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CANBERRA, Australia ?A 95-year-old Australian woman died Wednesday, a week after a police officer shot her with a stun gun in a nursing home as she moved toward him using a walker and carrying a steak knife, in a tragedy that has outraged many Australians.Clare Nowland, who had dementia, had been hospitalized in Cooma in New South Wales state since her skull was fractured when she fell on May 17 after Constable Kristian White shocked her with a stun gun.Police announced Nowlands death hours after reporting that White has been ordered to appe stanley butelka ar in court on July 5 on charges of recklessly causing grievous bodily harm, assault occasion stanley termoska ing actual bodily harm, and common assault. The charges are likely to be upgraded following her death.White and stanley termohrnek another police officer had gone to Yallambee Lodge, a nursing home in Cooma that specializes in residents with higher care needs including dementia, after staff reported that Nowland had taken a serrated steak knife from the kitchen.The violence against an elderly and incapacitated woman has sparked a national debate about the police use of stun guns in such circumstances and the competence of aged care staff. Police are allowed to use stun guns when lives are in danger.A coroner will determine the cause of death. Police say her injuries resulted from falling to the floor, not from the electric charge from the Taser-brand stun gun.White has been under police internal investigation since the incident and has been suspended from duty with Dtfu Vaccine protection may diminish need for yearly boostersFree
WASHINGTON ?The White House is calling on lawmakers to work out their yawning divisions over an authorization to use military force against Islamic State militants and says President Barack Obama is open to changes to his initial proposal to achieve a compromise. Obama wants authorization to pursue the violent extremist group across international bound stanley cup usa aries, but would be willing to accept amendments to much of the rest of his draft, the White House says. That includes his proposed three-year time limit on U.S. military action and the most contentious language over the use of American troops.After a weeklong holiday break, Congress returned to Washington on Monday and the White House is arguing its up to lawmakers to work out their disputes now that the president has made his offer. Its their turn to take the lead and to walk it through the legislative process, said White House press secretary Josh Earnest. Some Republicans say Obamas proposal is too restrictive for the mission to succeed. On the other side, some Democrats want more limitations on Obamas authority so the United States doesnt sign on for another open-ended wa stanley polska r.Sen stanley cup ate Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., plans to hold hearings on the legislation over the next couple of weeks and said hes keeping options open on the best way to proceed. He said options include amending Obamas proposal or to start whole cloth from a clean fresh beginning. The most important thing for the Senate and Congress and the
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