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Florida good Samaritan uses dog leash to stop bleeding of biker attacked by alligator: report

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A good Samaritan used a dog leash as a tourniquet to help stop the bleeding of a bicyclist who was attacked by an alligator at a park in Stuart, Florida, on Monday, according to a report. 

The unidentified victim was riding his bike on a trail at Halpatiokee Regional Park around 11 a.m. when he lost control and fell into a body of water near the alligator. The victim was able to break free, but not before the roughly 9-foot-long female gator attacked and severely injured him, according to the Martin County Sheriff’s Office. 

Charlie Shannon said he was walking with his dog at the park when he came across the victim and was able to “muscle him out of the water,” Tequesta’s WPBF reported. 

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The alligator was located and trapped following the attack. (Martin County Sheriff’s Office)

“I heard some yelling but I didn’t know what it was I thought it was just kids or something who knows but then when I got there I saw it was a pretty serious situation,” Shannon said.

After pulling him out, Shannon said he used his dog’s leash as a tourniquet to control the bleeding from a wound in the man’s leg, according to the station. 

“I just held it tight without trying to cut off the blood too much, because you have to be careful with that, I guess,” Shannon added.

Rescue workers secured the scene and drove the victim more than a mile to a medical helicopter, according to authorities. He was airlifted to a medical center in Fort Pierce with “traumatic” injuries, Fire Rescue official Shawn Lisowy said, according to TCPalm.

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Trapper John Davidson was able to locate and trap the gator following the attack, the sheriff’s office said. Davidson said the alligator is being relocated to a farm near Fort Drum, the outlet reported. 

An investigation into the attack is being led by officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).

According to the FWC, there were 12 incidents of alligators biting people in Florida last year. 

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Stuart is about 110 miles north of Miami. 

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Cyclist attacked by alligator after falling from bike in Florida park

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A bicyclist was attacked by an alligator in Florida on Monday after an accident sent him into the water, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said.

The cyclist suffered serious injuries after the alligator, about 9 feet long, grabbed him after he fell down an embankment around 11 a.m. in Halpatiokee Regional Park, the office said.

The park is near Florida’s eastern coast south of Port St. Lucie.

The bicyclist is an experienced rider who lost control on a curve, Scott Lorraine with the Airborne Mountain Bike Club told NBC affiliate WPTV of West Palm Beach.

“He went right into the water, and then just as bad luck would be, the gator was right there,” Lorraine, who came upon the scene, told the station.

The injured bicyclist was taken by medical helicopter to a hospital, the sheriff’s office said.

The alligator was captured by a trapper. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says that it’s rare for an alligator to cause serious injuries in the state.

A trapper at the scene told WPTV that the animal will be relocated, and its behavior indicates it has a nest nearby.

There are around seven unprovoked alligator attacks in Florida each year that are serious enough to require professional medical treatment, according to the fish and wildlife commission.

Twenty-five people have died from alligator attacks in the state from 1948 to 2019, it has said.

Phil Helsel is a reporter for NBC News.

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Noem says it was ‘tough’ to be ‘attacked by my friends’ in conservative media over trans-athlete bill

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DALLAS – Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem expressed her frustration with the coverage she received from her “friends” in conservative media over her decision to not sign a transgender athlete bill into law earlier this year. 

Speaking to reporters at CPAC on the subject of restoring trust Americans have in politics, Noem urged the media to be “a little more diplomatic,” saying it “just gets old” to be taken out of context. 

She then cited the media’s treatment of her vetoing of a bill, as it was written, that would ban trans-athletes from participating in public school girls’ sports. 

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“The women’s sports issue was the one that was the hardest for me, because I’ve been attacked by liberals my whole life, but getting attacked by my friends was tough,” Noem said. “So us on the right that say, ‘Oh, we’re never wrong-’ no, we’ve got conservative reporters, conservative networks, that definitely do not tell the truth either.”

“The bill that I gave my legislature and asked them to sign – because I did not veto a women’s sports bill – I asked them to fix it, and they chose not to. But that wasn’t the message that everybody heard in this country. And what I asked the legislature to sign is exactly the model legislation that’s been passing in every other state … No governor ever got a bill put on their desk and handed to them like my legislature first gave me. And I gave them a style-informed revision, asked them to change it, and they refused. That’s not what you guys heard on the national news,” she elaborated.

Noem explained that the original bill “allowed any student that did not make a sporting team” to sue the team and the K-12 public school system. She also pointed out that it didn’t define what steroids or performance-enhancing drugs were acceptable, such as cortisone shots and inhalers, predicting the “flawed” bill would ultimately become a “litigation nightmare.” 

“So I asked them to change it. The legislature refused, so I did executive orders,” Noem said. “But I haven’t seen any of my friends in the conservative media cover the fact that I did executive orders the very next day so I could make sure that only girls were playing girl sports… Those protections are in place today in South Dakota. But even my friends didn’t cover that. So that’s the media that drives me crazy … whatever gets headlines, that’s what they do.”

The South Dakota governor revealed she plans to introduce her own bill she is confident will pass in the state legislature and can withstand challenges in court. 

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“We have to be strategic in how we fight these fights to win. I’ll fight every day of the week, but I fight to win. I’m just not going to fight stupid fights that will set us up for failure,” Noem said. “We did this in the pro-life movement for years. We strategically looked at what kind of bills to bring so that we could make progress on protecting life. This is the same battle and it’s being smart and not putting forward bills that end up in court that I can’t ever enforce to make sure I’m really, truly protecting it.” 

Back in March, Noem received rare criticism from conservative media for not enacting a bill that would ban trans-female athletes from competing in public school girls’ sports, with outlets like The Federalist calling her actions “cowardly.” The governor argued that the bill as written would have been defeated in the courts if it were challenged by opponents like the NCAA. 

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Iran ship said to be Red Sea troop base off Yemen attacked

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An Iranian ship believed to be a base for the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and anchored for years in the Red Sea off Yemen has been attacked, Tehran acknowledged Wednesday. 

Iran’s Foreign Ministry confirmed the attack on the MV Saviz, suspected to have been carried out by Israel — though Tehran did not immediately blamed its regional archenemy. The assault came as Iran and world powers sat down in Vienna for the first talks about the U.S. potentially rejoining the tattered deal aimed at curbing Iran’s nuclear program, showing events outside the negotiations could derail those efforts.

The ship’s long presence in the region, repeatedly criticized by Saudi Arabia, has come as the West and United Nations experts say Iran has provided arms and support to Yemen’s Houthi rebels in that country’s yearslong war. Iran denies arming the Houthis, though components found in the rebels’ weaponry link back to Tehran.

Iran previously described the Saviz as aiding in “anti-piracy” efforts in the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb strait, a crucial chokepoint in international shipping. A statement attributed to Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh described the ship as a commercial vessel. 

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“Fortunately, no casualties were reported … and technical investigations are underway,” Khatibzadeh said. “Our country will take all necessary measures through international authorities.”

In an earlier state TV statement, an anchor cited a New York Times story, which quoted an anonymous U.S. official telling the newspaper that Israel informed America it carried out an attack Tuesday morning on the vessel. Israeli officials declined to comment about the assault when reached by The Associated Press, as did the Saviz’s owner. 

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, while refusing to say if his country launched the attack, described Iran and its regional allies as a major threat.

“Israel must continue to defend itself,” Gantz told journalists. “Any place we find an operational challenge and necessity, we will continue to act.”

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called the Vienna talks a “success” while speaking to his Cabinet on Wednesday.

“Today, one united statement is being heard that all sides of the nuclear deal have concluded that there is no better solution than the deal,” he said.

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Iran’s semiofficial Tasnim news agency, believed to be close to the Guard, reported that a limpet mine planted on Saviz’s hull caused the blast. A limpet mine is a type of naval mine that is attached to the side of a ship, usually by a diver. It later explodes, and can significantly damage a vessel. Iran did not blame anyone for the attack and said Iranian officials likely would offer more information in the coming days. 

This Oct. 1, 2020, satellite photo from Planet Labs Inc. shows the Iranian cargo ship MV Saviz in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen. The Iranian cargo ship, believed to be a base for the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard that has been anchored for years in the Red Sea off Yemen, has been attacked, Iranian state television acknowledged Wednesday, Wednesday, April 7, 2021. (Planet Labs Inc. via AP)

In a statement, the U.S. military’s Central Command only said it was “aware of media reporting of an incident involving the Saviz in the Red Sea.”

“We can confirm that no U.S. forces were involved in the incident,” the command said. “We have no additional information to provide.”

The Saviz, owned by the state-linked Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, came to the Red Sea in late 2016, according to ship-tracking data. In the years since, it has drifted off the Dahlak archipelago, a chain of islands off the coast of the African nation of Eritrea. It likely received supply replenishments and switched crew via passing Iranian vessels using the waterway.

Briefing materials from the Saudi military earlier obtained by the AP showed men on the vessel dressed in military-style fatigues, as well as small boats capable of ferrying cargo to the Yemeni coast. Those materials also included pictures showing a variety of antennas on the vessel that the Saudi government described as unusual for a commercial cargo ship, suggesting it conducted electronic surveillance. Other images showed the ship had mounts for .50-caliber machine guns.

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The Washington Institute for Near-East Policy has called the Saviz an “Iranian mothership” in the region, similarly describing it as an intelligence-gathering base and an armory for the Guard. Policy papers from the institute don’t explain how they came to that conclusion, though its analysts routinely have access to Gulf and Israeli military sources.

The Saviz had been under international sanctions until Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, which saw Tehran receive relief from sanctions in exchange for limiting its enrichment of uranium. The Trump administration later renewed American sanctions on the Saviz as part of its decision to unilaterally withdraw from the accord. 

In June 2019, Saudi Arabia flew a critically ill Iranian off the Saviz after Tehran made a request through the United Nations for assistance. 

Amid the wider tensions between the U.S. and Iran, a series of mysterious blasts have targeted ships in the region, including some the U.S. Navy blamed on Iran. Among the ships damaged recently was an Israeli-owned car carrier in an attack Netanyahu blamed on Iran. Another was an Iranian cargo ship in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Iran also has blamed Israel for a recent series of attacks, including a mysterious explosion in July that destroyed an advanced centrifuge assembly plant at its Natanz nuclear facility. Another is the November killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a top Iranian scientist who founded the Islamic Republic’s military nuclear program two decades ago.

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Iran ship serving as Red Sea troop base near Yemen attacked

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian cargo ship believed to be a base for the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and anchored for years in the Red Sea off Yemen has been attacked, Tehran acknowledged Wednesday.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry confirmed the attack on the MV Saviz, suspected to have been carried out by Israel. The assault came as Iran and world powers sat down in Vienna for the first talks about the U.S. potentially rejoining Tehran’s tattered nuclear deal, showing that challenges ahead don’t rest merely in those negotiations.

The ship’s long presence in the region, repeatedly criticized by Saudi Arabia, has come as the West and United Nations experts say Iran has provided arms and support to Yemen’s Houthi rebels amid that country’s yearslong war. Iran denies arming the Houthis, though components found in the rebels’ weaponry link back to Tehran.

Iran previously described the Saviz as aiding in “anti-piracy” efforts in the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb strait, a crucial choke point in international shipping. A statement attributed to Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh described the ship as a commercial vessel.

“Fortunately, no casualties were reported … and technical investigations are underway,” Khatibzadeh said. “Our country will take all necessary measures through international authorities.”

In an earlier state TV statement, an anchor cited a New York Times story, which quoted an anonymous U.S. official telling the newspaper that Israel informed America it carried out an attack Tuesday morning on the vessel. Israeli officials declined to comment about the incident when reached by The Associated Press, as did the Saviz’s owner.

However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday brought up Iran in a speech to his Likud party after being asked to form a government following the country’s recent election.

“We must not go back to the dangerous nuclear deal with Iran, because a nuclear Iran is an existential threat to the state of Israel and a great threat to the security of the entire world,” Netanyahu said.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called the Vienna talks a “success” while speaking to his Cabinet on Wednesday.

“Today, one united statement is being heard that all sides of the nuclear deal have concluded that there is no solution better but the deal,” he said.

Iran’s semiofficial Tasnim news agency, believed to be close to the Guard, blamed the blast on explosives planted on Saviz’s hull. It did not blame anyone for the attack and said Iranian officials likely would offer more information in the coming days.

In a statement, the U.S. military’s Central Command only said it was “aware of media reporting of an incident involving the Saviz in the Red Sea.”

“We can confirm that no U.S. forces were involved in the incident,” the command said. “We have no additional information to provide.”

The Saviz, owned by the state-linked Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines, came to the Red Sea in late 2016, according to ship-tracking data. In the years since, it has drifted off the Dahlak archipelago, a chain of islands off the coast of the nearby African nation of Eritrea in the Red Sea. It likely received supply replenishments and switched crew via passing Iranian vessels using the waterway.

Briefing materials from the Saudi military earlier obtained by the AP showed men on the vessel dressed in camouflage, military-style fatigues, as well as small boats capable of ferrying cargo to the Yemeni coast. That briefing material also included pictures showing a variety of antennas on the vessel that the Saudi government described as unusual for a commercial cargo ship, suggesting it conducted electronic surveillance. Other images showed the ship had mounts for .50-caliber machine guns.

The Washington Institute for Near-East Policy has called the Saviz an “Iranian mothership” in the region, similarly describing it as an intelligence-gathering base and an armory for the Guard. Policy papers from the institute don’t explain how they came to that conclusion, though its analysts routinely have access to Gulf and Israeli military sources.

The Saviz had been under international sanctions until Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, which saw Tehran receive economic relief in exchange for limiting its enrichment of uranium. The Trump administration later renewed American sanctions on the Saviz as part of its decision to unilaterally withdraw from the accord.

In June 2019, Saudi Arabia flew a critically ill Iranian off the Saviz after Tehran made a request through the United Nations for assistance.

Amid the wider tensions between the U.S. and Iran, a series of mysterious blasts have targeted ships in the region, including some the U.S. Navy blamed on Iran. Among the ships damaged recently was an Israeli-owned car carrier in an attack Netanyahu blamed on Iran. Another was an Iranian cargo ship in the Mediterranean Sea.

Iran also has blamed Israel for a recent series of attacks, including a mysterious explosion in July that destroyed an advanced centrifuge assembly plant at its Natanz nuclear facility. Another is the November killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a top Iranian scientist who founded the Islamic Republic’s military nuclear program two decades ago.

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Associated Press journalists Nasser Karimi and Mehdi Fattahi in Tehran, Iran, contributed to this report.

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Follow Jon Gambrell on Twitter at www.twitter.com/jongambrellAP



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New York doormen fired after closing building doors while a 65-year-old Asian woman was attacked right outside

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The Brodsky Organization, which owns the building at 360 W. 43rd St. in Manhattan, said in a statement Tuesday that it had completed an inquiry into the doormen’s response to the March 29 attack.

“The full lobby video shows that once the assailant had departed, the doormen emerged to assist the victim and flag down an NYPD vehicle, it is clear that required emergency and safety protocols were not followed,” the company said.

“We are extremely distraught and shocked by this incident, and our hearts go out to the victim,” it added.

The doormen were suspended after the attack, pending the outcome of the investigation. Building residents had defended the men in an open letter to the organization, saying surveillance footage “most certainly mischaracterizes” their actions and that they did not believe the staff members had “failed us as residents, our Midtown Manhattan community, nor our fellow AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) New Yorkers.”

Brandon Elliot, the alleged attacker, was arrested Wednesday and charged with two counts of second-degree assault as a hate crime and one count of first-degree attempted assault as a hate crime, according to the New York Police Department.

Elliot, 38, allegedly made anti-Asian statements toward the woman during the physical assault. The woman had serious injuries, including contusions and a fractured pelvis, and was treated at a Manhattan hospital, according to the NYPD.

The midmorning assault took place against a backdrop of attacks against Asians and Asian-Americans, including the Atlanta-area spa shootings that killed eight people, six of whom were Asian women.

The NYPD recorded 31 anti-Asian hate crimes in the city so far this year, compared to zero this time last year.

Local union SEIU 32BJ identified the two fired employees as a doorman and a concierge who are members of the union. President Kyle Bragg noted in a statement that the union is “comprised of majority immigrant, Black and brown workers.”

“Under their collective bargaining agreement, both employees have the right to file grievances. There is a contractual process to challenge terminations. The employees have initiated that process, but the process is just beginning and can take weeks or months,” Bragg said. “We take anti-Asian hatred, and all forms of discrimination, seriously.”

CNN’s Laura Ly contributed to this report.



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Olivia Munn says friend’s Asian mother attacked in New York City

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Actress Olivia Munn on Wednesday said a man attacked her friend’s mom — an Asian woman — in New York City this week.

The victim, 52, was outside a store in Queens on Tuesday when the suspect shoved her with such force that she hit her head on the concrete and “passed out on the floor,” according to the victim’s family and reports. 

“She left the hospital with 10 stitches in her head,” Munn, 40, wrote on Twitter, along with a picture of the suspect. “We’re gonna find this guy. Queens, Internet, please… do your sh–.”

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Police said the suspect was wanted in connection with the incident, which followed a verbal dispute.

The victim’s daughter, Maggie Kayla Cheng, in a post on social media, said her mother was hospitalized.

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“Hate crime has no place in our community. How you go up against a 5’3 110-115 lbs lady?” she wrote.

Olivia Munn attends The Creative Coalition’s Spotlight Initiative Gala Awards Dinner at Kia Telluride Supper Suite on January 25, 2020, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images)

Two separate and unrelated attacks on Asian women also occured in New York City on Tuesday, according to NBC New York.

The “X Men: Apocalypse” star spoke out against anti-Asian bias in a lengthy post on Instagram last week.

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“Over the past few days I’ve found myself at a loss for words at the rise of anti-Asian hate crimes,” Munn wrote. “The racist, verbal, and physical assaults have left my community fearful to step outside. These hate crimes have spiked since Covid and continue to increase even though we ask for help.”

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