‘Numerous’ officers down: How April 29 went from a normal day to tragedy in Charlotte The Charlotte Observer used livestreams, radio traffic and other records to piece together a timeline of how Monday’s fatal shooting unfolded. 05/3/2024 - 9:56 am | View Link
Teen Driver Killed in Fiery West Phoenix Crash Linked to Shooting, Suspect Facing Murder Charges West Phoenix shooting leads to a fatal crash, killing teen driver David Juarez and injuring another. Suspect Richard Salazar faces murder charges. 05/3/2024 - 9:06 am | View Link
Shooter convicted of murder in Virginia construction workers' deaths A man who claimed self-defense in the shooting of a man and his stepson at the construction site where the two worked in Northern Virginia was found guilty of two counts of murder. Prosecutors said 29 ... 05/3/2024 - 7:11 am | View Link
Charlotte killings highlight the risks police face when serving warrants Serving arrest warrants forces police officers into unpredictable situations that can result in disaster, as in the case of the four North Carolina officers killed on April 29, 2024. 05/2/2024 - 1:19 am | View Link
4 law officers serving warrant are killed, 4 wounded in shootout at North Carolina home, police say Four police officers serving a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm were killed and four other officers were wounded in a shootout Monday at a North Carolina home, police said. 04/29/2024 - 2:21 pm | View Link
WASHINGTON — A top U. N. official said Friday that hard-hit northern Gaza was now in “full-blown famine” after more than six months of war between Israel and Hamas and severe Israeli restrictions on food deliveries to the Palestinian territory.
Cindy McCain, the American director of the U. N. World Food Program, became the most prominent international official so far to declare that trapped civilians in the most cut-off part of Gaza had gone over the brink into famine.
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“It’s horror,” McCain told NBC’s “Meet the Press” in an interview to air Sunday.
Houston — Heavy storms slammed the Houston area again Friday, widening already dangerous flooding in Texas and leading to numerous high-water rescues, including some from the rooftops of flooded homes. Officials redoubled urgent instructions for residents in low-lying areas to evacuate, warning the worst was still to come.
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“This threat is ongoing and it’s going to get worse.
The Eta Aquarids meteor shower, which occurs each year as the Earth passes through remnants of Halley’s comet, is expected to reach its peak this weekend. Watchers can expect to see hundreds of meteors fill the sky in the pre-dawn hours. With the moon at a waning crescent, the show is expected to be even more vibrant than usual.
Chants of “disclose, divest, we will not stop, we will not rest” are reverberating across the globe as student-led protests in support of Palestine have popped up outside the U. S. and in countries like Australia, Mexico, and the U. K. as the Israel-Hamas war enters into its seventh month.
The best Taylor Swift needle drops will make you think about her music a little differently. A show like You might play with tone, turning an emotional ballad into comic relief, while The Buccaneers might help christen a new Swiftie classic with one pivotal scene. Some music syncs feel so seamless you may start to believe they were written specifically for a movie, while others, like Swift’s Valentine’s Day sweetheart anthem “Today Was a Fairytale,” actually was.
In a fast-food culture, there may be few things better for your health than making a simple home-cooked meal. But while the meal itself may be a good idea, the cooking part can be a problem—at least if you own a natural gas or propane stove. That’s the conclusion of a new study in Science Advances, showing that dangerous levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) are emitted by both kinds of stoves.
The findings are a result of new work conducted at Stanford University by environmental scientist Rob Jackson and graduate researcher Yannai Kashtan.