After someone posted a threat to a San Diego school using the app Burnbook, the app’s developer is warning that nasty posts are not anonymous and your IP address can and will be tracked if you write something illegal.

Jonathan Lucas, the CEO and developer of Burnbook, promised change when someone posted on the app Wednesday that they would bring a gun to Del Norte High School in 4S Ranch.

“My immediate reaction is that’s awful,” said Lucas. “The threat of any kind is not something we condone.”

The app is named after the infamous “burn book” from the hit movie “Mean Girls,” in which students write vicious comments and rumors about other girls.

Burnbook users can post comments and pictures with a degree of anonymity, though Lucas cautions that their IP address is being tracked. The company will not give up your information as long as you don’t break the law, Lucas said.

“We don’t want to know who posts. We don’t care who posts. But what we do care is if someone steps outside the boundary,” he said.

Information about IP address tracking is on the terms of service, but now, he is putting it on the description page as well. He is also working to change the content of the app. Based on dislikes, it will be 40 percent easier to delete messages people find offensive.

As Del Norte High students arrived Thursday, their backpacks were checked, and there was a police presence on campus all day.

“It’s sad someone would do something like that,” said senior Austin Kindig. “I think it points to how teenagers are nowadays. A lot of people are so gossipy, I know. I think it reflects our school as a whole.”

The Poway Unified School District said the word “retard” was used in the threatening post. On Wednesday, there were rallies to bring awareness to the negative connotation of that word to try to eliminate its use.

The district and police believe the person who posted the threat was trying to make fun of that effort. Police have the IP address of that person they believe is responsible for the threat.
 

Reading the Wall Street Journal recently, you may think San Diego is on the financial rocks again.

In an editorial published on Feb. 27 about the proposed Raiders-Chargers joint stadium, the city’s fiscal health was compared to Oakland’s shaky finances.

The editorial’s author Allysia Finley wrote, “Yet both California cities are strapped for cash because of soaring labor costs,” implying San Diego is running a deficit.

But the editorial was wrong.

“Don’t know who their sources were, but obviously, they should pick up the phone and call people in the know,” said Jay Goldstone, former CFO and COO of the city of San Diego.

Instead of having a deficit, the city is expected to have a surplus by the end of the fiscal year.

NBC 7, citing the California Open Records Act, requested an email exchange between a city official and the Wall Street Journal.

In it, the city source San Diego has had a five-year salary freeze and the latest analysis shows “flat pensionable pay," according to their chief financial officer. At the end of the email to the Journal, the city employee asks for a correction.

After the exchange of messages, the online version has not been changed, and the Wall Street Journal is still reporting San Diego is “strapped for cash.”

However, Goldstone said he does not anticipate any financial fallout from the editorial.

“I think the concerns are more political and your reputation and perhaps a poor reflection on the current administration; unjustifiable,” he said.

California State Assemblyman Rocky Chávez announced Thursday he will run for the U.S. Senate.

Chávez, a Republican who represents the 76th District in north San Diego County, will challenge Democrat Attorney General Kamala Harris -- and yet-to-be-announced candidates-- as they seek to replace outgoing U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer when she retires next year. Boxer has held the seat since 1993.

In a statement announcing his bid for 2016, retired Marine Col. Chávez said he wants to strengthen national security, focus on the state’s education and improve the economy.

"Our national security is a major concern, with ISIS growing bolder every day," Chávez said, "If things get worse overseas, who would Californians want representing them in the Senate? A lawyer from San Francisco or a Marine Colonel who knows how lives can be protected and understands the importance of keeping America and her allies safe and secure.”

Harris’ spokesman Brian Brokaw told The Sacramento Bee that the attorney general believes anyone who thinks they can best serve California should run for office and that she welcomes Chávez to the race.

Chávez started his career in the U.S. Marines after graduating from California State University – Chico. He spent nearly three decades in the military before retiring to serve as an Oceanside City Councilman and as acting secretary of the California Department of Veterans Affairs. Because of his work there, he said veterans issues are also critical to him.

The new Senate candidate has been serving in the state assembly since 2012.

"I believe absolutely that I am a uniquely qualified candidate," said Chávez. "I'm a fighter who brings bi-partisan support to issues and gets them solved. I don't think any other candidate has that experience."

But Chávez may have a hard battle ahead in his blue state, where Democrats hold every statewide office and have more 2.7 million more registered voters compared to Republicans. When asked if he can win with those odds, he told the Associated Press, “I know I can.”

Tom Del Beccaro and Duf Sundheim, both former California Republican Party chairmen, are also talking about making a run for the Senate.

The Sandy Hook Advisory Commission will meet Friday for the last time to present the governor with the final copy of a report highlighting school safety, gun violence and mental health recommendations.

The commission released a 256-page draft report last month and made some some final revisions that will be revealed this week. Commissioners voted on the modifications at the panel's final working meeting Feb. 13.

• Read the draft report online

According to a news release from Gov. Dannel Malloy's office, the 16-member panel will meet for the last time at 3:30 p.m. at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford.

A copy of the full report will be available online following the meeting.

Malloy commissioned the panel to make recommendations in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre that left 20 children and six educators dead in December 2012.

Slain Philadelphia Police Officer Robert Wilson III was getting a gift to reward his 9-year-old son for good grades when he was gunned down inside a GameStop, authorities said Friday. 

"He had done well in school and was just buying him a video game," said Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey as he arrived at Philadelphia Police Headquarters Friday morning. "What parent probably hasn't done that for a child in recognition of good work and he just happens to be there at the time that these two guys come in there for a robbery."

Wilson, an 8-year veteran with the 22nd District, died from his injuries after he was shot several times at close range during an attempted robbery inside a North Philadelphia GameStop late Thursday afternoon. The 30-year-old father left behind two young children, ages 9 and 1, as well as a grandmother.

"Take a moment and say a prayer for this family," Ramsey said Thursday. "And this 9-year-old boy who will now grow up without a father. A 1-year-old is going to grow up without a dad because of what happened."

Wilson, who was in full uniform went inside the GameStop at the Hope Plaza Shopping Center on 2101 West Lehigh Avenue around 4:30 p.m. when two armed men suddenly announced a robbery.

Wilson immediately confronted the pair, leading to a shootout. The suspects, who were on both sides of the officer, shot at him several times at close range as Wilson returned fire, officials said.

Ramsey, who watched video of the deadly exchange, said the officer "redefined what being a hero is all about,"

Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams also hailed both Williams and his partner, who fired at the suspects as well, as heroes, saying Wilson "was trying to protect all the citizens that were inside of that GameStop."

One of the suspects was struck by the gunfire— police have not yet confirmed whether he was shot by Wilson or his partner — and taken to Einstein Hospital. Officials have not yet revealed his condition. The second suspect who wasn't struck fled the store and tried to blend in with a crowd outside but was quickly apprehended by responding police officers, according to investigators.

Both suspects are no strangers to law enforcement. The 29-year-old suspect in custody is on parole for robbery, while the 24-year-old who is hospitalized has a prior arrest for aggravated assault and a theft that happened outside of Philadelphia, Ramsey said.

Police later recovered the suspects' weapons at the scene of the shooting, a .40-caliber and a 9mm. One of the weapons had an extended clip, allowing the suspect to fire more rounds than usual, officials said. Police also recovered an AK-47 rifle from one of the suspect's homes.

"Those two cowards that took his life were pure evil," said Williams.

Police charged both suspects with first-degree murder and related charges. Ramsey said they would identify the suspects at a news conference later Friday.

Wilson along with his partner were part of the group of 22nd District Officers who volunteered to participate in the trial run of the Philadelphia Police body camera program. During a December interview, Wilson told NBC10 he wanted to work to rebuild trust between police and the community.

"It's less negative reaction from the community," Wilson said. "They're recording us and we're recording them also."

Funeral plans are pending.

Organizers behind a proposed stadium for the Oakland Raiders and the San Diego Chargers in a Los Angeles suburb filed paperwork Wednesday to bring their plan before voters.

Submission of the ballot initiative to the city of Carson, California, marks an incremental step in development of the $1.7 billion project.

If approved, it would modify zoning laws to allow construction of a stadium on the site of a former landfill.

Organizers, funded by the two teams, could begin collecting petition signatures as soon as next week to place the plan on the ballot. They'll need to get 8,041 signatures in the next 180 days.

The Raiders and Chargers announced last month they are planning a shared stadium in Carson if both teams fail to get new stadiums in their current hometowns.

A ballot approval would put the plan on the same footing as another NFL stadium project 10 miles away in Inglewood that is backed by St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke.

The fast-tracked Inglewood plan last week got to skip the ballot process with a simple City Council vote because it is being added to an already-in-progress development.

Yet another stadium plan, for downtown Los Angeles, also remains alive, but has no team attached.

Escondido Police announced a series of drug-related arrests Thursday morning from a joint operation that spanned several months across multiple jurisdictions.

Escondido Police Chief Craig Carter said that before the press conference, "Operation Double Take" netted 29 arrests, but by the start of the presentation, the number was up to 32 and arrests will continue to be made.

"These are members of your community," Chief Carter said.

DEA agent Bill Sherman said those arrested were mid- to high-level traffickers between 21- and 64-years-old during the operation, which ended in a coordinated raid on February 24.

"In this particular case, the crime involved was drug trafficking, obviously, and we're fortunate to take 32 traffickers off the street," Sherman said.

Sherman said the traffickers they picked up had "extensive criminal histories to include rape, armed robbery and burglary."

Law enforcement also took in three-and-a-half pounds of meth, three ounces of cocaine, two pounds or marijuana, two firearms and a car. One of the firearms was stolen.

Carter said Proposition 47 and AB 109 has impacted the way they're able to run investigations and prosecute, "and unfortunately, the bad guys know that," but they will continue to crack down on drug trafficking and make high-level arrests to slow down the drug sales in the county.

The U.S. Marshal’s Service Fugitive Task Force Team, Escondido Special Investigations Unit and the DEA's Violent Trafficker Team partnered in the joint investigation and used surveillance techniques and undercover operations to gain intelligence into the drug trafficking networks.

Both Chief Carter and Agent Sherman said "this operation is far from over."

Lindo Park Elementary School and Tierra del Sol Middle School were placed on lockdown Thursday after a woman threatened to "shoot up" a school in Lakeside, sheriff's officials say. 

Detectives say Sarah Joy Lomaintewa, 26, made the threat against an unspecified school. As a precaution, the elementary and middle schools were locked down at about 1:20 p.m. as El Capitan High School was placed on a secure campus. That means students were locked into classrooms.

Other schools in the neighborhood were notified.

The Lakeside Unified School District posted that students from Lindo Park or Tierra del Sol Middle School who ride the bus, walk home or get picked up were bused to the old Vons parking lot on Woodside Avenue. Parents could pick them up there at the school district office, located at 12335 Woodside Avenue.

Lomaintewa was arrested at about 3:50 p.m. in Lakeside on suspicion of terrorist threats and threatening a school.

All the schools have since been released from lockdown.

Gala Christie said she saw her son walk out of his class, looking scared.

"They're little so they don't really know what's going on," said Christie. "It's definitely a very scary feeling." Officials told her it was a social media threat made against the schools.

Kyle Beck arrived to pick up his child, only to just find out about the lockdown. He said he's worried and annoyed.

"It's terrible. It's an elementary school. You know, to scare kids, let alone families, it's just ridiculous," Beck told NBC 7.

A woman was killed in Encinitas Thursday after she was hit by a COASTER train.

Sheriff's officials said the collision happened at 1717 North Coast Highway 101 just after 4:30 p.m.

Witnesses say as the train headed north, the woman was seen walking toward the railroad tracks.

The train operator sounded the horn and pulled the emergency brakes, but the COASTER could not stop in time.

The unidentified woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

Train service was delayed for about an hour. Sheriff's rail deputies are investigating the crash.

A 7-month-old infant has died after she and her father, who was pushing her in a stroller, were hit by a vehicle in Point Loma.

The medical examiner's office says Juniper Aavang died late Tuesday — more than a day and a half after the crash.

"What can you say. It's terrible... of course with children," said neighbor Heinrich Schnibble. He told NBC 7 heartache over the accident has been widely felt in the tight-knit area.

Neighbors say the little girl's grandparents live in the community where her parents took Juniper for a walk in her stroller about 6:30 Monday morning, crossing Canon Street in a marked crosswalk.

While the mother made it across, an SUV turning from Catalina Boulevard onto Canon did not see the father pushing the stroller. Something blocked the side of the road so drivers cannot see around it, the medical examiner's office says.

The vehicle, man and stroller collided. Juniper and her father were taken to separate hospitals, both in critical condition.

Doctors at Rady Children's Hospital diagnosed the baby with traumatic brain injury, and at about 11 p.m. Tuesday, she was pronounced dead.

Officials have not released the condition of the father.

Several neighbors say the girl's grandparents are some of the nicest people they know and a tragedy like this in the family is a tragedy for the community.

 A driver has been arrested in connection with a hit and run accident in Fallbrook early Friday morning. 

At approximately 12:45 a.m. Friday, an SUV and sedan collided head-on on Gird Road just East of State Route 76, the California Highway Patrol said. One person was taken to Palomar Hospital and the driver of the other car ran from the scene.

Multiple agencies helped the CHP look for the suspect, including a helicopter and a K9 unit.

Officers went to look at a home in the Murrietta area around 3 a.m. and detained a person shortly after in connection with the hit-and-run.

That person is in custody at the Vista jail. The driver has been arrested on suspicion of DUI and hit and run.

The accident is under investigation, the CHP said. 

Harrison Ford's family says the actor is "battered, but OK" after crash landing a single-engine vintage plane onto a Venice golf course shortly after takeoff Thursday.

Ford,  an experienced pilot, was hospitalized and expected to undergo surgery for some injuries. His family said he is in stable condition.

"He is every bit the man you would think he is. He is an incredibly strong man. Thank you for all your thoughts and good vibes for my dad," Ben Ford, the actor's son, posted on his Twitter page.

Ford reported engine trouble shortly after takeoff and tried to return to the airport, according to the NTSB. His publicist said he was flying a World War II vintage plane at the time.

"He had no other choice but to make an emergency landing, which he did safely," his publicist said in a statement. "He was banged up and is in the hospital receiving medical care. The injuries sustained are not life threatening, and he is expected to make a full recovery."

Dr. Sanjay Khurana, a spinal surgeon on the course, braved a potentially explosive situation to help the actor.

"I did a brief exam and I smelled the fuel and I didn't want it to ignite," he told NBC4.

As he was examining the pilot, the doctor realized he was looking at a familiar face.

"I watched 'Star Wars' as a kid. I think we all did, right? 'Raiders of the Lost Arc' ... iconic films.

"I wanted to do my best. I tried my best to help someone in distress."

Aerial footage of the minutes after the crash showed the small single-engine vintage World War II trainer plane crashed on the ground at Penmar Golf Club. One person could be seen being treated by paramedics.

Fire and NTSB officials said the emergency landing was handled skillfully, and no one else was injured.

Firefighters described his injuries as "moderate."

In a 2008 interview with National Geographic, Ford talked about his love of flying.

"I fly myself everywhere. I like all kinds of flying, including practical flying for search and rescue. And I also like to fly into the backcountry, usually the Frank Church Wilderness in Idaho," the "Indiana Jones" actor told the magazine. "I go with a group of friends, and we set up camp for about five days and explore little dirt strips and canyons."

He also recalled helming a helicopter when it was forced to crash.

"Well, there was a mechanical failure while we were practicing power recovery autorotations. It was more or less a hard landing," he recalled. "Luckily, I was with another aviation professional and neither of us was hurt — and both of us are still flying."

The cause of Thursday's plane crash is not yet known.

Witnesses saw the plane clip a tree before coming down.

"We saw this beautiful plane. It looks like a plane I see often, leaving from Santa Monica Airport," said Howard Teba, who was at the golf course when the plane crashed. "Must have hit the top of a tree."

Teba said it appeared that the pilot was the only person on board the plane. Two men who are apparently doctors were golfing at the time and came to the actor's aid, Teba said.

The plane crashed on the golf course just west of the airport shortly after takeoff from the Santa Monica Airport, according to Ian Gregor of the Federal Aviation Administration.

Ford's career in Hollywood took off after he starred as Han Solo in "Star Wars" in 1977, but it was his role as the adventurous protagonist in the "Indiana Jones" movies that became his most iconic.

After six decades of acting, the actor still stars in blockbuster hits like the baseball sports drama "42" and has signed on for another film reprising his futuristic thriller "Blade Runner."

A crime lab expert testified Friday that a marijuana blunt found at the scene where Odin Lloyd was killed had DNA from both Lloyd and Aaron Hernandez.

The blunt, found near Lloyd's body, places Hernandez at the crime scene, prosecutors say.

Massachusetts State Police crime lab scientist Diane Biagiotti confirmed that both men's DNA were found on the blunt.

"The DNA profile from Aaron J. Hernandez is consistent with this DNA profile," said

Hernandez's DNA was also found on a spent shell casing retrieved from an Enterprise Rent-A-Car dumpster, according to Biagiotti. Prosecutors say it was thrown away by an employee cleaning Hernandez's rental Altima after Lloyd's murder.

But the defense is aggressively fighting back.

Defense Attorney James Sultan argued that five other casings at the crime scene didn't have enough DNA to profile, and that the only one that did had Hernandez's chewing gum stuck to it.

"Would you agree with me, Ms. Biagiotti, that it's a high likelihood that the DNA contained in the saliva in the chewed blue chewing gum would be transferred to that shell casing attached to it?" asked Sultan.

"Yes," said Biagiotti. "I'd agree with that."

On top of that, the crime lab expert testified that, to her knowledge, her lab never tested the blue bubble gum.

However, in another link big for the prosecution, Biagiotti also confirmed both Hernandez's DNA and Lloyd's DNA were found on this blunt - - found at the crime scene.

A reality TV star sitting in the first row of the Delta plane that skidded off the runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport during landing on Thursday said she knew something was wrong as soon as the plane made contact with the runway and she couldn’t feel the brakes take hold.

“It started to really shake and bump and oxygen masks were falling and it’s at that moment your mind starts going, ‘this is really not the way it’s supposed to happen,’” Jaime Primak Sullivan, star of the Bravo reality show "Jersey Belle,” told NBC’s “Today” show on Friday.

The jet with 127 passengers on board crashed into a fence during snowy conditions, resting on an embankment just a few feet from the icy waters of Flushing Bay. About two dozen people reported minor injuries and three were taken to the hospital, officials said.

Primak Sullivan, who is a frequent flyer and says she feels safe on planes, said as the jet "was sliding for thousands of feet" she was terrified it might slam into another jet or the airport. Once it stopped she saw the rocks and the water.

“It’s at that moment that you think what happens if the plane goes into the water? Do planes sink? Do they float?” Primak Sullivan said, her voice breaking. “Will I ever see my kids again?”

The plane smashed through the fence and passengers had to climb out onto a wing to exit the plane to safety.

“The pilots did everything they could but it’s not different than a car losing control on ice, except we were going hundreds of miles an hour,” Primak Sullivan said.

Primak Sullivan said she held her emotions together until she saw the pilot walk out of the cockpit.

“I looked right at him, and he looked right at me and I sort of came unglued at that moment,” she said. “His only concern was for his passengers. He walked right up to me and put his arm around me and said I’m going to get you off this plane. And he did."

Giants tight end Larry Donnell was also on the flight; he posted images and video to Instagram and shared the media with NBC 4 New York. 

The plane was moved to a hangar, where the investigation into the skid continues. Photos obtained exclusively by NBC 4 New York show heavy damage to one of the plane's wings, and the front of the fuselage appears to be crumpled from the impact.

The National Transportation Safety Board said it was sending an investigator to retrieve the plane's flight data and cockpit voice recorders and to document damage to the plane. The Federal Aviation Administration is also investigating.

In a statement Friday, Delta Airlines said it worked through the night to return passengers' belongings and was fully cooperating with the NTSB. The airline said it could not comment further. 

"In the meantime, Delta has refunded each customer the full price of their airfare and remains in touch to assist customers with any other immediate needs," the statement said.

An earlier version of this story misspelled Jaime Primak Sullivan's last name. It has been corrected.

A video shows Seattle Aquarium's giant octopus "Ink" trying to crawl out of his tank, prompting online speculation as to whether he was attempting an escape or simply exploring his new surroundings.

Ink didn't get too far. An aquarium staffer helped the animal back into its enclosure. LiveLeak posted the footage Wednesday, which immediately became fodder for online blogs and sites. The Huffington Post and Gawker wondered whether there was a "worldwide octopus uprising" going on.

Just a few days ago, another octopus grabbed a camera from a researcher and turned it on him, and the post went viral on Reddit. 

There were also reports about an octopus that jumped out of the water to snatch a crab.

As for the Seattle octopus, Reddit commenters wondered what could have prompted it to scale the tank. 

Seattle Aquarium officials told the local Seattle Fox affiliate the "video has been blown out of proportion." “It’s a new octopus 'Ink' in a new exhibit exploring his boundaries,” officials said. “In the video that’s been shared by the public it’s one of our staff members helping Ink bank into his exhibit after exploring the edge.”

The aquarium holds daily octopus feedings, where visitors can watch the giant Pacific octopus consume crabs, clams and even other species of octopus. 

The dress that sparked the Internet debate last week on whether it was blue and black or white and gold is now being used to draw attention to violence against women.

The Southern African branch of the Salvation Army tweeted out an image of a woman covered in dark bruises, posing in a white and gold version of the viral dress, as part of a social media campaign to help stop abuse against women.

“Why is it so hard to see black and blue?” the text reads. “The only illusion is if you think it was her choice. One in 6 women are victims of abuse. Stop abuse against women.”

The campaign uses the hash tag #stopabuseagainstwomen and comes ahead of the International Women's Day on March 8.

Carin A. Holmes, a spokeswoman for the Salvation Army, told NBC News on Friday the hope is to “raise awareness against the atrocity of women abuse” and bring attention to the Salvation Army's work with CareHaven, a South African residential shelter for women and children who have been abused or trafficked.

Last week #The Dress rocked the Internet, with 11 million mentions on Twitter within the first day of the story.

The image shared by The Salvation Army didn't drew quick response from social media users on Friday, with many calling it "powerful."

A woman convicted of killing her mother and dumping her body was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison, a judge said Friday as her family, who still want answers, looked on.

A jury found Ghazal Mansury guilty of first-degree murder in the death of her 79-year-old mother in January. The body was found days later near the Barona Indian Reservation.

The Serra Mesa woman had admitted to disposing of her mother Mehria Mansury's body in a remote area, but she pleaded not guilty to killing her.

A dozen family members were inside the courtroom during the emotional sentencing.

"We know it happened, we know who did it, we know all the story," said Mehria's niece Homaira S. Rassoul. "It's just for her to fess up, as they say, will be the last stitch to put in the wound and close it. The scar will always be there."

Rassoul spoke to her cousin Ghazal in court, saying the family just wants answers as to why she killed her mother. She said Mehria's sisters are in serious grieving, some now suffering from depression.

Ghazal, who declined the chance to speak before the court, did get a little emotional as she listened to her cousin, but the judge said she has shown no sign of remorse. For that, he gave her no probation.

Mehria was last seen alive on Sept. 23, 2013 by other family members. Mansury told relatives her mother went on a walk and never returned, which prompted a missing person search throughout the area.

On Oct. 2, 2013, investigators discovered Mehria's dead body under a tree near the Barona Indian Reservation. The next day, Mansury was arrested for her mother's murder.

Prosecutors say on Mansury's computer, they found online search terms like "homicide" and "how to clean blood stains."

Mansury claims she opened a door and knocked her mother over, and when she asked if she was OK, her mother replied, "Yes," according to the defendant. When Mansury returned, she says she found her mother dead, so she put her body in the trunk and dumped her elsewhere.

A witness who testified at trial told the jury Mansury had strangeld her mother with a bicycle inner-tube. Others said Mansury had a long-standing animosity toward Mehria. The tipping point allegedly came when a dog was taken away from her.

"There was a documented history of a relationship that had broken down. We knew that the drugs played a part. We knew that Ms. Mansury's choice of friends played a part," said Deputy District Attorney Paul Greenwood. "But more than that, Ms. Mansury unfortunately did not like her mother. That was very clear."

Investigators do not have a cause of death because Mehria's body was exposed to the elements and wild animals, prosecutors say.

Several construction workers were injured when an MRI machine they were disassembling in a New Jersey animal hospital exploded Friday morning, authorities say.

None of the 60 or so animals in the Oradell Animal Hospital in Paramus at the time of the explosion were hurt.

The workers were dismantling the machine to put in a new one, officials said. One of the workers was taken to the hospital in critical condition with lacerations and crushing-related injuries to his body; the two others had respiratory complaints and other, mostly minor injuries, police said.

It's not clear why the machine exploded. There was no fire after the initial explosion, but there was a small leak of helium, which is used as a cooling agent inside of the MRI machine. Hazardous materials crews responded to the scene as a precaution and assisted firefighters in stopping the leak.

Dr. Tony Palminteri, owner of the hospital, said that his workers got all of the animals out safely, but several were in critical condition because of earlier medical concerns and were going to be taken to other area animal hospitals for continued treatment as soon as possible.

The animals were taken to a store across the street, where more than two dozen animal hospital employees were working to give them shelter and treat any explosion-related or pre-existing injuries.

The part of the hospital had extensive damage but was deemed structurally safe, authorities said. It will remain closed, though, for an as yet undetermined length of time, authorities said.

In a statement posted to its Facebook page, Oradell Animal Hospital thanked its employees and partners.

"Each and every one of our employees worked together during the situation and they all get a great big thank you," the statement said "A huge thank you goes out to our partners: Bergen police and emergency units, Animal Control, HoHoKus Animal Hospital, Park Ridge Animal Hospital, Franklin Lakes Animal Hospital, Ashley Pochick from Merial and Mangiamo's Pizza on Route 17. We thank every one very, very much."
 

 A high-speed chase along San Diego highways that reached speeds in the triple digits ended in a short foot pursuit, police said.

San Diego Police said they tried to stop a driver for speeding around 10:20 p.m. Thursday night around 54th Street and El Cajon, but he took off.

The suspect drove across State Route 67, State Route 125, Interstate 805, Interstate 5 and State Route 905 before pulling off on the 905 and running from the car, police said. The suspect was driving as fast as 110 miles per hour. 

No taser was deployed and not shots were fired when officials detained the suspect, they said.

The suspect was taken into custody shortly before 11 p.m. Thursday.

The San Diego Police Department and San Diego Sheriff’s Department responded.

It is unclear why the suspect ran from the car.

Officials are investigating.

The TSA found an unlikely stowaway while checking baggage at LaGuardia Airport this week -- a passenger’s pet Chihuahua.

Security agents were screening luggage in the baggage check Tuesday when a hard black suitcase triggered an alarm, the agency said. When they opened the bag, agents were surprised to find the small brown and beige pup staring up at them.

After finding the dog, the TSA was able to track down the dog’s owner, who said the pup must have climbed in the suitcase while packing for a trip.

The woman later called her husband, who came to pick up the dog.