CUT BANK, Mont. – Authorities in northern Montana have recovered the body of a Canadian man, the last of three foreign tourists who were found dead after going missing during a November fishing trip. The Glacier County sheriff’s office says a deputy spotted the body of 63-year-old Danny Heyland of …
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Canadian high court bans polygamous group from using name of mainstream Mormon church
SALT LAKE CITY – The Supreme Court in the Canadian province of British Columbia has banned a polygamous group from using the name of the mainstream Mormon church. The order issued Monday prohibits a small polygamist group run by Winston Blackmore from using the Utah-based church’s official name: The Church …
Read More »Couple delivering hot meal saves Maine man, 99, who had fallen on back porch in freezing cold
WINTHROP, Maine – Two volunteers for an organization that delivers hot meals to elderly residents are being credited with saving a 99-year-old Maine man’s life. Nelson and Sherry Lavigne, volunteers for Winthrop Hot Meal Kitchen, said they were making a delivery around 5 p.m. Wednesday when they found Gordon Alcott …
Read More »Police search suspicious package at NYC bus station, find bag filled with 1,000 condoms
NEW YORK – Police say a suspicious package left behind a concrete barrier of a New York City bus station didn’t contain any explosives but did have some unexpected contents — 1,000 individually packaged condoms for both men and women. A spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and …
Read More »Search ongoing for 18-year-old Nevada man swept into ocean at California beach
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. – A search is underway for an 18-year-old Nevada man who was swept off rocks into the ocean at a Southern California beach. Capt. Steve Concialdi of the Orange County Fire Authority says searchers resumed their efforts at daybreak Tuesday. Anthony Parnell was last seen Sunday afternoon …
Read More »Iraqi man living in Michigan charged with lying about plans to join Islamic State in Iraq
DETROIT – An Iraqi man living in Michigan is charged with lying to federal officials about plans to train and fight with the Islamic State group in the Middle East. A federal complaint says Al-Hamzah Mohammad Jawad was detained Tuesday by agents at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, where he was scheduled …
Read More »Snow delays jury selection again for Alabama woman accused of running granddaughter to death
GADSDEN, Ala. – Jury selection is being delayed a third day by snow in the capital murder trial of a woman accused of making her granddaughter run until she died. Some roads were still icy in northeast Alabama around Etowah County early Friday, and officials say Joyce Hardin Garrard’s trial …
Read More »Watergate historian Stanley Kutler, who sued to force release of Nixon tapes, dies at 80
MADISON, Wis. – Watergate historian Stanley Kutler, who successfully fought for the release of President Richard Nixon’s secret tapes, has died in Wisconsin. He was 80. Kutler died Tuesday in hospice care in the Madison suburb of Fitchburg, according to his son, Andy Kutler. Kutler taught for 32 years at …
Read More »Pharmacy expert: Problem with Georgia execution drug caused by storage at low temperature
ATLANTA – A pharmaceutical expert says a problem with a lethal injection drug that caused the last-minute postponement of an execution in Georgia was likely caused by shipping and storing the drug at a temperature that was too low. State officials on March 2 called off the scheduled execution of …
Read More »6 Texas jailers fired, 29 others suspended after inmate left in unsafe, unsanitary conditions
HOUSTON – Six Texas jailers have been fired and 29 others have been suspended after a mentally ill inmate was left unattended in his jail cell for weeks. Among those fired by Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia on Friday were two jail sergeants who have been indicted on record-tampering charges …
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