A leaked recording of an Iranian pilot telling air-traffic controllers he saw 'the light of a missile' and 'an explosion' over Tehran reveals that officials knew straight away that a Ukrainian passenger jet had been shot down. The Iranian government denied for days that the regime's Revolutionary Guard had downed the Boeing 737 on January 8 killing all 176 people on board and at first blamed it on a technical fault.

Police in West Jordan, Utah, are looking for the driver of a van that struck a street sign in the median of a roadway Tuesday night, sending it flying into the windshield of a police car. The incident was captured on the police car's dashcam. (Jan. 31) #wtf

Two politicians in Sweden have nominated Greta Thunberg campaigner for the Nobel Peace Prize 2020 for her work to raise awareness of the climate crisis. Jens Holm and Hakan Svenneling, of Sweden's Left Party, said the 17-year-old 'has worked hard to make politicians open their eyes to the climate crisis'. They added Thunberg had also said her work in 'reducing our emissions and complying with the Paris Agreement is therefore also an act of making peace'. #facepalm

Somewhere in Russia... #WTF?

Lost Germany ... Westbam - United States Of Love (Love Parade 2006 ) #music_video

The City of Angels welcomes the Graduating LAPD Class of 8-19. Called to bring calm to chaos, the 38 diverse officers of this class included 27 men and 11 women who have dutifully pledged to protect and serve all of LA. Interested in a career with the LAPD? Visit JOINLAPD and choose your future today. #LAPD

An armed hold-up man wearing a “Scream” mask is being sought by the #FBI. The crook was wanted for pulling off five gas station robberies in and around Richmond, Va., — two last month, one in February 2019 and two in January 2019. “In all the robberies, the suspect wore all black clothing, black or blue gloves and a ‘Scream’ mask,” the FBI said. A $10,000 reward was being offered for information that helps the FBI crack the case, Fox 5 DC reported Tuesday. In the most recent robbery Jan. 26, the robber brandished a semi-automatic handgun and shoved aside one of his victims as he went behind the counter, the station reported. He then turned over the cash register and scooped up cash lying beneath it before fleeing on foot. #WANTED

A northern California sheriff’s deputy was "lucky" to survive a gunshot to the chest after his body camera helped to block the bullet an unknown suspect fired during an "ambush" attack near a reservoir Friday night, investigators said. Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Deputy Sukhdeep Gill was on a routine patrol along a rural mountain road in the foothills of unincorporated Morgan Hill, Calif., near the Uvas Reservoir, when he got out of his patrol vehicle, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. An unknown vehicle approached Gill and suddenly switched off its headlights. At least four gunshots were fired, with one bullet striking the deputy in the chest, FOX KTVU reported. The deputy returned fire, but it was not known whether the suspect was hit.

A child who was among the 195 Americans evacuated from Wuhan, the center of the #coronavirus outbreak in China, and are now quarantined at March Air Reserve in Riverside, California has been hospitalized with a fever, local officials said Tuesday. Another traveler who arrived at LAX is also now under federal quarantine. Officials say the child and their parent were transported to Riverside University Health System-Medical Center out of 'an abundance of caution.' The pediatric patient from the air base and their parent were under a 14-day federally mandated quarantine, the first ordered by US health officials in 50 years. If the child is confirmed to have coronavirus, they would be the twelfth in the US and the seventh diagnosed in California, but the first case among the quarantined passengers.

More than 11,000 cases have been confirmed in 22 countries and territories around the world

Horrifying footage shows an Afghan woman being stoned to death by an angry mob in an attack which activists have blamed on the Taliban. A spokesman for Afghanistan's president Ashraf Ghani has pointed the finger at the Taliban, accusing the militant group of 'cruelty and atrocity'. The Taliban claim the footage is from 2015 but activists do not believe them and the country's Independent Human Rights Commission is investigating the case. #fools

Damn it in the 21st century!

The Michigan Humane Society (MHS), the Detroit Police Department and federal agents served a search warrant at a home in the city’s west side, Detroit’s Fox 2 reported. MHS, an animal welfare group, said 21 dogs and other paraphernalia used in dogfighting was found at the scene. Officials said all of the animals were alive but in need of medical care. “We’re seizing 21 dogs – all associated with dogfighting – dogfighting paraphernalia, which is anything to include up to slat mills, treadmills, break sticks, drugs – anything associated with conditioning dogs to fight,” said Andy Seltz of MHS. Police arrested a man at the home in connection with the alleged dogfighting operation. His identity was not released but police say he is facing felony charges. An investigation is ongoing.

A Florida high school football player was shot and killed in front of his mother immediately after the teen attended his grandfather’s funeral, according to his family members. Terrance “TeeJay” Jackson, 15, was shot Saturday outside a church in Riviera Beach, Fla., which is about an hour and a half outside Miami. Following Jackson’s grandfather’s funeral, a family argument broke out at the cemetery where his grandfather was buried and turned violent when, according to his mother Tronicia, 47-year-old Royce Freeman grabbed a gun and shot Jackson in the neck, WSVN-TV reported. Someone fired back at Freeman, who also died, according to the station. More than a dozen rounds were fired and another person was injured, the news outlet reported, citing police.