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1 At Least Four Officers Killed In Charlotte Shooting
A chaotic scene in Charlotte, North Carolina yesterday ended with four law enforcement officers dead. Just before 2 pm, officers were trying to serve a warrant on a fugitive reportedly wanted on multiple charges when the suspect opened fire from inside a home. After three hours and over a hundred rounds of ammunition fired, three US Marshal task force officers and a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer had been killed. In total, eight officers were shot during the incident. When police were finally able to clear the home, they found two 17-year-old females inside who were taken to the police station as persons of interest. The suspect, 39-year-old Terry Clark Hughes, was found dead in the front yard of the home, which belonged to a relative. According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Johnny Jennings, police believe two people were firing at officers from inside the home.
2 Columbia University Starts Suspending Students After Deadline For Protestors To Vacate The Campus
After a 2 pm deadline passed yesterday for pro-Palestinian protestors to vacate the campus of Columbia University, the school started taking action. “We have begun suspending students,” university spokesperson and vice president for ocmmunications Ben Chang said, but didn’t specify how many were being suspended. As part of their suspension, the students affected are barred from completing the spring semester. Participants in the protest, now in its second week, reportedly voted almost unanimously to stay where they were when the deadline expired.
3 US To Require Automatic Emergency Braking On New Vehicles In Five Years
In the near future, when you hit the brakes while driving won’t entirely be up to you. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration revealed a new regulation yesterday that will require automatic emergency braking to come standard on all new passenger vehicles in the US starting in just over five years. Around 90-percent of new vehicles already have the feature under a voluntary agreement, but officials are touting the regulation as a way to cut down on traffic accidents. One effect it will definitely have is an increase in price; the NHTSA estimates the cost of new vehicles will go up $82, but they say the move will save 362 lives per year, prevent around 24,000 injuries, and save billions of dollars in property damage.