Cleveland Clinic to open London facility
Cleveland Clinic to open London facility
CLEVELAND
The Cleveland Clinic has inked a long-term lease to open a health care facility in London, part of a push to sell its services internationally.
The Plain Dealer reported that the clinic announced the move Friday and says it will lease a six-story office building on the English city’s West End. Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.
The hospital system also operates facilities in Toronto and Abu Dhabi, as well as in Weston, Fla., Las Vegas and at eight regional locations across Northeast Ohio.
Airstrikes kill 4, Syria activists say
BEIRUT
Russian and Syrian warplanes pounded targets in central and northern Syria, killing at least four civilians Sunday as ground troops battled insurgents and seized new territory, activists and the government said.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and activist news platform Syrian Revolution Talbiseh said warplanes believed to be Russian targeted mourners at a funeral in Homs province’s al-Ghanto village, killing four civilians.
ZombiCon shooting leaves 1 dead, 5 hurt
FORT MYERS, FLA.
A shooting at the annual ZombiCon gathering in Florida has left one person dead and five more injured, causing a chaotic scene that sent throngs of zombie-dressed revelers running through the streets, police said Sunday.
The shooting happened around 11:45 p.m. Saturday, just 15 minutes before the event officially ended. Large crowds were in the streets and authorities quickly cleared out bars and set up crime scene tape, while others patrolled the area searching for a suspect.
Fort Myers Police Lt. Victor Medico said Expavious Tyrell Taylor, a 20-year-old who played football at a junior college, died at the scene, but no other details about his death were released. Four others were taken to the hospital with nonlife-threatening injuries and one additional victim refused medical attention, authorities said. Authorities said the suspect or suspects still are at large and did not release any information about a possible motive.
Typhoon kills 2, displaces 16,000
MANILA, Philippines
Slow-moving Typhoon Koppu weakened after blowing ashore with fierce winds in the northeastern Philippines on Sunday, leaving at least two people dead, displacing 16,000 villagers and knocking out power in entire provinces, officials said.
Army troops and police were deployed to rescue residents trapped in flooded villages in the hard-hit provinces of Aurora, where the typhoon made landfall early Sunday, and Nueva Ecija, a rice-growing province where floodwaters swamped rice farmlands at harvest time.
Howling winds knocked down trees and electric posts, leaving nine provinces without power, while floods and small landslides made 25 roads and bridges impassable. Authorities suspended dozens of flights and sea voyages due to the weather, and many cities canceled classes today.
Homeless dine after wedding is canceled
SACRAMENTO, CALIF.
After a California couple called off their wedding, the bride-to-be’s family decided to turn the $35,000 event into a feast for the homeless.
The bride’s mother, Kari Duane, said Sunday that rather than cancel the reception, they invited Sacramento’s homeless for a meal Saturday at the Citizen Hotel.
Duane said her 27-year-old daughter called her Monday to tell her she and her fiance had decided not go through with the wedding. Soon after, the family decided to share the nonrefundable event with the less fortunate.
Associated Press