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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Hvaldimir, a beluga whale accused of being a Russian spy, was found dead off the coast of Norway.</li><li>Animal rights groups have filed a police report saying they believe the whale was shot to death.</li></ul>A white beluga whale nicknamed <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/beluga-whale-spy-russia-found-dead-hvaldimir-norway-coast-2024-9">Hvaldimir,</a> beloved in Norway and believed to have been <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/beluga-whale-rumored-russian-spy-wears-harness-pops-up-sweden-2023-5">trained to spy for Russia</a>, was found dead in Norwegian waters over the weekend.A group of veterinarians now say the whale was shot to death.On Wednesday, two animal-rights organizations, OneWhale and NOAH, announced that they have filed a police report with local authorities and Norway's national authority on environmental crimes.In the report, they raised the possibility of "intentional human-inflicted injury," their statement said."When I saw his body and the multiple injuries, I immediately knew he had been killed by gunshots," Regina Haug, founder of OneWhale, which had been involved in the protection of Hvaldimir, said in the statement."I even saw a bullet lodged in his body," she continued. "There is no question that this kind, gentle animal was senselessly murdered."The animal-rights groups provided Business Insider with images of the whale's body, which appeared to show bullet holes.The lifeless body of <a target="_blank" rel="" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/beluga-whale-rumored-russian-spy-wears-harness-pops-up-sweden-2023-5">Hvaldimir</a> was discovered by a teenage fisherman and his father near the town of Risavika on Saturday morning.Hvaldimir was believed to be about 15 years old, and beluga whales can live up to <a target="_blank" rel=" nofollow" class="" href="https://us.whales.org/whales-dolphins/species-guide/beluga-whale/#:~:text=There%20are%20thought%20to%20be,30%20and%20sometimes%20much%20earlier.">60 years in the wild.</a>His name was a pun on the Norwegian word for "whale" and Russian leader Vladimir Putin's name, in keeping with the "Equipment St. Petersburg" label on his harness and GoPro camera when he was spotted off Norway's northern coast in 2019.That sighting fueled a theory that <a target="_blank" rel="" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-doubles-trained-dolphin-pens-near-ukraine-guard-navy-uk-2023-6">Hvaldimir was trained by Russia's military</a>, which has a <a target="_blank" rel="" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-doubles-trained-dolphin-pens-near-ukraine-guard-navy-uk-2023-6">history of using marine animals</a> like dolphins and beluga whales.Hvaldimir <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQvVZGLvCdY">gained celebrity status</a> in Norway, with viral videos showing the whale <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.thedodo.com/in-the-wild/beluga-whale-returns-kayakers-gopro-camera">returning lost items</a> <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.sfgate.com/world/article/See-the-alleged-Russian-spy-whale-retrieve-13829172.php">to their owners</a> and <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/that-viral-video-of-a-beluga-whale-playing-fetch-is-probably-not-what-it-seems/">playing with a rugby ball.</a>The death of Hvaldimir comes amid <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-demands-norway-pay-millions-for-reindeer-border-crossing-2023-8">growing tensions between Russia and Norway,</a> an active NATO member that has been ramping up military drills and exercises in the region due to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nordic-navies-focus-on-submarine-warfare-amid-tensions-with-russia-2023-7">fears of Russian aggression.</a>"The injuries on the whale are alarming and of a nature that cannot rule out a criminal act — it is shocking," Siri Martinsen, a veterinarian and the leader of animal-rights group NOAH, said in the statement.She added: "Given the suspicion of a criminal act, it is crucial that the police are involved quickly. Hvaldimir was significant to many, and all facts must be brought to light regarding his death."In a conversation with Business Insider, Martinsen said it's not clear who may have shot Hvaldimir."No, we have no information about that, and that is why we are filing a report this early in the process," she said.Martinsen said that before the whale's death, her organization had assessed the risk level of Russia attempting to kill or capture the whale as "extremely low."Sebastian Strand, the founder of Marine Mind, an organization that cared for Hvladimir, told BI that he's holding off on jumping to any conclusions, describing the allegations as "speculation."He added that Norway's veterinary institute "has not released their findings yet."In a follow-up message, Strand confirmed that the photos show "presumed bullet wounds" and that the "same thought has, of course, crossed everybody's mind," but he warned against "jumping the gun."A spokesperson for the Norwegian Veterinary Institute said it cannot comment on any results as Hvladimir's autopsy is still ongoing.In an email to BI, they said: "We have, together with the Directorate of Fisheries of Norway, been in contact with the police ahead of the autopsy, and will, of course, involve them if we uncover anything indicating anything suspicious."

A beloved whale long suspected of being a Russian 'spy' was shot dead, animal-rights groups say

This article was reported in partnership with Type Investigations.On June 14, 2016, several agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement loaded a van with 2,000 pounds of marijuana, drove it to a busy shopping center in Chula Vista, California, and parked it outside of a Starbucks. There, an undercover agent, Special Agent Ronaldo Gonzalez, had a plan to make a sale.When the intended buyers, members of a known drug-trafficking organization, fell through, a contact helped him find another last-minute option, according to court documents. First, the contact showed up with two unknown potential buyers, whom Gonzalez later described as "kids," then two more young people appeared.As Gonzalez opened the van's door to get out some product, he heard a commotion and spun around. He later told the Chula Vista police that he saw one of the young people, later identified as Fernando Llanez, 22, aiming a black-and-yellow weapon his way. Within 10 seconds Gonzalez had shot Llanez four times, killing him.The fourth and fatal bullet, according to an excerpt of the autopsy cited in the complaint, entered Llanez's back, after he had already collapsed, face down, on the asphalt, and lodged in his tongue.Llanez's weapon turned out to be a Taser.<div type="image" title="An autopsy report, cited in a court record, reads in part, &quot;A gunshot entrance would is located on the right mid back&quot;" height="754" width="1508" msid="112467473" hostid="261" sizebytes="164436"></div>"They were just a bunch of kids," said Jorge Hernandez, an attorney who represented the Llanez family. "This guy wasn't in uniform. The kid that got shot never knew he was a cop. Never flashed a badge. Never disclosed. Nothing."The young people Gonzalez approached weren't the target of the sting operation, according to a civil complaint Hernandez later filed. Once a situation becomes unpredictable, Hernandez said, agents typically call a sting off. But in this case, he said, "they never called it, so it escalated."So much could have gone differently that day in Chula Vista. Gonzalez could have identified himself as a law-enforcement officer. Or he could have tried to de-escalate the situation. But the Llanez family never learned whether Gonzalez had followed ICE training protocols, because the way ICE agents are trained has been largely hidden from the public.Miguel Alvarez, an ICE spokesperson, said the agency does not comment on investigations or litigation.<div type="image" title="An excerpt of a civil complaint that reads in part &quot;LLANEZ dies without ever knowing he had been shot by an officer&quot;" height="754" width="1324" msid="112467480" hostid="261" sizebytes="91174"></div>A <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/immigration-customs-enforcement-ice-agents-deadly-force-shootings-2024-8">joint investigation</a> by Business Insider, The Trace, and Type Investigations identified Llanez as one of 23 people killed by ICE officers from 2015 to 2021, with dozens more injured.The Department of Homeland Security requires its member agencies, including ICE, to minimize the risk of injury and risk to the public, and its amended 2023 use-of-force policy requires officers to be proficient in de-escalation tactics. But ICE has never explained publicly how it prepares agents before sending them in the field.For years, civil-rights groups have sought to obtain, with limited success, complete ICE training documents to understand how that training affects use of force by agents in the field. Business Insider and Type Investigations have now obtained hundreds of pages of previously unreported ICE training materials, including PowerPoint presentations, lesson plans, quizzes and answer sheets, and transcripts of multimedia presentations. None of the training documents we obtained address how to de-escalate tense or dangerous situations and avoid the use of force.Though the materials may have since been updated — they are dated from 2006 to 2011, and ICE revised its training program in 2015 and 2022 — and do not represent a complete training curriculum, they offer the first in-depth look at training that shaped a generation of ICE agents, including Gonzalez, who was hired in 2006. Read more:<a target="_blank" rel="" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/immigration-customs-enforcement-ice-agents-deadly-force-shootings-2024-8">Armed and untouchable: ICE's history of deadly force</a> We couldn't find any guidance requiring immigration agents to identify themselves to suspects before using deadly force. And they also appear to place an emphasis on teaching ICE agents how to justify the use of force.Ivón Padilla-Rodríguez, a professor of history at the University of Illinois Chicago who studies child migration and labor trafficking, said that the public has a stake in how immigration agents are trained. "They operate with a lot of impunity and a lot of discretion," she said, "and that ends up in the death of immigrants."Alvarez, the ICE spokesperson, said by email that the agency's officers "are committed to protecting the homeland with the utmost integrity" and its leaders "reinforce standards of ethical and responsible conduct to further build and maintain public trust."<h2>'Deadly force can be initiated immediately'</h2>Most ICE officers are trained at sites in Charleston, South Carolina, or Glynco, Georgia, run by the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers, a division of the Department of Homeland Security. There, FLETC offers aspiring agents <a target="_blank" href="https://www.fletc.gov/uniformed-police-training-program">basic law-enforcement training</a>, which includes use-of-force training, from how to respond to threats to writing up incident reports; firearms training such as proper handgun and rifle use, shooting positions, and live-fire cover; and legal training, covering rules of evidence, officer liability, and courtroom testimony.Among the most important lessons ICE agents receive is when and how to use deadly force.We found no lessons teaching strategies for de-escalation. To the contrary, some lessons appeared to encourage the agents to use force quickly and decisively.One publicly available use-of-force <a target="_blank" href="https://www.fletc.gov/sites/default/files/2016%20UOF%20Podcasts.pdf">training document</a>, from 2016, said it was a myth that use of deadly force could be used only as a last resort, regardless of agency policy. "Objective reasonableness is the law; not policy," the document reads. "Using the minimal force, exhausting all lesser means of force, or always giving a warning could create an unnecessary risk for the officer."<div type="image" title="A section of an ICE agent training document features a photo of a man in uniform firing a weapon at another person. The text reads in part &quot;Using the minimal force, exhausting all lesser means of force, or always giving a warning could create an unnecessary risk for the officer.&quot;" height="678" width="1033" msid="112467475" hostid="261" sizebytes="68838"></div>This is exactly what attorneys for Special Agent Gonzalez argued in court, when the Llanez family filed suit. "It is well settled that an officer's use of deadly force is reasonable where he had probable cause to believe that the suspect posed an immediate and serious threat to his safety or the safety of others," the motion to dismiss reads. It was an argument that persuaded a federal judge, who dismissed the case. (Gonzalez didn't face criminal charges either, Hernandez, the family's attorney, said, though Alvarez, the ICE spokesperson, declined to confirm that. Gonzalez's lawyers at the Department of Justice declined to comment.)Citizens have the right to bear arms, the lesson goes on to say, but if an officer orders someone to put down their weapon and that order isn't followed, officers "are not required to wait for someone to take a bead on them."Among the documents we obtained is a lengthy set of quizzes, including more than 100 multiple-choice questions, with answer keys. Only one set of five questions deals with use of force. One of the questions asks which steps an officer must take before initiating deadly force; the answer is "None, deadly force can be initiated immediately."Alvarez, the ICE spokesperson, disputed these findings, saying officers and agents are "trained to only use force as a last resort when objectively reasonable and necessary, and to leverage de-escalation tactics." He said ICE officers are regularly retrained, and any violation of policy is investigated thoroughly. ICE's basic training program, he said, added more emphasis on de-escalation in 2022.FLETC did not respond to detailed queries about how ICE agents are trained.<div type="image" title="An excerpt from an ICE agent training document that reads in part &quot;None, deadly force can be initiated immediately&quot;" height="754" width="1475" msid="112467478" hostid="261" sizebytes="64934"></div>As early as 2006, just three years after DHS was established, a basic-training instructor named John Bostain wrote in the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.fletc.gov/sites/default/files/archives/2006-Fall-FLETC-Journal.pdf">FLETC trade journal</a> that officers should be "proactive rather than reactive in their application of force."Jim Trainum, who worked with the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, for 27 years and now offers criminal-case review, including on cases involving the use of force by federal officers, says that emphasis is not uncommon in law enforcement. "A lot of the training gives you excuses and justification for using force," he said.A 2016 shooting in Laurel, Mississippi, shows how this kind of training can play out in the field, and in the aftermath.During a traffic stop, the local police called ICE agents to assist with translation. But one of the agents, Phillip Causey, ended up shooting a man, Gabino Ramos Hernandez, who wasn't even the subject of the stop. Ramos, an unauthorized immigrant, bolted once the ICE agents arrived, but then turned around to turn himself in, holding one hand up while he held up his pants with the other.Causey told the court he opened fire because he suspected Ramos was reaching into his pants to retrieve a weapon.<div type="image" title="An excerpt from a court deposition that reads in part, &quot;A. Sir, we don't fire warning shots. Q. You were shooting to kill.&quot;" height="761" width="878" msid="112467470" hostid="261" sizebytes="30750"></div>Four years later, on a humid, 91-degree summer day, Ramos' lawyer, Timothy Cerniglia, met Causey at a federal courthouse for his deposition."At the time that you discharged your weapon, you weren't trying to fire a warning shot, were you?" Cerniglia asked."Sir, we don't fire warning shots," Causey replied."You were shooting to kill," Cerniglia said."That's what we're taught to do," Causey said.A judge dismissed the case Cerniglia brought for failing to show that Causey had violated Ramos' rights; the ruling is now being appealed. Though the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, which investigated the shooting, brought charges to a grand jury, the jury chose not to indict. None of Causey's lawyers at the Department of Justice responded to requests for comment.Alvarez, the ICE spokesperson, said ICE officers and agents are not trained to shoot to kill, but are trained to use deadly force only to stop whatever threatening behavior they face.<h2>Evading accountability</h2>The training documents we obtained appeared to focus more attention on evading accountability for use-of-force incidents than on how to avoid firing a weapon in the first place. They detail the factors courts consider when deciding whether use of force by a law-enforcement officer is justified and explain how agents should describe what they do in the field to survive legal scrutiny."Good fact articulation helps the court make an objective decision," one publicly available <a target="_blank" href="https://www.fletc.gov/use-force-part-i#:~:text=Good%20fact%20articulation%20helps%20the,decision%20based%20on%20mere%20conclusions.">lesson</a> reads. "With facts, the court can visualize what happened. Facts 'paint the picture.'"One sample <a target="_blank" href="https://www.fletc.gov/sites/default/files/UOF%20Test%20-%20Podcast%20Transcript.pdf">quiz</a> led by an instructor in FLETC's legal division, called "Use of Force Test: Do You Know How You'll be Judged?" focuses on how a court might view an agent's remarks. Another quiz, on fugitive operations, asks students which legal standard allows for people to sue ICE for damages over violations of the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable search and seizure. The transcript of a training lesson on officer liability outlines legal paths people can pursue to sue law-enforcement agents for misuse of power, wrongful use of force, or other forms of misconduct. "We'll distinguish the different types of lawsuits, or civil actions, a law-enforcement officer could face," a senior legal instructor says, "and we'll also discuss how to get out from under those lawsuits.""They're being taught what words to say to get around the letter of the law or circumvent the spirit of the law," Trainum said. "I'm setting up the stage to tell a court I did what I had to."On a December 2018 podcast called "Careers at ICE," produced by the agency for people interested in becoming an immigration officer, features a deportation officer named Christian Rodriguez. "Ninety percent of our job is being able to articulate the reasons as to why we do what we do," he says. "If I train anybody, I say, 'Chances are you're not going to get in trouble for what you do out in the field. You will get in trouble for your inability to articulate why you did what you did.'"A scenario-based lesson called Team Tactics, dated 2007, guides agents on how to operate around the constraints of administrative warrants. In it, instructors teach ICE trainees how to extract consent to enter private property."Stress verbal techniques that may be employed to coax the target out of the residence," the notes read. When hoping to enter a place of business, they say, "Students should apply verbal techniques, with the intent of having the manager grant consent."The lesson includes discussion of how a "hot-pursuit scenario" may allow officers to engage in a warrantless search or arrest. "Stress the factors the court will consider in determining exigency to justify a warrant less search," the instructor notes read.Including Causey, we identified seven ICE officers or agents named as defendants in lawsuits alleging misconduct over their use of firearms. One case was settled without admission of wrongdoing. Another case is still underway.Every other suit was dismissed.

Exclusive ICE training documents encourage quick, decisive use of deadly force, say little about de-escalation

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Matthew Perry was playing pickleball in the hours before he was found dead at his California home, a report said.</li><li>Perry's coach told People magazine he heard that Perry was "doing really well on court" on Saturday. </li></ul>Matthew Perry was playing pickleball just hours before the <a href="https://www.insider.com/matthew-perry-dead-2023-10">"Friends" star was found dead at his California home</a> over the weekend, according to a report. Perry's personal pickleball coach, Matt Manasse, <a href="https://people.com/matthew-perry-pickleball-coach-matt-manasse-tribute-exclusive-8384186">told People magazine</a> that the 54-year-old actor played the popular sport with another coach on Saturday at the private Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles and heard Perry was "doing really well."Manasse said the other pickleball coach told him that Perry had "come out" on Saturday morning and added, "She didn't say how long but said he'd been doing really well on court, which wasn't a surprise."Hours later at around 4 p.m. on Saturday, Perry was found dead in a hot tub at his home in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, according to multiple reports. His <a href="https://www.insider.com/matthew-perry-death-police-dispatch-audio-drowning-after-2023-10">cause of death has not yet been determined</a>. Police dispatch audio obtained by <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/10/28/friends-star-matthew-perry-dead-dies-drowning/">TMZ</a> referenced a "drowning" after Perry's death. According to Manasse, Perry was an avid pickleball player and used the sport as an outlet to help with his addiction recovery process, as well as others'. "He had so much that he was doing with his rehab facility and trying to get people clean," Manasse told People. "He would bring them to teach them pickleball. He was just always trying to help people."Perry, who was <a href="https://www.insider.com/matthew-perry-didnt-want-remembered-friends-2023-10">open about his recovery from addiction to alcohol and opiates</a>, thought pickleball "was something that could help with his recovery and he was doing an awesome job," Manasse said. "He loved it. He came out five times a week, would always talk about it," Manasse told People. Manasse noted, "When he hit an unbelievable shot, he would tell you about it for days."

Matthew Perry spent his final hours playing in a pickleball match before he was found dead at his LA home: coach

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Matthew Perry, who spent a decade playing Chandler Bing on the iconic sitcom "Friends," has died.</li><li>Authorities found the 54-year-old dead at his Los Angeles-area home, multiple outlets reported.</li></ul>Matthew Perry, who played Chandler Bing in "Friends," has died, according to multiple reports.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-10-28/freinds-star-matthew-perry-dead-at-56">The Los Angeles Times</a> reported that authorities responded to Perry's home at about 4 p.m., where they discovered the actor unresponsive in his hot tub. The sources, who spoke to the outlet on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing, did not cite a cause of death but indicated that the authorities did not suspect foul play.Perry was 54 years old.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.tmz.com/2023/10/28/friends-star-matthew-perry-dead-dies-drowning/">TMZ</a>, the outlet that first reported the news, indicated that authorities did not find drugs at the scene, citing law-enforcement sources. In his later years, Perry was vocal about his <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/matthew-perry-attended-6000-alcoholics-annonymous-meetings-2022-10">struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction</a>.Representatives for Perry and the Los Angeles Police Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/matthew-perrys-family-heartbroken-speaks-out-after-his-death-2023-10">Perry's family released a statement</a> Sunday saying they are "heartbroken" over the actor's tragic death. He is survived by both his parents and five siblings."We are heartbroken by the tragic loss of our beloved son and brother," the statement said. "Matthew brought so much joy to the world, both as an actor and a friend." <h2>Tennis star turned actor</h2>Born in Williamstown, Massachusetts, to Suzanne Marie Langford, a Canadian journalist, and John Bennett Perry, an American actor most recognizable as the face of "Old Spice" deodorant, Perry showed a talent for tennis at a young age.He trained to go pro, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/matthew-perry-dead-friends-1235630953/">The Hollywood Reporter</a> said, before abandoning the dream at 15 when he moved to Los Angeles with his father and pivoted to a career in acting."Giving up tennis wasn't really a decision I had to make. I was a very good tennis player in Ottawa, Canada — nationally ranked when I was, like, 13. Then I moved to Los Angeles when I was 15, and everyone in LA just killed me," he told <a target="_blank" href="https://www.menshealth.com/trending-news/a19541708/man-to-man-matthew-perry/">Men's Health</a> in 2012. "I was pretty great in Canada. Not so much in Los Angeles. It was insane. I realized I wouldn't be playing tennis for a living, so I went for acting."Perry had his first acting gig at age 10 when his father helped land him a small role on an episode of "240-Robert," an ABC drama series that ran for two seasons.In high school, he dove into the profession, honing his comedic chops with improv classes at the LA Connection and landing guest spots on the sitcoms "Charles in Charge" and "Silver Spoons" as a teenager in the '80s.<h2>A long career in comedy</h2><div type="image" title="Pictured: (left to right) Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing, Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green, David Schwimmer as Ross Geller, Courteney Cox as Monica Geller, Matt Le Blanc as Joey Tribbiani, Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay." height="2408" width="3000" msid="104791291" hostid="261"></div>After gaining some notoriety in roles on "Growing Pains," "Boys Will Be Boys," and a guest slot on the HBO comedy "Dream On," Perry caught the attention of Marta Kauffman and David Crane, who sought him out for a role in their new project initially titled "Six of One" that was later renamed "Friends," The Hollywood Reporter said.Perry shot to stardom during the 10-season run of "Friends," appearing in each of the 236 episodes as the fan favorite Chandler Bing. Though he became known for his comedic timing and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/friends-matthew-perry-begged-stop-speaking-in-chandler-cadence-memoir-2022-11">signature cadence</a>, Perry's character also had a multi-season romantic arc with his costar Courteney Cox's character, Monica Geller.Before "Friends" became a cultural touchstone, each of the six actors initially earned roughly $20,000 per episode. By the end of the series, Perry — alongside his costars Cox, Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc, and Lisa Kudrow — was making upward of $1 million per episode, The Hollywood Reporter said.While he continued appearing on TV in guest slots on shows including "Ally McBeal," "The West Wing," and "Scrubs," Perry would later go on to star in multiple films, mostly comedy, including "The Whole Nine Yards," "Three to Tango," and "17 Again."<h2>An advocate for mental health</h2>In his memoir published last year, "<a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/friends-matthew-perry-prayed-for-fame-before-audition-memoir-2022-11">Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing,</a>" Perry wrote that he'd been dealing with opioid addiction and alcoholism for decades, stemming from a "lifetime of feeling abandoned," thinking that he was "not enough," and having a "desperate need for love."Though he mainly kept it quiet in the early years of his career, Perry said he attended <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/matthew-perry-attended-6000-alcoholics-annonymous-meetings-2022-10">6,000 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings</a>, went to rehab 15 times, and underwent 14 surgeries throughout his drug addiction.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/matthew-perry-jennifer-aniston-reached-out-the-most-addiction-battle-2022-10">Insider previously reported</a> that the actor wrote in his memoir that he'd had a near-death experience when he was 49 <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/matthew-perry-almost-died-after-colon-burst-from-opioid-use-2022-10">after his colon burst from his opioid use</a>."I was put on a thing called an ECMO machine, which does all the breathing for your heart and your lungs. And that's called a Hail Mary. No one survives that," he said.Perry said he was <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/ohio-man-stung-over-20000-times-bees-wakes-from-coma-2022-9">in a coma</a> for two weeks, was in the hospital for five months, and that his doctors gave him a "2% chance to live."He told <a target="_blank" href="https://people.com/tv/matthew-perry-opens-up-about-addiction-new-memoir/">People</a> that he opened up about his struggles with addiction because he believed it would help others struggling with the same problems."I wanted to share when I was safe from going into the dark side of everything again," he said. "I had to wait until I was pretty safely sober — and away from the active disease of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/recovery-advocates-leaked-biden-voicemail-to-son-hunter-2022-10?_ga=2.107457410.1224149003.1665964085-1996747788.1647018266">alcoholism and addiction</a> — to write it all down. The main thing was, I was pretty certain that it would help people."This is a developing story.

'Friends' star Matthew Perry dead at 54

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Lee Sun-kyun, 48, was found dead Wednesday, per reports citing the police.</li><li>South Korean media reported that the actor was found dead in a car.</li></ul>The South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun was found dead inside a car, the police announced Wednesday, according to <a target="_blank" href="https://apnews.com/article/actor-lee-sun-kyun-parasite-unconscious-south-korea-2faacd7290f5b84b6a996705d8351cdf">multiple reports</a>. Lee, who played the wealthy patriarch Park Dong-ik in the Oscar-winning movie "<a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/parasite-movie-review-plot-2019-10">Parasite</a>," was 48 years old.<a target="_blank" href="https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20231227003651315">Yonhap News Agency</a>, citing the police, said Lee was initially thought to be unconscious when he was found in a car at a park in Seoul. The police also told the agency that he appeared to have left a note at home.Investigators had been looking into allegations that the actor had been using illegal substances and marijuana at a bar in Seoul. Per Yonhap, the actor denied ever intentionally taking drugs and said a bar worker had given him the drugs without his knowledge.He was most recently questioned about the claims of drug use on Sunday in a 19-hour interrogation, <a target="_blank" href="https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20231224000600315">Yonhap reported</a>.Lee was best known outside South Korea for his role in the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/parasite-wins-best-picture-best-international-movie-oscars-2020-2">2019 thriller "Parasite,"</a> which won him a Screen Actors Guild award. But in his home country, his work spans over a decade.Per the Associated Press, he became a household name after playing a music producer in the 2007 series "Coffee Prince." This year he starred in the movie musical "Killing Romance," which became a cult classic in South Korea.The news of Lee's death comes amid a crackdown on drug crimes in the country.In April, the South Korean government established a unit of 840 officials to investigate <a target="_blank" href="https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20230418006500315">crimes such as drug smuggling and drug dealing over the internet</a>, per Yonhap.South Korea has <a target="_blank" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/parasite-actor-lee-found-dead-amid-drug-allegations-yonhap-2023-12-27/">strict drug laws</a>, and repeat offenders or dealers can face up to 14 years imprisonment, per Reuters.Citizens can also be prosecuted for using drugs <a target="_blank" href="https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2018/10/119_257412.html">even if they did so legally abroad</a>.There's also been a spate of high-profile drug scandals involving popular Korean celebrities in recent years.In July 2017, the singer <a target="_blank" href="https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20170720007051315">T.O.P. from BigBang</a> was given a suspended 10-month jail sentence for smoking marijuana with a trainee singer at his home in Seoul, per Yonhap.In October, the actor Yoo Ah-in — known for his roles in the 2018 film "Burning" and the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/hellbound-is-netflixs-latest-korean-language-hit-after-squid-game-2021-12">Netflix series "Hellbound"</a> — was indicted on suspicion of using drugs habitually, per <a target="_blank" href="https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/12/113_361488.html">The Korea Times</a>.Yoo was investigated after the country's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety accused him of taking propofol, a sleep-inducing drug, 73 times in 2021, per <a target="_blank" href="https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2023/12/113_358983.html#:~:text=Yoo%20is%20charged%20with%20habitually,across%2073%20times%20during%202021.">The Korea Times</a>.Correction: December 27, 2023 — An earlier version of this story incorrectly described a detail from early reports about where Lee Sun-kyun was found dead. Citing the police, early reports indicated that Lee was found in a car but did not say who owned the car.

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Mumbai's Economic Offence Wing arrests Hardik Pandya's stepbrother for cheating him of ₹4 crore in business

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Robert Card, 40, of Bowdoin, Maine, was a person of interest in Wednesday's Lewiston, Maine, shooting.</li><li>A nearly 2-day-long manhunt for Card ended Friday, authorities told CNN.</li></ul>The search for a suspected gunman who police say killed 18 people in a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/lewiston-maine-shooting-police-dead-injured-2023-10">mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine</a>, ended after authorities found him dead, officials said in a press conference Friday.Robert Card, 40, of Bowdoin, Maine, was found dead in Lisbon, Maine, Gov. Janet Mills said during the conference. State police didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider.The suspect's body was found with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, State Public Safety Commissioner Mike Sauschuck told reporters.Sauschuck declined to state the exact location Card's body was found but stated he was located near a river in Lisbon Falls.Authorities briefed on the situation told <a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/10/27/us/maine-shooting-lewiston-manhunt/2f7b0b7f-3faf-56ea-9643-2069a3f9eb16?smid=url-share">The New York Times</a> that Card was found near Maine Recycling, where the suspect used to work. The center is located next to the Androscoggin River.The owner of the recycling center, Leo Madden, confirmed to the Times that Card was a former employee and that his "demeanor at Maine Recycling was no different from anybody else."Card was a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/maine-shooting-man-police-hunt-firearms-instructor-trained-military-report-2023-10">firearms instructor believed to be in the US Army Reserve</a> and had been at large since the shooting late Wednesday night at a bar and bowling alley in the small Maine town.Police asked residents to <a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/maine-man-describes-sheltering-in-place-after-mass-shooting-2023-10">shelter in place in Maine</a> cities, including Lewiston, Lisbon, and Bowdoin, as authorities searched for the suspect. The Canada Border Services Agency issued an "armed and dangerous" alert to its officers stationed along the Canada-US border, and the Coast Guard sent out a patrol boat Thursday morning along the Kennebec River.Lewiston Police Department published photos of the suspect holding a weapon inside a business establishment at about 8 p.m. on Wednesday. Authorities noted at the time that the suspect was still at large.The shootings occurred at Just-in-Time Recreation bowling alley and Schemengees Bar &amp; Grille about four miles away, authorities said.Seven people died at the bowling alley, and eight more people died at the bar, according to <a target="_blank" href="https://apnews.com/article/maine-shooting-victims-1be7d14e90ef6c91ca23819163d29f3e">The Associated Press</a>. Three others died in the hospital.The youngest victim included 14-year-old Aaron Winthrop, who died at Just-in-Time Recreation while playing for a youth bowling league. His father, Bill, also died in the shooting, The Associated Press reported.The oldest victim, Bob Violette, was 76. He and his wife, Lucille, 73, died at the bowling alley. The husband was a volunteer coach for a youth bowling league.Victims, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety, also include Ronald G. Morin, 55; Peyton Brewer-Ross, 40; Joshua A. Seal, 36; Bryan M. MacFarlane, 41; Joseph Lawrence Walker, 57; Arthur Fred Strout, 42; Maxx A. Hathaway, 35'; Stephen M. Vozzella, 45; Thomas Ryan Conrad, 34; Michael R. Deslauriers II, 51; Jason Adam Walker, 51; Tricia C. Asselin, 53; William A. Young, 44; William Frank Brackett, 48; and Keith D. Macneir, 64.<a target="_blank" href="https://www.insider.com/maine-gun-control-laws-explained-lewiston-shooting-2023-10">Maine's gun laws</a> are among the most relaxed of any state. The state has a long-standing culture of hunting and sport shooting, and <a target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow" href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/11/06/opinion/how-to-reduce-shootings.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuomT1JKd6J17Vw1cRCfTTMQmqxCdw_PIxfs9gGPzNiGeVTdcwqNPW9HfvB6UIvI9INwr3jKaQ9kGMLgwAeB1i_VSM1FmRkyzopyDhJUDLD5zqZ62Wil--aPxao0C0G2gaHileqA4xbujsgiPOySxH_DChX1wcV1mqMZ6cVipimgPx6yVDrYi3oFh3PhwUZkuQj1TNiGJrOCoX0slQKiOahrY6gA8SrsZDWmVxYjAnupGJAZCClvGT2d95XI87L5fPNAWPKX9KX0waZa0wOVRWiEzctDfV9BmTJPUlr5qrbfJtReKrcKxzP81H6xR16jWKzvGcwHFc1NYGcUDfTIVXA&amp;smid=em-share">more than half the households in the state</a> have firearms, the Boston University School of Public Health found in 2022. The state doesn't require a permit to carry firearms and allows both open and concealed carry. It also doesn't require background checks on gun sales and doesn't ban high-capacity magazines."Lewiston is a special place," Gov. Mills said during the Friday conference. "This isn't us."This story is developing. Check back for more information.The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Actor André Braugher is dead at 61, his publicist confirmed to Business Insider.</li><li>Braugher, known for 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' died Monday after a brief illness.</li></ul>Two-time Emmy award-winning actor André Braugher died on Monday following a brief illness, his publicist confirmed to Business Insider. He was 61.The star is known for his roles in the 2010s police comedy "<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/brooklyn-nine-nine-review-best-new-show-on-tv-2014-1">Brooklyn Nine-Nine</a>" — where he played Captain Raymond Holt — and the '90s series "Homicide: Life on the Street."Braugher is survived by his wife actress Ami Brabson, sons Michael, Isaiah, and John Wesley, brother Charles Jennings and his mother Sally Braugher.The cast and crew of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" have since shared their condolences and tributes to the late actor. "Can't believe you're gone so soon. I'm honored to have known you, laughed with you, worked with you and shared 8 glorious years watching your irreplaceable talent," <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/terry-crews-amazon-ad-video-2021-11">Terry Crews</a>, who played the tough but caring Lieutenant Terry Jeffords on the series, wrote on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C0xpgZUxIXt/">Instagram</a>."You showed me what a life well lived looks like. Rest In Peace, Andre. I love you, man," Crews said.Joe Lo Truglio, who played the hard-working eccentric Charles Boyle, recalled how much of a family man Braugher was."So many wonderful stories will be told about Andre but for now, all my love goes to his wife Ami and his three boys, who he loved very much and flew back every weekend from the show to be with," Truglio wrote on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C0xt0RSr2f5">Instagram</a>."He spoke often about his sons, and knew how lucky he was to have Ami. I'm grateful to them for allowing us to share eight years with him," Truglio said in his post.Series pilot co-director Christopher Miller wrote about the "magical dynamic" Braugher shared with co-lead Andy Samberg. Samberg played the childish and talented police detective Jake Peralta."He was a kind, thoughtful, supremely talented person. The way he and Andy's opposite approaches to acting baffled &amp; then slowly influenced each other was a magical dynamic that was the heart of the show," Miller said in his <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/chrizmillr/status/1734755064336756920">X post</a>.December 13, 1:55 a.m. — This story has been updated with tributes to Braugher from the "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" cast and crew.

André Braugher, actor known for 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine,' dead at 61

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The family of Rasheem Carter is protesting the police handling of his case.</li><li>Carter was found dead in Mississippi last year with his head severed.</li></ul>The family of <a href="https://www.insider.com/rasheem-carter-death-everything-still-on-table-sheriff-says-2023-3">Rasheem Carter</a>, a 25-year-old Mississippi man found dead with his head severed last year, is planning a protest on Saturday, according to his attorneys and <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/protest-place-rasheem-carter-found-head-severed/story?id=98936364" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC News</a>.National civil rights attorney Ben Crump, who is representing the family, <a href="https://twitter.com/BenCrumpLaw/status/1651252948364558341/photo/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced </a>that the demonstration would take place in Taylorsville, Mississippi. Carter's mother — who is from nearby Fayette — reported her son missing in October 2022 shortly after he called and said a group of white men in trucks had been harassing him, <a href="https://www.insider.com/rasheem-carter-death-everything-still-on-table-sheriff-says-2023-3">Insider previously reported.</a>A month later, police found his remains in a wooded area near Taylorsville. Officials at the time said they <a href="https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02Ee89DiE9e93wLa6frqJ6krcmHaxpoFfoEniaU1eJbTehagoeYJfyfFSYBuu4riYtl&amp;id=100066335785520" target="_blank" rel="noopener">believed that no "foul play was involved"</a> but that the incident was still under investigation. Crump previously said that Carter's head was "severed" from his body and some of his body parts were missing. The attorney told <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/protest-place-rasheem-carter-found-head-severed/story?id=98936364" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC News</a> that his spinal cord was found in another location from his head. Carter's family believes his death was a "modern-day lynching" and has <a href="https://www.insider.com/rasheem-carter-death-family-allege-lynching-cops-2023-3">demanded more answers from law enforcement</a>. Police told Insider in March that there's no evidence to suggest that Carter was killed and that animals could have torn his body apart. Carter was <a href="https://www.insider.com/rasheem-carter-trail-camera-photo-before-missing-death-mother-2023-3">captured on deer camera footage in the Mississippi woods</a> the day he was reported missing and his mother told Insider that she knew he "was somewhere struggling, somewhere running for his life."According to a statement released Thursday, Crump said that Mississippi Crime Lab informed the family that another set of remains, which were discovered in February, is linked to Carter."The family of Rasheem Carter, while still deep in grief, is being denied adequate information and closure from the Mississippi officials overseeing this case. From the beginning of this case, the family has been misled," Crump said. "Now, it's unacceptable that the family had to find out through an email that more of Rasheem's remains were found, and still, they haven't been told any other information, been offered a meeting with officials, or received his remains," the statement said. "They continue to be stonewalled at every turn. This family just wants to find out what happened to Rasheem and say their goodbyes – they ask that the additional remains be returned to them so that they can lay him to rest."

The family of Rasheem Carter, the Black man found dead in Mississippi with his head severed, is protesting police handling of the case

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A police statement Monday indicated the shooter who attacked a Nashville school was transgender.</li><li>Republicans, including JD Vance and Marjorie Taylor Greene, are linking the shooter's trans identity to the attack.</li></ul>Following a <a href="https://www.insider.com/nashville-covenant-elementary-school-woman-shot-adults-kids-police-say-2023-3">deadly shooting at an elementary school in Tennessee</a>, some prominent Republicans are highlighting evidence that the perpetrator was transgender — and suggesting that gender identity played a role in causing the violence.Details continue to emerge about the shooting, but there is no evidence to suggest that identifying as transgender leads to a propensity for inflicting violence.By contrast, <a href="https://www.aclu.org/news/lgbtq-rights/deadly-violence-against-transgender-people-rise" target="_blank" rel="noopener">several</a> <a href="https://www.hrc.org/resources/fatal-violence-against-the-transgender-and-nonbinary-community-in-2023?utm_medium=ads&amp;utm_source=GoogleSearch&amp;utm_content=HateCrimes-AntiLGBTQHateCrimes&amp;utm_campaign=GoogleGrant&amp;utm_source=GS&amp;utm_medium=AD&amp;utm_campaign=BPI-HRC-Grant&amp;utm_content=607604874629&amp;utm_term=violence%20against%20trans%20people&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwoIqhBhAGEiwArXT7K30_cKkNr_jORuCp7kvYTgsGgg1aW3K_0Mxyp3_WmEetdZlGIxi6zxoC6v4QAvD_BwE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">studies</a> have <a href="https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/11/18/united-states-transgender-people-risk-violence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> that transgender people face disproportionate levels of violence by virtue of their identity.Authorities said the attacker on Monday morning killed three elementary school students and three adult staff members at The Covenant School, a private Christian elementary school in Nashville, before being killed by responding police officers.Authorities initially identified the attacker as a 28-year-old woman who was a former student at the school, but the Nashville police chief later<a href="https://twitter.com/Julio_Rosas11/status/1640465273424576513?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> told reporters</a> on Monday afternoon that the perpetrator identified as transgender.On Tuesday, in a statement to Insider, the Nashville police issued another statement saying they had seen the attacker use male pronouns on social media but had not confirmed the person's gender identity"Was this individual transitioning to a male? We don't know. We aren't aware of the shooters intentions in terms of gender identity," a Metro Nashville Police Department representative said. "The term may have been used prematurely."But as details of the shooter's identity began to emerge, some prominent Republican elected officials zeroed in on the prospect that the assailant was trans.Republican Sen. JD Vance of Ohio <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance1/status/1640501236343382016?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote on Twitter</a> that there "needs to be a lot of soul searching on the extreme left" following the shooting and that "giving in to these ideas isn't compassion, it's dangerous."In a brief interview with Insider at the Capitol on Tuesday, Vance expanded on his remarks, blaming rhetoric used by some activists for causing the violence."If you tell transgender people that they're being genocided, it is expected that some people will take violent means as a response," Vance said. "We recognize that when we're talking about white supremacists or any other ideological group. There's a broad recognition in this country that when you tell people that they're being violently destroyed, that sometimes people take violent measures in response."Vance went on to invoke recent debates over children's education, speculating that rhetoric around legislation seeking to ban some books from school libraries may have also led to the violence."I think that we should all tone down the rhetoric a little bit, and stop telling trans people they're being genocided because parents don't want pornographic materials in school libraries," said Vance.Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, on the other hand, speculated without evidence that Hale had a mental illness."How much hormones like testosterone and medications for mental illness was the transgender Nashville school shooter taking?" wrote Greene <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1640454996821934082?s=20">on Twitter</a>. "Everyone can stop blaming guns now.""Our trans youth are troubled," Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nashville-school-shooting-tennessee-rep-burchett-calls-release-trans-shooters-manifesto">told Fox News in a statement</a>. "If they don't get the help they need they can grow up to have some serious issues, but I obviously don't believe they'll all grow up to be shooters like this."And Vivek Ramaswamy, a 2024 GOP presidential candidate who's made combatting "wokeism" the centerpiece of his campaign, <a href="https://twitter.com/PhilipWegmann/status/1640551743095185408?s=20">issued a statement</a> on the shooting declaring that identifying as transgender "more often than not" is a "sign and a symptom that they are suffering from a mental illness."The Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ rights organization, noted in a <a href="https://twitter.com/HRC/status/1640497178459136000?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement about the shooting on Monday</a> that transgender and non-binary people are "much more likely to be the victims of violence, rather than the perpetrator of it."In a statement to Insider, the National Center for Transgender Equality called for new restrictions on guns while noting that dozens of mass shootings have already occurred this year."Regardless of the perpetrator's identity, it is important to understand that one person's actions do not reflect an entire community," the organization said. "Statistically, we know that transgender and non-binary people are far more likely to be the victims of violence, rather than perpetrators."Becca Cohen contributed reporting.

Some Republicans are speculating that the Nashville shooter's reported trans identity played a role in causing the deadly incident

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Actor Richard Belzer has died at 78 years old, according to several reports and friends.</li><li>He was known for the role of detective John Munch on "Law &amp; Order." </li></ul>Actor Richard Belzer, know for his role as police detective John Munch on Law &amp; Order has died at the age of 78, <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/richard-belzer-dead-homicide-law-order-1235329813/">according to The Hollywood Reporter</a> and several close friends and colleagues of the actor.Belzer, who began his career as a comedian but in recent years aligned himself with conspiracy theories, died Sunday in his home in the south of France after an illness, his longtime friend Bill Scheft told the Reporter. Laraine Newman, and original "Saturday Night Live" cast member also shared her rememberances on Sunday. Reps for Belzer did not respond for Insider's request for confirmation. "I'm so sad to hear of Richard Belzer's passing," Newman said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/larainenewman/status/1627327574572662786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1627327574572662786%7Ctwgr%5E25d2426fa318c6a210a560613115f8f4744beacb%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcbs2iowa.com%2Fnews%2Fentertainment%2Frichard-belzer-star-of-law-order-and-acclaimed-comedian-dead-at-78">tweet</a>. "I loved this guy so much. He was one of my first friends when I got to New York to do SNL. We used to go out to dinner every week at Sheepshead Bay for lobster. One of the funniest people ever. A master at crowd work. RIP dearest."Other actors and comedians, including Ellen Barkin, Marc Maron, and Patton Oswalt, shared their rememberances Sunday after seeing the news."Law &amp; Order" writers and staff also shared memories Sunday of working with Belzer. Belzer's "Law &amp; Order" career began in 1993 up until his final appearance on the show in 2016.Prior to his work on "Law &amp; Order," Belzer was a stand-up comic who began his career at clubs around New York City, <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcberman1/2023/02/19/richard-belzer-dead-the-actor-and-comedian-was-78/?sh=7fc4a2c25e7d">Forbes reported</a>. He also served as the audience warm-up comedian for the early seasons of "Saturday Night Live," and made three appearances on the late-night show.Along with roles throughout the '80s in films and television shows like "Scarface," "Miami Vice," and "The Flash," Belzer guest starred in dramas like "The X-Files" and "The Wire," as well as comedies including "Arrested Development" and "30 Rock."In recent years, Belzer espoused several conspiracy theories, writing four books about his belief of conspiracies to assassinate President John F. Kennedy, per Forbes. According <a href="https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2013/conspiracy-act">to the Southern Poverty Law Center</a>, Belzer had also described the United States as a "fascist state" run by "sociopaths," and was a supporter of InfoWars founder and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Belzer was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on August 4, 1944. He was married and divorced twice, per Forbes.

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