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Numerous weapons found after UPS worker threatened mass shooting
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — A UPS worker suspected of threatening a mass shooting at the company’s facility in Silicon Valley has been arrested after investigators found numerous firearms and ammunition at his home, police said. Thomas Andrews, 32, surrendered late Sunday after leading officers on a brief car pursuit on U.S....
911 dispatcher in Ohio suspended after refusing to send ambulance to stroke victim
CINCINNATI — An Ohio emergency dispatcher accused of violating several procedures while taking a call about a man who later died from a stroke was suspended. The dispatcher’s suspension was the result of an investigation by Cincinnati’s Emergency Communication Center of a call on Jan. 12, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported....
Tensions rise as U.S. death toll from coronavirus reaches 9
SEATTLE — Tensions over how to contain the fast-spreading coronavirus escalated Tuesday in the United States as the death toll climbed to nine and lawmakers expressed doubts about the government’s ability to ramp up testing fast enough to deal with the crisis. All of the deaths have occurred in Washington...
VA sued over veteran’s death from wrongful insulin injection
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A woman is suing the federal government over the 2018 death of her father from a wrongful insulin injection at a West Virginia veterans hospital. Melanie Proctor filed the lawsuit Monday against Veteran Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie. It details a “widespread system of failures” at the Louis...
U.S. Supreme Court debates presidential power on Super Tuesday
The Supreme Court wrestled Tuesday with whether to make it easier for the president to fire the head of the agency that enforces federal consumer financial laws, a decision that could ultimately impact a vast range of agencies. The high court was hearing arguments in a case involving the Consumer...
3 professional Frisbee players die in Michigan highway crash
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Three professional Frisbee players have died after they were involved in car crash en route to a team practice in Detroit, authorities said. Kevin Coulter, Drew Piet and Michael Cannon died after their vehicle was rear-ended Saturday evening on Interstate 96 in Ionia County, roughly 100...
Lawmakers close in on $7.5B bipartisan measure to battle coronavirus
WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are finalizing a $7.5 billion emergency bill to fund the government’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, in a burst of bipartisan cooperation that’s atypical of today’s Washington. Sen. Chuck Schumer, a caustic critic of President Donald Trump’s handling of the spreading crisis, said he’s expecting a bipartisan...
Klan group plans another rally in Dayton; mayor upset
DAYTON, Ohio — A Ku Klux Klan group that caused tensions with a rally in Ohio last year has applied to hold another one this year. The Honorable Sacred Knights of Indiana recently asked for a permit for a Sept. 5 rally in Dayton. Montgomery County’s administrator said the application...
W.Va. House passes bill making it easier to use solar energy
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — It could soon be easier for power companies to use solar energy under a bill passed Tuesday in the West Virginia House of Delegates. Lawmakers voted 75-23 to approve the measure after around an hour of debate that revolved around whether it’s better to focus on coal...
UAW, stung by corruption, seeks $1.3M for vacation home
DETROIT — The United Auto Workers is seeking $1.29 million for the Michigan vacation home of its former president. The Detroit News reports that the home’s design plan included granite counters, stainless-steel appliances, a fireplace, wine cooler and a hidden storage room. It was built for Dennis Williams, who retired...
Mexican accused by U.S. as Russian agent pleads not guilty
MIAMI — A Mexican scientist pleaded not guilty Tuesday to U.S. charges that he spied for Russia in Miami. The plea was entered in a brief hearing by Ronald Gainor, attorney for 35-year-old Hector Cabrera Fuentes. Cabrera stood nearby in chains and a tan jail outfit but did not speak....
2 convicted in slaying of 3-year-old boy on Ohio interstate
TOLEDO, Ohio — Two men face up to life in prison after being convicted in a shooting on Interstate 75 that killed a 3-year-old as his family headed home from a Thanksgiving gathering. A jury on Monday convicted K’veon Giles, 19, and Matthew Smith, 18, of aggravated murder, murder and...
Federal Reserve cuts benchmark rate by half-pointVideo
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by a half-percentage point in its first emergency rate cut since the Great Recession in response to the spreading coronavirus. Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the coronavirus “poses evolving risks to economic activity.” The Fed’s statement Tuesday also said...
Report: U.S. natural gas consumption set record in 2019
Consumption of natural gas, mostly for electric power uses, set a new record in the United States in 2019, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said. Use of natural gas for the creation of electric power grew by 7% — 2 billion cubic feet per day — but consumption remained relatively...
Israeli exit polls: Netanyahu ahead, but short of majorityVideo
JERUSALEM — Israel’s embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced an uncertain path to staying in office on Tuesday, even as preliminary results showed his Likud party pulling ahead of its opponents in the country’s third election in less than a year. Exit polls on Israeli TV stations showed Likud and...
UN watchdog: Iran has 3 possible undeclared nuclear sites
VIENNA — The UN’s nuclear watchdog says Iran has more than tripled its supply of enriched uranium in the past three months and now has more than a ton stockpiled, in violation of the landmark 2015 nuclear deal with world powers. The International Atomic Energy Agency said in a confidential...
Consent the key in Spain’s new sex crimes draft bill
MADRID — The Spanish government Tuesday approved a new draft bill on sex crimes that makes consent a key determinant in cases, freeing victims of having to prove that violence or intimidation was used against them. The “Only Yes is Yes” bill comes in the wake of the furor raised...
Tornadoes devastate Tennessee, killing at least 25 peopleVideo
NASHVILLE — Rescuers searched through shattered Tennessee neighborhoods for bodies Tuesday, less than a day after tornadoes ripped across Nashville and other parts of the state as families slept. At least 25 people were killed, some in their beds, authorities said. The twisters that struck in the hours after midnight...
Russia freezes bank accounts of opposition leader, familyVideo
MOSCOW — Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Tuesday the government has frozen all of his bank accounts, as well as the accounts of his wife, his two children and his elderly parents. In addition, Navalny said that the director of his non-profit Foundation for Fighting Corruption, Ivan Zhdanov, and...
Exit polls: Netanyahu short of majority in Israel vote
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party on Monday emerged as the largest party in the country’s third election in under a year, according to exit polls, but it was unclear whether the embattled Israeli leader could secure a parliamentary majority as he prepares to go on trial for...
California man gets 66 months prison for harassing Parkland, Fla., victims
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A California man who is on the autism spectrum was sentenced Monday to more than five years in prison for cyberstalking families of Parkland, Fla., school shooting victims. U.S. District Judge Rodolfo Ruiz imposed the sentence on 22-year-old Brandon Fleury of Santa Ana, Calif., rejecting a...
More testing sheds light on how coronavirus is spreading in U.S.; death total hits 6Video
SEATTLE — An increase in testing for the coronavirus began shedding light Monday on how the illness has spread in the United States, including among nursing home residents in one Washington state facility. U.S. health officials updated the number of COVID-19 cases to 91 in 10 states after Oregon and...
Prosecutor: Ex-convict was in bed with victim when arrested
NEW YORK — An ex-convict accused of forcing young women he met in his daughter’s dormitory into prostitution or forced labor after winning their trust was in bed with a victim when he was arrested, a prosecutor said Monday as the New Jersey man lost a bid to be freed...
Turkey’s Erdogan hopes to broker Syria truce in Moscow
BEIRUT — Turkey’s president Monday said he hopes to broker a cease-fire in Syria this week in Moscow when he meets with his Russian counterpart, after growing alarm over direct clashes in northwest Syria between Turkish troops and Syrian forces backed by Russia. The Syrian government’s monthslong offensive into Idlib...
Snowy Wyoming highway pileup kills 3, injures dozens
RAWLINS, Wyo. — At least three people died and dozens were injured in a pileup involving more than 100 vehicles amid blowing snow that closed part of Interstate 80 in Wyoming, officials said Monday. The pileup and another one nearby around the same time involving 40 vehicles happened in snowy,...
