Rotokare can continue to educate the younger generation with the new facility.

New Haven, Connecticut, has agreed to a $45 million ($66 million) settlement with Randy Cox, who was paralysed while being transported handcuffed and without a seat belt in the back of a police van following his arrest last year, the city's mayor and attorneys said on Saturday.

The agreement was reached on Friday evening following a daylong conference with a federal magistrate judge, Mayor Justin Elicker said.

It came two days after the city fired two police officers who authorities said treated Cox recklessly and without compassion.

"The city's mistakes have been well documented," a statement by attorneys Ben Crump, Louis Rubano and RJ Weber, who represented Cox, said.

"But today is a moment to look to the future, so New Haven residents can have confidence in their city and their police department."

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Cox, 36, was left paralysed from the chest down June 19, 2022, when the police van he was riding in braked hard, sending him head-first into a metal partition while his hands were cuffed behind his back.

Cox had been arrested on charges of threatening a woman with a gun, which were later dismissed.

"I can't move. I'm going to die like this. Please, please, please help me," Cox said minutes after the crash, according to police video.

Once at the police station, officers mocked Cox and accused him of being drunk and faking his injuries, according to surveillance and body-worn camera footage.

Officers dragged Cox by his feet out of the van and placed him in a holding cell prior to his eventual transfer to a hospital.

Five officers, including those who were fired, face criminal charges in the case. All have pleaded not guilty.

Cox last year sued the officers and the city for $100 million.

His attorneys called the settlement the largest ever in a police misconduct case.

Cox did not plan to make any public comments over the weekend, Rubano said.

"He kind of relived what happened to him throughout the day yesterday, so it was a very emotional day," the attorney said by phone.

"He's unwinding now."

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The case drew outrage from civil rights advocates like the NAACP, along with comparisons to the Freddie Gray case in Baltimore. Cox is Black, while all five officers who were arrested are Black or Hispanic.

Gray, who also was Black, died in 2015 after he suffered a spinal injury while handcuffed and shackled in a city police van.

New Haven police have since adopted reforms that include making sure all prisoners wear seat belts.

The state Senate on June 5 gave final approval to legislation that would require seat belts for all prisoners being transported.

"Randy entered a police transport vehicle being able to walk, and now he's not able to walk," Elicker said at a news conference on Saturday.

He said he had spoken with Cox's mother earlier in the day.

"What I shared with her is that while this settlement cannot bring Randy back to his original state when he entered that police transport vehicle, that my hope is that it provides Randy the future medical support and other support that he will need," Elicker said.

"Randy's 36 years old, and we hope he has a long life ahead of him with the kind of support and care that he deserves."

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‘I was very privileged to be able to care for Claire in the last few months at home.’

Police are on high alert due to the gang presence in the area.

One employee has already been placed on leave and an investigation is underway.

Police were notified at 4.25pm today.

More details of how four young children survived alone for weeks after their mother was killed in a plane crash have been revealed.

Two airplanes have "highly likely collided" with each other at the Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japanese public broadcaster NHK is reporting, citing the country's transport ministry.

The two passenger aircraft involved belonged to EVA Air and Thai Airways and are thought to have come into contact with each other near a taxiway at around 11 am, NHK reported on Saturday morning.

It cited the Tokyo Aviation Office of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), which is working to confirm the details of the situation.

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The broadcaster said 207 passengers and crew were on board the EVA Air plane, while 264 others were on the Thai Airways flight. No injuries have been reported.

The runway near where the two aircraft were stopped has been suspended, leaving just three in operation.

Airport video footage from NHK shows part of one of the Thai aircraft's wings missing and debris on the runway close by.

The video also shows aviation staff cleaning up the debris.

The Tokyo Airport Office has sent staff to the area to check the situation.

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A man is accused of breaking into a Florida theme park, jumping into an alligator enclosure and filming a video for social media – a dangerous stunt that authorities say led to his arrest.

Police in Tampa Bay say Jacob Pursifull, 20, hopped a fence to enter Busch Gardens theme park illegally on June 1. He and two others went to the park's alligator enclosure, which is outfitted with two layers of metal fencing, footage of the incident shows.

Authorities say Pursifull entered the enclosure while one of the people with him recorded him, according to a news release from the Tampa Police Department.

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Onlookers can be seen in a video posted to social media showing Pursifull inside the enclosure, with some shouting at him to get out and that it was dangerous to get that close to the reptiles. Footage of the incident went viral online.

"Another wild Karen. Crikey!" Pursifull can be heard saying in a clip cited by CNN affiliate WBBH.

It is unclear whether Pursifull has legal representation.

Authorities say he posted a video of the incident to social media. No video of the incident currently appears on social media accounts appearing to belong to Pursifull.

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Tampa police say leads from social media helped investigators identify and arrest Pursifull.

He was taken into custody Monday on charges of theft of services, trespassing and burglary of an occupied structure, according to the release from police and the Hillsborough County jail's website.

Pursifull was released on bail on Tuesday, booking information showed.

It is unclear whether the two other people who police say snuck into the theme park with Pursifull will face charges. The Tampa Police Department did not immediately respond to an inquiry from CNN.

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A 24-year-old man has died after his car rolled off an embankment near Brisbane last night.

Police said the car was travelling along Mailmans Track off Bunya Road when it crashed about 7.30pm in Bunya.

The driver, a 24-year-old Kippa Ring man, received critical injuries and died at the scene.

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He was the only person in that vehicle.

Police are appealing for any witnesses or anyone with CCTV or dashcam from the nearby area to come forward.

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