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Secret Service agent fired at suspects outside of Janet Yellen's house in Washington DC
Read full article: Secret Service agent fired at suspects outside of Janet Yellen's house in Washington DCAn investigation is underway after a Secret Service agent working on protective assignment outside Treasury Secretary Janet Yellenโs house fired a weapon following a confrontation with the occupants of a sedan.
Iran threat prompted more security at Trump rally as officials warn of potential for copycat attacks
Read full article: Iran threat prompted more security at Trump rally as officials warn of potential for copycat attacksFederal law enforcement officials are warning of possible copycat attacks or retaliatory violence after the attempt on Donald Trumpโs life, as a visibly stronger security detail surrounds the Republican nominee and President Joe Biden.
A Molotov cocktail is thrown at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, but there's no significant damage
Read full article: A Molotov cocktail is thrown at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, but there's no significant damageAt least one Molotov cocktail has been thrown at the Cuban Embassy in Washington, but there was no significant damage and no one was injured.
Biden's dog Commander has bitten Secret Service officers 10 times in four months, records show
Read full article: Biden's dog Commander has bitten Secret Service officers 10 times in four months, records showSecret Service records show that President Joe Biden's dog Commander has bitten or attacked agency officers stationed at the White House 10 times between October 2022 and January.
Secret Service director delays retirement amid 1/6 scrutiny
Read full article: Secret Service director delays retirement amid 1/6 scrutinySecret Service Director James Murray is delaying his retirement as the agency deals with an inspector generalโs investigation and congressional inquiries related to missing text messages around the time of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Secret Service Jan. 6 texts erased despite Congress' request
Read full article: Secret Service Jan. 6 texts erased despite Congress' requestSecret Service text messages from around the time of the attack on the U.S. Capitol were deleted despite requests from Congress and federal investigators that they be preserved.
Watchdog says Secret Service deleted Jan. 6 text messages
Read full article: Watchdog says Secret Service deleted Jan. 6 text messagesA government watchdog has found that Secret Service agents deleted text messages sent and received around the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol after an inspector general requested them as part of the investigation into the insurrection.

Chicago police superintendent expected to announce retirement
Read full article: Chicago police superintendent expected to announce retirementCNN(CNN) - After more than 30 years with the Chicago Police, Superintendent Eddie Johnson is expected to announce that he is retiring, according to a department spokesman. Eddie Johnson will announce plans to retire as leader of the nation's second-largest police department," CPD Chief Communications Officer Anthony Guglielmi tweeted Thursday morning. According to CNN affiliate WLS, Johnson suggested he was considering retirement at a budget hearing earlier this week. The police superintendent said he thought he felt ill because of a change in his blood pressure medication. He told Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot that he "had a couple of drinks with dinner."

Battery or charger in luggage explodes at Chicago's Midway Airport
Read full article: Battery or charger in luggage explodes at Chicago's Midway AirportFlickr user: global jet Boston https://www.flickr.com/photos/global-jet/ [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]CHICAGO (CNN) - The bomb squad was called to Midway International Airport in Chicago on Monday after a cell phone battery or charger in someone's luggage exploded, police told CNN. The incident was cleared by the squad and no one was injured, police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a tweet. The bag had been run over by a luggage vehicle and the item did not combust or explode on its own, he said. "Thanks to everyone for being vigilant and to the firefighters, officers and technicians who assisted," Guglielmi said. There was no impact on flight traffic, Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Elizabeth Isham Cory said.

Man accused of shooting Chicago officer charged
Read full article: Man accused of shooting Chicago officer chargedAlexRaths /iStockphoto.com(CNN) - The man who allegedly shot a Chicago police officer on Saturday has been charged with four counts of attempted murder in that shooting as well as the shooting of a young girl last week, police said. The 40-year-old officer with the department's fugitive apprehension unit was part of a team trying to arrest Blackman in connection with a separate shooting, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said. After Blackman's arrest, Guglielmi posted photos of a pistol recovered from the scene. "He posed a clear and present danger to the people of Chicago," Guglielmi said. Police say Blackman shot a woman Wednesday morning in the city's Fulton River District while he was riding a bicycle.

Chicago police officer shot
Read full article: Chicago police officer shot(CNN) - A Chicago police officer was in surgery after being shot Saturday morning -- and officers are searching for whoever pulled the trigger, authorities said. The officer was shot on the city's South Side -- the 1900 block of West 65th Street -- by someone who was believed to have been a fugitive, Chicago police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said on Twitter. The officer was taken to a hospital, where he or she was "completing surgery and is in stable condition," Guglielmi said. "(The) offender has fled and is considered armed and dangerous," Guglielmi said. Chicago police, US marshals and ATF agents are looking for the shooter, Guglielmi said.

Chicago police officer 4th on force to commit suicide this year
Read full article: Chicago police officer 4th on force to commit suicide this yearGetty Images(CNN) - A 17-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department apparently took his own life Monday night, becoming the force's fourth officer this year to die by suicide, police said. "Debilitating news for the #ChicagoPolice family as we come to grips with the unthinkable loss of a dedicated police officer to suicide tonight," Guglielmi tweeted Monday night. Patrols in the Rogers Park neighborhood will not be affected if colleagues of the officer are overcome with grief, Guglielmi said. The New York Police Department has also been shaken by a spate of officer suicides. Of nine NYPD officer suicides in 2019, seven have happened since June, with department brass looking for ways to tell the rank and file that it's OK to ask for help.

Chicago Police Aren't Happy About Hulk Hogan's Ride in a Cop Car
Read full article: Chicago Police Aren't Happy About Hulk Hogan's Ride in a Cop CarThere is fury after Hulk Hogan was offered a ride in a police car across the tarmac at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. The former wrestler posted video of himself and two companions getting a special ride across the tarmac with sirens blaring and lights flashing after his flight landed. It's just not normal driving around without our siren on, he said in the video posted to social media. "The superintendent was furious about what he saw," Chicago Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said, according to The Chicago Tribune. The officer will lose a special certification that allows cops to drive vehicles on the tarmac, Guglielmi added.

At capacity after shootings, Chicago hospital stops admissions
Read full article: At capacity after shootings, Chicago hospital stops admissionsScott Olson/Getty Images(CNN) - Chicago's Mount Sinai Hospital temporarily stopped accepting patients Sunday morning because they were at capacity following a series of shootings, a hospital official said. The hospital went "on bypass" in the early morning, said Roberta Rakove, Senior VP for External Affairs. Mount Sinai Hospital is one of five trauma centers in Chicago, according to Rakove. At its height early Sunday morning, Mount Sinai had 12 trauma patients, Rakove said. Rakove could not say when Mount Sinai Hospital went "on bypass," but said it came "off bypass" at approximately 6:30 am.

Crafty alligator eludes Chicago authorities. Enter Florida man.
Read full article: Crafty alligator eludes Chicago authorities. Enter Florida man.Photo via Chicago Animal Care & ControlCHICAGO (AP) - The alligator had a good run as day after day the people hunting for him in a Chicago lagoon came up empty, but in the end he was no match for an expert the city shipped in from Florida. The male gator, nicknamed Chance the Snapper, was first spotted in the Humboldt Park lagoon about a week ago. After local enthusiasts tried and failed to trap the reptile, Frank Robb arrived from St. Augustine on Sunday . I brought my fishing rod and it went down pretty fast, Robb said at a news conference at the park Tuesday morning. No harm will come to this alligator, said Kelley Gandurski, the executive director of the Chicago Animal Care and Control.

Chicago's alligator, 'Chance the Snapper,' finally caught
Read full article: Chicago's alligator, 'Chance the Snapper,' finally caughtWLS via CNN(CNN) - The alligator that somehow ended up in Chicago's Humboldt Park has finally been caught. Chance the Snapper, as he came to be known, had been on the loose in the park for almost a week -- forcing a partial shutdown of the site. Chicago Police Department spokesman Anthony Guglielmi told CNN Tuesday the alligator was caught sometime overnight. The city brought in St. Augustine, Florida, alligator expert Frank Robb on Sunday to help capture Chance. The alligator had last been seen on Thursday around 1 a.m.The-CNN-Wire & 2019 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company.

3 people stabbed, others trampled leaving Chicago fireworks display
Read full article: 3 people stabbed, others trampled leaving Chicago fireworks displayThree people were stabbed and 13 others were hospitalized after being trampled while exiting a fireworks display at Navy Pier, Chicago Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said. Chicago Police spokesman Anthony Spicuzza said in a news release Friday morning that a fight broke out among a group of men at the fireworks display after someone displayed "gang signs." A 14-year-old boy was stabbed in the arm and rib, according to Spicuzza, and a 15-year-old boy was stabbed in the armpit. About 13 people were injured after being trampled, according to police. Chicago Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi previously said 16 were hospitalized after being trampled while leaving the fireworks.