Los Angeles Fire Department Bills Verne Troyer's Estate for Ambulance Ride
Upon his passing, a statement from Troyer's family read, "Verne was an extremely caring individual". The 49-year-old Troyer was born in Sturgis and grew up in Centreville.

Tanzanian billionaire Mohammed Dewji rescued
In 2016, Dewji signed The Giving Pledge in 2016 and promised to donate at least half his fortune to philanthropic causes. The armed men were foreigners, the Swahili Times reported on Twitter, citing Police Commander Lazaro Mambosasa.

British PM May briefed inner cabinet 'Brexit deal close'
The de-facto Deputy Prime Minister was pressed on the DUP's support when he appeared on ITV's Peston on Wednesday night. The plan would keep the whole of the United Kingdom in a customs union with the EU until a free trade deal was reached.

Trump not keen to limit Saudi arms sales amid Khashoggi probe
The Virgin Group founder joined a mounting chorus of worldwide concern about the fate of Jamal Khashoggi, who vanished last week. His fiancée, waiting outside, said he never emerged and Turkish sources said they believe Khashoggi was killed in the building.

Facebook launches AI-powered video chat devices
It should be noted that the company actually delayed the release of Facebook Portal until after the Cambridge Analytica scandal . The company states that it won't allow Facebook to listen, view or even keep track of the contents of video calls over Portal .

IL reports 9 recent acute flaccid myelitis cases
The condition is rare, with only 1 in 1 million people in the United States contracting the disease, according to the CDC. A hospital spokesperson couldn't release details about the patient's age, condition, or sex due to health privacy laws.

World Mental Health Day observed
No wonder mental health schemes and mental healthcare are not so advanced in India, as in the Western world. "In fact, I have never come across such a focus on mental health awareness in a prep school before".

Kanye West at the White House hugs, talks with Trump
" Trump is on his hero's journey right now". "He might not have thought he'd have a insane motherf-- like [me]" as an ally. On Oct. 1, West - who prefers to be called "Ye" although no one calls him that that - also told TMZ he was going to Africa.

Selena Gomez is Seeking Treatment at Mental Health Facility
Members of her family then drove her to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles , before being released several days later. News of Gomez's hospitalization came just after the singer opened up about her struggles with anxiety and depression .

Death Toll from Hurricane Michael Rises to at Least Five
According to the Associated Press, six people were killed in Honduras, four in Nicaragua and three in El Salvador. Coastal residents rushed to board up their homes and stock up on bottled water and other supplies.

United Kingdom companies can't afford to ignore mental health issues
A 10-year-old boy from Monmouth is leading a campaign to raise awareness among his peers of mental health . We can not afford to wait five years, which feels like a lifetime to a young child.

Manhattan DA drops part of sex assault case against Harvey Weinstein
Dozens of other women have come forward to accuse him of sexual misconduct, but were not involved in this case. Prosecutors in New York City abandoned part of their sexual assault case against the movie mogul Thursday.

The 'scary-looking' view of Hurricane Michael from the International Space Station
The threshold for a Category 5 hurricane is 157 miles per hour maximum sustained winds. "We're sending them out now", Scott said. Hurricane Michael continued to batter the Southeast, pummeling states with powerful rain, wind and flooding.

Tech, luxury goods lead Wall Street slide
Futures point to a 0.5% fall for the S&P 500 , a 0.5% decline for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and a 0.7% drop for Nasdaq . Japan's benchmark fell by an unusually wide margin of 3.9 percent and China's main index lost 4.3 percent.

Microsoft Expands Azure Cloud Service in Push for $10 Billion Pentagon Contract
Earlier this year, Google decided not to renew another defense contract called Project Maven, which provided artificial intelligence for the assesement of drone imagery.