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The grief for the New York Police Department Officer Didarul Islam stretched from Midtown Manhattan all the way up to the 47th Precinct in the Bronx on Monday night. The crying could be heard from the street, said one neighbor walking his dog in the Parkchester neighborhood of the Bronx. New York City Police officers, he told affiliate CBS New York, had arrived at Islam's home with news that one of their own had been fatally shot in the massacre at a Midtown skyscraper earlier that day. The 36-year-old, one of four who died in the shooting , left behind a pregnant wife and two young boys. On the Upper East Side, dozens of people - including his fellow NYPD officers, Mayor Eric Adams, and New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch - lined the street after midnight with salutes or their hands over their hearts outside NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. His family and friends, clinging to each other, escorted his body. An NYPD flag, with green ...

Framingham — Frankie, a police dog killed during an arrest attempt three years ago in Fitchburg, has been immortalized in bronze for his bravery, service to the people of the commonwealth and dedication to the Massachusetts State Police. Frankie, a nine-year veteran of the State Police and member of the Special Tactical Operations Team, is the first and only line-of-duty death of a state police dog. Frankie's shooting and subsequent emergency transport was the commonwealth's first use of Nero's Law since Gov. Charlie Baker signed it into law in April 2022. This law was enacted in response to the death of K-9 Nero, whose partner, Yarmouth Police Sgt. Shawn Gannon, 32, was also killed on April 12, 2018, in the line of duty. This memorial provides an important, dedicated space to celebrate the life of K-9 Frankie and reflect on the enormous contributions of K-9s and their handlers to the mission of the State Police," said Col. Geoffrey Noble during the dedication...

A first-of-its-kind satellite has been launched to track nearly imperceptible changes on Earth's surface, an effort that could aid in responses to natural disasters. Called the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar mission, or NISAR, the spacecraft is equipped with two kinds of synthetic aperture radar designed by the US space agency and the Indian Space Research Organization in the countries' first joint satellite project. The radar, pioneered by NASA to be used in space, works like conventional radar in that it uses microwaves to detect distant surfaces and objects. But advanced data processing enables the details to be seen at high resolution. NISAR was launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on India's southeastern coast at 8:10 a.m. ET (5:40 p.m. IST) on Wednesday aboard an ISRO Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle, or GSLV-F16. The launch was streamed live on NASA+ and the agency's YouTube channel . The satellite will orbit Earth 14 times...

Our former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has said the U.S. public has reached a "volcanic" "boiling point" of impatience with the president over his broken promises to lower prices, end foreign wars, and release government files on deceased child trafficker Jeffrey Epstein - all issues that the president promised to resolve in his second term. On NPR's Morning Edition, Host Steve Inskeep asked Buttigieg what he makes of the fact that polls have shown that Americans have an interest in the Epstein files. Buttigieg noted that Republicans recently closed the U.S. House of Representatives rather than allow legislators to vote on releasing the files, suggesting that there's something in the files that's "very sensitive" for the president. Related Pete Buttigieg says politicians have no business making decisions about transgender athletes He also emphasized the need for compassion for all parties involv...

Key Points and Summary - After being docked for over two decades, Russia's Kirov-class nuclear-powered battlecruiser, the Admiral Nakhimov, is finally set to return to sea following a massive, billion-dollar refit. -The enormous Cold War-era warship has been upgraded with a new arsenal, including Russia's much-hyped Zircon hypersonic missiles. -However, its return is plagued by continuous delays and skepticism. The Kir0v-Class Battlecruiser Is Back (25 Years Later) The Russian Navy's Kirov-class nuclear-powered battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov has begun preparations for long-awaited sea trials after more than 25 years in deep refurbishment, Russian media confirmed this week. The 252-meter-long vessel - one of only three remaining Kirov-class cruisers - was first commissioned in 1988 and has been laid up at the Sevmash shipyard since 1999. A modernization program was authorized in 2006, but work did not begin in earnest until 2013, with repea...

The clock was pointing towards peace when Private First Class Theerayuth Krajangthong was cut down on the Thai frontier -- among the last casualties before a midnight ceasefire with Cambodia. His funeral rites began on Wednesday as Buddhist monks blessed his body with sacred chants, his remains in a shimmering silver coffin draped with the flag of Thailand and flanked by his neatly folded uniform. "He was brave -- brave until the very last moment of his life," said his sister, 26-year-old Hormchan Krajangthong, her voice breaking with emotion. "He gave his blood and body for our king and country," she told the village of Nong Yang Pong Sadao, just 27 kilometers (17 miles) from the border with Cambodia. Five days of clashes over ancient temples on the frontier killed at least 43 people on both sides, sending more than 300,000 fleeing as the countries battled with jets, artillery and ground troops. A truce deal took effect at midnight on Monday and ...

Start your very own zoo in the sandbox-style Roblox experience known as ' Build a Zoo. It's a casual, fun-filled game where you'll manage and design a unique animal sanctuary. You'll get to hatch new animals and, ultimately, decide where they go in your zoo. Unlock new biomes to gain access to new eggs and creatures. Altogether, it's a pretty straightforward gameplay experience with a cozy and comfy atmosphere. As you progress through Build a Zoo , you'll need to upgrade items and buy more land using Coins. Though you can get resources by simply playing the game, you can also get them for free by using the new code redemption feature in Build a Zoo . Latest Codes for Build a Zoo Here are the codes that are currently active for Build a Zoo: X2CA821BA3 – 30,000 Coins and 1 Hyper Egg (new!) 55PA21N8Y – 10,000 Coins and 1 Prismatic Egg (new!) Make sure to redeem...

A major tsunami is not expected to strike Hawaii, a Pacific monitoring agency has said, after the first waves hit the islands after a powerful magnitude-8.8 earthquake that struck off Russia's eastern coast. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, operated by the US National Weather Service, said in an update that "based on all available data," a major tsunami was not expected, although it warned all coasts could remain "a hazard to swimmers and boaters," including people near the shore. Hawaii's Emergency Management Agency said evacuation orders had been lifted and there were no reports of major damage. The highest recorded waves in Hawaii were earlier reported as close to 1.8 meters (6ft). Tsunami warning sirens sounded in Honolulu on Wednesday as the emergency department called for the evacuation of some coastal areas in preparation. The coastguard had also issued an advisory for all boats, saying they should leave port before the tsunami hit...

TOKYO — One of the world's strongest earthquakes struck Russia's Far East early Wednesday, an 8.8-magnitude tremor that triggered a tsunami in the northern Pacific region and prompted warnings for Alaska, Hawaii and other coasts southward toward New Zealand. Tsunami warning sirens blared Tuesday in Honolulu and people moved to higher ground. The Japan Meteorological Agency said a tsunami measuring 40 centimeters (1.3 feet) was detected in Tokachi, on the southern coast of Hokkaido, the northernmost of the country's main islands. The Russian areas nearest to the earthquake's epicenter on the Kamchatka Peninsula reported damage and evacuations, but no serious injuries. The first tsunami wave hit the coastal area of Severo-Kurilsk, the main settlement on Russia's Kuril Islands in the Pacific, according to the local governor Valery Limarenko. He said residents were safe and staying on high ground until the threat of a repeat wave was gone. The Pacific ...

Retired volunteers claimed "potential ownership interest" A state judge ruled on Friday (July 25) that the City of Beacon is the sole owner of the decommissioned Beacon Engine Co. fire station at 57 East Main St. Judge Maria Rosa dismissed four requests from retired members of the volunteer fire company that had used the station as its headquarters for 136 years, including an appeal from the firefighters to finally determine who owns the facility. The basis of the complaint was the most recent operation and maintenance agreement, from 2019, between the city and the company. In it, the city agreed to pay for most insurance and all utilities and maintenance of the building while acknowledging what the volunteers and city officials had believed for decades: that Beacon Engine owned the 1889 structure, which comprises 62 percent of the 4,688-square-foot station. The city was believed to own an engine bay added in 1924. However, after the City Council voted in...

Black cool is one of America’s great innovations, right up there with basketball, blue jeans, and the internet. It blends several forms—music, sports, fashion, speech, ways of cutting through space—into a wholly distinctive, globally influential aesthetic. There are French fashion houses in thrall to silhouettes first spotted in Harlem, Japanese men who have devoted their lives to spinning jazz records in Shibuya, and lavish murals of Tupac Shakur. as far apart as Sydney and Sierra Leone . Sean Combs, the disgraced record mogul, certainly did not invent Black cool. But like Miles Davis, Muhammad Ali, and Michael Jordan before him—and like Jay-Z, Kanye West, and many others who followed— for a flicker of time he was its most formidable ambassador. That moment coincided with my adolescence, which is why the revelation of Combs's extravagant cruelties —the depravity with which he used all that he’d gained—has left my childhood friends and me feeling so betrayed. We ...