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The San Francisco Police Department is touting its fleet of six new surveillance drones as a “game changer” in terms of apprehending criminals. At a press conference on Tuesday, police officials showed footage shot by drones as they were used to make arrests in two separate auto burglary cases, and to disperse a large crowd that was setting off fireworks in a residential neighborhood on the Fourth of July. Police described the examples as “success stories” of deploying drones for law enforcement. “Drones have truly been a game changer for our police department,” police Chief Bill Scott said at the...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's tour of Malawi had an inauspicious finale on Monday as she and her detail were targeted by a swarm of bees at the airport. Clinton and her detail were headed to board her plane at Kamuzu International Airport in the capital, Lilongwe, when a swarm of bees descended on the farewell gathering. According to press reports, Malawi and American officials scampered for cover while Clinton ran onto the jet for cover.

A swarm of "thousands of bees" gathered outside the White House this morning. The small army of insects hovered as Obama tried to leave the White House to play basketball at Fort McNair, according to a pool report.