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Matthew Perry's death was ruled an accident, with the cause being the effects of ketamine.

"The County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner (DME) determined the cause of death for 54-year-old actor Matthew Langford Perry as the acute effects of ketamine," the Los Angeles County Corner's Office said Friday.

The beloved "Friends" actor who long struggled with addiction, was found dead at his Los Angeles home on October 28. He was found unresponsive in his hot tub.

"Contributing factors in Mr. Perry's death include drowning, coronary artery disease & the effects of buprenorphine (used to treat opioid use disorder). The manner of death is accident."

Ketamine, which was once known only as a party drug, can be used recreationally or as a treatment for depression & other mental health issues under doctor supervision.

Perry was using ketamine therapy but the amount found in his system — about as much as would be used in general anesthesia — could not have been from his last treatment a week & a half prior.

The amount of ketamine used to treat depression is much lower than the amount used in general anesthesia.

Perry's opioid replacement therapy & his previous heart condition exacerbated the effects of the ketamine before he drowned.

Perry had coronary artery disease, which is when plaque builds up on the walls of the arteries of the heart, causing them to narrow. This condition, plus the ketamine, led to "cardiovascular overstimulation."

Perry was taking buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid use disorder. While buprenorphine & ketamine can be combined at low doses, high doses of both drugs can cause people to breathe too slowly & lose consciousness.

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AP — When researchers at a nonprofit that studies social media wanted to understand the connection between YouTube videos & gun violence, they set up accounts on the platform that mimicked the behavior of typical boys living in the U.S.

They simulated 2 9-year-olds who both liked video games, especially 1st-person shooter games. The accounts were identical, except that 1 clicked on the videos recommended by YouTube & the other ignored the platform’s suggestions.

The account that clicked on YouTube’s suggestions was flooded with graphic videos about school shootings, tactical gun training videos & how-to instructions on making firearms fully automatic. 1 video featured an elementary school-age girl wielding a handgun; another showed a shooter using a .50 caliber gun to fire on a dummy head filled with lifelike blood & brains. Many of the videos violate YouTube’s own policies against violent or gory content.

Despite YouTube’s rules & content moderation, the platform is failing to stop the spread of frightening videos that could traumatize vulnerable children or send them down dark roads of extremism & violence.

1 of the videos recommended for the accounts was titled “How a Switch Works on a Glock,” was removed. An identical video popped up 2 weeks later with an altered name; it's still available.

Perpetrators behind many recent mass shootings used social media & streaming platforms to glorify violence or even livestream their attacks. In posts on YouTube, the shooter that killed 17 in the 2018 Parkland attack wrote “I wanna kill people,” “I’m going to be a professional school shooter” & “I have no problem shooting a girl in the chest.”

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WKLY) — On Wednesday, United States Attorney General Merrick Garland is in Louisville to announce the Department of Justice's findings resulting from its investigation into the Louisville Metro Police Department and Louisville Metro Government.

It says there is reasonable cause to believe the Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government & LMPD have engaged in a pattern or practice of conduct that deprives people of their rights under the U.S. Constitution & federal law.

Here is a summary list of findings from the DOJ's report.

* LMPD uses excessive force, including unjustified neck restraints and the unreasonable use of police dogs and stun guns.
* LMPD conducts searches based on invalid warrants.
* LMPD unlawfully executes search warrants without knocking and announcing.
* LMPD unlawfully stops, searches, detains, and arrests people during street enforcement activities, including traffic and pedestrian stops.
* LMPD unlawfully discriminates against Black people in its enforcement activities.
* LMPD violates the rights of people engaged in protected speech critical of policing.
* Louisville Metro and LMPD discriminate against people with behavioral health disabilities when responding to them in crisis

The bulk of the rest of the report gives an extensive overview of the background leading up to its investigations & the method by which it went about the investigation.

The report also recommends 36 remedial measures for improvement.

While it commends LMPD and Metro government for not waiting for the outcome of the investigation to make its own improvements, the DOJ says more must be done.

The report concludes by saying the DOJ looks forward to working with Metro government & LMPD in implementing its recommendations.

It calls it a starting point for ending Louisville Metro’s & LMPD’s pattern or practice of unlawful conduct.

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The criminal cases against the former Aurora police officers & paramedics indicted in Elijah McClain’s death will move forward after an Adams County judge found the evidence against them strong enough.

Lawyers for the 5 men asked Adams County District Court Judge Priscilla Loew to review the cases & argued that there was not enough evidence to support the charges against their clients.

A grand jury in August indicted the 5 men — Peter Cichuniec, Jeremy Cooper, Nathan Woodyard, Randy Roedema & Jason Rosenblatt — on a combined 32 counts in connection with McClain’s 2019 death while in their custody, including manslaughter & criminally negligent homicide.

Loew reviewed thousands of pages of testimony & evidence & on Monday found that there was enough evidence for the cases to proceed.

Probable cause is a legal standard that states there must be sufficient evidence to create a reasonable belief that the defendant committed the crime charged. That is a lower standard than the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard needed to convict someone at trial.

All five men are scheduled to appear in court for arraignment Aug. 12.

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Two Louisiana parents could be charged with murder after their disabled daughter was found "melted" into a couch.

The body of 36-year-old Lacey Fletcher was discovered at her home in the tiny quiet town of Slaughter back on January 3, in what can only be described as abhorrent circumstances.

Coroner Dr. Ewell Bickham estimated that the woman had been sat in the same place for years — to the point she had literally become fused to the furniture.

"I couldn't eat for a week & I cried for a week," Dr. Bickham said.

“When I first walked in the house, it smelled of feces, fecal material, however you want to put that politely, it stunk," he recalled. "And when I got to the body, the individual was basically sitting in a hole, filled with liquid stool & urine."

The victim, he said, was covered from head to toe in urine & liquid feces, with bed sores that went down to the bone & was crawling with insects. She weighed just 96lbs.

Fletcher reportedly suffered from locked-in syndrome, unable to move any muscles besides her eyes. Her parents were supposed to be her caretakers.

Bickham claimed she had been left to use the couch as a latrine, and she had eventually melted through the upholstery of the 1960′s-style sofa.

"It's the worst form of medical neglect I've ever seen. I don't know any other adjectives or adverbs to add to that," Bickham said, claiming she had been neglected for at least a decade.

"I've never seen anything like this, that literally turned my stomach as bad as it did," the coroner said. "It literally got me emotional, and I'm a strong person."

Her parents called 911 on January 3 when they noticed she'd stopped breathing; first responders entered the otherwise idyllic home to find the nightmarish scene:

After an autopsy, Jefferson Parish Forensic Center ruled the death a homicide.

Fletcher's parents have not been arrested or charged with any crime. But District Attorney Sam D'Aquilla has called on the grand jury to consider second-degree murder.

Other potential charges include manslaughter, cruelty to the infirmed, negligent homicide — or none at all.

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A hidden treasure chest filled with more than $1 million in gold and jewels has been found in the Rocky Mountains after a decade long search. Art and antiquities collector Forrest Fenn claims he hid the stash and says a treasure hunter located the chest a few days ago. He posted clues to the treasure's location online and in a poem published in his 2010 autobiography, "The Thrill of the Chase."

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