Capitol Police swarmed the area after reports of a possible active shooter in the Senate office buildings on August 2. Video captured scenes of individuals exiting the premises with their hands up among responding officers. Authorities later said the Senate offices had been cleared and the call appeared to be “bogus.”

GODSPEED: NASA launched the presumed final mission for the Antares 230-class rocket on August 2 to resupply the International Space Station. The rocket will propel the SS Laurel Clark, named after astronaut Laurel Clark who died in the 2003 Columbia space shuttle disaster, to the ISS carrying science equipment and food.

The Ukrainian government removed the Soviet hammer and sickle from the over 200 foot tall Mother Ukraine Monument in the nation’s capital of Kyiv. It will be replaced by the Ukranian trident symbol as part of the country’s “decommunization” efforts that have intensified since the Russian invasion.

CRIMINAL MASTERMIND: A suspect who allegedly fled from police in a stolen car and then attempted to hide from them in brush in Texas was spotted by a drone thanks to the road crew-style high visibility vest he was wearing and was promptly arrested.