Capitol Police investigate 'active bomb threat' near Library of Congress
Several governmental buildings in Washington, D.C., were evacuated Thursday morning due to what Capitol Police call "an active bomb threat investigation" after a man drove a pickup truck onto a sidewalk.
Law enforcement negotiators are working to make contact with the person in the vehicle, law enforcement sources told ABC News.
Negotiation is still ongoing to have a "peaceful resolution" and the suspect's motives were unknown, Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger said in a press conference around noon local time.
PHOTO: Police activity is pictured near the Cannon House Office Building, which is being evacuated due to a suspicious vehicle at 100 block of 1st St., SE, according to a law enforcement sources. The Library of Congress is also being evacuated.
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The suspect told responding officers he had a bomb, and responding officers said he had what appeared to be a detonator in his hand, Manger said.
Authorities are also investigating a video posted to Facebook that purports to have been posted by the man in the vehicle.
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Family speaks out after boy, 12, hospitalized with COVID-19
An Alabama family's life was turned upside down when their 12-year-old son, a healthy, strong athlete, caught COVID-19 and landed in the hospital struggling to breathe.
Brody Barnett, a seventh grader from Chilton County, and his family are speaking out to warn the public of the dangers of the delta variant.
His mother, GeriLynn Vowell, told ABC News that her son tested positive on Aug. 6 and suffered extreme symptoms, including coughing and trouble breathing, within a day.
"He's told his friends, 'This is the worst that I've ever been sick,'" she said.
PHOTO: 12-year-old Brody Barnett is hospitalized with Covid-19 in Chilton County, Ala.
GeriLynn Vowell
GeriLynn Vowell
12-year-old Brody Barnett is hospitalized with Covid-19 in Chilton County, Ala.
He said being in the hospital was a "scary experience," adding, "It ain't nothing to joke with," to local ABC Birmingham affiliate WBMA-LD.
Brody, who was not vaccinated, was first exposed at the beginning of last week after going to a friend's home where someone later tested positive for the virus. After hearing news of that positive result his family bought at-home COVID-19 kits.
"I tested Brody and his test popped up positive immediately. Then we went to an actual testing site and it was the same result," Vowell said.
Vowell explained that she had tested negative for the COVID-19 test but positive for antibodies.
"My husband nor I have been vaccinated because we were positive for antibodies previously. We had just gotten the original COVID a few months back. So, we had just kind of been waiting to be vaccinated," she said. She says they'll get the vaccine when they test negative for antibodies.
Health experts recommend people get vaccinated even if they have been exposed to the virus because the vaccines are known to provide more durable protection, including against the delta variant. A study released Aug. 6 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that people who were unvaccinated were more than twice as likely to be reinfected compared to people who were vaccinated.
The night Brody tested positive he got a runny nose and started coughing. The next day it progressed to the point that he couldn't breathe and felt pain in his ribcage.
"He was like, 'I cannot breathe, I cannot take a breath,'" she said. "He couldn't raise his arms over his head and take a breath."
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Justice Barrett rejects Indiana University students' vaccine mandate appeal
The justice did not give a reason for her decision.
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Justice Barrett rejects Indiana University students' vaccine mandate appeal
The justice did not give a reason for her decision.
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett denied a bid by eight Indiana University students Thursday to stop their school from requiring all students to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Barrett rejected the request without specifying the reasoning behind her decision. The case, the first of its kind to reach the Supreme Court, comes after several lower courts similarly rejected the Indiana University students' argument that they were being coerced into getting vaccinated
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Cute ver Funny pets playing....
I love pets pitching attention with their owner and i love how they seek way to play
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Jim Frazier reflects on life as wildlife cinematographer with David Attenborough
Jim Frazier spent years spent working with Sir David Attenborough(ABC Mid North Coast: Emma Siossian)
As he wanders through a grove of trees identifying native bird calls on his property, Jim Frazier is clearly content and in his element.
At 80 years old, he's lost none of the passion for nature that fuelled a prestigious career as a wildlife cinematographer, including travelling the world for Sir David Attenborough's nature documentaries.
"It's just a place of peace and quiescence, I just love it here," he said.
Frazier is humble about his achievements, which include award-winning documentaries, the invention of ground-breaking lenses, an Oscar, an Emmy, an honorary doctorate and an OAM.
"I have had many, many extraordinary experiences. When you travel the world, you are exposed to different cultures, different people's attitudes but always for me it was being aligned with things natural and wildlife," he said.
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Biden team is seeking ways to address rising energy prices
WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden's administration is moving at home and abroad to try to address concerns about rising energy prices slowing the nation's recovery from the pandemic-induced recession.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan on Wednesday called on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to move faster to restore global supply of petroleum to pre-pandemic levels, and the White House asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the domestic gasoline market for any anti-competitive behavior that could be increasing prices.
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Biden team is seeking ways to address rising energy prices
President Joe Biden’s administration is moving at home and abroad to try to address concerns about rising energy prices slowing the nation’s recovery from the pandemic-induced recession
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press
12 August 2021, 02:00
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WASHINGTON -- President Joe Biden's administration is moving at home and abroad to try to address concerns about rising energy prices slowing the nation's recovery from the pandemic-induced recession.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan on Wednesday called on the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to move faster to restore global supply of petroleum to pre-pandemic levels, and the White House asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the domestic gasoline market for any anti-competitive behavior that could be increasing prices.
The joint actions come as the administration is increasingly sensitive to rising prices across the economy as it faces both political and policy pressure from inflation.
“Higher gasoline costs, if left unchecked, risk harming the ongoing global recovery," Sullivan said in a statement. He said the administration was pressuring OPEC and producers allied with the cartel to more quickly undo the production cuts put in place at the start of the pandemic.
“The production cuts made during the pandemic should be reversed as the global economy recovers in order to lower prices for consumers," Biden said Wednesday.
Biden's National Economic Council director, Brian Deese, asked the FTC head, Lina Khan, to “monitor the U.S. gasoline market and address any illegal conduct that might be contributing to price increases for consumers at the pump.” The FTC is an independent agency and may take advice, but not direction, from the White House.
Wednesday’s report from the Labor Department showed that consumer prices jumped 0.5% from June to July, down from the previous monthly increase of 0.9%. They have increased a substantial 5.4% compared with a year earlier, erasing much of the benefit to workers from higher pay.
Gas prices are up about a $1 from than a year ago as Americans hit peak summer driving season and return to roads after pandemic shut-ins. The White House says it's no cause for alarm, saying the country is “not at an historically high gas price moment" and that prices are roughly where they were in 2018, still Biden acknowledged they're high enough to “pinch” working families.
“I want to make sure that nothing stands in the way of oil price declines leading to lower gas prices for consumers,” Biden added.
Rising prices, both at the pump and across other consumer goods, have become a potent talking point among Biden's GOP critics. The White House has insisted that inflation will cool as the economy recovers from the twin shocks of the pandemic and the nation's ongoing recovery from the virus-induced lockdowns.
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Bear soaks in a scenic view
Because the body temperature of mammals rises during lactation, female grizzly bears may fully submerge in natural depressions containing water deeper than the wallows used by ungulates such as elk. ... The “bathtubs” help facilitate increased milk production and ensure offspring survival.
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This how cats start a territorial fight..
Do you have two cats that aren’t getting along? There could be a multitude of reasons why your cats are fighting, and you need to find out why it’s happening before you can solve the problem. I will explain the various reasons why some cats don't get along with each other and offer solutions to help you bring peace to your household.
All cat fights are not the same. Sometimes what looks like a cat fight may actually be normal playing. This is more common with younger cats, but it can happen at any age. Cats will chase each other around the house, tackle each other, and fight like little wrestlers on the floor. It can sometimes get pretty intense, but, as long as they're not crying out in pain, there’s no need to break them up. They’re probably just having fun or trying to establish their rank in the household.
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Woman Using Self Defense To Annoying Man in Bar Turn your woman into this..#Selfdefense
Woman Using Self Defense To Annoying Man in Bar
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News today military vaccine mandate
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will request approval for the COVID-19 vaccine to become mandatory for all U.S. military service members by mid-September, according to a memo he sent to all Defense Department employees.
"I want you to know that I will seek the President's approval to make the vaccines mandatory no later than mid-September, or immediately upon the U.S. Food and Drug Agency (FDA) licensure, whichever comes first," Austin wrote in the memo.
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Yummy burgers#shorts#hamburger
I can't sleep after eating this,because every ingredients or anything in it,is still mesmerized me last night
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How tough is the washing machine
Experiment time:Crazy ideas to explode a washing machine
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New York Gov. Coumo facing possible charges
We don't know all allegations are true for harassment,here it is he is seen now
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Border crisisat the US-Mexico border?
Border crisis: What’s happening at the US-Mexico border?examined
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Delta variant alarming rise in florida #covid-19
Stay healthy guys
#covid-19#covid news update
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Audio tape recorder in playing motion
Retro audio tape recorder in motion
Video of an audio tape recorder playing. Vintage audio tape recorder from 1950s. Retro music accessory.
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A fighter after a fight
Face of a fighter exhausted during a fight
Sweaty and bruised face of a young female mixed martial arts fighter exhausted while wiping the sweat with her hands.
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