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FAA investigating Delta jet fuel-dumping on schoolkids in California
CUDAHY, Calif. — Federal authorities will investigate why an airliner with engine trouble dumped jet fuel over a densely populated area of Southern California while making an emergency return to the airport, dousing dozens of schoolchildren in a smelly vapor. Delta Air Lines Flight 89 to Shanghai, with 181 passengers...
Student fatally shot at Texas high school; suspect arrested
BELLAIRE, Texas — A 16-year-old student was shot to death Tuesday at a Texas high school, and a suspect was arrested hours later, officials said. Grenita Lathan, interim superintendent of the Houston Independent School District, confirmed the shooting victim at Bellaire High School had died. She gave no other information...
Video: NYC tenant behind on rent appears to shove landlord down steps to his deathVideo
A tenant who was reportedly behind on rent was charged with manslaughter after he allegedly pushed his landlord down the front steps of the New York City home he was renting when the landlord came to collect money. The incident occurred in the borough of Queens, according to NBC’s New...
Police: Florida woman tried to light explosive device in Walmart
TAMPA, Fla. — A woman tried to build an explosive device inside a Walmart store in Florida, authorities said. Emily Stallard was charged with attempted arson of a structure, fire bombing, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, child abuse and battery on an officer, the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s office...
Ohio teen missing for weeks found dead in vacant home’s chimneyVideo
TOLEDO, Ohio — A three-week-long search for a missing Ohio teenager who was last seen walking to school ended when authorities announced Tuesday they found his body trapped inside the chimney of a vacant house near his home. Authorities said 14-year-old Harley Dilly’s death is currently being considered an accident...
Jet returning to LAX for emergency landing dumps fuel on school playground; 17 children treatedVideo
CUDAHY, Calif. — Jet fuel dumped by an aircraft returning to Los Angeles International Airport fell onto an elementary school playground where children were playing Tuesday, fire officials said. The Los Angeles County Fire Department said firefighters assessed 17 children and nine adults who complained of minor injuries and none...
EU pressures Iran on atom deal in last-ditch bid to save it
BRUSSELS — Britain, France and Germany on Tuesday ratcheted up pressure on Iran to stop violating its landmark nuclear deal in a last-ditch effort to resolve their differences through talks while also starting a process that could bring back punishing U.N. sanctions on Tehran. The three European Union countries are...
6 guards, 15 others charged in Rikers Island bribery case
NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors announced charges Tuesday against six New York City correctional officers accused of taking thousands of dollars in bribes to smuggle drugs to inmates at the Rikers Island jail complex. Fifteen other people, including several inmates, also were charged in criminal complaints unsealed in U.S. District...
Chemical plant explosion in Spain kills 1, injures at least 6
MADRID — A massive explosion at a petrochemical plant in northeastern Spain killed one person and gravely injured at least six others Tuesday, regional authorities said. A local government spokesman for the port city of Tarragona, where the plant is located, said a preliminary investigation indicated the force of the...
Big Ben, big bucks: Brexit bell plan hits financial hurdle
LONDON — Will Big Ben bong for Brexit? Not unless British taxpayers cough up the bucks. The bell of Britain’s Parliament has been largely silent since 2017 while its iconic clock tower undergoes four years of repairs. Brexit-backing lawmakers are campaigning for it to strike at the moment Britain leaves...
Mexico can’t sell presidential jet, tries odd sales pitches
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador has made selling off the luxurious presidential jet a centerpiece of his austerity program, but there’s just one problem: Nobody, it seems, wants to buy the white elephant. López Obrador said Tuesday the Boeing Dreamliner will be returned to Mexico after...
Bus falls into sinkhole on road in China; 10 dead or missingVideo
BEIJING — A bus plunged into a sinkhole on a city street in northwestern China, killing at least six people and leaving four missing, authorities said. Some 1,000 emergency workers and 30 vehicles were sent to the site, the emergency management bureau in the city of Xining said. A crane...
Winter heat having odd effect on Outer Banks wild horses
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Freakishly warm January temperatures are having a strange effect on the wild horses roaming North Carolina’s Outer Banks, prompting a warning to drivers. The notoriously independent horses are sleeping on the beaches at night — in the path of recreational vehicles. “Please be careful!” the Corolla Wild...
Cybersecurity: Russians hacked company key to Ukraine scandalVideo
BOSTON — A U.S. cybersecurity company says Russian military agents successfully hacked the Ukrainian gas company at the center of the scandal that led to President Donald Trump’s impeachment. Russian agents launched a phishing campaign in early November aimed at stealing the login credentials for employees of Burisma Holdings, the...
Third horse rescued in Kentucky where 20 others were killed
PRESTONSBURG, Ky. — A third horse has been rescued from a strip mine site in Kentucky where 20 horses were found fatally shot. The filly was captured by Dumas Rescue on Saturday and taken to the Kentucky Humane Society, news outlets reported. The horse is believed to be the daughter...
Off-duty Los Angeles County detective struck by car, killed after helping woman
LOS ANGELES — An off-duty sheriff’s detective was struck and killed by a car after she helped an elderly woman cross a street in Los Angeles, authorities said. The accident occurred Sunday in the Valley Village neighborhood as Detective Amber Leist was returning to her car after assisting the woman,...
Justices turn away appeal of women who went topless at beach
CONCORD, N.H. — The U.S. Supreme Court is leaving in place the public nudity convictions of three women who removed their bathing suit tops on a New Hampshire beach as part of a global campaign advocating for the rights of women to go topless. The justices declined Monday to review...
Mueller investigation witness George Nader pleads guilty on child sex charges
ALEXANDRIA, Va. —A key witness in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation will be sentenced to at least 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of child sex trafficking and possessing child pornography. Lebanese-American businessman George Nader, 60, entered a plea deal Monday in federal court in Alexandria....
Wisconsin judge orders up to 209K voter names be deleted
PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. — A Wisconsin judge on Monday found the state’s election commission to be in contempt and ordered the bipartisan panel to immediately begin removing up to 209,000 names from the state’s voter rolls or face hundreds of dollars in fines for each day they don’t. Judge Paul...
Design of AR-15 could derail charges tied to popular rifle
A subtle design feature of the AR-15 rifle has raised a technical legal question that is derailing cases against people who are charged with illegally buying and selling the gun’s parts or building the weapon. At issue is whether a key piece of one of America’s most popular firearms meets...
Anger in Iran over jet’s downing; gunfire disperses protests
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Popular anger swelled Monday in Iran over the accidental shootdown of a Ukrainian jetliner and the government’s attempt to conceal its role in the tragedy, as online videos appeared to show security forces firing live ammunition and tear gas to disperse protests in the streets....
8 stabbed apparently at random in Colorado, suspect detained
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A stabbing rampage by a male suspect has left eight people injured near downtown Colorado Springs in attacks that were apparently carried out at random, police said Monday. The suspect was restrained by some of his victims and arrested before dawn by officers, police said in...
Queen agrees to let Harry, Meghan move part-time to Canada
SANDRINGHAM, England — Queen Elizabeth II agreed Monday to grant Prince Harry and and his wife Meghan their wish for a more independent life, allowing them to move part-time to Canada while remaining firmly in the House of Windsor. The British monarch said in a statement that the summit of...
Cory Booker ends presidential bid after polling, money strugglesVideo
DES MOINES, Iowa — Democrat Cory Booker dropped out of the presidential race Monday, ending a campaign whose message of unity and love failed to resonate in a political era marked by chaos and anxiety. His departure now leaves a field that was once the most diverse in history with...
William, Harry issue statement amid UK royal family rift
Princes William and Harry slammed a newspaper report Monday describing a severe strain in their relationship, calling the story offensive and potentially harmful as they embark on talks regarding the future of the British monarchy. The two brothers issued the unusual statement even as Queen Elizabeth II was set to...
