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Actress And Singer Doris
Bond Set At $1 Million For Stepfather In Maleah Davis' Disappearance
Houston stepfather of missing 4-year-old Maleah Davis charged after blood was discovered in the family's home.
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Day, Hollywood's Girl
Body Of Man
Next Door, Dies At 97
Near Railroad
Actress and singer Doris Day made nearly three dozen films and more than 600 recordings. At the height of her career, she topped both the billboard and the box of- fice charts. Day died of pneu- monia on Monday at the age of 97.
Day remains one of the most successful female movie stars of all time. She embod- ied the "girl next door" even in her 40s, which is probably why her films with Rock Hudson were so successful.
The end of the war
Tracks
DORIS DAY
brought the end of the big band era and the beginning of Day's film career.
A $1 million bond has been set for 26-year-old Derion Venice in the disappearance of 4-year-old Maleah Davis. According to reports, he was captured Saturday (May 11) at a relative's home and charged with "tampering with evi- dence, namely, a corpse." Law enforcement can't confirm is Maleah died, but they fear she isn't alive.
Maleah's mother Brit- tany Bowens left her daugh- ter in Venice's care on April 30 to attend a funeral out of town. Surveillance video shows that was the last time the little girl was seen alive. Venice reappears on camera with Maleah escorting her back into her family's apart- ment complex.
The next morning, police say Venice wasn't seen with the child.
On May 3, Venice was seen leaving the apartment with his 1-year-old son, a laundry basket, and a black trash bag inside. Blood evi- dence from the apartment has been linked to the child.
Venice originally told po- lice he was on his way to the airport with his son and Maleah when he pulled over on the side of the road to check his tires. He said he was approached by three Latino men who knocked him uncon- scious. When he came to on the side of Highway 6 near First Colony Mall he said his son was with him and not Maleah.
Police are investigating the death of an unidentified man. His body was found Wednes- day evening.
According to the Tampa Police Department, two offi- cers were on routine patrol shortly before 6 p.m., near N. 50th Street and E. Broadway Avenue. They discovered the body of an adult man on the side of the railroad track. The man was dead and it appears he had been struck by a train.
Police are working with the CSX Police and the investiga- tion remains active. No addi- tional information was available at press time.
Police Find
Monsanto Has Been Ordered To Pay More Than $2B To A Couple With Cancer
A California jury awarded $2 billion on Monday to an elderly couple that developed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma after years of using Mon- santo's popular weed killer Roundup, delivering a major blow to the agrochemical giant.
The jury found the com- pany failed to warn con- sumers that Roundup could cause cancer, attorneys said, dealing the company its third major loss in court in a series of lawsuits claiming the her- bicide was behind the devel- opment of cancer.
"Two billion dollars in punitive damages is as clear a statement as you can get that they [Monsanto] have to change what they're doing," Brent Wisner, who repre- sented Alva and Alberta Pilliod, said in at a press conference. "Monsanto needs to change its conduct."
A spokesperson for
Bayer, the parent company for Monsanto, said the com- pany believed the $2 billion punitive judgment was "ex- cessive and unjustifiable" and it planned to appeal the decision.
"Bayer is disappointed with the jury's decision and will appeal the verdict in this case," the company said.
"We have a great sympa- thy for Mr. and Mrs. Pil- liod, but evidence in this case was clear that both have long histories of illnesses
known to be substantial risk factors for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL)," it said.
In response, Bayer pointed to a recent statement from US Environmental Pro- tection Agency released April 30, which found that glyphosate posed "no risk to public health."
"EPA has found no risks to public health from the current registered uses of glyphosate," EPA Adminis- trator Andrew Wheeler said in astatement.
The chemical is the most commonly used herbicide in the US, according to the agency, and it's used on more than 100 food crops.
"If we are going to feed 10 billion people by 2050, we are going to need all the tools at our disposal, which in- cludes the use the [sic] glyphosate," Agriculture Sec- retary Sonny Purdue said in April.
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