Let's get into today's need to know headlines in Atlanta.
At least 23 people are being charged with domestic terrorism.
Investigators say this group threw bricks rocks
and molotov cocktails at police officers.
This happened Sunday at the site of a soon to be police training center.
Authorities say a group of people dressed all
in black launched a coordinated attack on officers
at the construction zone.
35 people were arrested after this attack. Officials also noted
a majority of the p people charged with domestic
terrorism in this case were from out of state,
some as far away as Utah, New York. There was even one person from France.
Critics call this facility cops city now
since it was proposed back in 2021 it's been a flashpoint of controversy.
People who opposed the center worry
it will not only fuel the militarization of
the police but also take up valuable forest land
and it happened again. Another Norfolk southern train derailed this time
near Springfield Ohio.
It derailed about 1000 ft away from nearby homes. Around five p.m. on Saturday.
No hazardous materials were involved this time and nobody was hurt
but 28 train cars went off the tracks and investigators trying to figure out why.
Meanwhile,
more than 200 miles away in East Palestine Ohio
crews are still working to clear contaminated materials.
Now, in response to both of these incidents,
North Fork Southern announced a new safety plan today
as part of this plan.
The company is adding about 200 temperature sensors along the tracks.
And this weekend, a powerful winter storm swept across the South and Midwest.
It brought rough winds, heavy snow and flash flooding.
Nearly 200,000 people from California to Michigan
to construct e still don't have power.
About half of those are in Kentucky wind gusts. There reached about 80
MPH in some areas and at least 13 deaths were reported from this storm.
A lot people were hit with fallen trees or branches.
California was also hard hit with snowfall and it's still
trying to dig out from last week's severe weather.
And this week, another one is coming.
A weather system is expected to move across a large swath of the U S.
This week,
people in the southern plains and parts of the Midwest could get even more snow,
rain and rough winds
from Thursday through Saturday
and four U S citizens were kidnapped at gunpoint in Mexico.
Now the FBI is offering a $50,000 reward for their safe return on Friday.
This group crossed into the Mexican city of Matamoros.
They were in a white minivan with North Carolina plates.
Before long people started shooting at them.
According to the FBI,
the four Americans were then forced into a car
and taken from the scene by unidentified gunmen.
The FBI federal partners and Mexican law
enforcement agencies are all investigating this kidnapping.
Anyone with information is urged to call the FBI San Antonio division.
Matamoros, by the way,
is one of the six Mexican states of the U S State Department
advises Americans not to visit because of the risk of crime and kidnapping.
One person was killed and nine were injured at a Glow Rila concert in Rochester,
New York over the weekend
to the people injured are in critical condition.
The victims were trampled by the crowd.
Police chief David M Smith says, quote,
we don't have any evidence of gunshots being fired or anyone being shot or stabbed
at the scene.
The deadly incident happened at the end
of the concert when people started surging to
dangerous levels to try and leave this venue.
Now, Rochester mayor Malik Evans
is promising a thorough investigation.
We now know when the F D A is going
to decide whether to approve a new Alzheimer's medicine.
This drug is shown to slow the progression of this disease.
Biotech company Biogen and Japanese Pharma giant S I say the agency
is reviewing its data and will make a ruling in early July.
The FDA already approved this drug in January on a special basis.
But not all patients can get this life changing drug. Yet,
Medicare and Medicaid say at the time they would offer more
coverage for the drug once it gets full FDA approval,
clinical trials show that this drug slowed down Alzheimer's progression by 27%.
But there are risk
Namely brain swelling and bleeding.
Medicare and Medicaid coverage is gonna help a lot
of people with the enormous cost of this drug.
This drug costs $26,500 a year
and the FADA is targeting a July six deadline.
And for the first time in history,
nearly 200 countries agreed on a treaty
to protect marine life in international waters.
They signed the Treaty on Saturday after two weeks of negotiations
at the United Nations headquarters right here in New York City
member nations have been trying to agree on this
treaty for what seems like two decades now,
it's going to help protect marine life
in waters outside of any country's jurisdiction.
This is what's commonly known as the high seas,
which encompasses nearly half of the earth's surface.
According to the U N.
This treaty is critical to helping it protect 30%
of our planet's land and oceans by 2030.