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Caller leads LA police to $800,000 in stolen artwork
LOS ANGELES — This time, detectives didn’t have to track down the stolen art. Someone brought it to them. Los Angeles police said Tuesday they recovered $800,000 worth of prints by Scottish abstract expressionist Benjamin Creme after a caller said they were in a home in the Los Angeles suburb...
High-tech chestnuts: U.S. to consider genetically altered treeVideo
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Chestnuts harvested from high branches on a chilly fall morning look typical: they’re marble sized, russet colored and nestled in prickly burs. But many are like no other nuts in nature. In a feat of genetic engineering, about half the chestnuts collected at this college experiment station...
Police: Man using racist slurs killed in Waffle House fight
JACKSON, Ga. — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation says a man was shot to death at a Waffle House as a result of calling other patrons racist slurs and starting a fight. The GBI says Butts County deputies responded Halloween night to three 911 calls that were minutes apart. The...
‘I was appalled’: Black customers say Buffalo Wild Wings host told them to moveVideo
AURORA, Ill. — An attorney representing a group of black customers who say they were asked to change tables at a Chicago-area Buffalo Wild Wings because of their skin color urged the restaurant chain Tuesday to make wholesale changes to avoid a discrimination lawsuit. Some children who attended the birthday...
California mom Coral Lytle gets 4 years in prison for sex with teen boys
TULARE, Calif. — A central California mother convicted of having sex with two teenage boys has been sentenced to four years in prison. The Fresno Bee reports 42-year-old Coral Lytle, of Tulare, was sentenced Monday and taken into custody. Lytle wept as she was placed in handcuffs and several of...
Maryland police seek to ID suspect in death over Popeyes chicken sandwichVideo
OXON HILL, Md. —Police are trying to identify a suspect accused of fatally stabbing a man who was cutting in line for a chicken sandwich at a Popeyes restaurant in Maryland. Detectives believe Kevin Tyrell Davis, 28, of Oxon Hill had been cutting in line for 15 minutes when another...
Florida deputy arrested for throwing student to ground
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida sheriff’s deputy who worked at a school for children with emotional and behavioral problems is facing a felony charge after video shows him slamming a female student to the ground after she tapped his knee with her foot. Broward County Deputy Willard Miller was...
U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar divorces husband in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS — Rep. Ilhan Omar has officially divorced from her husband in Minnesota, just a month after she filed a petition saying there was an “irretrievable breakdown” in their marriage. Omar and Ahmed Hirsi had been married since January 2018 but were longtime partners. Omar says Hirsi is the father...
Metallica donates $100,000 to California fire relief
LOS ANGELES — Metallica is also feeling the devastating heat. The heavy metal band announced on Twitter that it will donate $100,000 through its nonprofit All Within My Hands to help with wildfire relief efforts across California. “Sadly, for the third year in a row, communities we have called home...
Student: CVS workers rejected Puerto Rico ID, asked for visa
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — CVS apologized and said it’s investigating after a Purdue University engineering student was denied the purchase of over-the-counter cold medicine by employees who questioned his immigration status, refusing to accept his Puerto Rican driver’s license and U.S. passport. José Guzmán Payano said a clerk and shift...
ABC says 2015 interview with Jeffrey Epstein accuser wasn’t ready to airVideo
NEW YORK — ABC News is defending itself against charges that it was afraid to air an interview with a Jeffrey Epstein accuser after video emerged Tuesday showing its reporter, Amy Robach, venting about her story. Questions about whether the news organization was reluctant to air a sensitive story about...
Missouri sheriff’s department sees 17 babies born this year
HILLSBORO, Mo. — One Missouri sheriff’s department has seen the ranks of its deputy dads grow, as 17 law enforcement officers welcomed babies this year. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that 14 of the 17 law enforcement dads, their wives and their babies gathered Monday at Sandy Creek Covered Bridge...
Vermont farm loses 2,000 chickens and turkeys in flooding
RICHMOND, Vt. — A Vermont farmer says he lost more than 2,000 chickens and turkeys when last week’s flood waters inundated their Richmond farm. Bruce Hennessey, of Maple Wind Farm, says they had moved the animals to higher ground prior to the storm that began on Halloween night, but the...
Nigerian firefighters battle huge blazes at market in Lagos
LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigerian firefighters were battling two fires that broke out almost simultaneously Tuesday at a busy market in central Lagos, the country’s largest city and commercial center. Balogun Market, where the fires erupted, is one of Nigeria’s largest textile markets. “We have split our team in two to...
Coroner: Woman found in home died from multiple dog bites
WAYNESVILLE, Ohio — Police say a pair of dogs suspected in the deadly mauling of an Ohio woman had bitten her and others in the past. A corner says 49-year-old Mary Matthews of Waynesville bled to death from numerous bites. Police say her husband found her body Friday. Police say...
911 supervisor played Netflix movie as caller sought help
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. — Authorities say a South Florida 911 dispatch supervisor was watching “I Am Mother” on Netflix while a caller tried to get help after someone shot out her car’s windshield. Records show a 34-minute delay in the June 9 call being dispatched to an officer. The victim...
9 U.S. citizens killed in drug cartel ambush in MexicoVideo
MEXICO CITY — Drug cartel gunmen ambushed three SUVs along a dirt road, slaughtering six children and three women — all U.S. citizens living in northern Mexico — in a grisly attack that left one vehicle a burned-out, bullet-riddled hulk, authorities said Tuesday. The dead included 8-month-old twins. Eight youngsters...
Authorities: Dispute over Popeyes chicken sandwich leads to fatal stabbingVideo
Police said an altercation over a Popeyes chicken sandwich left one man dead in Maryland, several media outlets reported Monday night. Prince George’s County Police said they were called to the restaurant in Oxon Hill, where they found a man with multiple stab wounds in the parking lot. According to...
Felon arrested who allegedly shot 2 men trying to abduct his son
A Louisiana man was arrested after shooting two men attempting to kidnap his son, killing one. Hakim Dumas of Slidell was reportedly at home in the early morning hours of Oct. 24 when two men attempted to take his sleeping child. Dumas pulled a gun and shot at both men,...
Persons of interest sought after couple found dead in TexasVideo
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Authorities say they have identified two people of interest who might have come in contact with a New Hampshire couple found buried at a South Texas beach. The Kleberg County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that it is looking to interview a man and woman, and it...
DEA: Fake prescription pills laced with fentanyl being sent to North America
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has issued an alert about Mexican drug cartels manufacturing mass quantities of counterfeit prescription pills for distribution in North America. Based on a sampling of tablets seized nationwide between January and March 2019, DEA found that 27% contained potentially lethal doses of fentanyl, a dangerous...
12 bottles of wine arrive in space for year of aging
A dozen bottles of fine French wine arrived at the space station Monday, not for the astronauts, but for science. The red wine will age for a year up there before returning to Earth. Researchers will study how weightlessness and space radiation affect the aging process. The goal is to...
FBI: Man who spoke of hating Jews held in temple bomb plotVideo
DENVER — A man who repeatedly espoused anti-Semitic views has been arrested in a plot to bomb a historic Colorado synagogue, federal officials said Monday. The co-conspirators in the plot turned out to be undercover agents, who arrested the man shortly before he planned to bomb the synagogue early Saturday...
Lawyer: Accused Texas school shooter found incompetent
HOUSTON — An attorney says a teenager accused of fatally shooting 10 people at a Texas high school last year has been declared incompetent to stand trial by three experts. The determination means Dimitrios Pagourtzis’ trial will be delayed. It had been set to begin in February. Nick Poehl, one...
Appeals court agrees Trump tax returns can be turned overVideo
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s tax returns can be turned over to New York prosecutors by his personal accountant, a federal appeals court ruled Monday, leaving the last word to the Supreme Court. The decision by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan upholds a lower court...
