The heart of American government has been on edge since 6 January. This incident will serve to add to the jitters. If, as reported, the perpetrator was armed with a knife, in a country where it is alarmingly easy to get hold of guns and ammunition, it does not appear to be a serious co-ordinated attempt
Month: April 2021
Authorities are piecing together what they know about the man shot dead outside the US Capitol building after he launched a fatal attack on police officers. US Capitol Police officer William Evans died in hospital after a man rammed a car into two officers and “lunged” towards them with a knife in his hand at
A woman in her 80s has died after being attacked by two dogs in her garden, West Midlands Police have said. The woman, who has not been named, suffered serious bite injuries during the incident earlier today in the Rowley Regis area, south of Dudley. The dogs did not belong to her, officers have said,
A driver has been shot after a car rammed into a barricade outside the US Capitol building and injured two police officers, law enforcement officials have said. The officials told the Associated Press that the suspect was in custody and taken to hospital in a critical condition. NBC News has since reported that the person
A mission funded by two former US Navy officers has conducted the first survey of the USS Johnston, the world’s deepest known shipwreck. Destroyer USS Johnston was sunk on 25 October 1944 during what some consider to be the largest naval battle in history, sinking 6.5km (4 miles) to the bottom of the Philippine Sea
The prime minister has warned people not to meet others from different households indoors over Easter, even if they have had a coronavirus vaccine. Boris Johnson made the call in a video posted on his official Twitter account, asking questions sent in to the government about his roadmap for easing COVID-19 restrictions. Live COVID updates
Scientists at NASA have reported an exciting detection by its Insight lander on Mars – mysterious rumblings coming from the interior of the planet. The researchers believe the seismic events may be caused by a sudden release of energy from the planet’s interior, but the nature of that release remains unknown and puzzling. Intriguingly, the
Britain’s biggest defence contractor has handed its chief executive a multimillion pound pay rise as its board scrambled to prevent a rival FTSE-100 company from poaching him. Sky News can reveal that BAE Systems has increased Charles Woodburn’s base salary by well over £100,000 and awarded him an additional ‘golden handcuffs’ share package worth £2m
Kill the Bill protesters have been warned against breaching COVID-19 restrictions by police ahead of demonstations this afternoon. Rallies against the government’s proposed Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill have been organised in Finsbury Park in north London as well as Leeds, Manchester and Southampton. The Kill the Bill protests are lawful, providing organisers submit
Police searching for missing student Richard Okorogheye, who went missing two weeks ago, say they have found a man’s body in a pond in Epping Forest, Essex. The 19-year-old left his family home in Ladbroke Grove, west London, on the evening of Monday 22 March, boarded a bus, and later took a 20-mile taxi ride
Properties linked to an organised crime group responsible for selling MDMA on the dark web have been raided by officers from the UK’s National Crime Agency and US Homeland Security. Two men, aged 24 and 31, were arrested during the raids on Thursday, one in South Shields and another in Hebburn, while two others remain
Uber has been ordered to pay $1.1m (£790,000) to a blind woman who was refused rides on 14 separate occasions. An independent arbitrator found that the company illegally discriminated against Lisa Irving due to the treatment she and her guide dog received from its drivers. Ms Irving brought the complaint against Uber in 2018 as
For the first time researchers have quantified the impact of man-made climate change on global agricultural productivity, finding that the sector is 21% down from where it would have been. The world’s population has more than doubled in the past 50 years – from three billion to more than 7.6 billion today – demanding more
For the first time researchers have quantified the impact of man-made climate change on global agricultural productivity, finding it has plummeted by 21% since 1961. The world’s population has more than doubled in the past 50 years – from 3 billion to more than 7.6 billion today – demanding more efficient use of agricultural resources.
Nike has won a bid to temporarily stop a company selling a customised version of its Air Max trainers dubbed “Satan shoes”. The Air Max 97s were given a controversial spin by art brand MSCHF and produced in collaboration with rapper Lil Nas X. They featured a pentagram design and each shoe was said to
A two-time Olympic silver medallist canoeist and his brother have been found guilty of plotting to smuggle £110m worth of cocaine into Australia. Nathan Baggaley, who won two silver medals at the 2004 Athens Olympics, and his brother, Dru Baggaley, were charged with attempting to import 650kg of cocaine in 2018. The Australian brothers, who