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Husband in missing mom case pleads not guilty to murder
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — The estranged husband of a missing Connecticut mother of five who is presumed dead pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder and kidnapping charges as a judge warned him to not violate his house arrest conditions again. Fotis Dulos appeared in a state court in Stamford, Connecticut, a...
At least 13 killed in torrential rains in Madagascar
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — At least 13 people have died in flooding and landslides caused by torrential rains in Madagascar this week, authorities said Thursday, with the military deployed to help evacuate people at risk from rising waters. Another 19 people are missing and more than 47,000 people are...
Storm Gloria kills 11 in Spain, causes wide coastal damage
MADRID (AP) — A calamitous storm has killed at least 11 people in Spain and left five others missing, as well as causing rivers to overflow their banks and contaminating vast agricultural areas in eastern Spain with salty seawater. New reports of disappearances in northeastern Catalonia and the...
Coast Guard hunts for cruise ship passenger off Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard said it was searching late Wednesday for a person who reportedly went overboard from a cruise ship just off Puerto Rico’s north shore. Coast Guard spokesman Ricardo Castrodad told The Associated Press that the incident involved the Oasis of the Seas...
Hawaii eyes closing gun loopholes, bolstering mental health
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii already has some of the nation's strictest gun laws, but the fatal shooting of two Honolulu police officers by a man his lawyer and neighbors believe had psychiatric problems has added new urgency to efforts to close gun control loopholes and bolster mental health care treatment. ...
Candlelight vigil held for missing Montana teen found dead
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A candlelight vigil has been held to honor a Montana teenager who was missing for weeks before her body was found by investigators. Selena Not Afraid, 16, was found Monday southwest of the Interstate 90 rest stop where she was last seen Jan. 1, The Billings Gazette reports. The...
Teen dead in chimney was missing 2 days before first report
TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio teenager who police believe got accidentally trapped in the chimney of a vacant home and who was found dead after a three-week search was not reported missing by his family until nearly two days after they last saw him, according to police records. The boy's father told police...
Spain: Storm death toll up to 7, major river floods feared
MADRID (AP) — Three more people have died as a result of a fierce storm that has battered Spain for the past three days, authorities said Wednesday, raising the death toll to seven. Fears increased that heavy rains expected later Wednesday could lead to several swollen rivers breaking their banks, among...
5th body found on Tijuana lot; suspect remains in custody
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — A fifth body has been found on a property in this border city, and Mexican officials said Tuesday that they are beginning to suspect they may have a serial killer in custody. Baja California state prosecutor Hiram Sánchez said the suspect, who is the son-in-law of the first...
DA: Man charged in ex-roommate's death, body found in quarry
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man has confessed to prosecutors that he killed a former roommate who disappeared more than a decade and a half ago and has led authorities to the eastern Pennsylvania quarry where he buried the victim, authorities said Tuesday. Daman Smoot, 36, was charged with criminal homicide...
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