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San Diego police say they are responding to an active shooter at a local mosque

San Diego police say they are responding to an active shooter at a local mosque

Published by Sam Flores

SAN DIEGO (AP) — An active shooter opened fire at a San Diego mosque Monday, and police believe people have been shot, authorities said. Officer Anthony Carrasco said people reported multiple shots at the Islamic Center of San Diego, about 9 miles (14 km) north of downtown San Diego. It was unclear if the shooter was outside or inside, or had been captured yet. The San Diego Police Department posted that the scene is “still active but contained.” Carrasco said he did not have more information at the moment. The Islamic Center is the largest mosque in San Diego County, according to its website. The campus includes the Al Rashid School, which the website says offers courses in Arabic language, Islamic studies and the Quran. Aerial TV footage showed more than a dozen children holding hands and being walked out of the parking lot of the center that is surrounded by scores of police vehicles. The white mosque is in a neighborhood of homes, apartments and strip malls with Middle Eastern restaurants and markets. Gov. …

Major hantavirus update as UK makes key move responding to deadly rat disease | World | News

Major hantavirus update as UK makes key move responding to deadly rat disease | World | News

Published by Sam Flores

The UK has deployed a rapid response mobile laboratory to the island of St Helena following an outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship, health officials have said. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Friday evening that three team members of the the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST) had been sent to the UK overseas territories of St Helena and Ascension in the South Atlantic in response to a request for support from the island’s government. It comes after it was announced that 10 Britons from South Atlantic islands connected to the MV Hondius cruise ship outbreak are to be brought to the UK in case they develop the illness. The group, thought to be residents of St Helena and Ascension, are being “brought to the UK to complete their self-isolation as a precautionary measure”, the UK Health Security Agency said earlier this week. The deployed team includes two microbiologists, Clara Milroy and Kimberley Steeds, who will support with PCR testing for hantavirus as well as supporting testing to exclude other …

Single women are buying more houses. The men they are dating are not responding well | Homes

Single women are buying more houses. The men they are dating are not responding well | Homes

Published by Sam Flores

When Tiffany Tate put the wheels in motion to buy her first home, it felt like a win – until a date’s response stopped her cold. “If you buy that house, what’s a guy going to do for you?” he said. It was just after their first date, and just before what would be their last. Tiffany, then 29, had just ended a long-term relationship and moved from her home town of Winston-Salem to Charlotte for a new job at a career development center. She had just joined Match.com and was starting to dip her toe into the Charlotte dating scene. Her date, previously promising, was clearly struggling to understand why she would want a serious relationship if she was going to buy her own home. Tiffany was thrown. “I was like, ‘I don’t understand the question.’” double quotation mark Why would me buying a house be a deterrent for a guy? Wouldn’t that be a positive? Tiffany Tate With all the speculation over declining marital and birthrates in the US, a disconnect between men …

How China is responding to the stalling of talks between the U.S. and Iran : NPR

How China is responding to the stalling of talks between the U.S. and Iran : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Zongyuan Zoe Liu, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, about how China views the current crisis in the Middle East AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: The Strait of Hormuz has been a major sticking point in peace talks between the U.S. and Iran. The U.S. says its blockade there remains. Iran says it controls the Strait of Hormuz. AAA’s national average of gas prices remains above $4. Fertilizer prices are squeezing American farmers, and officials in Asian countries are urging people to conserve energy. China is the world’s largest importer of crude oil, and we’ll take a look now at how Beijing is reacting to the conflict between the U.S. and Iran. Zongyuan Zoe Liu is a senior fellow for China Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and she joins us now from Hong Kong. Thanks for being with us. ZONGYUAN ZOE LIU: Thank you for having me, Ayesha. RASCOE: So what’s the reaction from Chinese officials about this weekend’s news? LIU: So far, China has not really …

General suggests US military responding ‘robustly’ to Russia’s role in Iran war

General suggests US military responding ‘robustly’ to Russia’s role in Iran war

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The top commander of U.S. forces in Europe told members of Congress on Thursday that the U.S. military is responding “robustly” to any entity aiding Iran in its military operations against the U.S. “Anytime anyone puts American service members in harm’s way in any manner whatsoever, I believe we should respond robustly,” Gen. Alexus Grynkewich… Source link

Waymo Says It Has Nothing to Say After Its Self-Driving Taxi Blocked an Ambulance Responding to a Mass Shooting

Waymo Says It Has Nothing to Say After Its Self-Driving Taxi Blocked an Ambulance Responding to a Mass Shooting

Published by José Betancourt

Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech A Waymo robotaxi blocked an ambulance from responding to the scene of a mass shooting in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, EMS and Waymo officials confirmed. “A driverless vehicle was stopped in the area while our crews were responding to this morning’s shooting, and it did briefly interfere with access for one ambulance,” Austin-Travis County EMS spokesperson Christa Stedman told Axios. “The officer in the video followed established protocol to address the situation and was able to quickly move the vehicle so ATCEMS units could proceed.” The Google-owned Waymo told outlets that it would not be providing a statement. In footage of the incident circulating online, a Waymo cab is seen straddling the width of a street, preventing an EMS vehicle with its lights flashing from passing. Instead of clearing a path, the cab fidgets in place, before the ambulance driver decides to reverse out and take a different route. After several minutes of indecisiveness — perhaps as it …

Video shows Florida officers responding to Zoo fire

Video shows Florida officers responding to Zoo fire

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Vatican faces ‘complicated’ balancing act in responding to US arrest of Maduro

Vatican faces ‘complicated’ balancing act in responding to US arrest of Maduro

Published by Sam Flores

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — The U.S. capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife on Saturday (Jan. 3) may have ended one crisis for the Holy See and opened another, testing the Vatican’s long-standing defense of national sovereignty in an increasingly volatile global order. As cardinals from around the world gather in Rome for their first major meeting since electing Pope Leo XIV — a consistory meant to address pressing church matters — mounting geopolitical tensions are expected to feature prominently in formal and informal conversations. While the Vatican’s tensions with the Venezuelan government, which began under Pope Francis and continued in recent months under Leo, are seemingly halted after Maduro’s removal from office, now the Holy See must consider concern for Venezuelan Catholics and the U.S.’ escalating actions and impact beyond Venezuela in any response.  “What has happened has created a precedent that scares the hell out of those cardinals who are in other countries where they might be invaded by Russia or invaded by China,” said Massimo Faggioli, a Vatican commentator and …