Atlanta, GA -  Investigators are searching for a delivery food driver who they say opened fire and killed a customer just outside metro Atlanta. The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as 30-year-old Ryan Thornton of Atlanta. Local media report that according to the Atlanta Police Department, Thornton ordered delivery from UberEATS on Saturday and went outside a Buckhead apartment complex, about 8 miles (13 kilometers) north of Atlanta, at 11 p.m. to pick up his food. Investigators say witnesses said that Thornton and the driver exchanged words and then someone inside a white Volkswagen opened fire before it left the complex. Thornton was taken by ambulance to Grady Memorial Hospital where he later died. There have been no arrests in the case.
New York - For families who have searched years for missing loved ones, donating a sample of their DNA is often a last, desperate act to confirm their worst fears. New York City’s medical examiner is leading a nationwide effort to collect genetic material and match it with unidentified human remains. It’s a way to finally give family members some answers and maybe some solace. “People will not rest without answers, at least some answers,” said Dr. Barbara Sampson, the city’s chief medical examiner. Over the last decade, thousands of DNA samples have been donated to the city’s medical examiner’s office. Most include swabs of saliva from close relatives, but also DNA taken from items used by the missing persons themselves, including toothbrushes, ...
TRENTON, New Jersey -- Amtrak could prevent New Jersey Transit trains from using its tracks between Trenton and New York if the state transit agency doesn't finish installing technology that's designed to prevent crashes. Amtrak President and CEO Richard Anderson told a House subcommittee on Thursday Amtrak is worried passengers are being put at risk by delays in installing positive train control.In a filing to federal regulators, NJ Transit reported that through December, the braking system had been installed in 35 of its 440 locomotives and on none of 11 track segments.Thirty-five of 124 needed radio towers had been fully installed and equipped, and 143 of 1,100 employees had been trained in the new system, according to the report.New Jersey Transportation Commissioner Diane G...
Jerusalem - Israeli energy company Delek Drilling has announced a $15 billion deal to supply natural gas to Egypt. Delek and its U.S. partner, Noble Energy, signed a deal Monday to sell a total of 64 billion cubic meters of gas over a 10-year period to Egyptian company Dolphinus Holdings. Yossi Abu, chief executive of Delek Drilling, said in an interview that the deal is the largest-ever export agreement for Israel’s nascent natural gas industry. He called it “great news” for both countries. He says he expects most of the gas to be used for Egypt’s domestic market. But he says it could help pave the way toward turning Egypt into an export hub for Israeli gas. The gas is expected to start flowing next year.
A federal grand jury in Minnesota indicted three people on charges that they conspired to export drone parts and technology from the U.S. to the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon, authorities announced Friday. The U.S. Attorney's office for Minnesota said two of the suspects — brothers Usama and Issam Hamade — are now in custody in South Africa, while the third, Samir "Tony" Berro, remains at large. All three are Lebanese citizens. Usama "Prince Sam" Hamade also has South African citizenship, while Berro and Issam Hamade are also U.K. citizens. The U.S. considers Hezbollah a terrorist organization. The Shiite militant group has used drones at least since 2004. The indictment alleges the conspiracy operated from 2009 through December 2013. It says the equipment ...
As he launched his long-awaited U.S. Senate campaign in Utah, Mitt Romney spoke with The Associated Press about immigration, gun control, Russia and why he's running in Utah. Some highlights of the phone interview with Romney: IMMIGRATION Romney said he agrees with President Donald Trump on the need for border security, including penalties for employers who hire illegal immigrants and stopping chain migration, a term critics use to describe family-based immigration. Romney took issue, though, with "language that's come out of Washington generally" that can make minorities and immigrants feel uncomfortable or unwelcome. GUN CONTROL Speaking days after 17 people died at a Florida high school shooting, Romney insisted it was an appropriate time to talk about what can ...
A gun/cash bingo event to benefit a Maryland political campaign has drawn criticism on social media as some have called the event "tone deaf" following the south Florida school shooting. All proceeds and donations from the event were to support the Committee to elect Aaron Penman, who is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and a Harford County sheriff's sergeant running for delegate in Maryland's 7th District. Penman said 21 prizes will be given away, 11 of which are guns. Among the prizes of the event include several long guns, including an AR-15 rifle.  The Saturday night event comes days after a deadly mass shooting at a school in south Florida. Penman told 11 News on Saturday that the event sold out and that 344 people were expected to attend the event, which...
Baltimore, MD -- Some officials in Maryland are calling for more transparency of police personnel files and disciplinary records. The Baltimore Sun reported Saturday that Maryland shields such records from public disclosure. But the recent corruption convictions of some Baltimore police officers have prompted calls for a change. Some officers had faced internal misconduct allegations. Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh said through a spokeswoman that "the issue of disclosure and transparency warrants a fresh look." City solicitor Andre Davis has also said that Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh plans to propose legislation that would bring more transparency and fairness to the police discipline process. But law enforcement officials said that making such records public would inv...
Parkland, FL - A South Florida Chabad center may find itself playing a role in the case against school shooter Nikolas Cruz after footage from the facility’s security cameras showed images of the 19 year old less than an hour after the horrific bloodbath that took the lives of 17 students and staffers at the Marjory Stoneham Douglas High School last week. Rabbi Hershy Bronstein of the Chabad Chai Center – Coral Springs said that area residents had been pressuring officials for more details about Cruz’s activities from the time he left the high school until he was detained by the police.  A Thursday night announcement by Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel supplied the public with an official timeline, one that placed the Chabad center directly on the killer’s...
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Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday threatened that if Israel attacked his country, it will “see the response”. Zarif also told NBC News in an interview that last week’s shooting down of an Israeli fighter jet by Syria had destroyed the "myth of invincibility" that surrounded Israel's military for decades. After "30 years the Syrians were able to down one of its planes," the Iranian foreign minister told NBC News in an exclusive interview on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. "And so the myth of invincibility of Israel, of the Israeli military, has crumbled," he claimed. Syria "was able to use its own means to bring down one of their planes. The answer is: Don't violate their airspace," adde...
US President Donald Trump (R) gestures toward China's President Xi Jinping (C), as US First Lady Melania Trump (back C) is seen in the background, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. During President Donald Trump's visit to Beijing last November, a US Secret Service agent reportedly tackled a Chinese security official after attempts to block the movement of the "nuclear football." The nuclear football , officially known as the "president's emergency satchel," is a black leather briefcase that allows the US president to authorize a nuclear strike while away from a command center. It is carried by a military aide and is supposed to be in close proximity to the president at all times. Mark Wilson/Getty ImagesA military aide car...
Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid announced that Tzefas Chief Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu is unfit to serve as a city rov due to his criticism of Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot. Rav Eliyahu charged that due to Eizenkot’s support of “purity of arms,” expressed in a recent statement that a soldier shouldn’t empty a gun on someone who murders a Jew, a soldier at last week’s murder of Rav Itamar Ben-Gal tried to ram the terrorist with his vehicle instead of emptying a gun on him. “The Chief of Staff isn’t a deity and I can criticize him and his decisions,” Rav Eliyahu said.
U.S. ambassador to Israel David Friedman lambasted Haaretz after opinion writer Gideon Levi criticized his donation of an ambulance to Har Bracha, hometown of the recently murdered father of four, Itamar Ben Gal. “20 years ago I gave an ambulance to Har Bracha hoping it would be used to deliver healthy babies,” Friedman tweeted after the murder. “Instead, a man from Har Bracha was just murdered by a terrorist, leaving behind a wife and four children.” Levi blasted Friedman for helping Israel’s seizure of Palestinian land, writing: “With Friedman’s ambulance or without it, Har Bracha is a mountain of curses. It was a settlement established, like all the others, to poke a stick in the Palestinian eye and drive a stake into any chanc...
Alerted by tipoffs from passengers, the OK hechsher issued a warning that economy airline WOW Air was displaying “an unauthorized OK kosher symbol on their menus for flights departing from Tel Aviv.” Religious flyers reported that the airline was advertising Gouda sandwiches, Greek salads and Mediterranean sandwiches as kosher with the OK symbol. WOW Air subsequently told Chadrei Chareidim that no deception was intended. “WOW Air offers kosher food only on its Tel Aviv- Reykjavik/Iceland flights,” the company said. “From there, people change to a continuing flight to the U.S. The food is provided by the TMM company which has an Israeli hechsher.” As for the OK symbol, it was only meant to represent the word kosher. The airlin...
A serial survivor of scandals, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be in trouble once more after police recommended a range of bribery and other charges against him in two separate investigations. Yet the law doesn't require him to step down until convicted, the process could drag on for months, and the determined, loquacious leader is digging in his heels. For now, his coalition is lining up behind him, but public opinion could change that. If his Likud Party concludes he has become a liability, minnows could quickly turn into sharks and the party could replace him and retain power with the existing coalition. Police say there is sufficient evidence to indict Netanyahu for bribery, fraud and breach of trust, accusations he rejects. Attorney General Avihai Mandelbl...
Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport announced Friday that a valet parking service at the airport’s hourly garage is open and operational. The new Fly Away valet service is located on level 5 of the garage, which is connected directly to the airport terminal. “The new Fly Away valet parking offers our customers an easy, convenient experience,” said Ricky Smith, executive director of BWI Marshall Airport. “This valet parking option is our latest initiative to provide excellent, efficient customer service for our travelers.” The initial daily rate for the Fly Away valet parking service will be $30. Through February 2018, an online coupon is available for customers to try the valet parking for only $22 per day, which is the regular rate...
The Maryland Transit Administration plans a second shutdown of the Baltimore Metro system in August, WBAL-TV 11 News has learned. Maryland Transportation Secretary Pete Rahn and MTA Administrator Kevin Quinn told the Baltimore City state legislative delegation Friday that's there was always going to be a disruption for track repair, and that it just happened sooner than anticipated. The August shutdown of the Metro system to replace worn track had already been on MTA's calendar, but an inspection conducted in January in preparation of the August closure revealed 11 areas of elevated track that couldn't wait for repairs. "The circumstance has changed, and in their opinion, it was not safe to operate on those rails in that condition," Rahn said. A report cites excessive we...
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