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TOKYO (AP) — A man dressed in Batman’s Joker costume and brandishing a knife on a Tokyo commuter train on Sunday stabbed several passengers before starting a fire, which sent people scrambling to escape and jumping from windows, police and witnesses said.

In August, the day before the Tokyo Olympics closing ceremony, a 36-year-old man stabbed 10 passengers on a commuter train in Tokyo in a random burst of violence.

In 2018, a man killed a passenger and injuring two others in a knife attack on a bullet train. »

Animal therapy, designed to heal people through contact with animals, is spreading in Japan amid the COVID-19 crisis.

The association train rescued dogs and other animals and dispatch them to organizations including companies, according to Kuniko Kusakabe, head of the association.

The Japanese Animal Hospital Association (JAHA), a public interest incorporated association in Tokyo, has been dispatching therapy dogs since 1986. »

Representative Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican, condemned Fox News host Tucker Carlson and blasted the Murdoch family behind the right-wing cable network for "cashing in" at the expense of American democracy.

In an early Saturday morning Twitter post, Kinzinger again took aim at Carlson and Fox News.

Representative Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican who is also staunchly opposed to Trump, slammed Carlson and Fox News as well. »

(CNN) When Philadelphia's mayor signs landmark legislation as soon as this week, the city will become the first major US city to ban police from stopping drivers for low-level traffic violations -- stops that studies show target Black drivers at disproportionately higher rates.

While Philadelphia is the largest city to ban such traffic stops, some local and state governments have also enacted similar policies.

As of this year, Black drivers account for 67% of stops compared to just 12% of White drivers, the data shows. »