Man barricades himself inside house after shooting at police during high-speed chase A man who fired shots at deputies during a high-speed chase is in custody after a standoff, the sheriff said. Thomas Wayne Carlson III, 40, is accused of firing into a vehicle, the Burke County ... 05/3/2024 - 9:29 am | View Link
Person fatally shot by police after allegedly pointing weapon at others ID'd as 35-year-old man An armed person shot and killed by Indianapolis police after allegedly pointing a weapon at other people has been identified as a 35-year-old man ... 05/3/2024 - 3:30 am | View Link
Can de-escalation training help prevent police shootings? Here's what the experts say The research shows de-escalation training is effective, but some worry it will be seen as "magic fairy dust" in a country full of guns. 05/3/2024 - 2:52 am | View Link
PD: Man barricaded in Harlingen home after shooting homeowner with BB gun Officers responded to a barricade situation Wednesday night after a man shot a homeowner in Harlingen with a BB gun, police said. According to Harlingen police, ... 05/2/2024 - 7:42 am | View Link
Man charged with murder in fatal shooting of Chicago police officer A 22-year-old man has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer who was slain while off-duty and heading home from work CHICAGO -- A 22-year-old man has been charged ... 05/1/2024 - 11:21 pm | View Link
The Rockies, oh so desperately needed someone to make a big splash.
Two players delivered Friday night — one of them literally — in the Rockies’ 3-2 win over the Pirates at PNC Park.
Ryan McMahon led off the Rockies’ three-run sixth inning with a 445-foot homer that splashed down in the Allegheny River.
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.