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CBS News
22-07-2025
- CBS News
Eaton Fire death toll rises to 31 after human remains found in Altadena
The death toll for January's Eaton Fire has risen after human remains were discovered in Altadena, months after a pair of blazes destroyed homes and businesses in Los Angeles County. The County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner said in a news release that a crew responded to reports of human remains being discovered on Monday at the 10 block of La Venezia Court in Altadena. The crew later confirmed the findings as legitimate. As of Tuesday morning, the descendant has not been identified. It's not yet clear if the person was male or female. The medical examiner said it will release the identity of the person after notification of next of kin. The department uses a variety of scientific methods to identify the remains, including the use of dental records and DNA. With the new findings, the death toll for the Eaton Fire rose to 19, bringing the total of deaths from the January fires to 31. As many as 12 people died as a result of the Palisades Fire.
BBC News
15-07-2025
- BBC News
Man dies hours after being stopped by police in Bicester
A man who later died in hospital was found unresponsive on a major route three hours after being stopped and searched by Valley Police (TVP) said its officers had contact with the man at 01:30 BST in Bicester, was later found in Banbury Road in the town at 04:08 and was taken to hospital. The force said the death was being investigated as unexplained but not has referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct. The man's next of kin had been informed, police added. You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X, or Instagram.
BBC News
03-07-2025
- BBC News
Lord David Lipsey dies while swimming in River Wye
Labour peer Lord David Lipsey has died while swimming in a river, police have confirmed. Dyfed-Powys Police said it received a report concerning the safety of a man who was last seen swimming in the River Wye in Glasbury, Powys, earlier this week. After a multi-agency search on 1 July, officers confirmed the body of Lord Lipsey was said his next of kin have been informed and have asked for their privacy to be respected.
Yahoo
23-06-2025
- Yahoo
One dead in single-vehicle crash in Parma
One person has died following a single-vehicle crash Friday evening in Parma. According to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, the accident occurred just before 9 p.m. on Curtis Road. The vehicle's sole occupant sustained fatal injuries in the crash, deputies said. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. The identity of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, deputies said. This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: One dead in single-vehicle crash in Parma NY
Irish Times
17-06-2025
- Health
- Irish Times
What are the new rules around organ donation in Ireland and what if I want to opt out?
What is happening from today? The Human Tissue Act 2024 introduces a presumption that your organs will be available for donation after you die. Previously, people had to actively opt in to the process. Now, the presumption has shifted, and adults – other than those in an excluded group – will be considered to have agreed to donate unless they actively opt out. If someone does not want to donate, they should note this via the national organ donation opt-out register. Even if a deceased person is not on the opt-out register, their next of kin will still be contacted to seek consent. The HSE says people who have registered to opt out 'will have their wishes respected', and their family will not be approached on the issue after death. READ MORE Excluded from this change are children under the age of 18, people who do not normally live in Ireland or who have lived in Ireland for less than a year and people who may not have had the capacity to decide to opt out of organ donation. What is the process of organ donation? If you do not opt out, you will be presumed to have opted in to the process. In that case your next of kin will be contacted for permission to use one of your organs for transplant . It is not possible to opt out of donation of individual relevant organs. You cannot, for instance, say you are happy to posthumously donate your kidney and not your lungs. The deemed organs covered by the Act are the heart, lungs, liver, pancreas and kidneys. The Act provides for non-directed altruistic donation by adults only, with additional protections and safeguards for donors. This covers the donation of an organ to somebody who is not known to the donor. [ Waiting for an organ donor: 'It was the beginning of the hardest chapter in our family's life' Opens in new window ] The legislation forbids pressurising a living donor. It prohibits any payment or reward for donating organs, tissues or cells. The Act also provides a framework for donation while alive and will, for the first time, provide a way for people to donate a kidney to someone they do not personally know if they wish to. Why is this legislation being brought in? Similar legislation is already in place in the UK and in many other EU countries. Ireland was an outlier in not having such a law. At any given time, there are hundreds of people in Ireland who are on waiting lists for organ transplants, according to the HSE. Dr Brian O'Brien, national director of the HSE's Organ Donation Transplant Ireland, said not everyone who dies is a potential organ donor. A donor needs to be in hospital and on a life-support machine. All organs donated go to people most in need of a transplant. 'Consent is at the heart of this change,' he says. 'When someone dies, their family must agree to donate their organs. It is important to inform your family and friends about your decision regarding organ donation, as they will always be consulted and your wishes should be central to any decision.' What difference will it make to those in need of an organ donation? There were 263 organ transplants last year from 84 deceased and 30 living organ donors. At any time, there are between 500 and 600 people on the transplant waiting lists. It is hoped that waiting lists will come down as a result of this initiative and lives will be saved. HSE chief clinical officer Dr Colm Henry said: 'The opt-out organ donation system will bring us in line with international best practice. Organ transplantation is one of the great advances in modern medicine.'
