Police at Washington University in St. Louis are urging students, faculty and staff to go to a safe place after a shooting that injured at least one person on the school’s main campus. The shooting happened about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. University spokeswoman Sue Killenberg McGinn says one person was injured… Read More
Police get world’s easiest drunk driving arrest
Authorities say a Northern California man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after he drove to the California Highway Patrol office to report a crash he had been involved in over the weekend. The Santa Rosa Press Democrat newspaper reports an officer who spoke to Donald Gendron… Read More
‘Ninja Burglar’ admits sneaking into 100 homes
Prosecutors say a man nicknamed the Ninja Burglar has confessed to committing more than 100 burglaries in a New York City borough in the last decade. Robert Costanzo pleaded not guilty Wednesday to three counts of felony burglary. But Staten Island District Attorney Michael McMahon says Costanzo will be back… Read More
Supreme Court considers changes to drunk driving laws
The Supreme Court is expressing doubts about laws in at least a dozen states that make it a crime for people suspected of drunken driving to refuse to take alcohol tests. The justices heard arguments Wednesday in three cases challenging North Dakota and Minnesota laws that criminalize a refusal to… Read More
Obama asks Arab nations for help in Iraq
With fresh friction wearing on an old alliance, President Barack Obama pressed Saudi Arabia and Persian Gulf nations on Wednesday to step up efforts to defeat the Islamic State group and help rebuild war-torn Iraq. Obama huddled privately with Saudi King Salman at Erga Palace as Defense Secretary Ash Carter… Read More
Miracle! Baby born to mother on life support is doing well
Hospital authorities in southwestern Poland said Wednesday that a baby born two months after his mother was put on life support is home and doing fine. In a rare case, doctors at Wroclaw’s University Clinic kept a pregnant woman on life support for 55 days to allow her 17-week fetus… Read More
Senate to vote on Zika funding bill
Democrats say top GOP lawmakers are proposing to partially fund President Barack Obama’s request for money to fight the Zika virus. The $1.1 billion measure circulating Wednesday comes in advance of an Appropriations panel meeting on Thursday and could enjoy support from Democrats. The measure has not been finalized and… Read More
French honor American WWI heroes
A parade of jets and vintage aircraft roared across the sky outside Paris on Wednesday, honoring the American fighter pilots who flew for France during World War I. The commemoration marked the centenary of the formation of the Lafayette Escadrille on April 20, 1916, by a group of American airmen… Read More
500 feared dead in massive shipwreck
As many as 500 people are feared dead after a shipwreck last week in the Mediterranean Sea, two international groups said Wednesday, describing survivors’ accounts of panicked passengers who desperately tried to stay afloat by jumping between vessels. The disaster happened in waters between Italy and Libya, based on accounts… Read More
Troubled wrestling star found dead
Chyna, the WWE star who in the 1990s became one of the best-known and most-popular female professional wrestlers in history, has died, authorities said. Police in Southern California said they were responding to a 911 call from a friend of former WWE wrestler Chyna when they found her dead in… Read More