SHOOTING ON CAPITOL HILL: Wild car chase which started near the white house and ended minutes later in gunfire at the U.S. Capitol, leaves suspect dead

 
A police officer and K9 inspect the scene after a car chase and reports of gunshots fired outside of the Hart Senate Office Building on Captiol Hill on Thursday, October 3 in Washington. Police said the U.S. Capitol was put on security lockdown.

The female motorist who led police on a chase through the heart of Washington was hit by gunfire and pronounced dead, said D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier.

A U.S. Capitol Police officer injured during a police chase between the White House and the U.S. Capitol "is going to be fine," officials said Thursday evening. The officer is a 23-year veteran.


Rescue personnel stand around a smashed U.S. Capitol Police cruiser near the Capitol.

People take cover as gunshots are heard.


A wild car chase Thursday that started near the White House ended minutes later in gunfire at the U.S. Capitol, creating a chaotic scene of blaring sirens, locked-down lawmakers and bystanders hitting the dirt.

Two people were hospitalized -- the woman who drove the two-door black car that sped past iconic Washington landmarks and ran red lights with police cruisers in pursuit, and an officer in one of the police vehicles she rammed in trying to get away.

A young child in the black car with the woman appeared to be uninjured.

The dramatic events brought a swarm of emergency vehicles to the Capitol complex and caused Congress and surrounding offices to be temporarily locked down.

House and Senate sessions were immediately suspended, with legislators ordered to take cover and keep away from windows. Police also closed Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House.



CNN's Athena Jones, who was at a Senate office building near the Capitol, said she heard gunshots that sounded like fireworks.

The chase began when the woman driving the black vehicle got involved in some kind of verbal altercation with officers at a security checkpoint a block from the White House, an intelligence source told CNN.

As police cars arrived at the scene, the black vehicle sped away and headed toward the Capitol building.

Frank Schwing, a D.C. resident who was near the front of the Capitol, said several police vehicles stopped the black vehicle and officers "came out with their guns drawn."

The armed officers tried to open the passenger side door, he said.

"At that point, the driver slammed into reverse, slammed into a cruiser, did a 180 (degree turn), took off, and at that point, there were a half dozen or so shots fired," apparently all by small arms from police, Schwing told CNN.

Video footage by other witnesses showed the black vehicle then careening around a nearby traffic circle with a police car in close pursuit and then headed away. Shortly afterward, the black car crashed into security barriers a few blocks, witnesses said.



The woman was shot several times in the vehicle, sources told CNN, adding officers were not aware at the time there was a child passenger.

According to multiple sources, there was no reason so far to believe that the woman fired any shots or even had a weapon.

A task force prepared to execute a search warrant at her Connecticut home, law enforcement sources said.

In Congress, a Capitol Police bulletin said reports of gunshots required "all occupants in all House office buildings to shelter in place."

"Close, lock and stay away from external doors and windows," the bulletin said. Authorities later lifted the lockdown, with police saying they believed the incident was isolated with no connection to terrorism.

President Barack Obama was briefed on the situation, which occurred on the third day of a government shutdown due to a stalemate in Congress over government funding.

"The timing on this was really kind of scary," said Republican Rep. Blake Farenthold of Texas. "Capitol Hill police are at a lower personnel level because of the shutdown."


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5 Floor Exercises That Melt Fat

1. Push Ups

 

Push ups get your heart pumping and can build muscle in your shoulders, arms and even chest.

Most people know how to do a push up, but just in case your forgot, here’s how it’s done.
Lay on the floor on your stomach.
Use your arms to push yourself up off the floor. You should be on the tips of your toes also.
Bend your elbows and drop your body back to the floor, but do not let your body touch completely.
Push yourself back up and repeat these steps as many times as possible.

Reverse crunch – Lie down on the floor and put your hands on the floor. Bring your knees towards your chest making a 90 degrees angle, with your feet together (or crossed). Now contract your abs in order to curl hips off the floor, reaching your legs towards the ceiling. Lower down and repeat 1 to 3 sets of 12-15 repetitions.

Twisting crunch – Lie down on a floor mat with your legs on bench. Put your hands behind head. Flex and twist your waist in order to raise upper torso to one side. Go back until your shoulders touch the mat. Change twist and do it to the opposite side.

Thai crunch – Lie in a position for a normal crunch. Bring your belly button in and crunch off the floor towards your right and touching your elbow to your right thigh. Hold there for 3 seconds and lower your upper back to the floor. Now crunch your left elbow towards your left thigh and hold.

2. Crunches/Abs  

Crunches are the best way to build abs and lose the fat around your stomach. Crunches are easy to master and the more you do them, the faster you will see results.

Lay on the floor on your back.
Bend your knees and make sure your feet are flat on the floor.
Place your arms behind your head and sit up to bring your chest to your knees. Repeat as many times as desired or possible.

3. Squats

Squats work your thighs and abs and can help burn fat from all over your body. This exercise is fairly simple, but a few squats in and you will start feeling the burn of a good exercise.
If you really want to add some difficulty, do your squats with your back flat against a wall.
Stand with your feet spread shoulder length apart.
Bend your knees and squat down.
Stand back up and repeat.

4. Lunges

 Lunges tone your buttocks, thighs and back muscles. Many people do lunges to stretch out their muscles before a run, or a workout, but the exercise has benefits aside from stretching.

Stand with one leg out in front of you and the other a little behind you.
Bend the front knee and lean your body forward, keeping your back leg in place.

Alternate legs. Lean as far forward as possible and do as many reps as you can handle.

 

Most popular lunge variations

Pulse lunge – Put your feet hip width apart, then bring a rope overhead and stretch it tight. Make a step forward with your right foot into a lunge, forming 90 degree angle with your knees. Now slowly pulse up and down by an inch. Do it 10 times. Repeat the same exercise with the other leg.

Jumping lunge – Stepping forward with your left foot, lower into a lunge position. Jump off the floor, swing arms forward and switch your legs in midair, just like scissors. You should land in a lunge position with your right leg forward. Repeat several times.

Reverse lunge – Put your legs next to each other, hold your hands on your hips and line them with your shoulders. Step back with your right leg and bring it down. You can lean your knee on the ground, but try not to rest it. Come back up and do it again, now switching legs. Exhale when coming up, inhale when going down.

5. High Knees

High knees can be considered a cardiovascular exercise and they also tone your legs and abs.
Here’s how they are done.
Stand and pull one knee up high. Put your foot down and pull up your other knee. Alternate knees and increase your speed.
The best thing about these floor exercises is that you can do them anywhere there is a floor and some open space.
Do them at home, outside, even in your office.
Once you have mastered each technique and determined how many reps you can do for each exercise, set goals for yourself and exercise regularly.



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PHOTOS: At least 130 dead including children and a pregnant woman after boat carrying african migrants catches fire and sinks off coast of Italy

At least 130 people are now thought to have been killed after a migrant boat capsized off the coast of Italy.

Another 250 people are still missing after the boat packed with African migrants caught fire and sank just south of Lampedusa.

The disaster occurred when the boat's motor stopped working and the vessel began to take on water, Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said.

People on board burned a sheet to attract the attention of rescuers, starting a fire on board.



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Horrifying: Dozens of African migrants have died and more than 200 are missing after their ship caught fire and capsized off the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, spilling hundreds of passengers into the sea







Origin: The migrants were from Eritrea, Ghana and Somalia, the coast guard said





Difficult: It is one of the deadliest migrant shipwrecks in recent times and the second one this week off Italy

Tragic: Bodies of drowned migrants are lined up in the port of Lampedusa this morning


This afternoon it was revealed that Italian divers have seen at least another 20 bodies around a migrant boat on the sea floor raising the death toll to at least 114 people.

But that figure is now thought to have risen to at least 130 with 103 bodies so far recovered.

One woman, who was initially thought to be dead was revived by medical personnel after she was brought back to the port.


Coastguard Commander Floriana Segreto says 'divers of the coastguard have found the boat on the sea floor at a depth of 40 metres (130 ft). ... The divers have yet to go inside the boat.'


She added that they are waiting for the weather to improve and will then start recovering more bodies.



Rising death toll: Military personnel bring bodies to the back of a waiting ambulance after they were pulled out of the Mediterranean



Rescue operation: Emergency workers continue to add body bags to those already lined up on the harbour



Emergency situation: A coastguard vessel heads away from the harbour after unloading body bags containing African migrants who drowned in the tragedy





Soldiers from the Italian Army unload bodies on to the harbour today


'Once the fire started, there was a concern about the boat sinking and everyone moved to one side, causing the boat to go down,' he told a news conference.

The 20-metre (66 ft) vessel sank no more than 1 km (half a mile) from shore.

Bodies fished from the water were laid out along the quayside as the death toll rose in what looked like one of the worst disasters to hit the perilous route for migrants seeking to reach Europe from Africa.

'It's horrific, like a cemetery, they are still bringing them out,' Lampedusa Mayor Giusi Nicolini told reporters.

Alfano said three children and two pregnant women were among the victims.

Dangerous: Migrants frequently land on Lampedusa, just 113 km (70 miles) from the coast of Tunisia, often picked up at sea in dangerously overcrowded boats by the Italian coastguard








Traumatised: A man is helped off the boat following the rescue



Coast guard brings bodies ashore as dozens die in Sicily boat...



The disaster happened four days after 13 migrants drowned off eastern Sicily, and Italian President Giorgio Napolitano said action was needed by the European Union to stem 'a succession of massacres of innocent people'.

Last year, almost 500 people were reported dead or missing on the crossing from Tunisia to Italy, the U.N. refugee office UNHCR says. Syrians fleeing civil war have added to the numbers.

A fishing boat raised the alarm at around 7:20 a.m. (0520 GMT) and began pulling people out of the water before coastguard vessels arrived on the scene. The coastguard said 151 people had been rescued.



Tragedy: The ship apparently capsized, spilling the passengers into the sea near Conigli island


Between 450 and 500 people, most either Eritreans or Somalis, appeared to have been on board the boat, which had come from Misrata in Libya, Alfano said.

'If they had been able to use a telephone, they could have been saved,' he said.

The search for survivors and victims continued within a four nautical mile radius, in water around 30-45 metres deep.

Rescuers planned to extend the radius later in the day, in case bodies had been pulled away by the tides, he said.

U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres praised the rescue effort, but said: 'I am dismayed at the rising global phenomenon of migrants and people fleeing conflict or persecution and perishing at sea.'

Spokeswoman for the International Organization for Migration in Rome, Simona Moscarelli, said that the boat capsized after all the migrants moved to one side to escape the fire.

She told the BBC that only six of 100 women on board are thought to have survived.




Safe: A group of youngsters are brought safely to the shore after the tragedy off the Italian coast




Rescue: A woman receives assistance at the Palermo Civico hospital, Italy, after being rescued





Treatment: A man is carried off an ambulance to receive treatment

Desperate: Mayor Nicolini said the ship had caught fire after those on board set off flares so it would be seen by passing ships





Hunt: Coast guard ships and helicopters from across the region, as well as local fishing boats were on the scene trying to find survivors, said Coast Guard spokesman Marco Di Milla





Shocked: Some of the immigrants after their rescue early this morning

Bodies seen in water as rescuers take Sicily boat survivors...



Migrants frequently land on Lampedusa, just 113 km (70 miles) from the coast of Tunisia, often picked up at sea in dangerously overcrowded boats by the Italian coastguard.

Pope Francis, who visited the island in July on his first papal trip outside Rome, said he felt 'great pain' for the 'many victims of the latest tragic shipwreck today off Lampedusa'.

'The word that comes to mind is 'shame',' Francis said in unscripted remarks after a speech in the Vatican. 'Let us unite our strengths so that such tragedies never happen again.'

The stream of migrants is a humanitarian and political problem for the Italian government.



Victims: 13 immigrants drowned off the coast of Sicily after their boat ran aground on Monday





Horror: Rescuers pause to pay their respects to the 13 victims of the tragedy

About 15,000 reached Italy and Malta - 13,200 and 1,800 respectively - by sea last year, the UNHCR says. Thousands more have arrived this year.

Calling the deaths of migrants 'an endless tragedy,' Foreign Minister Emma Bonino said: 'The rescue operation began immediately but it is getting more difficult because now the weather is getting colder, they don't know how to swim, they don't know where to go.'

Migrants who arrive in Italy are allowed to apply for asylum. Many of them are ordered to leave the country but often slip away to become illegal immigrants in Italy or elsewhere in the European Union.



Coastguards patrol the area where the boat capsized off the coast of Italy

Italy has pressed the European Union for more help to fight the crisis which it says concerns the whole bloc.

'This is not an Italian drama, this is a European drama,' Alfano said. 'Lampedusa has to be considered the frontier of Europe, not the frontier of Italy.'


In a separate incident today, around 200 migrants were reportedly escorted to the port of Syracuse on the island of Sicily, when their vessel encountered difficulties five miles off the coast.

THE DESPERATE JOURNEY TO ITALY

Sicily and the surrounding islands are hotspots for illegal immigrants arriving by sea from Tunisia, Libya and sub-Sahara Africa hoping for a better quality of life.
A growing number of Syrian immigrants have fled to the region hoping for protection from their civil war.
In August, six migrants died after they jumped out of a boat off the coast of Sicily.
In July, seven drowned after they tried to hold onto a fishing cage which was being towed to shore off the coast of Sicily.

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Lagos community worries over unidentified corpse

 

The unidentified victim


Two months after, Ifedapo community in Ejigbo, Lagos State is still battling to make meaning out of its experience on the morning of July 29, 2013.

On that day, residents of the area woke up to find a swollen headless corpse on the main street of the area.

Sixty three days after the incident, many of the residents said they were worried that nobody had come to claim the corpse from the police, who were alerted immediately the incident happened.

They added that it was troubling that the identity of the man, who wore a wedding ring, was still a mystery.

The Chairman, Ifedapo Double Powerline Community Development Association, Mr. Amos Johnson, who spoke for the residents, said the community was worried that the deceased looked like a “responsible man” and would have been missed by his relatives by now.

He told PUNCH Metro that the corpse was found about 8am on the side of the road by some residents who were going to work.

He said, “It was on Monday, July 29, around 8am. One of the residents called me that they found a corpse on the street and I immediately went to the scene.

“When I got there, he was headless and was also tied up with a rope.

“We stayed there till 2pm, trying to identify him and looking for his head but we couldn’t find it.”

Johnson said after the community’s leaders had exhausted all avenue to trace the relative of the corpse, the incident was reported at the Ejigbo Police Division.

He said, “After the police were called in, we had to remove the rope that was used to tie him and as we did, we found his head.”

Mr. Johnson added that it was difficult for the community to evacuate the corpse as the area boys called to do the job gave them a high bill.

He said the body was later taken by the police for a coroner inquest to uncover the cause of his death.

The Police Deputy Public Relations Officer, Damasus Ozoani, said the deceased was murdered in cold blood.

He said, “Police preliminary investigations reveal that he was murdered. Although investigation is still ongoing to unravel the true cause of death and those behind it, we are assuringthe residents that the perpetrators of this heinous crime will be brought to book soon. We will make this public as soon as possible.”

 

 

 

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Nigerian Plane Crash: Late Governor Agagu’s only son, his wife, Chief Olu Falaye’s first son, Deji Falaye and Former president Obasanjo's son are among the crash victims

The name of Gbenga, son of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, is making the rounds as one of the victims of this morning’s plane crash in Nigeria’s commercial capital, Lagos.

According to Akanni Segun Segun Olalekan, former Personal Assistant to Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) National Cordinator, Otunba Gani Adams, “OBJ’s son, Gbenga was also killed in the crash as all the 20 passengers.”

Olalekan has released names of alleged victims of the crash on his facebook wall. He wrote: “Its been reported that the owner of MIC Casket, Mr. OKUSANYA was among the passengers and had been confirmed dead!”

“Deji Falaye (Ondo State Commissoner for Culture and Tourism) who read law at OAU , Mrs Agagu and Children confirmed dead.”

The chartered plane was said to be heading for Akure, the Ondo State capital, with the remains of Dr. Olusegun Agagu, a former governor of Ondo State, who died on September 13 and is scheduled to be buried this weekend.

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