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State patrol: Ohio prison inmates planned possible escape, riot
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The State Highway Patrol says inmates at an Ohio maximum security prison were plotting “a possible escape attempt and possible riot” when the plan was interrupted. The patrol is investigating the Feb. 12 incident in which authorities confiscated three fake handguns, drawings of handguns, and a fake...
Missouri official investigates day care ‘fight club’ claims
ST. LOUIS — Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is launching his own investigation of a St. Louis day care center where two workers were accused of facilitating a “fight club” among small children, his office said Wednesday. The announcement came two weeks after St. Louis prosecutors dropped criminal charges against...
‘Firefall’ phenomenon wows visitors to Yosemite’s El Capitan
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — California’s Yosemite National Park is again wowing visitors and photographers with its annual “firefall.” Every February for a few days, the setting sun illuminates Horsetail Fall to make it glow like a cascade of molten lava. The natural wonder draws scores of people to Yosemite...
Wisconsin school ends cheerleading awards for body parts
KENOSHA, Wis. — A Wisconsin high school is ending cheerleading awards given annually to girls with the largest breasts or buttocks — dubbed “Big Booty” and “Big Boobie” — after the American Civil Liberties Union demanded action following repeated complaints from parents and a former coach to school and district...
Trump administration to cancel $929 million in California high-speed rail funding
The fate of California’s high-speed rail project was cast into further doubt Tuesday when the Department of Transportation announced plans to cancel $929 million in grant funds, a move that some viewed as political payback. The action marks an escalation in the battle between President Trump and the state of...
Mysterious attack claims lives of 6 llamas near Kentucky zoo
LOUISVILLE — Authorities believe a “large animal” is responsible for an attack that killed six llamas on a farm near a zoo in Kentucky. Louisville Llama Farm owner Caroline Willette tells the Courier Journal she awoke Monday morning to blood and tufts of wool spread around her property. Five llamas...
Thousands rally in France to oppose recent anti-Semitic acts
PARIS — Rallies against anti-Semitism attracted crowds of thousands in Paris and other French cities Tuesday following a series of aggressive acts with Jewish targets, including a cemetery where about 80 gravestones were spray-painted with swastikas overnight. In the French capital, former presidents Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy joined a...
Pressure builds to get civilians out of last IS-held enclave
AL-OMAR OIL FIELD BASE, Syria — Dozens of trucks arrived Tuesday at the outskirts of a besieged enclave held by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria, signaling renewed efforts to evacuate hundreds of civilians trapped in the militants’ last patch of territory along the Euphrates River. A spokesman for...
West Virginia House tables bill that prompted teacher strike
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — This time the teachers’ strike was only hours old when lawmakers acted. Just as the strike began Tuesday, the West Virginia House of Delegates effectively killed a complex education bill that sent state teachers to the picket lines nearly a year after a nine-day strike closed schools....
Haiti probes U.S. men detained with weapons, no license plates
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Authorities in Haiti say five U.S. citizens are among eight men who have been detained with automatic weapons and other arms, and they are investigating whether anyone authorized their entry into the country. Prosecutor Paul Eronce Villard said Tuesday that the seven foreigners and one Haitian are...
Petition floats idea of selling Montana to Canada for $1 trillion
A person poked a little fun at Montana by proposing to sell the state to Canada for $1 trillion to pay off the U.S. national debt. Wait, maybe they’re on to something … Nah. The Change.org petition was started by a user named Ian Hammond for a group called “Christian...
Swiss rescue teams pull several people out after avalanche
GENEVA — Swiss mountain rescue teams pulled out several people who were buried in a mid-afternoon avalanche Tuesday at the popular ski resort of Crans-Montana and were searching for others, police said. Rescuers using helicopters “saved several people” after a search involving helicopters, according to spokesman Steve Leger of the...
3 men fatally shot at home in gated Los Angeles community
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police interviewed neighbors Tuesday as they investigated the shooting deaths of three men inside a home in a gated community. Firefighters responding to a 911 call found the gunshot victims at about 4 p.m. Monday and called police to the residence in the affluent Porter...
7 Syrian refugee children die in Canadian house fire
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Seven children, all members of a Syrian family who arrived in Canada about two years ago, died in an early morning fire Tuesday that witnesses said quickly engulfed a home in a Halifax suburb. A woman who lives next door said the children ranged in age...
Judge orders Roger Stone to court over Instagram post
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Roger Stone to appear in court to consider whether to revoke his bail after the Trump confidant posted a photo on Instagram of the judge with what appeared to be crosshairs of a gun. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Stone,...
Dog shoots man: German court rules owner not fit for license
BERLIN — A German court has ruled that a dog owner isn’t fit to carry a firearms license after his dog shot him with a rifle. The Munich administrative court on Tuesday dismissed the man’s appeal against an earlier decision by Bavarian authorities to withdraw his license to own a...
Religious orders apologize for abuse cover-up before summit
VATICAN CITY — Catholic religious orders from around the world apologized Tuesday for having failed to respond when their priests raped children, acknowledging that their family-like communities blinded them to sexual abuse and led to misplaced loyalties, denial and cover-ups. The two umbrella organizations representing the world’s religious orders issued...
French rally against anti-Semitism; Macron visits cemetery
PARIS — In Paris and dozens of other French cities, ordinary citizens and officials across the political spectrum geared up Tuesday to march and rally against anti-Semitism, following a series of anti-Semitic acts that shocked the nation. Just hours ahead of Tuesday’s gatherings, French President Emmanuel Macron headed to a...
China, Iran meet amid efforts to preserve nuclear deal
BEIJING — The Iranian foreign minister’s passionate defense of his country’s interests at the Munich Security Conference has made him “a famous person” in China, his Chinese counterpart told him Tuesday, as the sides met amid efforts to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal with Tehran. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif...
Police: More than a dozen people rescued from SeaWorld ride
SAN DIEGO — Police say more than a dozen people trapped on a ride at SeaWorld in San Diego have been rescued. San Diego police tell FOX5 News that around six gondolas stopped functioning Monday night after a big gust of wind tripped a circuit breaker on “Bayside Skyride.” Authorities...
Coalition of states sues Trump over national-emergency declaration to build border wall
WASHINGTON — A coalition of 16 states filed a federal lawsuit Monday to block President Trump’s plan to build a border wall without permission from Congress, arguing that the president’s decision to declare a national emergency is unconstitutional. The lawsuit, brought by states with Democratic governors — except for one,...
West Virginia teachers’ unions call for strike over education bill
CHARLESTON — West Virginia teachers’ unions on Monday called a statewide strike over an education bill that they view as lacking their input and as retaliation for a walkout last year. The strike is scheduled to start Tuesday, leaders of three unions for teachers and school service workers said at...
Trump sees ‘new day’ for Latin America at Miami rally
MIAMI — President Trump said Monday that “a new day is coming in Latin America,” as he sought to rally support among the largest Venezuelan community in the United States for opposition leader Juan Guaido. Speaking at Florida International University in Miami before large American and Venezuelan flags, Trump said...
Japan’s Shinzo Abe declines to say if he backed Trump for Nobel prize
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe declined to say whether he nominated Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize while praising the U.S. president for “decisive” efforts to resolve the problems of a nuclear-armed North Korea. Abe, who has worked hard to build a personal rapport with Trump, walked a fine line...
Roger Stone posts photo of judge in his case featuring crosshairs symbol despite gag order
Roger Stone took aim at the federal judge overseeing his criminal case on Monday, blasting her as an “Obama appointed” partisan and posting a photo of her face featuring what appeared to be a crosshairs symbol. The embattled confidant to President Trump posted the picture of Washington, D.C., Judge Amy...
