San Diego police Monday swarmed an Islamic center and mosque amid reports of an active shooter in the area. It was unclear the extent of the injuries, but police urged people to avoid the area near a mosque in the Clairemont district. Scores of officers were on the scene, according to TV footage.
Minnesota's national guard has been activated to help battle wildfires burning in the northern part of the state after the department of natural resources requested additional support. Governor Tim Walz authorized the deployment by issuing an executive order that declared a peacetime emergency. Unpredictable and fast-moving wildfires are putting Minnesota communities at risk, Walz said in a statement. This emergency declaration ensures we can fully mobilize the resources needed to protect lives, support evacuations, and help communities respond and recover.
It can now be confirmed that the stranded humpback whale near Anholt is the same whale that was previously stranded in Germany and was the subject of rescue attempts. Jane Hansen, division head at the Danish Environmental Protection Agency, said in a statement to AFP.
“We're building and we're modernizing facilities so correctional staff have the space, tools and resources they need to do their job safely and effectively, while making sure we have the capacity now and well into the future to take to keep dangerous criminals off our streets and behind bars where they belong,” Kerzner said.
A Maine Game Warden died Tuesday during a fish air-dropping operation when his aircraft crashed in Avon, Maine, authorities announced. The incident took place around 11 a.m. near Schoolhouse Pond, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife shared in a Facebook post. In a subsequent Facebook post Wednesday, authorities identified the pilot as 50-year-old Joshua Tibbetts.
Durham regional council won't make a decision on a roughly $1.1-billion 10-year plan for the region's police service until after the municipal election in October. The strategy, created by the Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) and regional staff, calls for more funding for the service through a series of property tax hikes over the next decade. The increases could push the region's total property tax increase above 10 per cent in 2027.
Henning defines “teen takeovers” as a group of teenagers who get together at a designated time and location to do what teenagers do—socialize, hang out with friends and spend time outdoors. These gatherings have been covered by the media in metropolitan areas such as Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit and Washington, D.C. Critics complain these gatherings or flashmobs are too large, disruptive and dangerous, as some meetups have turned violent.
“I think it's a very dangerous trend. One, because it is absolutely 150% fiction. But what's worrying me now is, is that his social media is now taking on a violent turn. And that worries me because when you do that and when your messages are so hateful, or when you demonize people, then you do provoke people who are unstable and you can jeopardize people's safety, Bass said.”
Part of a Santa Clara park has been temporarily closed after the discovery of suspected rodent poison pellets, city officials said. The pellets were found at Jenny Strand Park on Howard Drive after a dog owner contacted the city Monday to report that their pet had eaten some of the pellets and became sick.
Jenny Black, who also lives on the street, said: "I couldn't quite believe that this loud noise was resonating off the buildings here. The noise was so much louder than a normal car. "It was persistent so I came downstairs and asked the driver what he was doing. "He said the car had brought him here and that it was a driverless car."
Nearly 150 incidents of dogs off leads chasing and attacking deer have been recorded over the past 28 months across London’s eight royal parks, a charity has said. Royal Parks, the body that manages the parks, has warned visitors that such behaviour risks serious injury to people, dogs and wildlife. The charity said owners must keep dogs on leads during deer birthing season which runs until 31 July in Richmond Park and Bushy Park.
A Lyft passenger who had apparently been in some sort of verbal and physical altercation with his driver was killed after engaging the driver in a foot chase on I-80 in Vallejo early Saturday. The man was killed while running on the shoulder of the eastbound freeway near Tennessee Street by an Audi, and the driver said she did not see him until it was too late.
Earlier this year, dozens of autonomous vehicles from the Chinese company Baidu suddenly stopped in their tracks in Wuhan, China, triggering major chaos and sparking alarm among lawmakers in Beijing. Not much later, the country's government decided to stop issuing new licenses for new autonomous vehicles altogether, as Bloomberg reported last week, once again highlighting persistent pain points in the rollout of the tech - not to mention how far Beijing is willing to go to intervene when things go south.
U.S. Rep. Lateefah Simon announced a $500,000 federal allocation for firefighters in Berkeley and several nearby communities to train together. Firefighters from Albany, Berkeley, El Cerrito, Kensington, and Richmond have formed a consortium to share facilities and enhance training efforts.
"Heavy reliance on OT may create long-term operational and workforce risks, including employee fatigue, reduced morale, and potential impacts on safety and performance," Murdock said in her report on police and fire staffing, released on Thursday.
