Georgia medical board suspends license of ‘dancing doctor’

By Dennis Rudner / Las Vegas Review-Journal

June 8, 2018 - 4:34 am

ATLANTA — Authorities have suspended the license of a doctor in suburban Atlanta who posted videos of herself dancing with a scalpel over anesthetized patients during plastic surgery operations.

News outlets report Georgia’s Composite Medical Board issued the emergency suspension on Thursday, citing a threat to public health if Dr. Windell Davis-Boutte continues to practice medicine.

Davis-Boutte has not responded to interview requests from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WSB-TV. Earlier, she told the Headline News cable network that she staged the videos with her patients’ consent, although some patients said they never signed consent forms.

The board said one patient’s lung collapsed after liposuction and breast augmentation surgery May 30. Attorney Susan Witt, who represents several women suing the doctor for malpractice, says the board interviewed her hospitalized client on Wednesday.

In this undated photo provided by the Etat Major des Armees on Thursday, May 30, 2024, a view ...

Ship attacked by Yemen’s Houthi rebels was full of grain bound for Iran

By Jon Gambrell The Associated Press

May 30, 2024 - 11:05 am

A Greek-owned, Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier that came under attack by Yemen’s Houthi terrorists earlier this week had a cargo of grain bound for Iran, the group’s main benefactor.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (not pictured) spea ...

In blow to Israeli rivals, Netanyahu’s popularity on the rise

By Ethan Bronner Bloomberg News

May 30, 2024 - 11:00 am

The Israeli prime minister Benjamin is out-polling main rival Benny Gantz for the first time since the war against Hamas terrorists started in October

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Nevada Red Cross volunteers helping with tornado relief in Texas, Arkansas

May 29, 2024 - 7:15 pm

Red Cross disaster relief teams from across the nation are mobilizing to support evacuees in states slammed by storms.

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US calls Algeria’s proposed U.N. resolution demanding Israel halt offensive in Rafah not helpful

By Edith M. Lederer The Associated Press

May 29, 2024 - 1:36 pm

The United States said a proposed U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and halt to Israel’s military operation in Rafah “is not going to be helpful.”

This undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Air Force shows a MQ-9 Reaper, armed with GBU-1 ...

Another US MQ-9 Reaper drone goes down in Yemen, images purportedly show

By Jon Gambrell The Associated Press

May 29, 2024 - 1:23 pm

Yemen’s Houthi terrorists continued attacks on shipping around the Red Sea over the Israel-Hamas war.

Israeli soldiers work on a tank near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, Wednesday, Ma ...

Israel’s military says it’s taken control of strategic corridor

By Tia Goldenberg, Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy The Associated Press

May 29, 2024 - 1:10 pm

The capture of the Philadelphi Corridor could complicate Israel’s relations with Egypt.

Nissan warns owners of 84K older vehicles not to drive them due to air bag concerns

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer

May 29, 2024 - 8:11 am

Nissan is warning the owners of about 84,000 older vehicles that their Takata air bag inflators have an increased risk of exploding in a crash and hurling metal fragments.

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US-built Gaza pier damaged by rough seas will be removed and repaired

By Tara Copp The Associated Press

May 28, 2024 - 7:56 pm

The temporary pier on the coast of Gaza that has been taking humanitarian aid to Palestinians for less than two weeks was damaged by rough seas and weather, the Pentagon said.

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing at the White Ho ...

US condemns deaths but says Israel policy unchanged

By Aamer Madhani The Associated Press

May 29, 2024 - 10:16 am

The White House condemned the deaths of dozens of civilians as a result of an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, but it is not planning any policy changes as a result.

Student alleges antisemitism at UNLV, inaction by Whitfield, Regents

By Jeff Burbank / RJ

May 28, 2024 - 6:47 pm

The student’s lawyers claim he was threatened, discriminated against at UNLV, amid taunts from pro-Palestinian protesters and inaction by the administration and Board of Regents.