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Unprovoked shark attacks drop worldwide, but not in the U.S.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Unprovoked shark attacks around the world decreased last year, although they rose in the United States, according to researchers. There were 64 confirmed unprovoked shark attacks worldwide last year, compared to the most recent five-year-average of 82 unprovoked attacks, according to researchers with the International Shark Attack...
Authorities say worker fell into chemical vat and died
DAYTON, Ohio — A worker fell into a chemical vat at a business in Ohio on Tuesday and died, authorities said. Montgomery County Coroner Dr. Kent Harshbarger said a 60-year-old man from Union fell into the vat at Techmetals Inc. Further details about the circumstances of his death weren’t immediately...
Cold-stunned iguanas expected to fall from Florida trees
MIAMI — The National Weather Service routinely warns people about falling rain, snow and hail, but temperatures are dropping so low in South Florida the forecasters warned residents Tuesday about falling iguanas. “This isn’t something we usually forecast, but don’t be surprised if you see Iguanas falling from the trees...
Trump lauds U.S. economy at Davos forum, slams impeachment
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — President Donald Trump is leaving the World Economic Forum in Switzerland with bullish talk on the American economy and lashing out at his Senate impeachment trial back in Washington. Trump called a surprise news conference Wednesday to mark a “tremendous two days” at the glitzy summit...
Neighbor wanted Hawaii cop killing suspect evicted years ago
HONOLULU — A next-door neighbor of a handyman accused of stabbing a woman and fatally shooting two Hawaii police officers said he was assaulted by the suspect years ago and wanted him evicted from their upscale neighborhood near Waikiki Beach. Warren Daniel, who lived next to Jaroslav “Jerry” Hanel and...
Michigan lawmaker says Sen. Peter Lucido harassed her at orientationVideo
LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan lawmaker alleged Tuesday that a fellow legislator sexually harassed her during a Capitol orientation 14 months ago, coming forward a week after a young female reporter said the same senator made a sexist comment to her before a group of high school boys. Sen. Mallory...
Mexico begins flying, busing migrants back to HondurasVideo
CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico — Hundreds of Central American migrants who waded across a river into Mexico in hopes of eventually reaching the U.S. were sent back to their homeland or retreated across the border Tuesday after Mexican troops blocked their way. Fewer than 100 remained in the no-man’s land along...
Police: Father tackled son’s opponent during wrestling match in North CarolinaVideo
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. — A North Carolina man has been charged with assault after he charged onto the mat at a high school wrestling match and tackled his son’s opponent. Barry Lee Jones, of Harrisburg, was charged with simple assault and disorderly conduct on Saturday, according to Kannapolis Police Department records....
Washington man is 1st in U.S. to catch new virus from ChinaVideo
SEATTLE — The U.S. on Tuesday reported its first case of a new and potentially deadly virus circulating in China, saying a Washington state resident who returned last week from the outbreak’s epicenter was hospitalized near Seattle. The man, identified only as a Snohomish County resident is in his 30s,...
Indian couple’s wedding canceled after bride’s mom, groom’s dad elope
There are many ways to upstage a wedding. Maybe two guests wearing the same dress. Perhaps too much open bar action. Or, you could upstage one wedding with another. Seems like that’s what happened recently in Surat, a city in western India. The Times of India reports a couple’s planned...
New Jersey law bans sale of flavored vaping productsVideo
TRENTON, N.J. — The sale of flavored vaping products is banned in New Jersey under legislation Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed Tuesday. Murphy signed the measure that moved to his desk amid a nationwide scare last year over mysterious illnesses linked to vaping. The ban will take effect in April....
Watch live: Sen. Mitch McConnell abruptly eases impeachment limitsVideo
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell abruptly eased his restrictive proposed rules for President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial , backing off the condensed two-day schedule to add a third for opening arguments after protests from senators, including Republicans. The trial quickly burst into a partisan fight at the Capitol...
Mexico homicide rate edges up in 2019; rate of rise slows
MEXICO CITY — The number of homicides in Mexico rose to 35,588 in 2019, but the rate of annual increase in murders has slowed, according to government figures. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has said crime and violence are the toughest challenges he faces. But on Tuesday, he said corruption...
Police: Dad strangles coyote to defend family under attack
EXETER, N.H. — A coyote attacked a pair of dogs, bit a woman and skirmished with a vehicle before being killed by a father defending his family on a walk Monday, police said. The same coyote is likely connected to three attacks that happened relatively close together and throughout the...
Phoenix police: 3 children found dead, mother arrested
PHOENIX — A Phoenix woman has been arrested on suspicion of killing her three children after they were found dead inside the family home, authorities said Tuesday. The 22-year-old mother, whose name has not been released, “has admitted to harming her three children, which caused their demise,” Sgt. Mercedes Fortune...
Police fatally shoot man who held frying pan, cleaver
DENTON, Texas — A police officer in north Texas fatally shot a man at an apartment complex early Tuesday after the man refused to drop a frying pan and cleaver that he was holding, officials said. One officer was stabbed in the melee but officials said the injuries aren’t life-threatening....
Trump lauds U.S. economy in Davos, says little on climate change
DAVOS, Switzerland — President Donald Trump boasted Tuesday that he’s led a “spectacular” turnaround of the U.S. economy and urged the world to invest in America, but had little to say about climate change issues that are a focus of this year’s gathering of top business and political leaders in...
Indiana boy, father, shot when gun discharges while wrestling
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — A 4-year-old Indiana boy is in critical condition Monday when a gun his father had concealed in his clothing discharged while the two were wrestling, police said. The Herald-Times reported that the two were play wrestling Sunday night on a bed inside a home near Bloomington, Ind.,...
Hawaii man suspected of killing 2 police officers described as unhingedVideo
HONOLULU — A Hawaii handyman with a history of run-ins with police and neighbors faced eviction when he stabbed his landlord and killed two officers before the house he and two women were believed to be inside burned, authorities and neighbors said. Police responding Sunday to a call for help...
Human-to-human transmission confirmed in China coronavirusVideo
BEIJING — The head of a Chinese government expert team said Monday that human-to-human transmission has been confirmed in an outbreak of a new coronavirus, a development that raises the possibility that it could spread more quickly and widely. Team leader Zhong Nanshan, a respiratory expert, said two people in...
Trump’s lawyers urge dismissal of ‘flimsy’ impeachment case
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s legal team asserted Monday that he did “absolutely nothing wrong,” calling the impeachment case against him “flimsy” and a “dangerous perversion of the Constitution.” The lawyers decried the impeachment process as rigged and insisted that abuse of power was not a crime. The brief from...
Pro-gun rally by thousands in Virginia ends peacefullyVideo
RICHMOND, Va. — Thousands of gun-rights activists from around the country rallied peacefully at the Virginia Capitol on Monday, protesting plans by the state’s Democratic leadership to pass gun-control legislation that have become a key flash point in the national debate over gun violence. The size of the crowd and...
Famous ice disk seems to be reforming in MaineVideo
A spinning disk of ice that made Westbrook, Maine, a tourist destination a year ago is returning. The city on Friday shared a photo via Twitter of a rather jagged sheet of ice gently rotating in the Presumpscot River. While it does not yet have the near-perfect round shape of...
Germany jails man for tricking women into electric shocksVideo
BERLIN — A court in Germany has convicted a 31-year-old man of attempted murder in more than a dozen cases for tricking women into giving themselves electric shocks while he watched over the internet. Munich’s regional court on Monday sentenced the man, identified only as David G. for privacy reasons,...
Man returns $43,170 found in thrift store footstool
OWOSSO, Mich. — The footstool didn’t feel right. That’s what happens when someone stashes $43,170 inside and apparently forgets about it. Indeed, the money was discovered inside a footstool that was donated to a Michigan resale shop in Owosso Township. Howard Kirby bought the piece and other furniture for $70...
