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Officials: Parents of suspect Michael Cummins among 7 killed in TennesseeVideo
NASHVILLE — The man suspected of killing his parents and five other people in two rural Tennessee homes stole the car of one of the victims and was wearing a blood-stained T-shirt when he was seen, telling acquaintances the stain was just chocolate, according to authorities and court documents. Law...
West Virginia official accused of harassing trans student gets job back
CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A West Virginia assistant principal accused of harassing a transgender student won an appeal to get his job back Monday. The Harrison County Board of Education voted to reinstate Lee Livengood after voting unanimously last month not to renew his contract at the end of a three-year...
Islamic State leader Baghdadi appears in video for first time in 5 years, says group will endureVideo
AMMAN, Jordan — Islamic State’s long-pursued leader, Abu Bakr Baghdadi, made his first video appearance in almost five years on Monday, vowing to continue the battle against the U.S. and its allies in a propaganda video released to social media. The 18-minute video, titled “In the Hospitality of the Emir...
Trump claims NRA ‘under siege’ by New York investigation
ALBANY, N.Y. — The National Rifle Association is “under siege,” President Trump said Monday in response to New York state’s decision to investigate the organization’s status as a tax-exempt nonprofit. The Republican president accused state Attorney General Letitia James and her fellow Democrat, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, of breaking the law...
Officials: Army veteran’s plan to bomb Nazi rally thwarted
LOS ANGELES — An Army veteran who converted to Islam and discussed launching various terror attacks throughout Southern California was arrested as he plotted to bomb a white supremacist rally as retribution for the New Zealand mosque attacks, federal prosecutors said Monday. Mark Domingo, an infantryman who served a combat...
Investor pulls out of Woodstock 50, leaving fest in shambles
Woodstock 50 is proving to be as chaotic as the original festival held in 1969. A financial investor in the festival announced Monday it was pulling its funding from the anniversary event, set to take place Aug. 16-18 in Watkins Glen, N.Y. “Despite our tremendous investment of time, effort and...
3 women, 1 man killed at Ohio apartment complex where shots firedVideo
WEST CHESTER, Ohio — Three women and a man were found dead at an apartment complex in Ohio where multiple gunshots were fired, police said Monday. No suspect has been identified. A man called 911 around 10 p.m. Sunday, saying he had arrived at the complex in a northern Cincinnati...
Man’s pickup explodes at Burger King drive-thru in Arkansas
BEEBE, Ark. — A man who was driving his pickup truck through a central Arkansas Burger King drive-thru has suffered severe burns after the vehicle exploded at the window. Ron Daniel told KARK that he had just picked up a propane tank and decided to stop for a couple burgers...
Aurora warehouse gunman said he would kill workers, ‘blow police up’ if he lost job, report says
CHICAGO — Prosecutors say a man who fatally shot five co-workers at an Illinois warehouse apparently took the gun and ammunition into the plant when he arrived that morning. The Kane County State’s Attorney’s office said in the report released Monday that it found law enforcement officers used justifiable force...
Mueller report details account of Michael Flynn’s lies
WASHINGTON — Somehow, The Washington Post had uncovered Michael Flynn’s secret. Somehow, it had learned that he had spoken with Russia’s ambassador the same day the Obama administration announced hefty sanctions on the country. Now the question was raised: Had the incoming national security adviser undermined the sanctions? Flynn was...
Man accused of marrying 4 women pleads guilty in New Hampshire
DOVER, N.H. — A man accused of being married to four women pleaded guilty Monday to bigamy in New Hampshire, but he will avoid jail time if he behaves for the next five years. Michael Middleton, 43, married a Georgia woman in 2006, an Alabama woman in 2011 and a...
Felicity Huffman to plead guilty in admissions scam next month
BOSTON — “Desperate Housewives” star Felicity Huffman will plead guilty on May 13 to charges that she took part in a sweeping college admissions cheating scam. Huffman had been scheduled to enter her plea in Boston federal court on May 21. A judge on Monday agreed to move up the...
Ban on banana-eating artwork draws ridicule in Poland
WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s artists and opposition politicians are posting photos of themselves eating bananas in protest after the country’s authorities called an artwork featuring the fruit obscene and removed it from a top national gallery. The 1973 video “Consumer Art,” by prominent artist Natalia LL, showing a young woman...
Beluga whale with Russian harness raises alarm in Norway
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A beluga whale found with a tight harness that appeared to be Russian made has raised the alarm of Norwegian officials and prompted speculation that the animal may have escaped from a Russian military facility. Joergen Ree Wiig of the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries says “Equipment St....
Commander of Guantanamo Bay prison is fired
WASHINGTON — Military officials say the commander of the task force that runs the prison at the U.S. Naval Station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has been fired for a “loss of confidence in his ability to command.” A statement from U.S. Southern Command says Navy Rear Adm. John Ring was...
Authorities look at synagogue suspect’s social media posts
POWAY, Calif. — Eight-year-old Noya Dahan had finished praying and gone to play with other children at her Southern California synagogue when gunshots rang out. Her uncle grabbed her and the other children, leading them outside to safety as her leg bled from a shrapnel wound. “I was scared, really,...
Lawmakers debate future of loan relief for public workers
In 2007, the U.S. government made a promise to public service workers: Make 10 years of payments on their federal student loans and any remaining debt would be erased. But officials have largely failed to deliver. And that’s left lawmakers questioning whether to end the program or try to fix...
Police: 8 shot, 1 fatally, in latest Baltimore shootingVideo
BALTIMORE — A gunman fired indiscriminately into a crowd that had gathered for Sunday afternoon cookout along a west Baltimore street, killing a man and wounding seven other people, authorities and reports said. Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said the gunfire erupted after 5 p.m. on a block in the city’s...
Socialists win Spain’s election but far-right gains strongly
MADRID — Spain’s governing Socialists won the country’s national election Sunday but will need the backing of smaller parties to stay in power, while a far-right party rode a groundswell of support to enter the lower house of parliament for the first time in four decades, provisional results showed. Voters...
States aim to curb festive balloon launches, citing environmental damage
PORTLAND, Maine — The tradition of releasing balloons at weddings, birthdays and memorials may soon get deflated by lawmakers in more than half a dozen states. Critics say the helium-filled balloons pollute the environment, and threaten birds and other wildlife when they fall to earth. “People don’t really realize that...
Seattle college says student was among those killed by craneVideo
SEATTLE — A college freshman was among the four people killed when a construction crane fell from a building and crashed onto one of Seattle’s busiest streets, the university said Sunday. Sarah Wong, who intended to major in nursing, was in a car when the crane fell from a building...
Tennessee police investigating whether suspect Michael Cummins knew 7 victimsVideo
WESTMORELAND, Tenn. — Police on Sunday raised the death toll at two homes in rural Tennessee to seven and said they are investigating whether a suspect captured after an hourslong manhunt knew the victims. Michael Cummins, 25, was taken into custody Saturday night after being shot about a mile away...
Bolton: Trump wants solo, not multi-party talks with North Korea
WASHINGTON — The U.S. has little interest in joining other countries in a multi-nation effort to get North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons, President Donald Trump’s national security adviser said Sunday. The United States is not trying to exclude other nations from nuclear talks with Pyongyang, John Bolton...
Former U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar, foreign policy expert, dies
INDIANAPOLIS — Former Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar, a Republican foreign policy sage known for leading efforts to help the former Soviet states dismantle and secure much of their nuclear arsenal, but whose reputation for working with Democrats cost him his final campaign, died Sunday. He was 87. Lugar died at...
Donations, pigs part of Las Vegas’ efforts to cut food waste
LAS VEGAS — At a farm outside Las Vegas, a herd of pigs feasts on lobster, sausage links and beef. In town, people at a community center sit for a dinner that may include sliders and truffle mac and cheese. The two meals have something in common: Both came from...
