https://www.scmp.com/rss/523749/feed The latest news and top stories on the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives. A Washington DC-based federal law enforcement agency, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is dedicated to protecting communities from violent crime. Its main areas of focus include investigating and preventing federal offences involving firearms, explosives, arson, bombings and illegal trafficking of alcohol and tobacco products. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Associated Press Associated Press ROTC (Reserve Officers’ Training Corps) students in an Old Dominion University classroom subdued and killed the shooter who killed one person and wounded two others, the FBI announced on Thursday. Dominique Evans, special agent in charge of the FBI’s (Federal Bureau of Investigation) Norfolk field office, said at a news conference that the suspect identified by authorities as Mohamed Bailor Jalloh shouted “Allahu akbar” before the shooting. Then the ROTC students stopped him, showing “extreme... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346418/gunman-who-injured-2-people-virginias-old-dominion-university-dead-college-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3346418/gunman-who-injured-2-people-virginias-old-dominion-university-dead-college-says?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:05:45 +0000 SCMP Editorial SCMP Editorial The government has stepped up its anti-smoking campaign from the start of the new year with intensified focus on protection from second-hand smoke. It is a step in the right direction, in which effective enforcement of new laws will help drive home the health message to smokers. Ultimately, a meaningful reduction in the city’s smoking rate of about 9 per cent will depend on awareness, education and smoking cessation support as much as increased penalties. The authorities have ramped up... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3338491/stiffer-rules-smoking-step-towards-healthier-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/comment/article/3338491/stiffer-rules-smoking-step-towards-healthier-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 03 Jan 2026 23:15:17 +0000 Fiona Chow,Susan Su Fiona Chow,Susan Su Some smokers are still lighting up at bus stops in Hong Kong despite new rules banning them from doing so while queuing, the Post has observed, with authorities saying they have stepped up inspections at tourist spots and ramped up publicity efforts. The new rules took effect on Thursday and include a ban on anyone smoking at designated boarding points for public transport when waiting in a queue of two or more people. But on the first day of the policy, a Post reporter spotted a man smoking as... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3338394/hong-kongs-new-smoking-rules-just-kicked-everyone-sticking-them?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3338394/hong-kongs-new-smoking-rules-just-kicked-everyone-sticking-them?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 01 Jan 2026 08:13:17 +0000 Reuters Reuters A Florida man has been arrested on charges that he intentionally ignited the devastating Pacific Palisades Fire in Los Angeles that killed 12 people and wiped out neighbourhoods at the start of the year, the US Justice Department said on Wednesday. Jonathan Rinderknecht is facing federal criminal charges related to the fire after an investigation by the Los Angeles field division of the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF); the Los Angeles Fire Department; and the Los... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3328285/us-man-arrested-suspect-setting-californias-deadly-palisades-fire?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3328285/us-man-arrested-suspect-setting-californias-deadly-palisades-fire?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 Oct 2025 17:39:58 +0000 Khushboo Razdan Khushboo Razdan US President Donald Trump’s confirmation of the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, his close ally, at an event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday has sent shock waves through an already deeply divided nation. “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie”, Trump wrote on social media. Calling it a “dark moment for America”, Trump in a video address from the Oval... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325102/right-wing-activist-charlie-kirk-shot-utah-trump-says-we-must-all-pray-report?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325102/right-wing-activist-charlie-kirk-shot-utah-trump-says-we-must-all-pray-report?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Sep 2025 19:30:47 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press A deadly explosion that shook a law enforcement training facility in Los Angeles early on Friday was being investigated as a possible training accident, officials said. Three members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department died in the explosion reported around 7.30am at the Biscailuz Training Facility, department spokeswoman Nicole Nishida said. It was not immediately known what caused the explosion or what the department members were doing at the time. Sheriff’s homicide detectives were... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318826/3-killed-explosion-los-angeles-sheriffs-facility?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318826/3-killed-explosion-los-angeles-sheriffs-facility?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 18 Jul 2025 17:55:06 +0000