6-Year-Old Elijah Hernandez went missing since yesterday

Child Missing in Salt Lake - File Photo

KUTV) The Salt Lake City Police Department is searching for Elijah Hernandez, 6, who went missing around 5pm Tuesday evening.

Police received a call around 9pm concerning Elijah, who was last seen leaving his house near 1800 W. 1380 N. on a red and black bicycle .

Elijah was wearing black shorts with a red stripe on them, and a black and red shirt with cartoon characters on it.

If you have any information concerning the location of Elijah you are asked to call Salt Lake police at (801) 799-3100. KU TV

Feilding man killed while felling tree

The scene of the fatal accident. Photo / Alecia Rousseau / Manawatu Guardian

A man has been killed while felling a tree in Feilding.

Police said the man became tangled in equipment while working in the tree in a harness.

Sergeant Kaine Austen said at 11.45am emergency services advised of an incident at the property in Seddon St.

He said the man in his 60s had been felling trees at the front of the property, and became tangled in equipment.

Mr Austen said the man was left suspended from his harness, which made it difficult for emergency services to reach him, but every effort was made to help him.

He was being removed from the tree about 2pm this afternoon.

Mr Austen said initial reports that the man had been electrocuted were not true.

He was not a contractor, and does not live at the property, but was helping an associate or friend.

The man had family members with him at the time, but he was the only one in the tree.

Mr Austen said it was an obviously tragic situation for his family to see.

The street was cordoned off and police, fire and ambulance were in attendance.

Worksafe NZ had also been advised and is at the scene.

Motorcyclist dies after police chase

The scene of the crash. Photo / Kurt Bayer

The motorcyclist killed while fleeing police in Christchurch today has left behind a young son, his distraught friends say.

Police this afternoon named the motorcyclist as Darren Lee, 26, of New Brighton.

The incident began about midday when an unmarked police car was travelling away from New Brighton on Hawke St.

The motorcyclist rode past the unmarked police car at speed and on seeing the car accelerated towards Marine Parade.

The two officers then saw him travel through a stop sign at speed, police said.

They made a U-turn and activated their lights and siren and had just reached the intersection with Marine Parade when they saw the motorcyclist, about 150-250m further down the road, crash into a vehicle travelling in the same direction but turning right into a carpark.

The red Nissan, with two elderly occupants who received minor injuries, had indicated to turn right into the car-park of New Brighton Surf Lifesaving Club.

As they were turning in, Mr Lee hit their vehicle and was thrown some 10m, police said.

Friends came to the scene after the crash today. One was seen being taken to the rear of a black hearse by a police officer, where he identified the body.

One man, who did not wish to be identified, said he heard the loud "thump" of the crash.

He rushed from the surf club car-park to see the aftermath of the scene. He was shaken up by what he saw, and was surprised that there was not more damage to the bike.

Kathryn Baker, 67, was in her garage when she heard a siren followed by a loud "bang".

"By the time I got out the door, the car was there and the bike was lying a bit up the road with a guy lying on the pavement."

Another witness, who heard the crash, said the man was lying motionless with his body on the footpath and feet on the road.

Two uniformed police officers were giving CPR, witnesses say.

Dennis Baker said the rider "must've flown over top of the car".

"The police officers said he was alive, that his heart was beating," the 72-year old said.

"I thought that was OK, but later we heard he had died. I was shocked."

The Bakers said the occupants of the car looked shaken but otherwise all right. Other neighbours brought them chairs to sit on.

Mrs Baker was saddened by the loss of life.

"All because he went through a stop sign eh. Foolish."

A flatbed truck with a crane removed the bike and car from the scene about 3pm.

The bike smashed directly into the driver's door, causing significant damage and smashing the front windscreen.

Firefighters swept glass off the road before the cordon was lifted.

Friends at Keppel St refused to comment, asking for privacy.

One man said he was carrying the dead biker's young son and asked to be left alone to grieve.

Others were in tears and being consoled.

Police were speaking to witnesses and investigating the cause of the crash as well as carrying out a review of the actions of the police officers involved.

"On the face of the information before me at the moment, I am satisfied where we are at the moment but we need a lot more information to come forward," said Superintendent Andy McGregor at the scene.

It was not yet known how fast Mr Lee was going, but Mr McGregor said witnesses said he was "travelling very quickly".

"The fact is this person was speeding, breaking the law. If the rider had actually stopped he'd be alive today," he said.

"We are speaking to a lot of witnesses at the moment to ascertain what exactly happened."

The police officers involved are "very upset and shaken up". NewZeland Herald

Americans in Yemen shooting were getting haircuts

n this photo provided by Yemen's Defense Ministry, Yemen's army soldiers hold up their weapons at an area seized from al-Qaida in the southeastern province of Shabwa, Yemen, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Yemeni armed forces on Thursday swept al-Qaida fighters out of a district in the country's south, one of the main goals of the major offensive waged by the military the past two weeks, the Defense Ministry said, amid fears of retaliatory attacks which officials say prompted the closure of the US embassy in the capital as a precaution. (AP Photo/Yemen's Defense Ministry)

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — One of the two officers at the U.S. Embassy in Yemen who shot and killed a pair of suspected al-Qaida gunmen was getting a haircut at a barbershop when the attempted abduction took place, Yemeni security officials said Sunday.

The attempted kidnapping April 24 is the latest evidence of al-Qaida's expanding presence in the capital, a serious challenge to the authority of the already weak central government. It also could strain ties between Yemen and the U.S., which has launched an aggressive campaign of drone strikes against suspected al-Qaida fighters in the country.

The barbershop, owned by a longtime Indian resident, is on Heda Street, a commercial road in the southern part of the city where some of Sanaa's best restaurants, supermarkets and high-end boutiques are located.

The Yemeni officials said the armed militants arrived in a battered SUV and burst into the shop shouting: "Police! Police!" The officials said one of the two Americans was having his hair cut, while the second waited for his turn.

They said one of the Americans killed both militants before the pair jumped into their waiting SUV and drove off. Owners of nearby stores rushed to the barbershop on hearing the gunshots but the Americans already had left, the officials said
Yemeni authorities questioned the two Americans and later gave them permission to leave the country, the officials said. The two fully cooperated with the Yemeni government investigation, they said.

In this photo provided by Yemen's Defense Ministry, Yemeni army vehicles take position on the frontline of fighting with al-Qaida in the southeastern province of Shabwa, Yemen, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Yemeni armed forces on Thursday swept al-Qaida fighters out of a district in the country's south, one of the main goals of the major offensive waged by the military the past two weeks, the Defense Ministry said, amid fears of retaliatory attacks which officials say prompted the closure of the US embassy in the capital as a precaution. (AP Photo/Yemen's Defense Ministry)

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief journalists.

Late Friday, the U.S. State Department said the two Americans, whom it did not identify, were at a Sanaa business at the time of the attack and have since left #Yemen. Citing unidentified #U.S. officials, The New York Times has reported that the Americans were a #CIA officer and a lieutenant colonel with the elite Joint Special Operations Command.

Yemeni authorities merely identified the two as "American security personnel" and said the two who tried to kidnap them hailed from the province of Maarib east of Sanaa, an al-Qaida stronghold.

They said the two gunmen were suspected members of an al-Qaida cell operating in Sanaa who focus on the abduction of foreigners for ransom. The suspected head of that cell, they said, was killed last Tuesday in Sanaa during a clash with security forces.

The U.S., which trains Yemen's counterterrorism forces, has been waging a heavy campaign of drone strikes in Yemen against suspected al-Qaida targets, launching more than 100 such strikes since 2002, according to the nonpartisan public policy institute New America Foundation. Civilian casualties in the drone strikes have sparked anger in the country and among human rights groups

The U.S. considers Yemen's branch of al-Qaida, also known as Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, to be the most dangerous in the world. The group is blamed for a number of unsuccessful bomb plots aimed at Americans, including an attempt to bring down a U.S.-bound airliner with explosives hidden in the bomber's underwear and a second plot to send mail bombs hidden in the toner cartridges on planes headed to the U.S.

It overran large swathes of territory in Yemen's south in 2011. Yemen's army, supported by U.S. military experts and drone strikes, has pushed them back, but clashes and al-Qaida attacks in Yemen persist.

Last week, the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa closed temporarily because of attacks on Westerners. A day before Tuesday's closure, gunmen opened fire on three French security guards working with the European Union mission in the Yemeni capital, killing one and wounding another.

Meanwhile Sunday, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden car outside a police station in the country's south, killing 11 police officers and wounding 15, the interior ministry said.

Security forces also clashed with suspected #al-Qaida gunmen in an area not far from the presidential palace in Sanaa, killing three militants.

Obama daughters followed, sparking White House lockdown

The White House

WASHINGTON - A car trailed an official motorcade that was carrying the daughters of US President Barack Obama on Tuesday, sparking a brief lock-down at the White House.
The Secret Service, which is in charge of the president’s security, said the vehicle followed the motorcade past a security barrier about 200 meters (650 feet) from the White House. The driver, 55, was arrested and has been charged with unlawful entry, said Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan. The vehicle “was immediately stopped by Uniformed Division officers,” and subsequently investigated, Donovan said.
The White House declined to comment but a law enforcement official told AFP on condition of anonymity that the motorcade was that of the Obama daughters, Malia and Sasha, who were reportedly on their way home from school. Reporters working in the White House were not allowed to leave the building for an hour in the afternoon until the lock-down was lifted.
Source: Dawn News