Above the roaring fires devastating parts of Los Angeles is an incongruous sight: air tankers dropping gallons of a Barbie-pink substance over forest, homes, cars, and anything else that might lie in the path of the blazes. The slurry is fire retardant, much…

US Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar was targeted during a speech by a man who sprayed an unidentified liquid at her from a syringe, before being tackled b...