This is a roundup of today's news briefs as a result of failed gun control talks in Washington on Thursday. Gunman kills 2 people in Central Michigan University and the gunman is still at large
On February 28, 2018, the victim was seated on a bus bench near the area of Main Street just north of Venice Way. The suspect approached the bus bench and asked the victim if he had change for a $10 bill. The victim pulled out his wallet and the suspect lunged at the victim, grabbing his wallet. As the victim attempted to stop the suspect, both the victim and suspect ended up on the ground. The suspect began to strike the victim numerous times on his head and upper body. The suspect fled on foot with the victim's wallet. Читать дальше...
On February 28, 2018, the victim was seated on a bus bench near the area of Main Street just north of Venice Way. The suspect approached the bus bench and asked the victim if he had change for a $10 bill. The victim pulled out his wallet and the suspect lunged at the victim, grabbing his wallet. As the victim attempted to stop the suspect, both the victim and suspect ended up on the ground. The suspect began to strike the victim numerous times on his head and upper body. The suspect fled on foot with the victim's wallet. Читать дальше...
Here's something you don't see everyday! A tree fell on a Mustang!
On Thursday, March 01, 2018, around 6:15 p.m., Los Angeles police officers responded to a radio call of a robbery investigation near the area of Vermont Avenue and Venice Boulevard. When officers arrived, they contacted the victim, who was being treated by Los Angeles City Fire Department paramedics for an apparent laceration to the neck. The initial investigation determined that the victim was inside of a laundromat, when the suspect approached her from behind and grabbed the victim's purse away... Читать дальше...
A South Carolina teen has pleaded guilty to armed robbery at a child's birthday party and was sentenced to 5 years maximum in prison. Rufus Gates, 17, along with another man who was already sentenced to 10 years in prison, stormed into a room at the Santee's Delta Motel in December of 2015 where four kids and two adults were having a birthday party. Both men were armed with guns. Gates and the other man, Lamar Outlaw, forced the kids and adults into a corner and demanded money from one man.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has released body-worn cam footage in connection to a February 2018 shooting where a CMPD officer shot and killed an armed man. The incident happened Friday, Feb. 2 in the 3200 block of Timberbrook Drive. Officers were called to the home to investigate a suicide attempt just before the officer-involved shooting occurred. Chief Kerr Putney said the suicidal individual, identified as Charlie Shoupe, was armed with a knife and charged at one of the officers. Читать дальше...
FREAKING ABOUT THE FRACKING? - The fracking boom in Ohio's Valley area has reopened a railroad stretch that's been retired for 20 Years. This video shows a locomotive's 2nd run to Dillionvale, Ohio. Naturally, the freaking rails are playing a major part to move the fracking sand, freaky gravel, and other materials (the first run being when it took up the loaded hoppers). Still one of the first trains to make the run into almost 20 years. Of course the line was giving a little T.L.C. before operations started. Читать дальше...
The Geneva-based International Trade Centre believes many countries will retaliate against Donald Trump's plans to raise trade tariffs. Its Executive Director Arancha Gonzalez told Euronews the US president's so-called protective measures will only end up punishing American workers. "If we go by history, because this has already happened in 2002, the result would be a net loss of American jobs. This is what we saw in 2004 with 200.000 jobs being lost in the United States mostly in the user... Читать дальше...
Five teenagers 'put their lives at risk' with an 'incredibly stupid' selfie video standing on railway lines with their backs to a cargo train as it hurtled towards them, Russian police say. The unnamed boys, aged 13 and 14, stood on a branch line of the Trans-Siberian route as the train bore down on them. Their video shows them ignoring repeated warning signals from the driver to get off the track. Instead, they laugh, joke, and wave defiantly at the train. One boy remained on the railways - only fleeing at the last minute... Читать дальше...
CCTV captured the moment a skip firm employee reversed an excavator into a colleague, crushing him against a wall. Daividas Rupeika was sentenced after causing serious injury to his fellow workman at the site in Wimbledon, South West London. Southwark Crown Court was shown CCTV footage of the incident which took place on 2 August 2017. The footage showed Rupeika driving into another excavator before reversing at speed. As he does so, he ploughs into a colleague, crushing him against a shed wall and leaving him with serious injuries.
Donald Trump repeatedly says he wants to put America First. His plans to raise tariffs on imported steel and aluminium, however, have created concern across the world. Critics say the hike will kick-off a bitter trade war. But the US president has signalled he's ready to fight. In a now customary tweet, Trump said with the USA losing billions he's ready to go toe to toe with any country that gets cute. In response, the European Union has called the measure blatant protectionism and promised to act "firmly". Читать дальше...
Unflashy Italian prime minister Paolo Gentiloni has conquered the centre ground so coveted by former premier Matteo Renzi, becoming more popular than the anti-immigrant firebrands dominating the headlines in the general election campaign -- and even his old boss. Gentiloni's appointment as PM in December 2016 was widely seen in Italy as a containment move by the outgoing Matteo Renzi, head of the ruling Democratic Party (PD), who had just resigned after losing a referendum on constitutional reform. Читать дальше...
Today on the 2nd of March armed insurgents attacked both the French embassy and military headquarters in the capital of Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou. Fourteen deaths have been reported thus far; seven assailants and as many security personel. Six people were also injured, including 2 civilians. The brazen attack is believed to be a response to Emmanuel Macron's decision to urge local governments in France's former colonies to fight local ISIS chapters more effectively.
Во время сафари в индийском штате Махараштра произошла схватка тигра с медведем-губачом. Об этом сообщает РИА Новости со ссылкой на телеканал NDTV.
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Huge snow drifts at least three metres deep were seen on March 2 along the road in the village of Meldon in Devon, England. The footage was taken by a local lady pushing her child in a stroller along the main road. The freezing conditions are due to the arrival of Storm Emma, which made landfall in southwest England late in the night on March 1. Coming on the heels of the "Beast from the East" polar vortex, this marks the third day running of heavy snow and ice across the UK. Further travel... Читать дальше...
Pan Am Railways' Maine Central EMD GP40 #319 in Peabody, Massachusetts. Sadly, aside from the MBTA's Newburyport/Rockport Line, virtually all of the train tracks in the North Shore area have been abandoned for at least fifteen years. This track are remnants of the Salem and Lowell, Essex, and South Reading Branch Railroads, and, as you can see, they're barely a step above being abandoned themselves. It carries an average of 1 locomotive every one to two weeks, as the only local customers are Eastman Gelatine Corporation and Univar USA. Читать дальше...
One person is dead after a police chase and crash on Milwaukee's south side. The crash happened around 11:45 p.m. Thursday near 25th Street and Ohio Avenue. Greenfield police say they tried stopping a pickup truck that was traveling at a high rate of speed. The truck eventually hit a tree and ended up on a sidewalk. The 25-year-old driver, who is a man from West Allis, died at the scene. No officers were hurt.
It's the film up for an Oscar this weekend whose quirky activism has inspired copies in Europe and the US. "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" - which has been nominated in the Best Picture category - tells the story of an aggrieved mother who uses red-and-black roadside billboards to shame local police. It has sparked similar-style billboards across the world. Hollywood woke up to a trio of hoardings in Los Angeles on Wednesday, which referenced the industry's sexual misconduct accusations. Читать дальше...
Brussels has opened a new window for EU membership to six Western Balkans nations. Euronews reporter Efi Koutsokosta met EU Commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, on the last stop of his tour of Western Balkan nations - Serbia, Montenegro, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Albania, Kosovo and Bosnia- in Sofia. She started by asking him how realistic is it for them to join the EU given the disputes that already exist? Jean-Claude Juncker: "We are not discussing dates, we... Читать дальше...
The Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is the place where tech trends for the year ahead are set. The world's biggest companies come to display their latest gadgets. Samsung with its new flagship Galaxy S9 and LG with a new generation of phones powered by artificial intelligence. The Congress programme is built around 8 core themes and Euronews met up wtih Mariya Gabriel, the European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society, to discuss some of them. There is a dark side With 8.4 billion connected objects in the world... Читать дальше...
Houston police have released surveillance video of a suspect wanted in the fatal shooting of one man and the wounding of another at 10221 Club Creek about 11:50 p.m. on July 15, 2017. The suspect is described as a Hispanic male, wearing a black T-shirt with an unknown image on the front. The victims were outside a nightclub at the above address when two other people began arguing. During the ensuing fight, one individual (suspect seen in the video) produced a gun and fired multiple shots which struck the victims. Читать дальше...
Turkey warned these Shia extremists they would be taken out if they supported pkk terrorists.
