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San Jose Sharks forward Raffi Torres was suspended for 41 games Monday for an illegal head check in a preseason game. He barrelled into Anaheim Ducks forward Jakob Silfverberg in a preseason game Saturday, coming off his feet. Torres will lose over $440,000 while on suspension.

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Oscar Pistorius's family is upset with South African authorities for delays in deciding whether the former Olympian should be released from jail and moved to house arrest, which he was sentenced to after being convicted of culpable homicide of his girlfriend in 2014. They say he is being treatedly unfairly due to media attention and that the recommendation to undergo psychotherapy from parole officials is unnecessary. “This experience leaves us with the uncomfortable conclusion that the public, political and media hype that was allowed to develop around Oscar’s trial has undermined his right to be treated like any other prisoner,” Pistorius’ family said.

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Speaking at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Joanne Liu, international president of Doctors Without Borders — also known as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) —  said the bombing “cannot be tolerated” and that “inconsistencies” in U.S. and Afghan accounts meant that any investigation must be conducted independently.
Twelve of the organization’s staff members and 10 patients — including three children — were killed in the bombing, the organization said. Another 37 people, including 19 staff, were wounded.
Over the weekend, the U.S. said the hospital bombing may have been “collateral damage” in its operations against the Taliban in the city, while the Afghan Interior Ministry insisted the hospital was harboring militants — a claim the aid organization said it was “disgusted” by.
Liu said the organization would be asking signatory states of the Geneva Convention to invoke the never-before-used International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission to conduct a probe in order to “establish the truth and to reassert the protected status of hospitals in conflict.”

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Why is the US Aiding and Enabling Saudi Arabia’s Genocidal War in Yemen?

The humanitarian crisis in Yemen rivals the crisis in Syria. After six months of war and the imposition of a naval blockade designed to starve the country into submission, 90% of Yemen’s population of more than 24 million are in urgent need of humanitarian aid. More than 6000 people, nearly 90% of which are civilians, are dead and most of Yemen’s already limited infrastructure is in ruins. Sana’a, the capital of Yemen and home to 3 million, is under continuous aerial bombardment by Saudi Arabia and its partners who have targeted schools, hospitals, and homes in densely populated urban areas.

Arizona Cardinals running back Jonathan Dwyer has been formally charged with assaulting his wife during two arguments in July.

He is facing a charge of felony aggravated assault and eight misdemeanors.

Dwyer was arrested earlier this month. The Cardinals then placed him on the reserve/non-football illness list, which means he won´t play the rest of the season.