An parent car bombing rocked Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta on Sunday morning, killing at least 24 people and injuring around 70 more, according to officials.

A high-ranking Balochistan provincial officer told CBS News that the blast was severe and that the number of people killed and injured may rise.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif called the attack a “cowardly act of terrorism” on social media. Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti said on social media that “innocent civilians, including women and children” were killed.

The massive blast occurred near a railway track in the Faquir Abad area at around 8:00 a.m. local time and caused panic across nearby neighborhoods. Witnesses said the powerful explosion shook buildings, shattered windows and sparked a fire that engulfed parts of a passenger shuttle train. The Associated Press said the explosion occurred in an area where security forces are usually stationed.

Pakistan Federal Minister for Railways Hanif Abbasi said the blast derailed the engine and three coaches on the shuttle train. Two other coaches overturned, he said. Photos show thick black smoke rising from the scene. Paramilitary soldiers and volunteers were photogrhed trying to pull victims from the wreckage.

The Associated Press described the incident as a suicide bombing. A government investigation into the attack is ongoing.

Area resident Aziz Khan told CBS News that many people were waiting at the train crossing when the explosion occurred. He said his house “jolted from the explosion” and that there was a “huge bang, very loud.”

“Many people (were) killed on spot due to the intensity of the explosion,” Khan said. “Gas cylinders in queuing cars also exploded.”

The Balochistan Liberation Army, a group based in Afghanistan, has claimed responsibility for the attack. The BLA believes Balochistan should be an independent region, and its attacks frequently target civilians, soldiers and police. The U.S. State Department has designated the BLA as foreign terrorist organization.

Quetta is the cital of the Balochistan province. The oil- and mineral-rich province is the largest but least populated in Pakistan, and is a hub for the country’s ethnic Baloch minority. Islamic militants also operate within the province.

The BLA has taken credit for multiple bloody attacks in the region. In February, coordinated suicide and gun attacks carried out by the group killed 18 civilians and 15 security personnel. A suicide bombing at a train station in the same region killed at least 26 people, including soldiers and railway staff, in 2024.

Multiple sources confirmed to Fox News Digital the male gunman who allegedly opened fire with a pistol Saturday near the White House in Washington, D.C., and was fatally shot by the U.S. Secret Service, has been identified as Nasire Best, 21, of Maryland.

At about 6 p.m. local time, the suspect allegedly proached a Secret Service checkpoint near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, removed a weon from his bag and began firing at posted officers, a Secret Service spokesperson said.

Best, who allegedly had prior encounters with the Secret Service and a history of mental health issues, fired about three shots toward the executive mansion before he was taken down by Secret Service agents, according to a senior administration official with direct knowledge of the incident.

The White House was placed on lockdown, which was later lifted.

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An armed Secret Service agent reacts at the White House in Washington, DC, after gunshots were reportedly heard on May 23, 2026. (Brendan Smialowski / via )

An adult bystander on the street was shot in the exchange and their condition is unknown, the senior official said.

As many as 30 shots were reportedly heard in the direction of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

The senior official said the suspect never got inside the general perimeter of the White House grounds.

Best was detained by the Secret Service on June 26, 2025, for flagging down agents and making threats, and again on July 10, 2025, for entering a restricted area, Fox News has learned.

All members of the Secret Service were reported safe, though one uniformed agent was taken to the hospital as a precaution.

An armed Secret Service agent is seen near the White House in Washington, DC, after gunshots were parently heard on May 23, 2026. (Brendan Smialowski / via )

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President Donald Trump praised the response to the shooting near the White House in a Truth Social post early Sunday.

“Thank you to our great Secret Service and Law Enforcement for the swift and professional action taken this evening against a gunman near the White House, who had a violent history and possible obsession with our Country’s most cherished structure,” he wrote. “The gunman is dead after an exchange of gunfire with Secret Service Agents near the White House gates.”

Trump said the shooting underscored the need for stronger security protections around the White House.

“This event is one month removed from the White House Correspondent Dinner shooting, and goes to show how important it is, for all future Presidents, to get, what will be, the most safe and secure space of its kind ever built in Washington, D.C. The National Security of our Country demands it!”

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FBI and other federal law enforcement agents at the scene of a shooting near the White House on May 23, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Leyden/)

FBI Director Kash Patel said his agency’s agents are at the scene and “supporting Secret Service responding to shots fired near White House grounds.”

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) confirmed it is also responding, along with the Metropolitan Police Department.

Secret Service agents were heard telling reporters to “get down,” before the press were ushered into the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room in the West Wing.

Secret Service agents were seen on the White House grounds with their weons drawn.

An armed Secret Service agent looks on at the White House in Washington, DC, after gunshots were parently heard on May 23, 2026. (Brendan SMIALOWSKI / via )

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Hours before the alleged gunfire rang out, Trump announced the administration was close to finalizing a deal to end the war with Iran, noting he was in the White House Oval Office.

The president was at the White House during the incident, but was not affected, according to the Secret Service.

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A 6.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Hawaii’s Big Island shortly before 10 p.m. Friday night, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The earthquake came amid USGS monitoring of Kilauea, an active volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island that experts expect to erupt again in the coming days after a recent series of eruptions throughout May.

Friday night’s earthquake occurred about 7 miles south of Hōnaunau-Nāpōʻopoʻo, a town on the southwest coast of Hawaii, according to the USGS.

“The depth, location, and recorded seismic waves of the earthquake suggest that it was caused by stress due to bending of the oceanic plate from the weight of the Hawaiian island chain,” the USGS said in a statement.

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People watch as Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano erupts for the 21st time on May 11, 2025, in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. (Gary Miller/)

Strong to very strong shaking was reported on the west side of the Island of Hawaii, and the earthquake resulted in several aftershocks. Over 2,500 residents submitted reports to USGS indicating they felt the strong shaking from the event.

A USGS m shows where Hawaii residents felt the May 22, 2026, earthquake. (United States Geological Survey)

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While the USGS said the earthquake was unrelated to Kilauea’s eruptions, the agency continues to monitor the volcano, which it expects to erupt again between May 24 and May 27.

People watched as Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted for the 21st time on May 11, 2025. (Gary Miller/Unknown)

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No tsunami warning has been issued in relation to the earthquake, according to the USGS.

At 18, Lucia Adarve had been to more doctors than most people see in a lifetime. Things had been complicated for her since birth: She missed milestones, had seizures that led to collses and concussions, and struggled with communication and schoolwork. She had a hard time balancing and reacted poorly to stimuli like loud noises or bright lights.

Her mother, Lisa, was determined to find out what was wrong. Over the years, Lucia amassed a long list of diagnoses, including epilepsy, lupus, fibromyalgia, ADHD and dyslexia. But no label fully aligned with her symptoms, and no theries or treatments seemed to help.

“Her stack of medical records was getting bigger and bigger,” said Lisa. “I thought, ‘There’s no way this one child has all of these labels and issues. There has to be something underlying.'”

“No one listened to me”

Lucia’s condition upended her life from an early age. After she failed to thrive at multiple schools, Lisa, a former Montessori teacher, began homeschooling her in third grade. In addition to teaching Lucia a standard curriculum, she came up with out-of-the-box solutions, like teaching her to knit to develop fine motor skills and taking her horseback riding to improve her balance.

The efforts expanded outside the classroom. Lucia’s siblings liked to climb over a wall in the backyard to play in the woods around their home. Lisa propped up a ladder that Lucia could climb, and made the other kids use it too.

Despite her family’s support, the circumstances took a toll on Lucia. She experienced fainting spells that sometimes led to concussions and injuries, and occasionally had anemia. She became pessimistic about pointments and proposed theries, and while she loved her family, she was most likely to spend time with her service dog.

“No one listened to me. I didn’t see doctors as a good thing. I saw them as something I went to occasionally that didn’t do anything,” Lucia said. “I told my mom that my dog did more for me … than any of the doctors I spent time going to.”

Identifying a rare condition

In 2025, Lisa and Lucia visited Dr. Todd Arthur at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. The neurologist “spent a ton of time listening,” Lisa recalled. As the mother and daughter recounted “pages and pages of labels and random diagnoses,” he started researching, Lisa said.

“I’d never seen a doctor take that much interest,” Lucia said. Arthur offered “a lot of referrals,” Lucia said, including one to the Cleveland Clinic’s Undiagnosed Disease Clinic. Dr. Adnan Alsadah, the founder and director of the clinic, said the office aims to help the “many patients in the United States and globally who spend many, many years reaching a diagnosis and going from specialist to another, hospital to another.”

“On average, it’s more than 10 years until the diagnosis” for patients with ultra-rare conditions, Alsadah said. The clinic aims “to solve this diagnostic odyssey by utilizing the newest technologies,” including whole genome sequencing, which allows doctors to study the entirety of a person’s DNA sequence.

Lucia and Lisa spent a day undergoing a screening questionnaire at the clinic. Then Lucia provided a genetic sample, which was sent to a specialized laboratory to be analyzed for genetic variants. Four weeks later, the Adarves received a call: The clinic had a diagnosis.

“I knew something was different”

The test had found a mutation on Lucia’s PPP2R5D gene, meaning she had an incredibly rare condition called called PPP2R5D-associated neurodevelopmental disorder, better known as Jordan syndrome. There have been less than 500 confirmed cases of the condition worldwide, Alsadah said.

Jordan syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder. Dr. Wendy Chung, a pediatric medical geneticist and researcher, said people with Jordan syndrome may have a large head or identifiable facial features. The condition affects children’s development, and may cause difficulties with movement, speech, reading or writing. Some children, like Lucia, need modified instruction. Others never learn skills at all, Chung said. The disorder can also be associated with seizures, autism and ADHD. As patients age, they may experience parkinsonisms, or movement problems similar to those caused by Parkinson’s disease, Chung said.

Lisa said she was hpy to receive the diagnosis.

“It finally felt like, wow, these things were real. I wasn’t being overprotective. I knew something was different,” she said.

Lucia met the news with more mixed emotions.

“I felt really hpy about it for a month or two,” she said. “Then I started to feel slightly annoyed, because it frustrated me that it took 18 years to get an answer.”

“A clear plan for moving forward”

Having a diagnosis has helped create “a clear plan for moving forward,” Alsadah said. Medications have reduced Lucia’s seizures, and a multidisciplinary team from the Cleveland Clinic put together a management plan for her other symptoms.

Lucia has also connected with advocacy groups that push for research into Jordan syndrome and potential treatments for it, and support groups with members who can relate to her experience. She is also part of a clinical trial that is working to determine if a medication used to treat a different neurodevelopmental condition can help Jordan syndrome patients.

Lisa said that her daughter has also started to behave more like her bubbly, childhood self.

“She knows what she has, so she can kind of stand up and advocate for herself,” Lisa said. “She’s getting back to who she was. She’s helping others, she’s making friends.”

Lucia said she has mostly been relieved to stop spending so much time seeing doctors. She is working toward a degree in criminal behavioral psychology. She is one of a handful of Jordan syndrome patients who can function relatively independently, which she attributes to her mother’s efforts.

“I was extremely lucky to get my mom,” Lucia said. “She’s one of the best people I know. She worries way too much, and she is the best person to have during this.”