3 Injured in Carlsbad Shooting

Three people were injured in a shooting near downtown Carlsbad Monday night.

A16-year-old male, an 18-year-old female and a 26-year-old male, were standing near Palm Avenue and Madison Street just west of Interstate 5.

Around 8:30 p.m. , a dark blue Dodge sedan full of people drove near the victims. The car's occupants exchanged words with the victims according to Carlsbad police.

One man got out of the vehicle and fired shots at the victims, hitting all of them.

The injuries were described as non-life threatening by police. However, two people had to be airlifted to nearby hospitals. 

The suspect's vehicle was last seen heading northbound on Madison Street police said.

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VIDEO: NYPD Fights Teenage Girls in Subway

A group of teenage girls caught fare-beating got into an all-out brawl with police who pulled them off the subway Friday night, and one bystander captured the frenetic fight on video.

The newly released YouTube video (seen below) shows a few of the girls, ages 14 to 16, talking and fighting back against the two cops as they tried to arrest them for jumping the turnstile at the 125th Street station.

At one point, it appears one of the girls almost gets into a boxing match with one of the cops. Another one whacks one of the police officers with her yellow-checkered bag.

The brazen brawl continues for a few minutes until the police call in reinforcement, and what appears to be a dozen police officers, some in plainclothes, show up brandishing nightsticks.

The officers eventually manage to subdue the girls and take them into custody.

A witness on the tape is heard saying,"They did it all and now they’re going to blame the cops. It’s all their fault."

The girls face charges including assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest.

Firefighters Battle Row Home Fire

Philadelphia firefighters battle a blaze Tuesday morning in the Strawberry Mansion section of the city. Crews were rushed to the 3200 block of West Norris Street for reports of a row home fire. When they got there, the home was completely engulfed in flames.

At one point, conditions were so unsafe, firefighters were ordered to leave the building. No injuries were reported and the fire was controlled several minutes later.

Human Trafficking Case Heads to Philly Court

Closing arguments are expected Tuesday in a case that opens a window into the hidden world of human trafficking and forced labor.

      

Federal prosecutors in Philadelphia say the victims were promised $500 a month, but instead were given little food or money for their 16-hour days.

      
Authorities say Omelyan and Stepan Botsvynyuk and their brothers operated a criminal racketeering enterprise that beat, raped or threatened people who came to the United States for a better life.

      

Defense lawyers say the witnesses are cooperating with the government only to get a visa for trafficking victims that entitles them to stay in the country.

Herman Cain Tied With Mitt Romney in Virginia For Republican Presidential Nominee: Quinnipiac Poll

Herman Cain and Mitt Romney are tied at the top of the Republican presidential field while Texas Gov. Rick Perry has plunged sharply among GOP registered voters in a new statewide poll in Virginia.

The Quinnipiac University Poll released Tuesday shows Cain, the former CEO of Godfather's Pizza, and Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, each favored by 21 percent of Republicans surveyed.

Perry, meanwhile, fell from a clear lead at 25 percent in the same poll a month ago to 11 percent among the 345 Republicans interviewed by telephone Oct. 5-9. Cain surged from 6 percent in September. Romney was at 19 percent a month ago, trailing only Perry.

The margin of sampling error among the subset of Republicans or GOP-leaning voters in the overall survey is plus or minus 5.3 percentage points.

``Herman Cain is moving up the ladder at breakneck speed,'' said Peter A. Brown, assistant director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute. He said the GOP choice in Virginia remains unsettled. ``Romney's support remains relatively stable while other candidates rise and fall around him.''

Texas Congressman Ron Paul was fourth in the survey at 9 percent, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann and Newt Gingrich had 7 percent each, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum was at 2 percent and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman at 1 percent. One-fifth of the respondents either didn't know whom they would support or wouldn't say, and 1 percent said they would not vote.

Police Padlock Popular Family Restaurant in Prince George's

Police have shut down a popular restaurant in Prince George's County.

The Family Restaurant on Dallas Drive in Temple Hills was padlocked Monday.

Police say the business is known for a "pattern of violence."

Last Friday, two people were slashed and a third shot and wounded after a fight that started inside spilled outside. Two people were arrested.

The Family Restaurant is the second business shut down under a new law in Prince George's County that cracks down on violence at dance halls.

Moonbow Illuminates Evening Sky

Last night we had many reports of a colored halo surrounding the moon.

What were we seeing?  News4 Meteorologist Tom Kierein says moonbows occur when light reflected off the moon causes a halo, similar to a rainbow.

But in moonbows, light reflected off of the moon is refracted by ice crystals contained by cirrus clouds high in the sky.  In the case of rainbows, the light is refracted through raindrops.

Both rain drops and ice crystals act as a prism to create a rainbow effect.  The size of the ice crystals determine how wide the moonbow bows.

The night sky requires two conditions for moonbows to show: the presence of high-atmosphere cirrus clouds, which are made of ice crystals, and a full moon.  The event is not common, but Tom Kierein says it's not especially rare, either.