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(Reuters) — An FBI forensics team continued to collect evidence on Friday (July 8) in Dallas the day after a U.S. military veteran of the Afghan war who said he wanted to “kill white people” killed five police officers during a protest decrying police shootings of black men. Seven other police officers and two civilians were wounded in the ambush in downtown Dallas on Thursday night, officials said. Police killed the gunman, identified by […]
by with Olivia Hampton in Washington Laura Buckman DALLAS, United States (AFP) — Snipers shot dead five police officers and injured six others in Dallas, unleashing chaos during a protest against police shootings of black men in an ongoing standoff Friday. Police had the city on lockdown after a suspect warned that bombs had been planted throughout the city center. The shootings, which the police called a “terrorist incident”, took place as several hundred people […]
WARSAW, Poland (AFP) — US President Barack Obama, who is attending a NATO summit in Warsaw, has been briefed on the killing of police officers in Dallas during a protest against police shootings of black men. “The president has been updated on the shooting of police officers in Dallas. He asked his team to keep him updated on the situation as they get additional information,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
by Olivia HAMPTON WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Four police officers were killed and seven others wounded by snipers in chaotic scenes in Dallas during a protest against police shootings of black men, with a suspect warning that bombs were planted throughout the city center. City Police Chief David Brown said two snipers shot at “police officers from elevated positions during the protest/rally.” A civilian was also wounded. Police were continuing to exchange gunfire with […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Dallas police exchanged gunfire early Friday with a suspect in a deadly shooting that has killed four officers who warned negotiators there were “bombs all over the place” in downtown Texas, officials said. “The suspect that we are negotiating with that has exchanged gunfire with us over the last 45 minutes has told our negotiators that the end is coming, and he is going to hurt and kill more of […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US Federal Aviation Administration restricted airspace over Dallas after gunmen shot at least 11 police officers in the Texan city, killing four during a protest over police shootings of black men. “No pilots may operate an aircraft in the areas covered by this NOTAM,” the FAA Notice to Airmen read. “Only relief aircraft operations under direction of Dallas Police Department are authorized in the airspace.” The restrictions, which are […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)– A fourth police officer was killed and two suspected snipers were in custody after a protest late Thursday against police brutality in Dallas, authorities said. One suspect had turned himself in and another who was in a shootout with SWAT officers was also in custody, the Dallas Police Department tweeted. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Four police officers were killed, at least seven were wounded and a civilian was also hurt late Thursday when two snipers opened fire during a protest in Dallas against police racial bias, authorities said. City Police Chief David Brown said two gunmen shot at “police officers from elevated positions during the protest/rally”, sparking an intense search for at least two suspects, adding that they had threatened to plant a bomb. The […]
(Reuters) – A second Texas healthcare worker who treated the first patient in the United States to be diagnosed with Ebola has tested positive for the disease, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement on Wednesday. The worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan, was immediately isolated after reporting a fever on Tuesday, the department said. “Health officials have interviewed the latest patient to quickly identify […]
BY LISA MARIA GARZA (Reuters) – A health worker in Texas at the hospital where the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States died last week has tested positive for the deadly virus in a preliminary test, the state’s health department said on Sunday. The worker at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital reported a low-grade fever Friday night and was isolated and referred for testing, the Texas Department of State Health Services said […]
BY LISA MARIA GARZA AND RICHARD VALDMANIS (Reuters) – The Ebola patient fighting for his life in a Dallas hospital is on a ventilator and a kidney dialysis machine to help stabilize his health, the hospital said on Tuesday. Liberian national Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with the deadly virus on U.S. soil, has also been given the experimental medication brincidofovir. A hospital in Nebraska said it is using the same drug to treat […]
BY LISA MARIA GARZA AND SHARON BEGLEY (Reuters) – The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States was fighting for his life at a Dallas hospital and appeared to be receiving none of the experimental medicines for the virus, a top U.S. health official said. Thomas Eric Duncan became ill after arriving in Texas from Liberia two weeks ago, heightening concerns that the worst Ebola epidemic on record could spread from West Africa, where […]
