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PARIS (AP) — French police on Saturday were hunting the widow of one of the slain suspects in a wave of attacks around Paris, considered dangerous herself and the possible key to helping authorities dismantle what could be a terrorist network.

Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, wed Amedy Coulibaly in an Islamic religious ceremony in July 2009 — a union not recognized by French law. Coulibaly was killed by police Friday, and a circular distributed by French police said Boumeddiene should be considered dangerous and potentially armed.   Continue reading “French police seek slain terror suspect’s widow”

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SHAWNEE, Kan. (AP) — A gun shop owner died from gunshot wounds Friday after a botched robbery that left three suspects wounded, police said.

Shawnee police said in a news release that John Bieker, 44, died after the shooting at the Shawnee store called She’s a Pistol, which caters to female gun owners. Police said gunfire erupted after four men tried to rob Bieker and his wife, Rebecca.   Continue reading “Owner dies after shootings at suburban Kansas City gun shop”

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Four people and one hostage-taker have been killed at a supermarket in Paris as security forces undertook a rescue operation, according to reports. A worker in Dammartin-en-Goele has been freed, and the two suspects in the Charlie Hebdo massacre killed.

Several loud blasts were heard and smoke has been rising over the printworks in the industrial zone north east of Paris.   Continue reading “Five killed in Paris store hostage crisis, Charlie Hebdo suspects also dead”

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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A 17-year-old girl being forced by state officials to undergo chemotherapy for her cancer said Thursday she understands she’ll die if she stops treatment but it should be her decision.

The state Supreme Court ruled earlier in the day state officials aren’t violating the rights of the girl, Cassandra C., who has Hodgkin lymphoma. Cassandra told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview from her hospital it disgusts her to have “such toxic harmful drugs” in her body and she’d like to explore alternative treatments. She said by text she understands “death is the outcome of refusing chemo” but believes in “the quality of my life, not the quantity.”   Continue reading “Girl says she knows she’ll die without chemo”

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MULLAN, Idaho (AP) — A snowmobiler who plunged into a freezing Montana ravine says he gave up hope of surviving and wrote goodbye letters to his family before his friends found him, hypothermic and dehydrated, more than a day later.

“When you’re an extreme snowmobiler and you get lost, you’re usually dead,” Barry Sadler told KECI-TV. “You’re going places where people won’t go — where people shouldn’t go.” The 54-year-old Mullan, Idaho, man said part of his extreme mindset was to ride without survival gear or water.   Continue reading “Snowmobiler stranded in freezing ravine wrote goodbye notes”

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Just 12 hours before police said John Jonchuck threw his 5-year-old daughter off a bridge — perhaps while she was still alive — the father calmly told a sheriff’s deputy he didn’t want to hurt himself or his little girl and had “new clarity in his life.”

The officer had made a point of interviewing Jonchuck in person because Jonchuck’s own attorney frantically called 911 to report that he was acting “strange.” The attorney, Genevieve Torres, said Jonchuck had called her “God” and asked her to translate a Bible in Swedish when they met Wednesday to talk about Jonchuck’s custody case for his daughter, Phoebe.   Continue reading “Dad accused of tossing girl off bridge called lawyer ‘God’”

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Nine people are confirmed to have contracted measles when they visited Disneyland in California in mid-December. Another three cases are suspected, according to state health officials who are investigating the outbreak.

The California Department of Health said the nine people, including children, visited the park from California and Utah, and that it’s likely that a single person with measles visited during that period, exposing the other visitors. People near a measles patient could be at risk if they haven’t had the illness or two doses of the vaccine.   Continue reading “Measles outbreak tied to Disneyland, California health officials say”

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FBI agents are seeking a middle-aged white man in connection with an explosion outside the office of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Colorado. The agency thinks it might be a hate crime or an act of domestic terrorism.

The NAACP office in Colorado Springs shook Tuesday morning when an improvised explosive device (IED) was detonated just outside. Two NAACP volunteers were inside the office at the time, but there were no injuries. Some items were knocked off the walls.   Continue reading “Bombing at NAACP’s Colorado office might be domestic terrorism – FBI”

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CLARION, Pa. (AP) — Two people died and nearly two dozen were injured in an 18-vehicle crash during a snow squall in western Pennsylvania that left drivers with little visibility.

Authorities said the chain reaction pileup happened Wednesday afternoon in whiteout conditions on Interstate 80 in Clarion Township. Nine trucks, several of them tractor-trailers, and nine cars were involved in the crash in the highway’s westbound lanes, state police said. At least one of the trucks was carrying hazardous material, but no leaks were found, a county official said.   Continue reading “2 dead in 18-vehicle pileup on Pennsylvania highway”

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WHITE SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — After suffering years of abuse at home, a 15-year-old girl broke into her parents’ locked room through a window, took their gun while they were away and shot her 16-year-old brother to death, authorities said.

On Wednesday, authorities released police documents and interviews describing the abuse, including that the girl was locked in a room for weeks at a time with only a blanket and a bucket to use the bathroom.   Continue reading “Documents: Girl, 15, who shot brother, 16, suffered abuse”

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A US Navy official admitted on Tuesday to taking various bribes, including a prostitute and luxury travel, as well as sums reaching up to $120,000. He was involved in a massive scheme with a long-term Asian military contractor.

Jose Luis Sanchez, 42, is the highest-ranking official to plead guilty in the case that has investigated the links between a Singapore-based company and US officers, who provided it with confidential information in exchange for luxury travel, prostitutes and other bribes, AP reported on Tuesday.   Continue reading “Shangri-La, bucks & prostitutes: US Navy commander pleads guilty in major bribery case”

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Billionaire activist Bill Gates is backing an innovation in water filtration that turns human poop into drinking water. The OmniProcessor could bring clean water to millions of people and help solve the problem of debilitating diseases.

The OmniProcessor, designed and built by Seattle engineering firm Janicki Bioenergy, burns human waste to produce electricity and water. The processor powers itself through the use of a steam engine and does not emit an odor. The machine could handle 14 tons of waste from 100,000 people, producing up to 86,000 liters of drinkable water a day, and net 250 kw of electricity.   Continue reading “Bill Gates drinks cup of water that used to be human poop”

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Frigid air is blowing across the United States, dropping temperatures in many areas into the single digits and leading weather monitors to issue wind chill advisories and politicians to plead with residents to check on their neighbors.

A National Weather Service wind chill advisory for much of the Northeast for Wednesday into Thursday warns of “dangerously cold air” with strong winds that could result in frostbite if people don’t put on their scarves, hats and gloves.   Continue reading “As snow moves out, ‘dangerously cold air’ on the way”

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean prosecutors on Wednesday charged the former Korean Air Lines executive who achieved worldwide notoriety by kicking a crew member off a flight with violating aviation security law and hindering a government investigation.

Cho Hyun-ah, who is the daughter of the airline’s chairman, ordered a senior crewmember off a Dec. 5 flight after being offered macadamia nuts in a bag, instead of on a dish. The plane returned to the gate at John F. Kennedy airport to disembark the flight attendant.   Continue reading “Former Korean Air exec charged with violating aviation law”

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WASHINGTON (AP) — A woman accused of splattering green paint at the Washington National Cathedral and suspected of vandalizing other historic sites including the Lincoln Memorial in 2013 will not be prosecuted.

Online court records show that a judge on Tuesday dismissed the case against Jiamei Tian, 60, who was arrested in July 2013 after being caught in the National Cathedral holding what appeared to be a soda can containing green paint.   Continue reading “Case dropped against woman accused of paint vandalism in DC”

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A former CBS journalist is suing the Justice Department, the United States Postal Service and several federal employees for allegedly hacking her computers while she investigated stories critical of the Obama Administration.

Sharyl Attkisson, a former veteran CBS News correspondent, alleges in a legal complaint that three separate computer forensic exams showed hackers used sophisticated methods to monitor her work between 2011 and 2013. During that period, Attkisson was investigating a gun-trafficking story involving federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms improperly permitting weapons to be purchased by Mexican drug cartels, a case which came to be known as “Fast and Furious.”   Continue reading “CBS journalist sues Justice Department for spying”

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While Republicans hope legislation approving the Keystone XL pipeline will pass a Senate vote on Friday, a key lawmaker told US media the bill could fail to override a potential presidential veto as it might be short of just four supporting votes.

The US Senate is planning to vote at the end of the week on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport crude oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, House Majority leader Kevin McCarthy told The Wall Street Journal on Monday.   Continue reading “‘Not veto proof yet’? US Senate prepares to vote on Keystone XL pipeline bill”

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BAGHDAD (AP) — A suicide blast targeting Iraqi security forces and subsequent clashes with Islamic State extremists on Tuesday killed at least 23 troops and pro-government Sunni fighters in the country’s embattled western province of Anbar, officials said.

The day’s heavy toll for the Iraqi forces came as they struggle in battles against the Islamic State group and try to claw back territory lost to the extremists during the militants’ blitz last year. Iraq’s prime minister vowed on Tuesday to dislodge IS militants from all areas under their control.   Continue reading “Clashes with IS in Iraq kill 23 troops, allied fighters”

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX called off its planned flight to the International Space Station on Tuesday because of rocket trouble.

The unmanned Falcon rocket was supposed to blast off before sunrise. But the countdown was halted with just over a minute remaining. The soonest SpaceX can try again is Friday morning, provided it can fix the problem by then.   Continue reading “SpaceX calls off launch to space station at last minute”

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A man in San Francisco was shot dead by police after he confronted officers in a police parking lot and reached out for what later turned out to be a fake gun.

The 32-year-old white man walked into the parking lot of the Mission District police station on Sunday evening, police say.    Continue reading “San Francisco police shoot dead man who challenged officers with fake gun”