Iowa City police arrest woman for threatening Hospital

Iowa City police arrested a suspect after alleged threats were made toward Mercy Hospital on Thursday, KCRG reports. Police said they arrested 47-year-old Stephanie R. Robinson, of Iowa City, in connection to the threat. Robinson faces one count of threat of terrorism. Police said they were called about the alleged threat at around 8:43 a.m.…

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Pakistani Taliban claims responsibility for bomb that killed 6 police guarding anti-polio campaign

A roadside bomb exploded Monday near a van carrying police assigned to protect workers in an anti-polio immunization campaign in restive northwestern Pakistan, killing at least six officers and wounding 10 others, officials said. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack. The bombing happened in the former Pakistani Taliban stronghold of Mamund in Khyber…

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Emergency rooms in at least 3 states diverting patients after ransomware attack

Hospitals in at least three states are diverting patients from their emergency rooms after a major cyberattack hit their parent company last week. Ardent Health Services, which oversees 30 hospitals across the U.S., said Monday that it had been the victim of a severe ransomware attack in Oklahoma, News Mexico and Texas, forcing it to…

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Man armed with explosives outside UK Hospital pleads guilty

A Versailles man has pleaded guilty for his role in showing up to the University of Kentucky Hospital back in 2021 while being armed with explosives. Federal officials say 46-year-old Bryan Carroll pleaded guilty to two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and one count of carrying an explosive during the…

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Leeds hospital patient talked down bomber, terror trial told

A patient “saved many lives” by talking down a hospital worker who planned to “kill as many nurses as possible” with a homemade bomb, a court has heard. Mohammed Farooq, 28, brought a pressure cooker device to St James’s Hospital in Leeds on 20 January to “commit a terrorist atrocity,” prosecutors claim. The clinical support…

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Surgeon at Tennessee clinic fatally shot by patient

One person is dead and another is detained after a shooting at a Collierville clinic Tuesday afternoon. Collierville Police said a healthcare worker was fatally shot by a patient in an exam room at the Campbell Clinic on Poplar Avenue. A witness who was in the building told WREG a patient had been threatening someone…

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