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Although a call came in about a shooting at the intersection of Hayes Street and Kenilworth Avenue NE, the shooting happened on DC-295 around 1:30 p.m. for an unknown reason. No injuries or arrests have been reported, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. The WTOP Traffic Center reports that northbound DC-295 is closed between Pennsylvania Avenue SE and Burroughs Avenue NE and that “southbound travelers should plan for excessive delays....

Scott Esk campaigned for a different seat in 2013 when he said that according to the Bible, Christians would be “absolutely right” to kill homosexuals in a Facebook comment thread. The comments gained renewed attention as Mr. Esk prepares to face Republican Gloria Bannister in a runoff election for Oklahoma’s 87th District on Tuesday. Pressed for the remarks ahead of this week’s election, Mr Esk appeared to double down by calling it “totally right” to kill gay people because it “came straight from God”....

New Zealand police issued a statement confirming they had identified the children on Friday, but a coroner’s ruling ruled out releasing their names at the family’s request. New Zealand police launched a homicide investigation in Auckland on August 11 after the children’s remains were found by a family going through the contents of a storage locker they had bought sight unseen at an online auction. DI Tofilau Famanuia Vaaelua said on Friday that police were “continuing to investigate the circumstances surrounding the children’s deaths”....

cisgender, transgender, or two-spirit individuals who self-identify as part of the gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM) community and meet at least one of the following criteria: have been diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection in the past six months (previously, diagnosis of chlamydia, gonorrhea or syphilis in the last two months). you have had two or more sexual partners in the past 90 days (previously, it was the past 21 days); you’ve had anonymous sex in the last 90 days (eg using apps, websites, formal/informal gatherings) or plan to (previously, it was in the last 21 days), visited places for sex (eg bathhouses or clubs sex ) or plan to engage in sex work or plan to, as an employee or client; or any sexual contacts of the persons described above (new)....

In an interview with The Spectator about the “inside story of the lockdown”, the former chancellor attacked the Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies (SAGE) for having too much influence on government decision-making during the COVID crisis. He claimed he was barred from discussing the negative side effects of the draconian restrictions the nation was experiencing, such as the NHS backlog and exam chaos, and that the minutes of SAGE meetings were often edited out by dissenting voices....

The Ilford South MP was sacked as shadow transport minister in July after attending a picket in support of RMT workers, but Keir Starmer, the Labor leader, later said the reason he stood down from his role was because he politics “on the hoof” in television interviews. Unlike previous rail strikes, shadow ministers were not banned from attending picket lines. Tarry will now see a battle for his seat begin on Friday, with nominations opening for Labor candidates to contest the next election....

laissez un commentaire Montrant à quel point il peut être précis, le télescope spatial James Webb détecte la première signature définitive de dioxyde de carbone dans l’atmosphère d’une exoplanète. Illustration montrant à quoi pourrait ressembler l’exoplanète WASP-39b, basée sur les connaissances actuelles de la planète. (Crédit : NASA/ESA/CSA/J. Olmsted) Dans une démonstration remarquable de son exactitude et de sa précision, le télescope spatial James Webb (JWST), une collaboration entre la NASA, l’Agence spatiale européenne et l’Agence spatiale canadienne, a capturé des preuves définitives de la présence de dioxyde de carbone dans l’atmosphère d’un géant planète gazeuse en orbite autour d’une étoile semblable au Soleil à 700 années-lumière....

Slovakia has said it is ready to send the 11 MiG fighters to Ukraine, whose military has long relied on Soviet-era equipment and which has asked for more supplies from NATO nations to boost its ability to fight Russian invasion forces. Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav told reporters at an air show on Saturday that Bratislava remains ready to send the jets to neighboring Ukraine, but no deal has yet been reached....

Serving soldiers and veterans have been left feeling “helpless and deflated” by an “adversarial” system that “lacks humanity”, the Telegraph said. Critics say the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme (AFCS) is “harming people” and leaving them with “absolutely no trust or respect for the process”. Introduced in 2005, AFCS provides lump sum and monthly payments for any injury, illness or death caused by military service. The “flawed” system downplays injuries However, some seeking help from the scheme have complained of long delays, a lack of help from the Department of Health and a “flawed” system that at times seeks to downplay injuries in order to minimize financial payouts....

Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register SEOUL, Aug 27 (Reuters) – Two South Korean companies signed a $5.76 billion contract with Poland to export tanks and shells, Seoul’s arms procurement agency said on Saturday, after Warsaw agreed to increase arms imports amid tensions with Russia. The contract, signed in Poland on Friday, is part of a larger arms deal South Korea struck last month with Poland, which is seeking to bolster its military in the face of Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine....

Spektakuläre Bilder vom James-Webb-Teleskop: Aurora Borealis und ein roter Fleck Das James-Webb-Teleskop, 1,6 Millionen Kilometer von der Erde entfernt, zeigt Bilder von Jupiter, wie wir sie noch nie zuvor gesehen haben. Es gibt auch Hinweise auf Außerirdische auf den Jupitermonden. Das gerade im Juli veröffentlichte Bild des James-Webb-Teleskops zeigt Jupiters Ringe und kleinere Monde mit fernen Galaxien im Hintergrund. NASA Mitte Juli strahlte das 10 Milliarden US-Dollar teure James-Webb-Teleskop die ersten atemberaubenden Bilder der Weiten des Universums zurück auf die Erde....

Biden has faced pressure from liberals to provide broader relief to hard-hit borrowers and from moderates and Republicans who question the fairness of any broad forgiveness. The delay in Biden’s decision only heightened anticipation for what his own aides acknowledge represents a no-win political situation. The people spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss Biden’s anticipated announcement in advance. The exact details of Biden’s plan, which would include an income cap that would limit forgiveness to only those earning less than $125,000 a year, were kept in an unusually tight circle within the Biden administration and had not yet been finalized on the eve of the announcement....

Pakistani authorities have previously denied involvement or advanced knowledge of a drone strike the United States said it carried out in Kabul in July that killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. Afghanistan’s deputy defense minister, Mullah Mohammad Yaqub, told a news conference in Kabul that US drones were entering Afghanistan through Pakistan. Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register “According to our information, drones are entering through Pakistan into Afghanistan, they are using Pakistan’s airspace, we request Pakistan, don’t use your airspace against us,” he said....

Albert de Villiers was charged earlier this week with soliciting sex, voyeurism and making sexual material available to a child, RCMP in Grande Prairie said. In a news release Thursday, the detachment said the 54-year-old, who lives in Kelowna, is scheduled to appear in court in September. He appeared briefly this week, then was released on various conditions. These conditions include not being in the presence of anyone under 16 unless supervised....

After a tantalizing year-and-a-half wait since the Mars Perseverance Rover slammed into our nearest planetary neighbor, new data is coming — and it’s bringing a few surprises with it. The rover, which is about the size of a car and carries seven science instruments, is exploring Mars’ 30-mile-wide Jezero Crater, once the site of a lake and an ideal spot to look for evidence of ancient life and information about its geological and climatic past planet....

Of all the teams, the New England Patriots shouldn’t panic too much about what’s going on in the preseason. They don’t even panic about what happens in September most seasons. But for a team heavily scrutinized for its offensive playmaking with questionable coordinator decisions, Friday night was worrisome. The Patriots played most of their starters in the preseason finale at the Las Vegas Raiders. Mac Jones, DeVante Parker and Hunter Henry were among those who took snaps....

Un étudiant sapeur-pompier volontaire de 19 ans à Gérone a été inculpé et incarcéré dimanche 28 août pour “destruction par incendie” sur des soupçons d’une trentaine d’incendies qui se sont déclarés dans le Médoc, a indiqué le parquet de Bordeaux. Interpellé dans la matinée du vendredi 26 août, ce jeune homme originaire de Lesparre-en-Médoc (Gironde) et pompier volontaire à Soulac-sur-mer a reconnu “partiellement” son implication lors de sa garde à vue....

Mercredi 24 août, à 2h45 du matin, rue de la Vistule, dans le 13e arrondissement de Paris, la police découvre une femme en état de choc. Elle explique qu’elle a passé la nuit avec un homme dans un bar. Ce dernier l’aurait alors attirée dans une camionnette blanche et l’aurait contrainte à des actes sexuels, a appris BFM Paris Île-de-France de source policière. Un homme de 49 ans a été arrêté Le véhicule en question a été repéré avenue de Choisy par la police à 3h40 du matin....

He did not elaborate on the response, but the US is not expected to accept what Iran has proposed without seeking changes and further negotiations. US officials had expressed some optimism about the latest efforts to revive the nuclear deal, which the US abandoned in 2018 during the Trump administration and which Tehran has increasingly violated since. However, they have stressed that gaps remain between the two sides. It is also expected to face significant domestic opposition from lawmakers in the US Congress and has been condemned by Israel, whose prime minister has said it will “act to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear state”....

Judge Stacie F. Beckerman of the U.S. District Court in Oregon ordered Dawn Marie Walker, 48, returned to Canadian officials on Wednesday. Walker was the subject of an extensive investigation after she disappeared with her son. He was found and arrested in Oregon earlier this month and has since been held in the US. US prosecutors filed a document in court in Oregon, alleging that Walker “kidnapped her child”, faked her and her son’s deaths and then fled to the US as part of an “elaborate and well thought out plan”....