Category: Public Safety

1 Dead, 4 Wounded in Atlanta Shooting; Suspect Identified

Multiple people were shot in downtown Atlanta on May 3, authorities in Georgia said. The shooting took place around noon inside the waiting room at a Northside Hospital on West Peachtree Street Northwest, according to the Atlanta Police Department. One person died on the scene and four others were rushed to Grady Hospital, authorities said. All…


Shooter at Large After Shooting Multiple People in Atlanta, Authorities Say

Multiple people have been injured in an active shooting in downtown Atlanta, authorities in Georgia said on May 3. The Atlanta Police Department said it was investigating an active shooter around 1110 West Peachtree Street Northwest, the site of a hospital. “We are aware of multiple people injured. No suspect is in custody,” police officials…


Infectious Disease Experts Advise Health Care Workers Drop Universal Mask Policies

In another sign of changing attitudes to pandemic policy, infectious disease specialists writing in the Annals of Internal Medicine this month argued against the continuation of universal masking policies for doctors, nurses, and other health care workers. In the article, the eight authors, who are infectious disease specialists associated with Harvard and Washington University medical…


Infectious Disease Experts Advise Health Care Facilities to Drop Universal Mask Policies

In another sign of changing attitudes to pandemic policy, infectious disease specialists writing in the Annals of Internal Medicine this month argued against the continuation of universal masking policies for doctors, nurses, and other health care workers. In the article, the eight authors, who are infectious disease specialists associated with Harvard and Washington University medical…


Shot Fired at Memphis TV Station; Suspect in Custody

MEMPHIS, Tenn.—A shot was fired at a Memphis television station on Tuesday, but no one was wounded, the station said. The suspect then hid in a nearby business before he was arrested about two hours later, police said. WHBQ, the Fox affiliate in Tennessee’s second-largest city, reported that the shot was fired about 11:30 a.m….


Attempt to Remove Soros-Backed Prosecutor Moves Forward; She Vows to Fight ‘Witch Hunt’

Days after an embattled prosecutor vowed she would never resign from office, a judge ruled that removal proceedings against her would continue. On May 2, Visiting Judge John Torbitzky ordered seven out of 10 claims against St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner to move forward. He denied her lawyers’ request to throw out all of…


Texas Mass Shooting Suspect Who Allegedly Killed 5 Neighbors Arrested: Officials

The mass shooting suspect who allegedly killed five people—including a 9-year-old boy—late last month has been arrested after a four-day manhunt, Texas officials said. Francisco Oropesa, 38, allegedly shot his neighbors on April 28. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and the San Jacinto County District Attorney’s Office both confirmed that Oropesa was arrested around 7 p.m….


Texas Suspect Shooter Who Allegedly Killed 5 Arrested, Found Hiding Under Laundry

The mass shooting suspect who allegedly killed five people—including a 9-year-old boy—late last month has been arrested after a four-day manhunt, Texas officials said. Francisco Oropesa, 38, allegedly shot his neighbors on April 28. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and the San Jacinto County District Attorney’s Office both confirmed that Oropesa was arrested around 7 p.m….


Texas Shooting Suspect Who Allegedly Killed 5 Arrested, Found Hiding Under Laundry

The mass shooting suspect who allegedly killed five people—including a 9-year-old boy—late last month has been arrested after a four-day manhunt, Texas officials said. Francisco Oropeza, 38, allegedly shot his neighbors on April 28. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office and the San Jacinto County District Attorney’s Office both confirmed that Oropeza was arrested around 7 p.m….


California Democrat Seeks to Bypass Legislature Over Fentanyl Policy Despite Democratic Supermajority

Following a series of bipartisan fentanyl bills failing to pass in a California Senate committee in April, it seems that the veto-proof supermajority enjoyed by Democrats in the state Legislature is not helping some bills authored by Democratic lawmakers. One frustrated author of a sidelined proposal is looking for alternative solutions, including potentially bringing the…