Fake Bomb Found at Wichita Abortion Clinic
- Share via
WICHITA, Kan. — Police used a small explosive charge to blow up a package found Saturday near the front door of an abortion clinic.
Officers suspected that the package wrapped in duct tape was a bomb, but it turned out to be a chunk of concrete, Capt. David Pate said. The package was apparently left to keep the Wichita Women’s Center from opening, Pate said.
Police moved about 100 anti-abortion demonstrators and about 25 abortion-rights demonstrators half a mile away from the clinic while the bomb squad blew up the package.
More than 2,600 arrests were made during seven weeks of demonstrations by the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue outside Wichita abortion clinics in July and August.
More From the Los Angeles Times
Podcasts
The latest effort is coming from the L.A. County Board of Supervisors. They just announced a $3 million program in conjunction with some nonprofits groups to test and clean the soil at homes still standing in the areas impacted by the Eaton Fire.
California once bet big on offshore wind to help power its clean-energy future, but the Trump administration is now paying developers billions to walk away from their projects. As California’s remaining offshore-wind leases hang in the balance, the state is fighting back in court.
The Hillside Strangler murders terrorized Los Angeles in the late 1970s. The killers were a pair of sadistic cousins. One confessed. The other was set to stand trial—until L.A. prosecutors flinched.
