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Audio reveals 911 caller in University of North Carolina shooting immediately identified a suspect

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:46:57 GMT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Police in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where a professor was fatally shot on a college campus this week, received information on the suspect’s identity within minutes of the gunfire, according to a recording of the 911 call. Some portions of the audio sound redacted, but what was released describes the first moments after Monday’s shooting of Associate Professor Zijie Yan inside a science building in the heart of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Police said they arrested Tailei Qi, 34, of Chapel Hill, without force off campus less than two hours after the shooting. Qi was charged early Tuesday with first-degree murder and a weapons count and jailed without bond. Yan was Qi’s faculty adviser and Qi worked with Yan’s research group.The attack and hours-long lockdown terrified students and faculty who returned last week for the start of the fall semester. Several hundred people attended a candlelight vigil honoring Yan on Wed...

4-year-old boy, man shot while in car in Woodlawn

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:46:57 GMT

CHICAGO — A child was among two people injured in a shooting Thursday afternoon in Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood, according to police.The 4-year-old boy and a man, 22, were inside a car near 65th Place and Blackstone Avenue when they were shot. Man charged after attempting to kidnap 2 Chicago firefighters Investigators and crime scene technicians were canvassing the area. They appeared to be focused on a gray Hyundai sedan.The boy was shot in the groin and tactical officers, wearing plain clothes, pulled the boy from the car and rushed him to Comer Children's Hospital in serious condition.The man was shot in the chest, according to police, and was taken to a hospital with serious injuries.

Woman in critical condition after Harwood Heights carjacking

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:46:57 GMT

HARWOOD HEIGHTS, Ill. -- A 61-year-old woman remains in critical condition after being severely beaten and left lying in the middle of a Harwood Heights street Wednesday morning.According to the Harwood Heights Police Department, officers responded to a residential area across Wilbur Wright College on the 4400 block of North Natchez Avenue just after 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday on reports of a woman lying in the street.Upon arrival, officers discovered a 61-year-old woman severely beaten lying in the middle of Natchez Avenue who later was learned to be a victim of a car jacking. She was rushed to the hospital with life threatening injuries, where she remains in critical condition.The suspect reportedly stole the 61-year-old woman's blue Scion from her garage that faces the alley.Neighbors tell WGN it’s normally very quiet in this area, and are horrified to hear about what happened to their neighbor.After the attack, Harwood Heights police put out an alert with the vehicle description to ...

Skilling: Cooler nights, but warmer days heading into Labor Day weekend

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:46:57 GMT

A GORGEOUS 100% SUNNY DAY is the way we close out the month of August 2023 and the three month meteorological summer season---each noteworthy for their warmth.  While August finishes just 0.4-deg ABOVE NORMAL—that's still warm enough to average among the 22% warmest Augusts of the past 153 years.  And the June, June, August METEOROLOGICAL SUMMER seaon finishes among the top 20% warmest of the past 153 years—finishing with each month having posted a modest surplus and the season as a whole averaging 0.4-deg ABOVE NORMAL.It's worth noting that 7 of the past 8 months, monthly temps have finished ABOVE NORMAL—and 2023 as a whole comes in 2.1-deg above normal and is the 6th warmest year to date of the 153 on the books since official records began in Chicago back in 1871.BUT HERE'S ANOTHER EMERGING STORY.  WE'RE DRY-----VERY DRY!.  August, typically one of our wettest months, has seen has than 1/3 its normal rain.  The O'Hare observation site has tallied all ...

2 teens charged 6 months after 13-year-old boy shot, killed outside Gary church

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:46:57 GMT

GARY, Ill. — Two 17-year-olds face murder charges in connection with the gang-related death of a 13-year-old boy slain outside a church in Gary.The development comes six months after the shooting. Lake County, Indiana prosecutors allege Dahvee Brunson and Kriston Barbee, both of Gary, gunned down Orie Dodson on behalf of the 49th Avenue Boys Gang on Feb. 15. Murder charges include firearm enhancement and criminal gang enhancement, authorities added.Dahvee BrunsonKriston BarbeeSEE ALSO: Prosecutor asks Indiana State Police to investigate deaths of several dogs in truckProsecutors allege a dispute over a deceased gang member may have led to Dodson's death. The 17-year-olds face up to 150 years in prison if convicted. On Wednesday, Feb., 15., Gary Police Department officers were called to check the welfare of a victim, later identified as Dodson, around 12:15 p.m. in the 1300 block of Lincoln St.Arriving officers found the 13-year-old shot multiple times, police said. The Lake Cou...

Police locate missing 16-year-old girl

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:46:57 GMT

CHICAGO — Chicago police have located a missing 16-year-old girl who was last seen leaving for school Wednesday morning.She was last seen in the city's Belmont Craign neighborhood. 2 South Elgin HS students killed in semi crash: Police Police announced Thursday evening she had been located.

Pentagon releases new website on UFOs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:46:57 GMT

(The Hill) – The Defense Department on Thursday released a new website that will provide official declassified information on UFOs, including pictures and videos, for the public to easily parse through. The website is the official page for the public to interact with All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), a relatively new Pentagon office tasked with reviewing and analyzing UFOs. The site appears to be still under construction, but it can be found here. The Hill has reached out to the Defense Department for more information about when the website will go live. US has ‘downplayed’ the number of UFO sightings: Senator Hawley The U.S. government, which now refers to UFOs by the name of Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAPs), has taken the presence of unknown flying objects more seriously in the past few years, as has Congress.In a Thursday release about the website, the Pentagon said it was "committed to transparency with the American people on AARO's work" on UAPs."This website ...

South Carolina woman recalls moment a tornado flipped her car during Idalia

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:46:57 GMT

GOOSE CREEK, S.C. (WCBD) – South Carolina resident Malaijah Smoke was driving home from work Wednesday afternoon when a weak tornado lifted her car into the air and dropped it onto another vehicle.The incident happened along US 52 as outer rain bands from then-Hurricane Idalia moved through the Lowcountry, sparking multiple tornado warnings through the afternoon. Texas high court allows law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors to take effect “I see a lot of leaves falling. I see some winds starting but it wasn’t nothing too crazy," Smoke, who's five months pregnant, recalled. "It kind of became a blur at the moment, and then all I know is my car was lifted into the air and I’m literally dangling with my seatbelt."Mason Stewart was also traveling in the area at the time and captured the incident on video. You can see what appeared to be a tornado lift the vehicle into the air before flipping and sending it crashing down onto another car. ...

Blue supermoon photos: See images from around the world

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:46:57 GMT

(NEXSTAR) – A rare blue supermoon — the closest full moon of the year — dazzled stargazers Wednesday night.Saturn joined the celestial spectacle, visible alongside the moon, at least where skies were clear.According to In-the-Sky, this weekend will also present a unique viewing opportunity when Saturn reaches its closest point to Earth while directly opposite to the Sun, making it appear large and bright.This week's blue supermoon was the second full moon of August, thus the blue label. And it was unusually close to Earth, therefore a supermoon.The blue supermoon sets over the White Mountain National Forest at sunrise, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023, in Carroll County, New Hampshire. The next blue superman won't occur until 2037. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)A rare Blue Supermoon rises over Lake Michigan as spectators watch from Chicago's 31st Street beach Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)A man watches from the upper deck of a baseball game between...

Multiple first responders on scene near the Arboretum, drivers should avoid area

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:46:57 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Multiple first responders were on the scene of an incident near Thursday near The Arboretum in northwest Austin, the Austin Police Department and Austin-Travis County EMS confirmed on Twitter.Shortly after 5 p.m., APD, medics and the Austin Fire Department responded to the 10000 block of Research Boulevard service road in the southbound lanes for the incident.Although it was not immediately clear what the incident was or how it occurred, officials said there was no immediate threat to the public.This is a developing story. Check back for updates.