The United States celebrates July Fourth on Monday with parades, hotdog eating contests and fireworks shows amid heightened security because of concerns about terrorism in New York and timeworn holiday gun violence in Chicago. The department's human presence this holiday will be increased by nearly 2,000 new officers who graduated Friday from the New York City Police Academy. History may be in the making in the traditional hotdog-eating contest at New York's Coney Island. Local media reported on Friday that 24 people had been shot over the past 24 hours, three fatally. "As we always have the capacity in New York to put out a lot of resources, that's the name of the game, in dealing with terrorist threats," Bratton said.

Source: The Star July 04, 2016 09:56 UTC