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September 20, 2018 at 11:42 am
ABERDEEN, Md. (AP) — Three people were killed Thursday morning in a shooting at a Rite Aid distribution center in northeast Maryland, officials said.
A law enforcement official with knowledge of the shooting stressed that the number of dead is based on preliminary information. The officials wasn't authorized to discuss details by name and spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press.
The FBI described it as an "active shooter situation" and said its Baltimore field office was assisting.
The Harford County Sheriff's Office tweeted that the shooting involved "multiple victims" and warned that the situation was still fluid and asked people to avoid the area.
In a tweet, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said his office is monitoring the situation in Aberdeen and that th...
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September 20, 2018 at 11:39 am
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has set for Kim Jong Un a January 2021 deadline to get rid of North Korea’s nuclear weapons, Reuters reports.
The statement signals U.S. readiness to resume talks after a stalemate in the months following the June summit between Donald Trump and Kim. Pompeo said he’d invited North Korea’s foreign minister to meet for talks in New York next week. North Korea pledged Wednesday to dismantle key missile facilities and suggested it would close its main Yongbyon nuclear complex, hinting that denuclearization talks were getting back on track. Trump praised Kim for his statements, telling reporters Wednesday that they represented “tremendous progress” and adding: “He’s calm, I’m calm—so we’ll see what happe...
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September 20, 2018 at 11:37 am
DISTRICT HEIGHTS, Md. — Two Prince George's County police officers were shot while trying to serve a warrant Wednesday night, officials said.
A special operations unit was executing a drug search warrant at an apartment building on Lorring Drive in District Heights Wednesday when the shooting happened, police said.
The tactical team knocked on the door in question and then opened it after no response at which time a person inside the apartment fired a shotgun, hitting two officers, police said.
"We could be talking about a completely different situation based on what they encountered when they got into that apartment, so we are very, very relieved tonight that both of our officers are alive," Prince George's County police spokeswoman Jennifer Donelan said.
One of the of...
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September 20, 2018 at 11:35 am
New York - An early wave of buying sent U.S. stocks solidly higher on Wall Street Thursday, pushing the Dow Jones Industrial Average above the all-time high it closed at in January.
The S&P 500, the benchmark for many index funds, was also above the peak it reached last month. Technology stocks and banks accounted for much of the rally. Utilities and other safe-play stocks lagged behind as investors shoveled money into riskier assets.
KEEPING SCORE: The S&P 500 index rose 14 points, or 0.5 percent, to 2,922 as of 10:15 a.m. Eastern Time. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 209 points, or 0.8 percent, to 26,615. The Nasdaq composite climbed 57 points, or 0.7 percent, to 8,007. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies picked up 5 points, or 0.3 percent, to 1,708.
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September 20, 2018 at 11:34 am
ABERDEEN, Md. (AP) — An official says three people have been killed in a shooting in Harford County, Maryland, that authorities describe as an “active shooter” situation.
The law enforcement official has knowledge of the shooting but wasn’t authorized to discuss details by name and spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press.
The Harford County Sheriff’s Office tweeted that there was a shooting Thursday morning in the Perryman area that involves “multiple victims.” They warn that the situation is still fluid and asked people to avoid the area.
The FBI’s Baltimore field office tweets that it’s responding and assisting the sheriff’s office with an active shooter situation. The Baltimore field division of the federal B...
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September 20, 2018 at 11:15 am
ABERDEEN, Md. (AP) — An official says multiple people have been killed in a shooting Harford County, Maryland.
The law enforcement official has knowledge of the shooting but wasn't authorized to discuss details by name and spoke on condition of anonymity to The Associated Press.
The Harford County Sheriff's Office tweeted that there was a shooting Thursday morning in the Perryman area that involves "multiple victims." They warn that the situation is still fluid and asked people to avoid the area.
The FBI's Baltimore field office tweets that it's responding and assisting the sheriff's office with an active shooter situation. The Baltimore field division of the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives tweets that its special agents are res...
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September 20, 2018 at 11:15 am
OXFORD, Pa. (AP) — A staple of summer — swarms of bugs — seems to be a thing of the past. And that's got scientists worried.
Pesky mosquitoes, disease-carrying ticks, crop-munching aphids and cockroaches are doing just fine. But the more beneficial flying insects of summer — native bees, moths, butterflies, ladybugs, lovebugs, mayflies and fireflies — appear to be less abundant.
Scientists think something is amiss, but they can't be certain: In the past, they didn't systematically count the population of flying insects, so they can't make a proper comparison to today. Nevertheless, they're pretty sure across the globe there are fewer insects that are crucial to as much as 80 percent of what we eat.
Yes, some insects are pests. But t...
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September 20, 2018 at 11:11 am
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Florence is still wearing out the Carolinas, where residents have endured an agonizing week of violent winds, torrential rain, widespread flooding, power outages and death.
Frustration and sheer exhaustion are building as thousands of people wait to go home seven days after the storm began battering the coast. Florence is blamed for at least 37 deaths, including those of two women who drowned when a sheriff's van taking them to a mental health facility was swept off a road.
"I'm just ready for this to be over, to be honest," said Evan Jones, a college student who evacuated from Wilmington and doesn't know when he will get back. "I'm trying to get it all out of my head."
With the remnants of Florence finally out to sea and skies...
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September 20, 2018 at 10:59 am
A suspect was arrested in the seemingly "unprovoked" stabbing death of a female jogger, whose Tuesday evening slaying in a “very safe neighborhood" stunned Washington, D.C. residents, officials announced Thursday.
Washington D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham said that Anthony Crawford, 23, was arrested and charged for the muder of murder of Wendy K. Martinez.
"It looks like it was an unprovoked attack," he told reporters.
Crawford was arrested Wednesday night after he was found by officers at a park and was taken in for questioning. Crawford, who has a criminal history, is "not cooperating" with investigatiors, the chief addded.
The 35-year-old woman was jogging in Logan Circle around 8 p.m. Tuesday when an assailant stabbed her in the neck. She stumbled away from the person and in...
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September 20, 2018 at 10:53 am
Motorists asked to avoid area
ABERDEEN, Md. —There are multiple victims of a shooting Thursday morning in business area in Aberdeen, Harford County Sheriff's Office officials said.
Deputies were called to a reported shooting at 9:09 a.m. along the 1500 block of Perryman Roads, in the area of Spesutia Road, officials said.
"There's a lot of police activity and ambulances and fire engines. They have the whole area blocked off. We've been able to get in and out. We have our business locked down since we're so close. There's not any way to get out of the area, so I can only imagine there's still someone they're searching for," said David Graf, with New German Performance.
Graf said the shooting scene appears to be at a Rite Aid distribution center.
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September 20, 2018 at 10:49 am
Gaza - Gaza’s Health Ministry says a 15-year-old Palestinian boy was killed by Israeli army fire during a protest near the perimeter fence with Israel.
The ministry said early Thursday that Moumin Abu Eiada was shot in the head as he participated with dozens in an overnight protest in southern Gaza.
After months of weekly marches along Israeli frontier, Hamas has accelerated the pace of protests in recent days.
Hamas hopes to press Israel and Egypt into lifting a blockade they imposed on Gaza when the militant group took control in 2007. The group has accused its main political rival, the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority, of thwarting Egyptian-mediated efforts for a deal with Israel.
Rights groups say Israel killed 134 Palestinian protesters since March, including 22 who wer...
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September 20, 2018 at 10:46 am
Tianjin, China - Jack Ma, co-founder of Chinese e-tech giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd , said on Thursday that people should make preparations for 20 years of China-U.S. trade frictions.
The economic situation is not good, and that could last for a long time, Ma said at the World Economic Forum in Tianjin.
Ma has already cautioned the trade war between the world’s two biggest economies could last decades, and China should focus on exports on the modern-day “Silk Road” that spans Africa, Southeast Asia and Europe.
Alibaba can no longer meet its promise to create 1 million jobs in the United States due to the trade tensions, Ma told Chinese news agency Xinhua on Wednesday. Read more at Reuters
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September 20, 2018 at 10:43 am
Perryman, MD - Several people were shot on Thursday in Perryman, Maryland, and residents were asked to avoid the area, according to authorities.
“The situation is still fluid,” the Harford County Sheriff’s Office wrote on Twitter, adding that officers responded to the incident shortly after 9 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT). Agents from the Baltimore office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) were also headed to the scene, the federal law enforcement agency said.
Perryman is 34 miles (55 km) northeast of Baltimore. The area of the reported shooting includes a church and a business district, and is near the Aberdeen Proving Ground, an Army facility.
Governor Larry Hogan said his office was “closely monitoring the horrific shooting.”
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September 20, 2018 at 9:24 am
Sometimes The New York Times puts its bias on display not only with what it chooses to include, but what it chooses to omit. So it is this week with the murder of Ari Fuld, an Israeli-American whose fatal stabbing on Sunday by a Palestinian Arab the Timeshas so far deemed not fit to print.
A search for “Ari Fuld” on the Times website turns up a wire-service report by Reuters and another by the Associated Press. But there’s no staff-written report by the Times. The wire service reports did not make it into Monday or Tuesday’s print version.
Perhaps editors thought the death of a single Israeli-American didn’t rise to the level of news worth printing. After all,...
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September 20, 2018 at 9:16 am
THE FOLLOWING IS VIA YWN
Three Orthodox IDF Soldiers needed to be rescued by police in Meah Shearim on Thursday.
It happened at around 3:00PM at the Ohr Hachayim Seforim Center (also known as Manny’s), when three soldiers visited the store to purchase Seforim.
It started with a small crowd screaming and protesting, and soon grew into an angry mob of a few hundred angry people. The usual shouts of “Nazi” and “Chardak” were heard, as police arrived to extricate them from the area.
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September 20, 2018 at 9:15 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he's not concerned about what his former campaign chairman is telling investigators in the Russia probe.
Trump told reporters at the White House that if Paul Manafort tells the truth to special counsel Robert Mueller's team then he doesn't see a problem. Trump also batted away a question about whether he was considering a pardon for Manafort.
"I don't want to talk about it now," the president said.
Trump's comments come just days after Manafort ended his nearly yearlong fight against Mueller. Manafort pleaded guilty to two felony charges related to his unregistered Ukrainian lobbying and millions of dollars he laundered through offshore accounts. The plea headed off a second trial for Manafort le...
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September 20, 2018 at 9:07 am
Washington - President Donald Trump says the Sept. 11 memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, renewed his resolve to push for his stalled southern border wall.
Trump tells Hill.TV in an interview published Wednesday that he marveled at the Flight 93 National Memorial during a visit last week.
Trump tells the outlet, “They built this gorgeous wall where the plane went down in Pennsylvania, Shanksville.”
He says, “What they did is incredible,” adding: “They have a series of walls, I’m saying, it’s like perfect. So, so, we are pushing very hard.”
Trump also told the outlet that he’s planning to take new immigration action soon.
He says he’ll “be doing things over the next two weeks having to do with immigration, which I thi...
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September 20, 2018 at 9:05 am
Seattle, WA - Amazon.com Inc is considering a plan to open as many as 3,000 new Amazon Go cashierless stores in the next few years, Bloomberg reported https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-19/amazon-is-said-to-plan-up-to-3-000-cashierless-stores-by-2021 on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Shares of U.S. supermarket chains Kroger Co and Target Corp fell between 1 and 2 percent following the news. Amazon shares were down about 1 percent.
The company currently has three Amazon Go stores in Seattle, and plans to expand in Chicago, San Francisco and New York.
The Amazon Go store, which has no cashiers and allows shoppers to buy things with the help of a smartphone app, is widely seen as a concept that can alter brick-and-mortar retail. Read more at Reuters
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September 20, 2018 at 9:04 am
Labor shortage, surging economy give workers more job security
The numbers: The number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits in mid-September fell to a fresh 49-year low, more proof that a growing labor shortage and surging economy have given workers greater job security.
Initial jobless claims, a rough proxy for layoffs, fell by 3,000 to 201,000 in the seven days ended Sept. 15. That’s below the 208,000 MarketWatch forecast and marks the lowest level since Nov. 12, 1969.
The monthly average of new claims, meanwhile, slipped by 2,250 to 205,750, the government said Thursday. That’s also a 49-year low.
The number of people already collecting unemployment benefits declined by 55,000 to 1.65 million. Known as “continuing” claims, they h...
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September 20, 2018 at 8:59 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A beaming South Korean President Moon Jae-in, freshly returned home Thursday from a whirlwind three-day summit with Kim Jong Un, said the North Korean leader wants the U.S. secretary of state to visit Pyongyang soon for nuclear talks, and also hopes for a quick follow-up to his June summit with President Donald Trump.
Only hours after standing with Kim on the peak of a volcano that’s at the heart of Kim dynasty propaganda, Moon told reporters in Seoul that he will be carrying a private message from Kim to Trump about the nuclear standoff when he meets the U.S. president in New York next week on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly session.
Both Trump, who has repeatedly spoken of his good relationship with Kim, and the North Korean leader have ...
