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A warm, wet winter has triggered a spike in death-cap mushroom poisonings in California, with at least four deaths and three liver transplants reported. Officials warn these mushrooms closely resemble edible varieties, grow in parks and forests (often under oaks), and can cause rapid, fatal liver injury even from small amounts. Foraging is advised against, and warnings have been issued in multiple languages to reach diverse communities.
Over the years, Kremlin foes, including political opponents, former intelligence operatives, and journalists critical of the Russian government, have been targeted in various ways, ranging from poisonings with nerve agents to shootings and mysterious deaths. The Kremlin has consistently denied involvement in these attacks, but there have been reports of prominent Russian executives dying under suspicious circumstances, including falling from windows. The recent plane crash that killed Yevgeny Prigozhin and top lieutenants of his private military company, Wagner, is believed to have been intentionally caused by an explosion, according to a preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment. Some see this as another example of Putin silencing his critics.
James Lewis, the sole suspect in the 1982 Tylenol murders, has died at the age of 76, leaving the case unsolved. Lewis had been the authorities' primary focus for decades, but prosecutors were hesitant to seek an indictment without direct physical evidence linking him to the poisonings that killed seven people. Despite intense scrutiny and multiple interviews with law enforcement, Lewis consistently denied being the killer. His death makes it unlikely that anyone will ever be charged in connection with the case, as investigators had been primarily focused on him for the past 40 years.