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A woman who spent two years in prison has been awarded $1.6 million after being accused of causing her own miscarriage

Patience Rousseau, from Nevada, was struggling with drug addiction and homelessness when found out she was pregnant in 2018.

Aged 26 and living with her two sons at the time, she was unable to travel 165 miles to Reno for an abortion.

Instead, she looked online for ways to end the pregnancy herself and tried eating cinnamon and lifting heavy objects, believing they might cause a miscarriage.

Two months later, she gave birth to a stillborn baby boy, whom she named Abel, and buried him in her garden.

In 2019, she was found guilty of manslaughter under a Nevada law dating back to 1911, which made it illegal for women to deliberately end a pregnancy after 24 weeks through drug use.

Rousseau was the first person to be convicted under the law and was sentenced to up to eight years in prison.

Her lawyers, however, appealed the conviction, arguing there was no evidence that her drug use had caused the miscarriage or that she had been taking drugs to end the pregnancy.

They also said she had not known exactly how far along she was when she lost the baby.

The conviction was overturned in 2021 after Rousseau had already spent two years in prison.

She then sought compensation for her imprisonment, but Nevada authorities initially agreed to pay her just $100,000.

Her lawyers continued fighting the case and eventually secured a $1.6 million settlement, of which Rousseau received $1.2 million after legal fees.

“They fought so much to avoid paying me,” the 34-year-old told The Nevada Independent.

“I went through so much and so did my children, who are still facing these issues. It’s not fair.”

Civil rights attorney Paola Armeni, who represented Rousseau in her settlement claim, said to the outlet that it was like being targeted by a lynch mob, ‘all the while under a statute that was on the books before women were even allowed to vote in Nevada.’

“The trauma of all of it was pretty horrendous,” Armeni said.

“I don’t ever want to come back to Nevada again, or honestly ever see any of the people in Winnemucca again,” she added.

“They ruined it for me.”

Rousseau plans to use the money to pay off her house in South Dakota, buy her mother a car and open a shop selling rare aquatic plants and animals.

A man has died after suffering serious injuries in a tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, South Yorkshire Police said.

Emergency services had been contacted after the man entered the enclosure, with reports saying he was “attacked” by a tiger shortly after 1.30pm on Saturday (10 October).

In a statement, South Yorkshire Police said: “At 1.35pm today (Saturday 10 October) we received reports of a man entering a tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park.

“The tiger subsequently attacked the man, resulting in serious injury.

“Emergency services attended and sadly, despite the best efforts of medical personnel, the man was pronounced dead at the scene. The man’s family is aware and is being supported by specialist officers. Our thoughts are with them at this distressing time.

“Regarding rumours surrounding the condition of the tiger, the animal was uninjured and remained in the enclosure following the incident and there is no wider risk to the public.

“Following the incident, Yorkshire Wildlife Park was evacuated and officers remain on scene carrying out enquiries.

“We are aware of videos circulating online and we would encourage people not to share this footage.

The Wildlife Park, which is near Doncaster, was evacuated following the incident.

They issued the following statement to their Facebook page: “We are deeply saddened by today’s tragic incident. Our thoughts and heartfelt sympathies are with the family and loved ones of the person who has lost their life.”

“We are working closely with the police and relevant authorities and would ask that the privacy of those affected is respected at this extremely difficult time. The park will remain closed tomorrow.”

Videos being circulated online appeared to show a man inside the enclosure at the park, with a tiger pawing at him.

Yorkshire Ambulance Services confirmed that two land ambulances, Yorkshire Air Ambulance and a doctor were sent to the scene.

The park opened in 2009, with the ‘Land of the Tigers’ attraction opening in 2011. It is on a purpose-built two-acre reserve for endangered Amur tigers, an endangered subspecies with around 500 left in the wild.

The park is home to two Amur tigers – one male named Altai, and one female called Tschuna.

According to the park’s website, Amur tigers are endangered and are also known as Siberian Tigers.

Toby Carvery has hit back at claims that its generous portions of meat are a thing of the past.

Longtime customers were left outraged after footage of a chef weighing the plates of punters began circulating online earlier this week.

The bloke who filmed a chef putting his meal on the scales at a UK branch said he was informed that this is being rolled out at a number of their restaurants across the country, but Toby Carvery has said otherwise.

Messing with a famed British pastime such as a carvery is something that could easily spark a riot, given how passionately us lot feel about this dining style.

Toby Carvery, which dubs itself the ‘home of the Sunday roast’, is notorious for it’s hefty servings and guests regularly pile their plates high with all the grub on offer.

You can enjoy a ‘minimum of three roasted meats’ served by the staff behind the carving deck, while you then help yourself to vegetables, Yorkshire puddings, roast potatoes and other trimmings.

The restaurants promise a ‘proper roast dinner’ which is ‘great value’ for money – but one customer called this into question due to what he witnessed at a branch in Poole, Dorset, this week.

Content creator Tee Gee shared footage on Facebook of him heading up for his meal, showing how he was left flabbergasted by a new bit of kit that the chef was using.

The staff member was seen placing the bloke’s plate onto a set of weighing scales before he began dishing up his meat.

In the video, the Toby Carvery employee can be heard explaining that this supposed new rule was implemented ‘about three weeks ago’ at the Poole branch, as well as ‘a couple of others’ across the UK.

Take a look at the clip here:

He then informed Tee that those who opt for a king-size plate are allowed 216g, while those who chose a standard size can have 160g.

Sharing his shock in the caption of his social media post, Tee wrote: “Toby Carvery…tiny Yorkshire puddings AND they’re weighing the meat now! Good job I went King Size. Next they’ll be counting the peas!”

His video has since been viewed hundreds of times and plenty of people had something to say about Toby Carvery allegedly putting a cap on their portion sizes.

One person commented: “I’m boycotting Toby Carvery until they revert back to you can have as much meat as you like.”

Another fumed: “If they weigh the meat in every Toby I won’t be going anymore.”

A third added: “Ridiculous weighting the meat…keep it, I’d sooner cook my own.”

Others remarked that it appeared as though Tee was served up ‘enough meat’ on his plate anyway, while some suggested the scales were used to ‘teach new staff the portion control’.

And it turns out that these lot were right, as Toby Carvery has explained in a statement shared with LADbible.

The firm reassured carvery fans that they are still getting a generous helping of its grub, saying ‘nothing has changed’ when it comes to its portion sizes.

A spokesperson for Toby Carvery said: “Don’t worry Toby fans, nothing has changed with our portion sizes. Our chefs are highly trained and generally carve portions using their experience.

“Sometimes, we use scales to help to train new team members, or to reassure existing chefs that their portion servings are on point, ensuring accuracy and quality for our guests.”

So, put down your pitchforks carvery lovers, as the restaurant chain says you will still be leaving with a full belly.

Florida is experiencing an unprecedented rise of locally acquired dengue fever, with several counties declaring states of emergency as health officials battle to contain the mosquito-borne disease.

More than 250 locally acquired cases have been recorded since July, with Hillsborough County and Tampa, accounting for 223 infections.

The outbreak has also claimed the life of an 80-year-old Tampa woman who died in September after contracting the virus.

According to Florida Health, Dengue fever ‘is a mosquito-borne disease related to the viruses that cause West Nile and yellow fever’.

“Dengue fever can be a painful, debilitating disease but is rarely fatal,” it explains.

What are the symptoms of dengue fever?

The NHS say symptoms usually appear between four and ten days after being bitten by an infected mosquito and can initially resemble flu.

Common symptoms include:

– A high temperature or fever

– Severe headaches

– Pain behind the eyes

– Muscle and joint pain

– Feeling or being sick

– Swollen glands

– A blotchy rash affecting large areas of the body

The health service notes that people tend to recover within one to two weeks, but in rare cases the infection can develop into severe dengue, which can be life-threatening.

Warning signs include severe stomach pain, repeated vomiting, rapid breathing, bleeding from the gums or nose, extreme tiredness and blood in vomit or stools.

These symptoms can develop as the initial fever begins to disappear and require immediate medical attention.

While there is no specific treatment for dengue fever, sufferers are advised to rest, drink plenty of fluids and take paracetamol to ease pain and reduce fever.

“Dengue does not spread from person to person. Instead, it requires a mosquito vector (person to mosquito to person),” Daniel Egan, MD, an infectious disease physician at Orlando Health told Infectious Disease Special Edition.

“In Florida, we are at an elevated risk compared with other states because of the state’s swampy environment.

“The Florida Department of Health updates the community about which counties are seeing more cases. We presently are seeing many locally acquired cases on the western coast of the peninsula.”

Dr Egan noted that ‘it remains to be seen how many more cases there will be or how much further it will spread within Florida’.

“The most important piece of information would be preventing the spread of mosquitoes,” he added.

“Florida is currently in its rainy season. It’s important to remove and drain any sources of freestanding water that could be a breeding ground for mosquitoes.

“After storms, this includes buckets, tarps, birdfeeders, and open containers. Anything that gets filled with water after a storm should be emptied out.

“When outside, wear long-sleeved clothing and consider using mosquito repellent. Any effort helps reduce the overall risk for mosquito bites and possible illnesses.”

Around 810,000 children and adults in England are waiting for an ADHD or autism assessment, as the NHS faces growing pressure from staff shortages.

The situation is becoming more difficult as psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses and other specialists appear to be leaving NHS services to work for private clinics.

These clinics have grown rapidly in recent years, offering assessments to people facing long NHS waiting lists.

However, the move towards private healthcare is putting further pressure on NHS services already struggling to cope.

Concerns have also been raised about unregulated private clinics offering ADHD and autism assessments, with some operating outside the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) registration requirements.

Until now, private clinics providing only diagnostic assessments have not been subject to the same regulatory requirements as those offering diagnosis and treatment.

This has raised questions about the quality of some assessments and the risk of people receiving incorrect diagnoses.

Yvette Cooper, the health secretary, said the tighter regulation means ‘people can be confident that assessments are high quality and that the NHS is not being overcharged by independent or private providers’, The Guardian reports.

Thea Stein, the chief executive of the Nuffield Trust and a member of the government’s ADHD taskforce, said: “Some staff stay with the NHS part-time when they get a private-sector job, but many will walk away entirely, leaving the health service in a weaker position and under greater pressure.

“Concerning inequalities will widen further if the NHS can’t keep fully staffed teams or expand them to meet increasing demand for ADHD support.

“If these services continue to haemorrhage staff, some people will get much quicker support if they can afford to pay for private care.”

“We’re increasingly dealing with one ADHD workforce spread across different providers, both in the NHS and private sector,” Rebecca Gray, the director of the alliance’s mental health network, said.

Sean Phillips, the The Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) head of policy, added: “While all of IHPN members who deliver ADHD and autism assessments are CQC registered – with 83% rated good or outstanding – we have long called for greater ‘end-to-end’ oversight of neurodevelopmental provision and it’s welcome to see that the CQC have confirmed they will now be regulating all providers of ADHD and autism assessments.”

What is the difference between ADHD and autism?

According to the NHS, adults with ADHD often struggle with organisation, focus, time management, and stress.

While research suggests it can be hereditary, the exact cause of the health condition remains unknown.

The NHS adds that autism ‘does not mean you have an illness or disease’. It instead ‘means your brain works in a different way from other people’. The health service explains that autism ‘is a spectrum’, meaning that ‘everybody with autism is different’.

A Scottish influencer whose cancer was initially misdiagnosed as IBS has passed away at the age of 41.

Glasgow-based content creator Danielle Quinn had been open about documenting her experience with Stage 3 low-grade serous carcinoma, a rare form of ovarian cancer, after being diagnosed with the disease in December 2022.

Danielle had then documented her journey with cancer on her social media accounts, explaining that she had to have as many as 10 organs removed in an attempt to battle the illness.

Danielle’s death was confirmed yesterday by her partner Ryan, who shared the following tribute to her Instagram page.

“I’m absolutely heartbroken to tell you that my beautiful D went to sleep for the final time at 00:15 this morning,” he wrote, adding that Danielle had passed away ‘peacefully and as gracefully as ever’ in his arms.

“Behind everything she shared was simply my girl. My best friend, my little love and the woman I was so incredibly lucky to love and be loved by,” he continued.

“I watched her face things no one should ever have to, yet somehow she still found reasons to smile, laugh and care for those around her. Even in her final days, she remained unapologetically D. I couldn’t be prouder of her.

“I’m utterly devastated. We had so much more living, laughing and loving to do, and I’d give anything for more time. But I’ll forever treasure the life we shared and the privilege of her love.”

Danielle’s passing comes just weeks after she shared the heartbreaking update that she was moving to end-of-life care after it became apparent there was no further medical treatment available.

She was later moved into hospice care in order to receive end-of-life treatment, with one of her last Instagram posts explaining that she’d decided to stop receiving Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN), a feeding method which delivers essential nutrients directly to the bloodstream.

What is serous carcinoma?

According to ovarian cancer charity Ovacome, low-grade serous ovarian cancer (LGSOC) is a rare and invasive form of cancer which grows slowly on tissue in the abdomen. It is most common in women between the ages of 40 and 60.

Symptoms include pain, bloating and difficulty eating. Changes to the body’s bowel and urinary functions also occur as pelvic and abdominal organs become affected by the cancer.

After being diagnosed in 2022, Danielle underwent both hormone therapy and chemotherapy to combat the disease. She also had a seven-hour operation which removed 10 of her organs after it was discovered the cancerous cells had spread across her abdomen, with surgeons cutting out her womb, cervix, fallopian tubes, ovaries, spleen, part of her bowel, part of her diaphragm and her omentum.

She had initially responded to treatment but was later informed by doctors that her cancer had returned in October 2024.

In 2025, Danielle made a TikTok account dedicated to her cancer experience, documenting how cancer treatment and a surgical menopause had changed her life and relationships.

Could Christa Pike’s hair colour have played a role in her botched execution?

Just a week after the state of Tennessee bungled Pike’s lethal injection, 46-year-old Jamaal Howard was put to death in Texas.

Both executions used the same drug, a powerful sedative known as pentobarbital, with just 30 seconds elapsing between the moment Howard was injected and him ceasing to move.

However, in Pike’s case, she was still alive over an hour after being given two doses of the drug, with reporters and witnesses in attendance recalling hearing the 50-year-old killer talking, breathing and snoring during the process.

While Pike isn’t the first inmate on death row in Tennessee to undergo a failed lethal injection – Tony Carruthers’ was granted a one-year reprieve after staff failed to find a vein – she is the only person to still be alive after being injected with two fatal doses of pentobarbital.

And one medical expert has suggested that Pike’s hair colour could’ve played a role in how her body reacted to the drug.

Speaking to LADbible about the differences between Pike and Howard’s executions, Dr Elisha Peterson, a board-certified anesthesiologist in the US, noted that Pike is a natural redhead – and this may have influenced how the medication reacted with her system.

Research has revealed that the overwhelming majority of people with natural red hair have mutations to the MC1R gene, which has also been associated with an increased tolerance to anaesthesia.

“Redhead patients require more medication to fall asleep and stay asleep,” Peterson explained, adding that the MC1R gene makes ‘certain receptors in the nervous system more resistant to anaesthetic medications’.

Peterson went on to explain that while pentobarbitol is not used in operating theatres, it does have similar properties to propofol, a commonly used form of general anaesthetic, which redheads can require more of to induce sedation.

“The problem with the protocol,” Peterson said of state executions, “Is that it does not allow for any variability in the dosing given her physiology.”

Peterson also referenced the ongoing suggestion that the pentobarbital injected into Pike went into the soft tissues in her arm rather than the bloodstream.

While an investigation is still ongoing into what exactly caused Pike’s execution to fail, various medical experts and her legal team have all suggested a punctured vein or injection into the soft tissue as the most likely scenario for her surviving, pointing to her complaints that a vein in her arm felt like it was ‘about to bust’ and claims that seven needles were used when finding a vein.

In contrast to Pike, Peterson added that Howard’s execution seemed to go as planned, meaning the whole dose of pentobarbital entered his circulatory system.

What happened to Christa Pike after the lethal injection?

While the state of Tennessee has put a temporary pause on all executions, pending an investigation into Pike’s case, concerns have been raised over potential long-term health complications.

Despite initial concerns that Pike may have suffered from brain damage from the failed execution attempt, recent updates from her legal team revealed that she has since been able to communicate and walk around.

“She does not appear to have any significant neurocognitive effects from the lethal injection attempt,” Peterson added.

“[Pentobarbital] should be completely out of her system in 7-10 days.”

Keely Hodgkinson’s team have insisted that the distinctive catsuit she recently donned does have benefits after Hodgkinson was barred from wearing it at the Olympics in 2028.

The unusual garment is skin tight, partially backless, and also has a wetsuit-style hood that goes over the athlete’s head, which is described as a ‘sleek speed hood’ and even has a special hole cut out of it at the back for her ponytail.

All in all it looks more like something you might expect to see in a 1970s science fiction film rather than on the competitive field in 2026.

Nonetheless, it is claimed that the specially designed suit may just give her a competitive edge over rivals in the mid distance running, something which Hodgkinson’s team have insisted after she was barred from wearing it at the Olympics, though for different reasons.

Speaking to Athletics Weekly her coach Jenny Meadows said that the garment helps Hodgkinson with her performance, saying that she had been able to run in it after suffering from an injury when she fell badly prior to the Prefontaine Classic, The Sun reports.

“She could hardly walk because her knees were so swollen,” said Meadows. “She was in a really, really bad way. And she was very tearful all day.

“By the end of the day, she got on an anti-gravity treadmill at the Center and she put the speed suit on. She said it helped her to be able to move.”

She added: “Without the speed suit, she couldn’t bend and flex her knee because of the inflammation.”

Hodgkinson’s coach went on to say that the athlete, who is the sixth-fastest woman in history, had told her that the suit had helped a lot.

“She was literally like: ‘Guys in this speed suit, I can run’,” said Meadows. “Keely gives genuine feedback and the speed suit helped her run that day.

“She says it feels like she’s not wearing anything. She says: ‘Honestly, it feels just so light. I can flow’.”

However, Hodgkinson will not be able to wear the ‘Zero-Distraction Speed Suit’ when she competes for Team GB in Los Angeles for the 2028 Olympics, though not because of concerns around an unfair advantage, but due to conflicting sponsorship deals.

The British Olympic Association has a sponsorship deal with Adidas, and the catwoman-like speed suit is made by Nike, a business competitor.

Nonetheless, Meadows, who is herself a world championship silver medallist in the 800 metres, has said that the suit really does make a statement, and that her initial reaction when she first saw the suit was a little sceptical.

“My initial reaction was like: ‘Oh, you’ve got to be brave to wear that’,” she said, while her husband and fellow coach Trevor Painter had a different reaction.

“Trevor was kind of like: ‘Yeah, you look Catwoman. Go for it. It’s so you’,” she recalled.

“You’ve got to think: Is it faster or is it just a gimmick?” said Meadows. “You’ve actually got to walk out in front of an audience the first time and you’ve got to win in that thing. It’s a statement piece.”

A man was able to avoid paying a parking charge after using ChatGPT as his ‘lawyer’ to push back against the charge.

Rafal Goral had gone to Newquay in Cornwall in August 2023, hoping to enjoy a lovely day out at the seaside.

He parked up at a car park operated by Smart Parking Limited, and joined a long queue to go and pay for his parking, but when he got to the machine he found that it wasn’t accepting card payments, so he downloaded an app and paid for his parking that way.

Unfortunately for Rafal, 45, during this period he had unknowingly passed a time limit, with a ticking clock that started the second his reg number was registered driving onto the car park. Between arriving and paying via app 16 minutes had passed.

Two weeks later Rafal, a refinery worker from Chelmsford in Essex, received a letter informing him that he would have a pay a £100 parking charge due to his late payment but after years of back and forth between them, he was finally able to get the charge cancelled.

“From start to finish it was not about the money, I could pay it, but it is about the principle,” he said. “If you know you are right then you shouldn’t be paying any money to them.

“This is kind of a David and Goliath battle. They have lawyers and they are a big company and they just gave up in the end.”

In a desperate move, Rafal had uploaded the letters he was receiving into ChatGPT and asking the AI to generate a response for what he should say.

“From start to finish I was asking ChatGPT every time I got a letter what to do. It was telling me what to say, where to go, and everything,” he said. “I did it all with the help of AI.”

Rafal has shared a message that people can push back against parking charges.

“I want the public to know that they can do it and they shouldn’t give up,” he said. “People don’t want to go through the hassle, so they just pay but it is wrong. It is shocking.”

Rafal had arrived at the car park at approximately 10:12am on 4 August 2023, and said it took time to download the app and pay for his parking.

After receiving the parking charge notice on 25 August, he appealed the charge in September, but didn’t anything else until January, by which time the parking charge had gone up to £170.

“I appealed straight away and I heard nothing from them. They were harassing me and sending me letters saying that I had to go to court,” he said. “They were trying to make me scared.”

Things continued to escalate, until Rafal was threatened with being taken to court over the charges in October 2026 after refusing to pay a fine that they dropped to £60.

Eventually, the parking charges were dropped, and Rafal was left ecstatic.

“I am so happy,” he said. “This is something that properly raised me up after three years of this fight.

LADBible has approached Smart Parking Limited for comment.

It is not recommended to use generative AI for legal advice.

A biohacker known for having a ‘top one percent vagina’ has published the results of her latest study – documenting the nighttime female erection.

If you haven’t heard of Kate Tolo before, you’ll more than likely be aware of her boyfriend, Bryan Johnson, aka the man who transfused blood from his teenage son, documented the ‘de-ageing of his penis’ and poured millions into his goal of never dying.

Tolo herself is also a keen biohacker, sharing intimate details about her body in hopes of further understanding our medical knowledge of endometriosis.

And now Tolo has shared the results of her investigation into overnight arousal in women, collecting data via a device she refers to as a ‘techno tampon’.

So what did she find?

Nighttime erection data, sexual dysfunction and heart health

For most people, erections are something traditionally believed to be a biologically male-exclusive experience, however this is not the case at all.

Recent studies have revealed that the clitoris not only contains tens of thousands of nerve endings but also the same erectile tissue as the penis. MRI studies have also revealed that the clitoris engorges by around 50 to 300 percent when aroused, which certainly sounds like a type of erection.

So why could measuring the female erection be important?

Erectile dysfunction in men is known to be a precursor to heart disease known as atherosclerosis, a condition where fat builds up in the arteries. However, this has never been tested on women.

Nighttime measurement of penile blood flow can also help understand whether or not erectile dysfunction is physical or psychological. If erections are recorded during REM sleep, it proves that the blood vessels and nerves are working as they should, meaning the issues are more than likely psychological. Again, these studies are yet to be replicated in women.

“I’ve tracked my nighttime erections for years,” Johnson explained. “It’s a tier 1 longevity marker [and] one of the best signals I’ve found for vascular health.”

However, Johnson notes that his data is ‘only useful for half the population’, with the couple hoping the results of Tolo’s research will determine whether or not the same applies to women.

“If nighttime genital blood flow predicts heart disease in women the way erectile function does in men, this is one of the most important measurements we’re looking at,” he added.

“Men’s nighttime erections have been studied extensively for decades… Women’s are barely measured.”

While some of Johnson and Tolo’s health experiments are more than a little left-field, measuring erection tracking data with your son or publishing the details of your vaginal microbiome to the world aren’t activities which most people engage in, you can’t deny that Tolo’s work isn’t revolutionary.

As the 30-year-old points out in her research data, studies surrounding female nighttime erections haven’t evolved since 1975.

While Johnson can measure how many times he unconsciously stands to attention with a £207 ($275) publicly available smart sensor which connects to his phone via Bluetooth, Tolo’s tracking method is a little more complex.

In order to conduct the experiment, she had to use a 5cm internal probe, which hasn’t been updated since it was invented over five decades ago, which is taped to her leg and hooked up to lab equipment via a laptop. The laptop also has to stay on overnight otherwise the data is lost.

Price-wise, Tolo’s device costs around £11,881 ($15,723.68) and isn’t available on the high street.

“Men’s nighttime erections have been studied extensively for decades… Women’s are barely measured,” Tolo said.

“If the data turns out to matter the way it matters for men, someone should build the device.”

If Tolo’s research revolutionises our understanding of women’s sexual health, I promise to never laugh at Johnson’s more bizarre studies ever again.