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After 20 years police in 2 states link dead mother and son
Decades after the unidentified bodies of a woman and a 10-year-old boy were found in separate states beside a Southern interstate highway, investigators now say they were a mother and son and the boy’s father has confessed to killing them. The case was cracked thanks to an online DNA database,...
Nurse accused of raping patient in Arizona pleads not guilty
PHOENIX — A nurse facing criminal charges in the rape of an incapacitated woman who later gave birth at a long-term care facility in Phoenix pleaded not guilty Tuesday during a brief court appearance. The only comments by Nathan Dorceus Sutherland were made when he identified himself to the court...
Texas man dies after vape pen explodes in his face, medical examiner’s office says
FORT WORTH — A 24-year-old Fort Worth man died last month after his vape pen exploded in his face, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office. William Brown was at a vaporizer store in Keller when it happened. His grandmother, Alice Brown, said he had just purchased the device...
U.S. commander: ISIS hold in Syria, Iraq on verge of collapse
WASHINGTON — President Trump is expected to declare near-total triumph over the Islamic State group in Syria in his State of the Union address Tuesday, but U.S. defense officials are increasingly fearful that the militants are simply biding their time until the Americans leave the battlefield as planned. ISIS has...
College student finds man in closet wearing her clothes
GREENSBORO, N.C. — A college student says she found a man in her closet wearing her clothes. The University of North Carolina-Greensboro student heard strange noises coming from her closet in her off-campus apartment on Saturday. The student told WFMY-TV she asked who was in there and was told “My...
Pope acknowledges priests, bishops have sexually abused nuns
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Francis has for the first time publicly acknowledged the scandal of priests and bishops sexually abusing nuns, and says he is committed to doing more to fight the problem. Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Francis said: “Should we do something more? Yes. Is there the...
Ginsburg makes first public appearance since cancer surgery
WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg made her first public appearance since undergoing lung cancer surgery, attending a concert in her honor given by her daughter-in-law and other musicians. Ginsburg, 85, had surgery in New York on Dec. 21. She missed arguments at the court in January, her...
Man dies after going into burning house to save dog
ORLAND, Maine — Investigators say a Maine man died when he returned to a burning house to get his dog. Maine Public Safety Department spokesman Steve McCausland said the man escaped the fire with the rest of his family before going back inside Monday evening in the town of Orland....
Paris building fire claims 10 lives; police say suspected arsonist was drunk
PARIS — Paris’ deadliest fire in over a decade claimed at least 10 lives Tuesday, sending fleeing residents to the roof and clambering across balconies as flames rapidly engulfed their nine-story apartment building. A 40-year-old female resident of the building, said to have a history of psychiatric problems, was arrested...
Afghan official: Taliban hit army base, kill 26 troops
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban launched a pre-dawn attack on an army base in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing 26 members of the security forces, a provincial official said, the latest brazen assault by insurgents to defy stepped-up efforts to resolve the country’s protracted war. The raid on the base...
Trooper, suspect killed in shootout amid drug investigation
FARMVILLE, Va. — Authorities in Virginia say a state trooper and a suspect were killed in a shootout during a drug investigation. News outlets cite a Virginia State Police release that says Lucas B. Dowell was a member of a tactical team assisting the Piedmont Regional Drug and Gang Task...
Trump to call for unity, face skepticism in State of Union
WASHINGTON — The White House says President Donald Trump will call for optimism and unity in his State of the Union address, using the moment to attempt a reset after two years of bitter partisanship and deeply personal attacks. But will anyone buy it? Skepticism will emanate from both sides...
Police: 1 killed, 3 wounded in separate freeway shootings
OAK FOREST, Ill. — Police say a woman was fatally shot along an interstate in suburban Chicago several hours after a separate shooting along the same freeway wounded a man and two boys. Illinois State Police say the 55-year-old woman was alone in a car when she was shot around...
Check your compass: The magnetic north pole is on the move
WASHINGTON — North isn’t quite where it used to be. Earth’s north magnetic pole has been drifting so fast in the last few decades that scientists say that past estimates are no longer accurate enough for precise navigation. On Monday, they released an update of where magnetic north really was,...
Hurricane Michael recovery has a big problem: People aren’t donating
PANAMA CITY, Fla. — More than three months after Hurricane Michael bludgeoned the beachside communities in the Panhandle, dozens of people crammed into the Messiah Lutheran Church on a recent Thursday. They were there to address enormous questions that hang over their largely lower-income part of the state. “Affordable Housing,”...
Colorado deputies charged with manslaughter in man’s death
DENVER — Two Colorado sheriff’s deputies were charged with manslaughter Monday in the death of a 23-year-old man they handcuffed and placed face-down on the floor of a police van while he was taken to a detox facility in Boulder, prosecutors said. The man spent 16 minutes in that position...
Iraqi leaders reject Trump’s plan to use their country as a base against Iran
Iraq’s constantly squabbling politicians were united in umbrage Monday when President Trump said the United States would maintain a military presence in Iraq to keep an eye on Iran. “Don’t overburden Iraq with your own issues. … Do not pursue your own policy priorities, we live here,” said Iraqi President...
$10M bond set for man accused of shooting Ohio deputies
BATAVIA, Ohio — A man accused of luring authorities with threats of killing himself and then fatally shooting a sheriff’s deputy and wounding another deputy who tried to help him during a 12-hour standoff in Ohio had his bond set at $10 million Monday. A shackled Wade Edward Winn, who...
Video aids recapture of MMA fighter suspected in killings
DALLAS — An MMA fighter suspected in two murders who escaped from a prison van near Houston was recaptured less than a mile away still wearing his jail-issued orange jumpsuit in part thanks to a local company’s surveillance video, police said Monday. Cedric Joseph Marks escaped from the van Sunday...
U.S. prepares to start building portion of Texas border wall
HOUSTON — The U.S. government is preparing to begin construction of more border walls and fencing in South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, likely on federally owned land set aside as wildlife refuge property. Heavy construction equipment was expected to arrive starting Monday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said. A photo...
5 reasons why autonomous cars aren’t coming anytime soon
PITTSBURGH — In the world of autonomous vehicles, Pittsburgh and Silicon Valley are bustling hubs of development and testing. But ask those involved in self-driving vehicles when we might actually see them carrying passengers in every city, and you’ll get an almost universal answer: Not anytime soon. An optimistic assessment...
41 Virginia college athletes escape bus before explosion
WILSON, N.C. — Dozens of athletes from a Virginia college were able to evacuate a charter bus before it exploded in North Carolina. News outlets cite a statement from Wilson County Emergency Management that says 41 track and field athletes from Hampton University were traveling home on Saturday night from...
Iraqi president slams Trump’s remarks about staying in Iraq
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s president on Monday criticized Donald Trump for saying he wants to keep U.S. troops in Iraq “to watch Iran,” saying the U.S. leader did not ask Iraq’s permission to do so. “We find these comments strange,” said Barham Salih, speaking at a forum in Baghdad. Salih said...
Virginia gov. resists resignation call over blackface photo
RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam was clinging to office Monday morning amid nearly unanimous calls from his own party to resign over a racist photo in his 1984 medical school yearbook, after a bizarre weekend in which he first admitted he was in the picture, and then denied...
5 die, 2 hospitalized when plane parts hit California house
YORBA LINDA, Calif. — Five people died and two others were injured after a small plane apparently came apart, raining debris across a Southern California neighborhood and igniting a house fire before landing in a backyard, authorities said Sunday. The male pilot, who was the only person in the twin-engine...
