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Police: Multiple injured in Midtown Atlanta shooting

Published Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:59:08 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Police said Wednesday afternoon that they were investigating an “active shooter situation” in a building in Atlanta’s Midtown neighborhood and that multiple people had been injured.The Atlanta Police Department said on Twitter that the active shooter was inside a building on West Peachtree Street, between 12th and 13th Streets, a commercial area with many office buildings and high-rise apartments. No suspect was in custody and police said in an email just after 1 p.m. that it was an “active, fluid situation.”The shooting comes as cities around the U.S. have been wracked by gun violence and mass shootings in 2023.Police sent out a photo of the person believed to be the shooter. The person was wearing dark pants and a light colored hoodie with the hood pulled up. They had a mask on their face and appeared to be wearing a bag across their front. Police said the person is believed to be armed and dangerous and asked anyone with information on the person’s wher...

Expert: Trump accuser shows signs of trauma, resilience

Published Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:59:08 GMT

NEW YORK (AP) — A clinical psychologist testified Wednesday that the writer accusing former President Donald Trump of rape shows common signs of trauma and has been able to move on with her life in part by blaming herself and leaning into her exuberant public persona.E. Jean Carroll has avoided intimate relationships, sometimes shutting down during dates, and often finds herself fending off “intrusive memories” of what she says Trump did to her in a dressing room at a luxury Manhattan department store, psychologist Leslie Lebowitz said.Hired by Carroll’s lawyers, Lebowitz testified for a second day in Manhattan federal court at a civil trial arising from the lawsuit Carroll filed in November. She relayed decades of clinical expertise and her observations of Carroll during interviews in preparation for trial.Carroll testified last week that Lebowitz is the only mental health professional she’s spoken with since the alleged sexual assault.“For many years, she just si...

Raducanu to miss French Open, Wimbledon after hand surgery

Published Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:59:08 GMT

LONDON (AP) — Emma Raducanu will miss the French Open and Wimbledon after announcing Wednesday that she is having what she called “minor” procedures on both hands and an ankle and expects to be sidelined for “the next few months.”The 2021 U.S. Open champion, a 20-year-old from Britain, has struggled with a series of injuries, most recently pulling out of the Madrid Open because of a hand problem.Raducanu said on her social media accounts that she’s dealt with “a recurring injury on a bone of both hands” for the past 10 months. She posted a photo of herself in a hospital bed with her right wrist and hand bandaged.“I’m disappointed to share that I will be out for the next few months and while I am at it will have another minor procedure that is due on my ankle,” the 85th-ranked Raducanu wrote. “It pains me that I will miss the summer events and I tried to downplay the issues so I thank all my fans who continued to support me when you did not know the facts.”Raducanu became...

Negro Leagues Museum starts drive for new $25M facility

Published Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:59:08 GMT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum is embarking on a fundraising campaign to raise $25 million for a new building to house its education center and what has become one of the world’s unique collections of baseball memorabilia.Museum president Bob Kendrick said the “Pitch for the Future” campaign is designed to lead to a new 30,000-square foot facility that would be adjacent to the Buck O’Neil Education and Research Center, which is named for the Negro Leagues great who helped to lead the fundraising effort to build the initial museum.“Our growth from a one-room office to becoming America’s National Negro Leagues Baseball Museum has been an amazing journey,” said Kendrick, who also announced that Bank of America had already donated $1 million to the project. “Now,” Kendrick said, “we’re building an organization that will continue to preserve and celebrate the triumphant story of the Negro Leagues but also fortify our position as one of t...

La Policía de Atlanta investiga un atacante activo en un edificio de Midtown

Published Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:59:08 GMT

(CNN) — El Departamento de Policía de Atlanta (APD, por sus siglas en inglés) tuiteó este miércoles que está investigando un incidente de atacante activo dentro de un edificio en Midtown Atlanta.“Por favor, refúgiense en su lugar, o permanezcan fuera del área”, agregó APD.“Estamos trabajando en una situación de atacante activo dentro de un edificio en West Peachtree St, entre 12th St y 13th St. Somos conscientes de varias personas heridas. No hay ningún sospechoso detenido”, añadió el Departamento.Esta es una noticia en desarrollo y será actualizada.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2023 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.Source

“Storyteller”, el inteligente juego de puzles desarrollado en 15 años por un argentino que habría podido hundirse en su lanzamiento

Published Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:59:08 GMT

(CNN Español) — La historia del diseñador de videojuegos argentino Daniel Benmergui y su obra, “Storyteller”, demuestra que lanzar un videojuego no es coser y cantar. Ha sido un trabajo de 15 años y su lanzamiento, en marzo de 2023, ha sido un parto duro. “Storyteller”, distribuido por la prestigiosa Annapurna Interactive, es uno de los videojuegos de puzles más superlativos del año gracias a un diseño excelente. Su premisa consiste en crear historias en viñetas modificando personajes, escenarios y acciones utilizando el imaginario colectivo que poseemos de historias como Romeo y Julieta o Drácula. Una propuesta simpática, sencilla e inteligente con la que pretenden llegar a personas que no suelen jugar a videojuegos.Pese a sus bondades, tuvo una recepción difícil. Un síntoma de cómo opera la comunidad del videojuego en internet. El título recibió cientos de críticas negativas en Steam, la plataforma reina de juegos de PC, por su corta duración. Muchos usuarios comentaban que ...

Police say multiple people injured in a shooting inside Atlanta building; no suspect is in custody

Published Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:59:08 GMT

ATLANTA (AP) — Police say multiple people injured in a shooting inside Atlanta building; no suspect is in custody.Source

Zimbabwe opposition figure fined for slain activist comments

Published Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:59:08 GMT

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A prominent opposition leader and lawmaker in Zimbabwe was convicted Wednesday of obstructing the course of justice for recording a video of himself accusing ruling party supporters of killing and dismembering an activist and posting the video to social media.Job Sikhala, a Parliament member and senior official in the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change party, was detained nearly 10 months ago. He must pay a $600 fine by Friday or face an additional six months in jail, according to the verdict by a magistrate. Sikhala was repeatedly denied bail after his arrest in July. Critics have cited his case as another example of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s attempts to silence the opposition ahead of Zimbabwe’s presidential and parliamentary elections this year. The 80-year-old Mnangagwa became president in 2017 after a coup ended the 37-year rule of autocratic leader Robert Mugabe. While the coup was initially welcomed by Zimbabweans and Mnangagwa pr...

1 killed, 4 injured in Atlanta 'active' shooting; suspect at large, police say

Published Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:59:08 GMT

ATLANTA (NEXSTAR) — One person was killed and four people were injured Wednesday in an “active shooter situation” in a building in Atlanta's Midtown neighborhood, police said.The Atlanta Police Department said on Twitter that the shooter was inside a building on West Peachtree Street, between 12th and 13th Streets. The building in question is Northside Hospital Medical, according to CNN.One person was pronounced dead at the scene, police said on Twitter Wednesday afternoon. The other victims were taken to a separate hospital, Grady Memorial Hospital, and were undergoing surgery, CNN reported. Grady Memorial, which has Atlanta's only nationally verified Level 1 trauma center, is just 3 miles south of Northside. The department released photos of the alleged shooter, whom they identified as 24-year-old Deion Patterson and described as "at large.""The suspect is believed to be armed and dangerous and should not be approached," police said on Twitter.Photos shared by the Atlanta Police D...

Large mudslide blocks access to Hanging Lake

Published Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:59:08 GMT

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. (KDVR) -- The United States Forest Service says that a large mudslide happened above the Hanging Lake rest area road on Monday afternoon.The USFS said the mudslide is blocking access to the rest area and to Hanging Lake. The slide did not impact Interstate 70 or Glenwood Canyon. You can now make reservations to hike Hanging Lake Here is a look at photos of the slide from USFS:Mudslide blocks access to Hanging Lake (U.S. Forest Service)Mudslide blocks access to Hanging Lake (U.S. Forest Service)Mudslide blocks access to Hanging Lake (U.S. Forest Service)No injuries have been reported.“We have been actively contacting all reservation holders during this closure and refunding charges or rescheduling visitors for a later date,” said Ken Murphy of H20 Ventures, which operates the reservation system for Hanging Lake. I-70 traffic stops planned in Glenwood Canyon The Colorado Department of Transportation said crews started removing mudslide material on Tuesday.T...