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☆ Three Men Face Federal Gun Charges in Kansas City Super Bowl Parade Shooting
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Ernesto Londoño | More About Ernesto Londoño | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Three men have been charged with firearms trafficking and other crimes as part of the investigation into the shooting that marred a Super Bowl victory celebration in Kansas City, Mo., federal prosecutors said on Wednesday. One person was killed and more than 20 were injured in the shooting on Feb. 14, after an argument turned violent and at least six people opened fire just as the rally was dispersing near Union Station, the authorities said. Days later, two teenagers were charged with resisting arrest and “gun-related” offenses. In late February, two Missouri men, Lyndell Mays, 23, and Dominic Miller, 18, were charged with murder. Three Kansas City, Mo., men now face multiple federal charges after investigators determined that at least two of the weapons recovered at the shooting scene had been unlawfully purchased or trafficked.

Persons: Lyndell Mays, Dominic Miller Organizations: Kansas City Locations: Kansas City, Mo, Missouri, Kansas

Mr. Biden has made repeated gestures of support to Muslims and Arab Americans: In an Oval Office address on Oct. 20, he denounced Islamophobia and the death of Wadea Al-Fayoume, a 6-year-old who was fatally stabbed in Illinois in what authorities have called a hate crime. “In 2020, the Muslim community was instrumental in turning out the vote for Joe Biden,” said Ms. Al-Hanooti, the Michigan executive director of Emgage, a national organization that seeks to strengthen the political power of Muslim Americans. Muslim voters turned out in significant numbers — 145,000 voted in the presidential election, according to Emgage. An exit poll commissioned by the Council on American-Islamic Relations found that roughly 69 percent of Muslims nationwide voted for Biden. Ms. Al-Hanooti said Muslims turned out in large numbers for Mr. Biden mainly because they were motivated to help defeat President Trump.

Persons: Mr, Biden, Wadea, ”, Ammar Moussa, Biden “, Biden’s, Benjamin Netanyahu, ” Nada, “, Joe Biden, ” Mr, Hanooti, Trump Organizations: Biden, Arab, Palestinian, Council, Islamic Relations Locations: Michigan, Wayne County, Hamtramck, Dearborn, Arab, Illinois, Israel, Palestinian American

Before handing pencil and paper to a group of inmates who attended one of his recent writing workshops in jail, Nate Johnson shared three things about his past. He has battled depression and anxiety for much of his life. “And I used to be a prosecutor,” Mr. Johnson disclosed, adding a quick caveat. Immediately after hearing a simple prompt, inmates were told to write furiously, without interruption, for five minutes. The only goal was to turn the sequence of thoughts generated by each prompt into a string of sentences without stopping to think.

Persons: Nate Johnson, ” Mr, Johnson Locations: Minneapolis

In Des Moines, school bus drivers received medical aid at the end of sweltering shifts. A marching band instructor outfitted students with water backpacks to prevent them from passing out from the heat — at 7:30 a.m. The scorching temperatures and high humidity that dogged millions of Americans from the upper Midwest to the Southeast added to the challenges of the first days of the new school year. It was a stark reminder, education experts and parents said, of the urgent need to make schools more resilient to climate change. “As the climate continues to change and warm, we have to modernize school buildings or we are putting students in danger.”

Persons: ”, Karen White Organizations: National Education Association, “ Locations: Des Moines, Chicago, Midwest

☆ ‘Miracles Occurred That Night’: A Mad Scramble to Save Maui Pets
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-17 | by ( Ernesto Londoño | More About Ernesto Londoño | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As flames engulfed his home, Frederick Shaw grabbed Munchkin, one of his five cats, and darted through a cloud of thick smoke gasping for air. The 73-year-old Navy veteran stumbled onto the scorching pavement, which severely burned the palms of his hands. “And I let go of the cat.”A few blocks away, Rafael Ochoa, another longtime resident of Lahaina, the historic seaside community in West Maui, darted into his flaming house. “She’s family.”As an inferno fueled by furious winds engulfed Lahaina, survivors made wrenching choices the night of Aug. 8. Scrambling for safety, many took enormous risks to save beloved pets.

Persons: Frederick Shaw, Munchkin, “, ”, Rafael Ochoa, cramming, Bella, ” Mr, Ochoa Organizations: Navy Locations: Lahaina, West Maui, darted

“Mom, I’ve been shot!” he recalled crying, as his mother bolted barefoot out of their house in northwest Las Vegas. “I didn’t think I was going to make it, for how much blood was under me,” Caison said. The Las Vegas police say the shooting in May was carried out with a pistol rigged with a small and illegal device known as a switch. Switches can transform semiautomatic handguns, which typically require a trigger pull for each shot, into fully automatic machine guns that fire dozens of bullets with one tug. By the time the assailant in Las Vegas sped away, Caison, a soft-spoken teenager who loves video games, lay on the pavement with five gunshot wounds.

Persons: Caison Robinson, I’ve, ”, ” Caison Organizations: Las, Las Vegas Locations: Las Vegas, Las

Fight or Flight: Transgender Care Bans Leave Families and Doctors ScramblingLaws in 20 states have left the fate of clinics in doubt and families with transgender children searching for medical care across state lines. But two new laws have left them debating whether to leave Iowa. A ban on a medication that pauses puberty taken by their transgender son, Brecker, was signed into law by the state’s governor in March. “It’s like trying to cross a bridge but the boards just fall out,” said Brecker, who recently finished seventh grade and began receiving puberty blockers in December, a year after coming out as transgender. “So you’re hanging on those two ropes, inching yourself across, not knowing whether the ropes are going to snap or break.”In 20 states, bans or restrictions on transition-related medical care for transgender youths are upending the lives of families and medical providers.

Persons: David, Wendy Batchelder, Brecker, ” Organizations: Republican Locations: West Des Moines , Iowa, Iowa

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