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Gunmen storm village in northern Kosovo in attack blamed on Serbia

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:21:40 GMT

Gunmen in armored vehicles stormed a village in an ethnic Serbian-majority region of northern Kosovo on Sunday, battling police and barricading themselves in a monastery in a resurgence of violence in the region.Kosovo police said one officer was killed and three of about 30 attackers died in shootouts around the village of Banjska, Reuters reported.Monks and pilgrims were locked in the Serbian Orthodox monastery’s temple as the siege raged for hours, according to the report.Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti said the assailants opened fire on a police patrol at 3 a.m. Sunday in Banjska, some 55 kilometers north of the capital of Pristina.“The attackers are professionals wearing masks and heavily armed,” Kurti said in a statement on Facebook. Kurti and Kosovo’s President Vjosa Osmani described the shooting as a terrorist attack and blamed neighboring Serbia for seeking to destabilize their country.“Organized crime, which is politically, financially and...

A long-awaited asteroid sample has landed in the US

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:21:40 GMT

(CNN) — An asteroid sample collected by NASA has touched down on Earth, giving scientists the opportunity to learn more about the origins of the solar system and capturing a piece of a massive space rock that has a chance of colliding with our planet in the future. It’s the first time the agency has accomplished such a feat.Seven years after launching to space, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft flew by Earth Sunday to deliver the pristine sample from the near-Earth asteroid Bennu.NASA is providing a livestream of the delivery and recovery efforts.OSIRIS-REx, which stands for Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer, lifted off in 2016 and began orbiting Bennu in 2018. The spacecraft collected the sample in 2020 and set off on its lengthy return trip to Earth in May 2021. The mission traveled 3.86 billion miles total to Bennu and back.The spacecraft dropped the sample capsule — containing an estimated 8.8 ounces of asteroid rocks a...

CBP uncovers $5M worth of narcotics concealed in tractor trailers

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:21:40 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Over $5 million worth of liquid methamphetamine and cocaine was seized at the Otay Mesa port of entry in two separate incidents earlier this month.U.S. Customs and Border Protection says officers found the drugs concealed in two tractor trailers.First incidentAround 8:53 p.m. on Sept. 12, CBP officers encountered a 25-year-old Mexican citizen driving a tractor trailer while seeking entry into the U.S. from Mexico. During initial inspection, CBP says officer referred the driver and tractor trailer for further examination.A thorough inspection of the tractor’s gas tank led officers, with the assistance of Laboratory and Scientific Services technicians, to detect liquid methamphetamine, CBP explained. With a total weight of 663.15 pounds, officers extracted 25 5-gallon buckets of the liquid drug. Buckets of liquid methamphetamine are seen. (Credit: CBP)Second incidentAround 6:33 p.m. on Sept. 15, CBP officers encountered a 33-year-old man Mexican citizen driving a tractor ...

Kosovar police surround a village after gunmen storm a monastery in violence that has killed 4

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:21:40 GMT

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — At least 30 gunmen killed a Kosovar Albanian police officer then stormed an Orthodox monastery in Kosovo near its border with Serbia, setting off ongoing gunbattles that have left three assailants dead and raised tensions between the two former wartime foes as they seek to normalize ties. Police have surrounded Banjska, a village located 55 kilometers (35 miles) north of the Kosovo’s capital where the monastery is located, and the gunfire is continuing, according to Prime Minister Albin Kurti, who said the attack had support from neighboring Serbia.The Kosovo Diocese of the Serbian Orthodox Church said a temple of the monastery in Banjska was locked down after gunmen stormed it. A group of pilgrims from Serbia was inside the temple in Kosovo along with an abbot, the Rev. Danilo. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic was expected to speak later Sunday to “expose Kurti’s lies,” according to pro-government media. It was unclear if the gunmen were Serbs.Serbia...

Giorgio Armani closes Milan Fashion Week with good vibes and familiar guests in the front row

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:21:40 GMT

Giorgio Armani closed Milan Fashion Week on Sunday with good vibes and a front row that included frequent guests such as Cate Blanchette and Juliette Binoche. Armani’s Spring-Summer 2024 collection mirrored a sky’s shifting colors and light at dusk, an idea conveyed with changing colors on the back wall of the showroom in his historic, central Milan headquarters.The 89-year-old designer employed translucent, diaphanous fabrics alongside silks and satin to create lightness and movement. The palette captured the mood, moving from bronze on silvery gray to jewel blue, green and purples that bled together, and back to dusky shades of gray and silver that faded to white.“No beige,″ Armani joked after the show. The collection conveyed elegance but also practicality: clothes that put the wearer at ease in any context and without prodding toward overt, revealing sexiness. Satiny trousers anchored many of the looks — jackets, transparent blouson layers, shimmering tops and off-sh...

Suspect arrested after shooting at the Oklahoma State Fair injures 1, police say

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:21:40 GMT

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — One person was injured when shots were fired during an argument between two groups of people at the Oklahoma State Fair on Saturday, sending a crowd of people running for safety, police said.One person was arrested on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon after the evening shooting, Oklahoma City police Lt. Jeff Cooper said Sunday. Police initially took two people into custody but Cooper said one of them was later released.Police have not yet released the suspect’s name.The injured person was taken to the hospital and remained in critical condition Sunday, police said.The shooting happened at an event center on the fairgrounds. Capt. Valerie Littlejohn said that after the initial shooting, someone fired some rounds into the air as people started running.Guns are prohibited on the fairgrounds, and there are security and detectors at entrances, police said.The Associated Press

Chicago police investigate several armed robberies overnight

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:21:40 GMT

CHICAGO — Chicago police are investigating at least 10 armed robberies that happened Saturday night and Sunday morning.At least six of the armed robberies happened on the city's Northwest Side and two of the robberies involved delivery drivers.Around 8 p.m. Saturday, a 25-year-old man was out delivering food in the 1700 block of North Maplewood Avenue when three or four men in a dark-colored sedan took his phone and wallet at gunpoint. The man was struck in the face with a handgun but refused treatment.About 15 minutes later, another delivery driver was robbed just a few blocks away in the 1700 block of North Rockwell Street. A 24-year-old man was robbed of his phone at gunpoint. He told police six men in a blue SUV and a silver sedan robbed him.Around 10:10 p.m. in the 2300 block of North Seminary Avenue, an 18-year-old woman and a 16-year-old girl were robbed while they were sitting inside and two unknown males approached them. The 16-year-old girl was battered, police said, but r...

Can at-home DNA tests predict how you’ll respond to your medications?

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:21:40 GMT

(The Conversation) - Have you ever wondered why certain medications don’t seem to work as well for you as they do for others? This variability in drug response is what pharmacogenomic testing hopes to explain by looking at the genes within your DNA.Pharmacogenomics, or PGx, is the study of how genes affect your response to medications. Genes are segments of DNA that serve as an instruction manual for cells to make proteins. Some of these proteins break down or transport certain medications through the body. Others are proteins that medications target to generate a desired effect.As pharmacists who see patients who have stopped multiple medications because of side effects or ineffectiveness, we believe pharmacogenomic testing has the potential to help guide health care professionals to more precise dosing and prescribing.How do PGx tests work?PGx tests look for variations within the genes of your DNA to predict drug response. For instance, the ...

At least one injured early Sunday in a shooting at a White Bear Lake sports bar

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:21:40 GMT

A man suffered a “very minor injury” during a shooting early Sunday in the parking lot of a White Bear Lake sports bar, authorities said.Officers found the man shortly before 1 a.m. at Original Doc’s Landing, 3200 White Bear Ave. N., according to Police Chief Dale Hager.The victim was treated at the scene.Another person may have suffered minor injuries, said Hager, but he described the shooting as an “isolated incident between two” people.“We don’t believe there is any known danger to the public,” he stressed.Related ArticlesCrime & Public Safety | 3 men dead, another in critical condition following shooting, stabbing at Roseville home Crime & Public Safety | Suspected car thief crashes into Grand Avenue pizza parlor, rams sheriff’s vehicle Crime & Public Safety | Jury finds Oakdale man guilty in Woodbury grad party shooting that killed Maplewood teen Crime & Public ...

Wild counting on bigger, stronger Marco Rossi

Published Tue, 24 Dec 2024 18:21:40 GMT

Marco Rossi has made the Wild roster out of camp before, last season, in fact, after earning a goal and five assists in just the preseason games. But it didn’t stick, and he found himself back in Iowa after 19 games.That won’t do this season for either Rossi or the Wild.“We’re looking for Marco Rossi to make our hockey club and be an impact player with the Minnesota Wild,” head coach Dean Evason said this week.The Wild are cap-strapped and high on the No. 9 overall pick in the 2020 draft, and Rossi is anxious to find a home in the NHL after last season’s setback and a serious bout with myocarditis that essentially wiped out his first season of professional hockey.It’s almost hard to believe he’s still only 22 years old.“I want to make the team and just want to show that I’ve improved over the last few years, and that I gained confidence and that I know what to do,” Rossi said as the Wild started training camp last week at TRIA Rink in downtown St. Paul.To that end, the Austria nativ...