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Chicago police shot a suspect wanted in the deadly shooting of a 7-year-old girl in a McDonald’s drive thru

Chicago police on Thursday shot a suspect who was wanted in connection to last week’s shooting death of 7-year-old Jaslyn Adams in a McDonald’s drive-thru, authorities said. Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said in a news conference Thursday that officers shot the suspect following a vehicle pursuit, crash and attempted carjacking. He confirmed the individual

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Chernobyl radiation effects have not been passed on to next generation, study finds

Parents who were exposed to radiation from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster did not pass genetic changes caused by radiation exposure on to their children, a new study has found. The 1986 reactor explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant forced a region-wide evacuation, sending radioactive fallout billowing across Europe. While the explosion itself

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Demonstrations continue as community awaits bodycam footage from Andrew Brown Jr. shooting

Protests over deputies’ fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. kicked off for a third straight day Friday in North Carolina’s Elizabeth City, with demonstrators calling for authorities to release officers’ body camera footage of Wednesday’s killing. Demonstrators stood in the streets early Friday afternoon, blocking a few intersections in a commercial section of the city

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Dozens of Palestinians injured in police clashes as Jewish extremists chanting ‘Death to Arabs’ march in Jerusalem

Clashes between Palestinians from east Jerusalem and Israeli police around the Damascus gate entrance to the Old City erupted in a night of unrest that earlier saw Jewish extremists marching through another city street shouting “Death to Arabs.” The violence marks a high point so far in a new phase of complex heightened tensions in

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