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Victim speaks out for first time about ‘Slender Man’ attack
MILWAUKEE — A Wisconsin girl who was lured into the woods by two friends and stabbed 19 times in an effort to please a fictional horror character called Slender Man said she’s come to terms with aspects of the attack but still sleeps with broken scissors “just in case.” Payton...
Michigan couple with 21 grandchildren claims $80M Powerball
LANSING, Mich. — A northern Michigan couple with seven children and 21 grandchildren has claimed an $80 million Powerball prize. Fifty-four-year-old Phillip Chippewa of Suttons Bay traveled to Lansing on Wednesday with his wife, Dawn, and their family to claim their prize. Their Powerball ticket matched all five numbers and...
College students ban clapping, replace with ‘silent jazz hands’Video
Applause can be tough to handle. That’s the thinking behind a move by students at Oxford University in England. The Student Union passed a motion to adopt the use of British Sign Language clapping — spreading your fingers and waving your hands back and forth, aka “silent jazz hands” —...
Ukrainian leader felt Trump pressure before taking officeVideo
KYIV, Ukraine — More than two months before the phone call that launched the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, Ukraine’s newly elected leader was already worried about pressure from the U.S. president to investigate his Democratic rival Joe Biden. Volodymyr Zelenskiy gathered a small group of advisers on May...
‘Executive privilege’ could complicate case against Giuliani associates, attorney saysVideo
NEW YORK — Two South Florida businessmen who worked to help President Trump’s personal attorney pursue dirt in Ukraine on a political foe pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that they conspired to purchase influence by steering hundreds of thousands of dollars in illegal foreign cash into U.S. campaigns. Appearing...
BLM official: Solving wild horse problem will take $5B, 15 years
RENO, Nev. — It will take $5 billion and 15 years to get an overpopulation of wild horses under control on federal lands across the West, the acting head of the Bureau of Land Management said Wednesday, adding that several developments have made him more optimistic about his agency’s ability...
Car plunges from Indianapolis parking garage, killing 2Video
INDIANAPOLIS — Firefighters say a car plunged from the fourth floor of a downtown Indianapolis parking garage, killing a man and a woman inside. The car landed on its roof after falling shortly before 10 a.m. Wednesday from the Market Square Center Garage. It plowed through a parking garage wall...
California deputy fatally shot investigating marijuana theft
SOMERSET, Calif. — A Northern California sheriff’s deputy was killed Wednesday while responding to a call regarding a theft from a private marijuana garden in the rural Sierra Nevada foothills, officials said. The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office said Deputy Brian Ishmael was fatally shot in the community of Somerset...
Missouri farmer charged in killing of Wisconsin brothers
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Missouri cattle farmer charged Wednesday with two counts of first-degree murder shot two brothers from Wisconsin, burned their bodies and dumped the remains on a manure pile on his property, investigators said. Garland Nelson, 25, of Braymer, is also charged with two counts of abandonment...
Elijah Cummings lying in repose at historically black college
BALTIMORE — Mourners, constituents and other well-wishers paid respects to U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings on Wednesday as his body lay in repose at a historically black college in Baltimore ahead of the first in a series of services. A tan hearse with a U.S. House of Representatives seal carrying Cummings’...
Painting stolen by Nazis recovered from New York museum
CANAJOHARIE, N.Y. — A painting seized by the Nazis from a Jewish family in 1933 has been recovered from a museum in upstate New York by the FBI. The work, “Winter” by American artist Gari Melchers, was part of the collection at the Arkell Museum in Canajoharie until Sept. 10,...
Federal judges seem skeptical of Trump arguments in tax case
NEW YORK — Three judges on a federal appeals panel appeared inclined Wednesday to reject arguments that President Donald Trump’s tax returns can’t be given to a state grand jury, with Trump’s lawyers suggesting that local authorities should even let the president get away with shooting someone. Chief Judge Robert...
Prosecutors: Virginia city can move Confederate monument
NORFOLK, Va. — A Virginia city’s top prosecutor and the state’s attorney general say Norfolk can relocate a Confederate monument, despite a state law barring the removal of war memorials. The two filed a motion Tuesday seeking to dismiss a city lawsuit that says the state law infringes on its...
Trump lifts sanctions on Turkey, says cease-fire permanentVideo
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Wednesday he will lift sanctions on Turkey after the NATO ally agreed to permanently stop fighting Kurdish forces in Syria and he defended his decision to withdraw American troops, saying the U.S. should not be the world’s policeman. “We’re getting out,” Trump said at...
Police share photo of ’Drunk Santa’ in jail cell
The Brea Police Department in Orange County, Calif., took to social media Tuesday to share a message from a man in a Santa Claus suit sleeping inside a jail cell. The post to Twitter, which is composed as a letter, reads, “Dear Santa, I’m sorry I stole your red suit....
39 people found dead in truck container in southeast England
LONDON — Police in southeastern England said 39 people were found dead Wednesday inside a truck container believed to have come from Bulgaria. The truck, which is said to have entered Britain via the Welsh port of Holyhead on Saturday, was found by ambulance workers at Waterglade Industrial Park in...
Transgender woman loses lawsuit against estheticians who refused to wax her male genitalia
A human rights tribunal in British Columbia has ruled against a transgender woman who said she was refused wax services at more than a dozen beauty salons. According to the Canadian Broadcast Corporation, Jessica Yaniv identifies as female, but has male genitalia. Yaniv contacted the businesses via Facebook messages requesting...
Ohio woman who claims she sold drugs to send kids to college gets 11-year sentence
ZANESVILLE, Ohio — An Ohio woman who claims the reason she sold drugs was to raise money to buy a farm and send her five children to college has been sentenced to 11 years in prison. The Zanesville Times Recorder reports 41-year-old Janet Gartner’s defense attorney, Nicole Churchill, said Monday...
Lori Loughlin, 10 other parents face new charges in college scandalVideo
BOSTON — Actress Lori Loughlin, her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, and nine other parents face new charges in the college admissions scandal. Federal prosecutors announced Tuesday that the parents were indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit federal program bribery. The charge accuses the parents of attempting to bribe...
Brexit in limbo as Boris Johnson wins 1 vote, loses anotherVideo
LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson won one vote and lost another in Parliament on Tuesday, a result that inches him closer to his goal of leading Britain out of the European Union — but effectively guarantees it won’t happen on the scheduled date of Oct. 31. The good...
U.S. highway deaths fall in 2018 for 2nd straight year
The U.S. government’s road safety agency says traffic deaths fell by a small amount for the second straight year. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration attributed the 2.4% drop partially to technology in newer vehicles that can prevent crashes. A total of 36,560 people died on the nation’s roads in...
Charge dropped against man arrested after speaking Spanish
PORTLAND, Maine — Federal prosecutors dismissed a felony charge against a Guatemalan who was arrested after coming to the attention of Border Patrol agents for speaking Spanish in public in a case that raised concerns about racial profiling. The Border Patrol acknowledged in a court document that suspicions about members...
South Pole’s ozone hole shrinks to smallest since discoveryVideo
WASHINGTON — The ozone hole near the south pole this year is the smallest since it was discovered, but it is more due to freakish Antarctic weather than efforts to cut down on pollution, NASA reported . This fall, the average hole in Earth’s protective ozone layer is 3.6 million...
Tennessee autoworker killed in car accident on picket line
SPRING HILL, Tenn. — A striking autoworker in Tennessee has died when a vehicle hit him along a picket line outside a General Motors plant. Columbia Police Lt. Jeremy Haywood says a vehicle accidentally struck a pedestrian outside the Spring Hill plant just before 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday. A statement...
2 students charged with shouting racial slur on UConn campus
STORRS, Conn. — Two University of Connecticut students have been charged with shouting a racial slur outside a campus apartment complex in an incident that was caught on video and has led to protests at the school. Jarred Karal, of Plainville, Ryan Mucaj, of Granby, both identified by police as...
