U.S. Capitol Police searching Senate office buildings after unconfirmed report of active shooter
WASHINGTON — U.S. Capitol Police have locked down and evacuated the Russell Senate Office Building after receiving reports of a possible active shooter, two law enforcement officials told NBC News. The reports have not yet been substantiated and Capitol Police officers are still searching the area. U.S. Capitol Police tweeted المزيد
Leprosy may now be endemic in Florida, report suggests
Cases of leprosy have increased in Florida and the southeastern United States over the last decade, according to a new report. Leprosy, officially called Hansen’s disease, is a rare type of bacterial infection that attacks the nerves and can cause swelling under the skin. The new research paper, published in المزيد
Fan files police report after Cardi B hurled microphone into crowd during Las Vegas show
A woman who says she was hit by a microphone rapper Cardi B hurled into the crowd at a Las Vegas concert has filed a police report for battery, authorities say. The singer was performing “Bodak Yellow” at Drai’s Beachclub on Saturday before a raucous crowd when a fan threw المزيد
Worker told organizer ‘Someone’s going to end up dead’ before Astroworld crush, police report says
HOUSTON — Just moments before rap superstar Travis Scott took the stage at the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival, a contract worker had been so worried about what might happen after seeing people getting crushed that he texted an event organizer saying, “Someone’s going to end up dead,” according to a police المزيد
Blacks, Latinos account for more than 2/3 of all LA arrests: report
A new analysis of Los Angeles Police Department data released this week by L.A. City Controller Kenneth Mejia shows that Latino and Black people were arrested at a “disproportionate rate” between 2019 to 2022. Black people, who make up 8% of the county’s population, accounted for 27% of all arrests; المزيد
China helps Russia evade sanctions, likely supplies Moscow with tech used in Ukraine, U.S. intelligence report says
China is providing crucial support for Russia’s war effort in Ukraine by helping the Kremlin evade Western sanctions and is likely supplying Moscow with key technology, according to a new U.S intelligence report. China has dramatically expanded its purchase of Russian oil, gas and other energy exports since Moscow invaded المزيد
Mexico authorities complicit in case of 43 missing students, report finds
The five-member multinational panel investigating the 2014 disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College, in Mexico, has not been able to determine what exactly happened to them, the investigators said Tuesday at a press conference. The investigators with the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI), a panel المزيد