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Germany detains 2nd man over fatal arson attack on refugee shelter in 1991
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities detained a second man Tuesday in connection with a racist arson attack on a shelter for asylum-seekers 32 years ago in which a Ghanaian man was killed. Federal prosecutors said Peter St., whose full surname wasn't released due to privacy rules, was...
Children rescued from burning car while mom was shoplifting, police say
OVIEDO, Fla. (AP) — Shoppers at a Florida mall managed to pull two children out of a burning car after their mother left them alone while she shoplifted, police said. The vehicle caught fire May 26 outside the Oviedo Mall, just northeast of Orlando, Oviedo police said. The children...
Man sentenced to prison over attempted arson attack on German synagogue
BERLIN (AP) — A German court on Friday convicted a man of attempted arson for a New Year's Eve incident in which he broke a window at a synagogue in Bavaria, then tried to light a firework and throw it into the building. The district court in Bamberg sentenced the 22-year-old, who...
7-year-old child charged with arson of family home
RIPLEY, W.Va. (AP) — A 7-year-old West Virginia child has been charged with first-degree arson after intentionally setting the family home on fire while the child's parents were asleep inside, officials said. The juvenile was taken into custody Wednesday evening after the blaze,...
Indiana man charged with arson in fire that destroyed more than century-old historic building
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A southwestern Indiana man allegedly set a fire that gutted a building more than 100 years old that was listed decades ago on the National Register of Historic Places, police said. Charles James Perrin, 25, was arrested Thursday and booked into the...
Man arrested in latest in string of mosque vandalism in Minnesota
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A 42-year-old man is jailed after a mosque in St. Paul was severely damaged by a fire that authorities say was deliberately set — marking the sixth attack on Muslim houses of worship in Minnesota in 2023. The fire was reported early Wednesday at the Oromo...
US prosecutors charge Minneapolis mosque arson suspect
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man suspected of setting fires to Minneapolis mosques was indicted Thursday on federal charges of arson and damage to religious property while investigators look into a series of crimes targeting Muslims and Somali Americans. Jackie Rahm Little, 36, was...
Wyoming mayor: Sorry for fiery abortion clinic Facebook post
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A new abortion clinic in deeply conservative Wyoming is stirring strong emotions, with the mayor of the state's second-biggest city apologizing for a Facebook post some said evoked an arson attack that delayed the clinic's opening by almost a year. The post...
Man accused of setting fire to 2 Minneapolis mosques
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Police in Minneapolis are searching for a man suspected of setting fires that damaged two mosques earlier this week. Jackie Rahm Little was charged with second-degree arson for one of the fires that rattled Minnesota's Muslim community. The criminal complaint...
FBI: Fire that damaged Massachusetts church probed as arson
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A fire that broke out at a Massachusetts church not long after Easter services is being investigated as a possible arson, according to the FBI and state and local law enforcement agencies. The fire started about 5:30 p.m. April 9 at the Faith Lutheran Church...
