Author: Henry

Temperatures in the Baltimore area could hit 101F on Wednesday — one degree shy of the record — while a plume of Canadian wildfire smoke is expected to lower and thicken into Friday Maryland is bracing for a dangerous combination of extreme heat, humidity and deteriorating air quality, with the WJZ First Alert Weather Team declaring First Alert Weather Days for Wednesday and Thursday across much of the central and eastern parts of the state. Temperatures in the Baltimore metro area are forecast to reach 101F on Wednesday 15 July, just one degree short of the record of 102F set…

The president used a Truth Social post to reverse a homeland security memo suspending most traffic stops, as state and local investigations continue into the deaths of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo President Donald Trump has overturned a suspension of vehicle stops by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement that multiple law enforcement sources said was introduced after fatal shootings in Texas and Maine over the past week. The Department of Homeland Security memo, issued on Tuesday, had instructed agents to halt most traffic stops during immigration enforcement operations nationwide, except in cases involving serious criminal targets. In…

Officers were called to the scene on Wednesday afternoon, with one victim taken to hospital and investigators still working to establish what happened A person has been seriously injured in a shooting in DeKalb County, Georgia, police have said. Officers responded on Wednesday afternoon to the 3400 block of Blazing Pine Path in Decatur, near the address of 3490 Blazing Pine Path, according to the DeKalb County Police Department. Authorities said one victim was taken to hospital with serious injuries. Details of what led to the gunfire, and of the victim’s current condition, have not been released. Investigators remain active…

Daryl “Dirt” Hubbard and Carl Todd moved large quantities of cocaine and marijuana through businesses and homes across the county, with one drugs handover ending in a fatal crash during a police pursuit Two men with previous felony drug distribution convictions have been given lengthy federal prison sentences over a narcotics operation in DeKalb County that was linked to a deadly high-speed police chase. Daryl “Dirt” Hubbard, 46, was sentenced in federal court on Friday, while officials say 49-year-old Carl Todd received his punishment last year. According to evidence presented at their trials, the pair distributed large amounts of cocaine…

Friends say he was last seen at Club Sauvage in the early hours of Sunday and was due to fly home that night, but has not returned to his hotel — with police and the British Embassy now informed Friends of an England supporter who went missing in Barcelona during World Cup celebrations have issued an urgent appeal for information. Dan Musgrave was last seen at about 6.30am on Sunday at Club Sauvage, a nightclub in the Catalan capital, hours after England’s quarter-final victory over Norway. He was due to fly back to the UK on Sunday night but has…

Residents were evacuated after a serious fire broke out in Walthamstow, east London, on Sunday evening. Around 125 firefighters and 20 fire engines responded to the blaze, which affected a house, several gardens and sheds, and a railway embankment near Vallentin Road and Shernhall Street. Authorities urged residents to keep their windows and doors closed because of heavy smoke, while drivers were advised to avoid the area. The Weaver Overground line was also partially closed. Local MP Stella Creasy said the incident involved an electrical fire on the railway lines, describing it as a major emergency with roads closed and…

Newly released bodycam footage shows six officers shooting dead Maurice Daniels, 42, whose unmarked BB gun was mistaken for a pistol — and Maryland’s attorney general now holds the power to decide whether any of them face charges. Six Baltimore police officers discharged more than 70 rounds at a suspected carjacker who was later found to have been holding a BB gun, body-worn camera footage released by the city’s police department on Friday has shown. Maurice Daniels, 42, of Millersville, Maryland, was pronounced dead in hospital after the shooting, which happened in the Walbrook Junction area of the city shortly…

Already without Angel Reese, Atlanta saw Allisha Gray twice need treatment in the fourth quarter of a sixth defeat in seven games, as Portland shot a season-best 60 per cent from the field. Atlanta’s difficult night in Portland extended well beyond the scoreboard. Already missing All-Star forward Angel Reese, the Dream watched leading scorer Allisha Gray twice leave for the locker room in the fourth quarter of a 102-92 defeat to the Fire on Saturday — a sixth loss in their past seven games. Gray, who finished with a team-high 20 points, first went for treatment after being caught by…

The alliance has declared that attacks in orbit could trigger its mutual-defence clause and launched an eight-nation military satellite network, as researchers trace vast GPS interference to Russian spacecraft and intelligence reports point to a Kremlin nuclear anti-satellite programme. NATO is racing to harden its defences in orbit amid mounting evidence of Russian aggression in space — from vast satellite-based jamming across Europe to intelligence reports that Moscow is developing a nuclear anti-satellite weapon. The alliance’s newly updated space policy, published on 8 July, formally states that attacks “to, from or within space” could be serious enough to trigger Article…

The incoming prime minister will inherit borrowing running a fifth above forecast and official projections showing the public finances on an unsustainable long-term path — prompting stark warnings from economists and his own chancellor-in-waiting era predecessor. Andy Burnham will walk into Downing Street this month facing public finances in significantly worse shape than planned, with borrowing already a fifth higher this financial year than the Office for Budget Responsibility had projected and the watchdog warning that the country’s long-term fiscal position is unsustainable. Burnham, who secured the backing of 322 of Labour’s 403 MPs, is expected to become the party’s…