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Yahoo
35 minutes ago
- General
- Yahoo
Man arrested again in connection to killing 35-year-old Topeka local in 2022
TOPEKA (KSNT) – Police have arrested a man a second time in connection to a 2022 deadly shooting. The Topeka Police Department (TPD) reports that it has arrested 22-year-old Kayden Smith, of Topeka, on a charge of second-degree murder in connection to the death of Dustin M. Clayton in 2022. Officers previously arrested Smith shortly after the death of Clayton that same year. Police were called around 11:15 p.m. on Friday, April 22, 2022 to the 500 block of Southwest Lane regarding reports of a shooting. Officers arriving at the scene found Clayton dead from a gunshot wound. 'She loved her students tremendously': Topeka teacher killed in Highway 24 crash The TPD later arrested Smith, 19 at the time, in connection to Clayton's death on a charge of first-degree murder. For more local news, click here. Keep up with the latest breaking news in northeast Kansas by downloading our mobile app and by signing up for our news email alerts. Sign up for our Storm Track Weather app by clicking here. Follow Matthew Self on X (Twitter): Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
2 hours ago
- Health
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Army medics were moving blood to the frontlines with drones in a major recent exercise
When medics with the 173rd Airborne Brigade called for blood supplies to treat combat wounds in a major exercise last month, the flying machines slashed life-saving minutes in transport time and used fewer troops to do it. 'The difference is someone dying and someone not, because four minutes is substantially faster than 20 or 30,' said 1st Sgt. Cyril Clayton, a senior medic with the 173rd Brigade. 'As far as risk to the force goes, we've cut it from probably five to two.' The Army has long relied on the bravery of helicopter pilots or fast-moving ground vehicles to get medical resources into the hands of medics treating wounded soldiers on the frontlines, including blood supplies. In a recent exercise held in Lithuania, that meant moving blood supplies three to four kilometers, which could take five soldiers 20 to 30 minutes in a field ambulance. But for Swift Response 2025, a mobility and airborne exercise with Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden across the Baltic and Arctic regions, the 173rd used drones to move blood. The use of drones is part of the Army's effort to move blood supplies faster and closer to soldiers injured in combat, as the U.S. prepares for a large-scale conflict with more casualties but fewer chances for safe air evacuations to hospitals outside of combat. U.S. military researchers have estimated that 15–20% of traumatic deaths are potentially preventable, and 66–80% of deaths are caused by blood loss. In addition to cutting down on risk to the service's already-limited medical personnel, using drones to carry blood supplies was also a stepping stone towards a future where the drones could transport injured patients from the front lines to field hospitals for life-saving care, said Maj. David Hourani, a surgeon for the 173rd Airborne Brigade. 'The force of drone movement on human tissues is about as good as we can do prior to actual humans,' Hourani said. Army medics use a range of blood supplies, including whole blood, red cells, platelets, and plasma. For each. Personnel have to keep it on ice until ready to use. During Saber Junction in September, line medics parachuted with blood supplies — a technique that they quickly learned was not the best option because of the need to maintain the temperature with ice. 'There's definitely a limited shelf life on how long we can keep units,' Clayton said. 'The requirements for ice are heavy and anytime you're going to jump something under canopy, that's a concern so they need rapid ability to either recool or have access to ice, which are both tall orders.' Additionally, the violent G-forces and impacts of parachuting can cause damage to the blood cells' outer membrane. 'Main concern for us is — is it safe to deliver human tissue at those speeds, at the force being applied to that tissue? Is it still gonna be viable when it gets to the patient that needs it?' Clayton said. 'Each of those cells in that bag is potentially life-saving. Any force outside of normal parameters could potentially damage those cells … and then they're no longer viable for resuscitation.' The exercise began with blood support detachment personnel bringing whole blood supplies to medical laboratory specialists at a main command post. There, teams loaded up around 18 units of blood — enough for roughly five casualties, depending on injuries — onto the drones in a Collins Box, a cardboard shipping container with Styrofoam insulation. The technicians loaded and then flew the drone to the field hospital, said Capt. Jessica Knoll, commander of the brigade's support medical company. Once the blood was delivered, the operators flew the drone back to the command post for another resupply. They were able to make two long-distance movements of three to four kilometers into battle and three smaller-scale rehearsals. 'In an actual combat theater, it could be 20-30 [kilometers],' Clayton said. 'I don't think there would be any issues with temperature for that amount of time. The biggest thing is going to be the navigation piece. They're just covering that much distance.' From the exercise, the medical team realized two challenges: resources and airspace. In order to keep drones powered up for hours or flying, they needed a tent to house the equipment, a generator to charge batteries and a viewing station for the operators. In a future large-scale conflict, militaries will need to 'deconflict' the airspace above the battlefield, accounting for thousands of drones and regular aircraft like helicopters taking flight above ground forces. 'If a helicopter is coming in low, the drones are grounded, whereas if the helicopter is maintaining airspace above 500 feet, drones are good to fly at 100-200 feet,' Knoll said. 'It really comes down to the drone operator being aware of what's going on and then being able to quickly react to any incursions into our reserve airspace to ensure that there's no in-air collisions.' As the Army expands the number of drones within its formations, the service is planning to have drone experts down to the platoon level in infantry and artillery units. But for medical companies, the use cases will look and feel different. In combat, medics are considered 'protected' under the rules of war set by the Geneva Convention, which means their drones cannot be used for offensive operations. 'For medical, we have to adhere to the Geneva Convention, all of ours are resupply, in which case, they are much bigger because they have to be able to handle a payload,' Knoll said. 'Our concerns are making sure that we're using the drones defensively and not offensively, and ultimately to render aid to service members in need and not for defense.' The 173rd Medical Company tested Class II-designated drones, which weigh between 21 and 55 pounds, and fly as high as 3,500 feet. During the exercise, they used the TRV 150 cargo drone, which is roughly 8.5 feet long and 6 feet wide, weighs around 125 pounds, and can carry 150 pounds of cargo. They also used the FlyingBasket drone, which is around 5 feet wide, weighs 150 pounds and can carry up to 220 pounds. Knoll said that the two drone teams weren't confident flying more than 30 minutes at a time because of the drone's battery life. They also kept the drones within five kilometers for communication. 'We need more training. We need more time with the pilots flying the drones,' Knoll said. 'Then we need the platform to be available for us to do that training and we definitely want to continue developing this and really push the limits of what these drones are capable of so that we can push the limits of what we can do medically.' The 173rd company plans to use drones for blood resupply at exercises next fall and spring. In the meantime, their drone pilots will continue running simulations with and without payloads. Navy SEAL Team 6 operator will be the military's new top enlisted leader Veterans receiving disability payments might have been underpaid, IG finds Guam barracks conditions are 'baffling,' Navy admiral says in email Navy fires admiral in charge of unmanned systems office after investigation The Pentagon wants troops to change duty stations less often
Yahoo
4 hours ago
- Business
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Great Salt Lake is again on the decline, and summer likely won't help it
The Davis County Causeway cuts through the Great Salt Lake toward Antelope Island on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch) Great Salt Lake will likely have a tough summer. The saline lake relies on mountain snow melt to fill it with water, and this winter wasn't as good as the past two seasons. Enough snow fell in 2023 and 2024 to lift the state out of drought, fill reservoirs to above capacity and boost the withering Great Salt Lake. It's a different story this year. As of May 1, the amount of runoff that made its way to the Great Salt Lake basin is 72% of normal, compared with 108% at this time in 2024. Jordan Clayton, the Utah Snow Survey Program supervisor, predicted the lake would reach 4,193.7 feet by the end of the runoff season in July. 'The lake is at 4,193.3 feet right now,' Clayton said. 'We're already, unfortunately, seeing the lake past its peak in all likelihood.' This article is published through the Great Salt Lake Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative that partners news, education and media organizations to help inform people about the plight of the Great Salt Lake — and what can be done to make a difference before it is too late. The lake rose about 1.5 feet from its seasonal low in November, according to the Utah Division of Water Resources. Great Salt Lake Commissioner Brian Steed said any additional runoff that makes its way to the lake won't make much of a difference. The levels, he said, have already started to fall, and by the end of summer, the lake will lose as much – if not more – than it gained over the winter. 'I'm guessing we're going to have probably a foot and a half more decrease this year.' The good news, Steed said, is that the lake's salinity is OK. When salt levels get too high, it essentially suffocates the organisms that call the lake home because fresh water carries more oxygen than saltwater. The current projections are a disappointment to Steed and Clayton. Both anticipated water levels to creep up to at least 4,194 feet. The lake reached a historic low of 4,190.9 feet in 2022. At face value, where the lake stands now versus where it was predicted to be doesn't seem like a big difference. But Steed's established target range for the lake is between 4,198-4,205 feet. That allows for the ecosystem to support the survival of brine flies and brine shrimp. And keeps industries that do business on the lake, such as mineral extraction, able to do their jobs. And recreators can sail their boat or paddle their kayak without fear of hitting the lake bottom. Bonnie Baxter, a microbiologist at Westminster University who studies lake organisms, told KUER's RadioWest that she is seeing the ecosystem take a hit. 'We're starting to see the shorelines recede again. We're starting to see birds in strange places. We're starting to see the place where the brine flies pupate, those are all being exposed,' she said. 'We're starting to see signs that we're creeping towards that horrible place again.' Still, Steed is grateful that 'we're not in the crisis that we were in 2022.' The last two years have bought Great Salt Lake some time, but he sees that buffer eroding. He's also worried about impacts to the ecosystem as well as the dust from the exposed lake bed. The summer months aren't projected to ease the worry, either. Climatologists are predicting a hotter-than-average summer. That means the lake will evaporate faster. Additionally, when it's hotter, there is greater demand on Utah's already strained water system. The upside, Steed said, is that the majority of reservoirs in the northern part of the state are full. The southern part of the state, which is back in drought, doesn't have much impact on the lake. Any precipitation will help Great Salt Lake's cause. But the weather pattern is hard to predict right now. The biggest message Utahns should take away from the summer forecast, Steed said, is to plan on using less water. 'We haven't had the runoff that we wanted to see this year, and that puts us in a pretty perilous position heading into a dry summer,' Steed said. 'That makes us all more worried about how we get more water to the lake, and it's going to take all of us to get more water through intentional use and intentional reduction in use.' SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX
Yahoo
9 hours ago
- Business
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Manhattan US Attorney picks former terrorism prosecutor as deputy
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) -Jay Clayton, the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan, said on Monday he had chosen former terrorism prosecutor Sean Buckley to serve as his deputy. Clayton, a former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, is Republican President Donald Trump's pick to lead the U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York, which is known for bringing high-profile financial crimes, terrorism and corruption cases. It has also historically enjoyed an unusual degree of independence from the Justice Department compared with the 92 other federal prosecutors' offices around the country. Buckley was a prosecutor in the Southern District from 2009 through 2018, and served as co-chief of the office's terrorism and international narcotics unit. While a prosecutor, he brought charges against a Vietnamese man who pleaded guilty in 2016 to plotting to detonate an explosive in London's Heathrow Airport, and secured the 2015 trial conviction of a top Osama bin Laden deputy in connection with the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. "He is deeply respected by the New York Bar and embodies the commitment to professionalism and the safety of the people of New York that runs through our Office," Clayton said in a statement. Since leaving the U.S. Attorney's office, Buckley has worked as a partner at law firm Kobre & Kim. He represented Olivier Amar, a former executive at college financial aid startup Frank who was convicted of fraud at a trial in the Southern District in March.
Indian Express
2 days ago
- Business
- Indian Express
Anthropic hits $3 billion in annualized revenue on business demand for AI
Artificial intelligence developer Anthropic is making about $3 billion in annualized revenue, according to two sources familiar with the matter, in an early validation of generative AI use in the business world. The milestone, which projects the company's current sales over the course of a year, is a significant jump from December 2024 when the metric was nearly $1 billion, the sources said. The figure crossed $2 billion around the end of March, and at May's end it hit $3 billion, one of the sources said. While consumers have embraced rival OpenAI's ChatGPT, a number of enterprises have limited their rollouts to experimentation, despite board-level interest in AI. Anthropic's revenue surge, largely from selling AI models as a service to other companies, is a data point showing how business demand is growing, one of the sources said. A key driver is code generation. The San Francisco-based startup, backed by Google parent Alphabet and is famous for AI that excels at computer programming. Products in the so-called codegen space have experienced major growth and adoption in recent months, often drawing on Anthropic's models. This demand is setting Anthropic apart among software-as-a-service vendors. Its single-quarter revenue increases would count Anthropic as the fastest-growing SaaS company that at least one venture capitalist has ever seen. 'We've looked at the IPOs of over 200 public software companies, and this growth rate has never happened,' said Meritech General Partner Alex Clayton, who is not an Anthropic investor and has no inside knowledge of its sales. He cautioned that these comparisons are not fully precise, since Anthropic also has consumer revenue via subscriptions to its Claude chatbot. Still, by contrast, publicly traded SaaS company Snowflake took six quarters to go from $1 billion to $2 billion in such run-rate revenue, Clayton said. Anthropic competitor OpenAI has projected it will end 2025 with more than $12 billion in total revenue, up from $3.7 billion last year, three people familiar with the matter said. This total revenue is different from an estimated annualized figure like Anthropic's. Reuters could not determine this metric for OpenAI. The two rivals appear to be establishing their own swim lanes. While both offer enterprise and consumer products, OpenAI is shaping up to be a consumer-oriented company, and the majority of its revenue comes from subscriptions to its ChatGPT chatbot, OpenAI Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar told Bloomberg late last year. OpenAI has not reported enterprise-specific revenue but said in May that paying seats for its ChatGPT enterprise product have grown to 3 million, from 2 million in February, and that T-Mobile and Morgan Stanley are among its enterprise customers. In the consumer race, Anthropic's Claude has seen less adoption than OpenAI. Claude's traffic, a proxy for consumer interest, was about 2% of ChatGPT's in April, according to Web analytics firm Similarweb. Anthropic, founded in 2021 by a team that departed OpenAI over differences in vision, closed a $3.5 billion fundraise earlier this year. That valued the company at $61.4 billion. OpenAI is currently valued at $300 billion.
