just one month! Wal- mart has since reordered, and plans to continue selling their water and possibly adding the product to more stores across the country.
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