Police: Shooting of 3 broadcast live to FB

Police: Shooting of 3 broadcast live to FB

NORFOLK

As a man live-streamed Facebook video of himself and two friends smoking and listening to music in a car, someone opened fire on the vehicle, wounding all three men, police said Wednesday.

About 5 1/2 minutes into the Facebook Live video posted Tuesday evening, at least 30 rounds are fired in a 22-second span. The camera then falls to the floor. Norfolk Police confirmed the video was of the triple shooting, but Officer Daniel Hudson said he didn’t have any further details, including whether the men were targeted. Two 27-year-old men and a 29-year-old were taken to a hospital with “significant injuries,” police said. Two of the men were doing better Wednesday, but one still is in critical condition.

New peak for US health care costs: $10,345 per person

WASHINGTON

The nation’s health care tab this year is expected to surpass $10,000 per person for the first time, the government said Wednesday. The new peak means the Obama administration will pass the problem of high health care costs on to its successor.

The report from number crunchers at the Department of Health and Human Services projects that health care spending will grow at a faster rate than the national economy over the coming decade. That squeezes the ability of federal and state governments, not to mention employers and average citizens, to pay.

National health expenditures will hit $3.35 trillion this year, which works out to $10,345 for every man, woman and child. The annual increase of 4.8 percent for 2016 is lower than the forecast for the rest of the decade.

Obama: Still far from solving issues

WASHINGTON

America is “not even close” to where it needs to be in terms of resolving issues between police and the communities they serve, President Barack Obama said after concluding a more than three-hour meeting Wednesday with community activists, politicians and law-enforcement officials.

Obama expressed optimism, however, and said the participants – who included members of the Black Lives Matter movement – agreed such conversations need to continue despite emotions running raw.

Virus hunter in space to test DNA device

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA.

The first virus-hunter in space is all set to conduct some cosmic, new DNA research. Newly arrived space station astronaut Kate Rubins will attempt to complete the first full-blown DNA decoding, or “sequencing,” in orbit with a pocket-size device that should be delivered next week.

She said the benefits of DNA sequencing in space are huge. She noted it also could prove useful in remote locations on Earth. The device will arrive at the orbiting lab on the next SpaceX delivery. Liftoff is scheduled for Monday from Cape Canaveral.

National Enquirer is sued by Dr. Phil

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.

“Dr. Phil” McGraw and The National Enquirer are lining up for a courtroom brawl after the television talk-show host and his wife filed a $250 million lawsuit against the supermarket tabloid and its sister publications, charging that they falsely accused him of being an abusive husband and a hypocrite who doesn’t practice what he preaches.

The lawsuit was filed last week in Palm Beach County, Fla., against the Enquirer, its owner American Media Inc. and sister publications, Star Magazine and the website Radar Online. According to the suit, the publications damaged McGraw’s reputation by falsely accusing the TV psychologist of physically and verbally abusing his wife, Robin.

Associated Press