Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Pianist's wife may have suffocated daughters in Texas home: police report and other top stories.

  • Pianist's wife may have suffocated daughters in Texas home: police report

    DALLAS The estranged wife of celebrated Ukrainian pianist Vadym Kholodenko is suspected of having smothered her children with pillows before attempting suicide inside their suburban Fort Worth home, according to a police report.Sofya Tsygankova,31, charged on Monday with two counts of capital murder in the deaths of daughters, Nika, 5, and Michela, 1, was transferred to the medical unit of a county jail on Tuesday. She had been in an area hospital for treatment of what were suspected to be sel..
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  • Cruz: Boost Surveillance of Muslims After Brussels Attacks

    Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz said Tuesday that surveillance in Muslim neighborhoods in the U.S. must be intensified following the deadly bombings at Brussels. Echoing rival Donald Trump, Cruz said the U.S. should stop the flow of refugees from countries where the Islamic State militant group has a significant presence. The Islamic State took credit for the attacks at the Brussels airport and a subway station that killed dozens Tuesday and wounded many more. "We need to empower..
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  • Standoff continues after man climbs downtown tree

    Standoff continues after man climbs downtown tree
    Seattle police have spent hours trying to coax a man out of an 80-foot-tall tree near the downtown Macy’s store. Seattle police negotiators are still trying to coax a man down from an 80-foot-tall tree outside the downtown Macy’s store, five hours after a passer-by called 911 to report that someone had scaled the massive conifer. “It is quite a spectacle, honestly,” police spokesman Patrick Michaud said of the incident that’s attracted onlookers, closed off downtown streets and spawned a parod..
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  • Sheriff tells Oregon standoff backers to stay out of arrest

    Sheriff tells Oregon standoff backers to stay out of arrest
    "There is no standoff, and I want to keep it that way," Rummel told The Associated Press. "I don't need anybody showing up in my county that's only going to add tension to the situation." A federal judge released Ryan's name Monday as the 26th defendant charged in connection with the occupation at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Ryan and another man are accused of using heavy equipment to dig a trench through a Native American archaeological site at the refuge. He and Travis Cox were the only..
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  • Police recommend charges for gun lovin' mom shot by 4-year-old son

    Police recommend charges for gun lovin' mom shot by 4-year-old son
    PALATKA, Fla. --Police are recommending a misdemeanor charge for the mother of a 4-year-old boy who got a hold of her handgun and shot her as they were riding in a pickup truck.Putnam County Sheriff's Capt. Gator DeLoach said Tuesday that Jamie Gilt put a loaded gun underneath the front seat and the weapon slid into the back where her son was riding in a booster seat on March 8. 25 Photos America's favorite guns These are the bestselling firearms..
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  • Fired Texas trooper who arrested Sandra Bland pleads not guilty on perjury

    Fired Texas trooper who arrested Sandra Bland pleads not guilty on perjury
    March 22 at 6:37 PM TEXAS Sandra Bland trooper pleads not guilty A fired Texas trooper pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a charge of misdemeanor perjury stemming from his arrest last summer of Sandra Bland, a black woman who was later found dead in a county jail. Brian Encinia entered his plea during a brief appearance before a Waller County judge as protesters gathered outside the courthouse in Hempstead, about 50 miles northwest of Houston. Bland’s arrest, captured on a police dash-camera vide..
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  • Security alert lifted at Denver airport as terminal fully reopens

    Security alert lifted at Denver airport as terminal fully reopens
    A security alert was lifted at Denver International Airport on Tuesday after police gave the all-clear to several suspicious packages that had prompted a brief evacuation in the main terminal, the airport said on Twitter.The terminal was fully reopened to passengers but vehicle restrictions remained in place as police worked to clear traffic congestion around the facility, the airport said. The incident came as major U.S. transportation hubs were placed on heightened security status in the aft..
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  • Woman devastated after running over child at daycare

    Woman devastated after running over child at daycare
    Woman devastated after running over child at daycare Mabel George, 80, is still coming to terms with the fact that she accidentally ran over and killed a 4-year-old boy outside an east Harris County daycare. KHOU.com , Lauren Talarico and Melissa Correa, KHOU 6:35 PM. EST March 22, 2016 Deputies are on the scene on a crash that sent an SUV into a building in an east Harris County strip center Tuesday. (Photo: Air 11, KHOU) HARRIS COUNTY, Texas – A 4-year-o..
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  • Texas executes man who killed city inspector in 2005

    Texas executes man who killed city inspector in 2005
    AUSTIN, Texas Texas on Tuesday executed a convicted killer who repeatedly shot a city code officer inspecting piles of garbage at the death row inmate's former home, a department of criminal justice official said.Adam Ward, 33, was pronounced dead at 6:34 p.m. after receiving a lethal injection at the state's death chamber in Huntsville. The execution was the fifth this year in Texas, which has executed more offenders than any state since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in ..
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  • Crews battling Phoenix recycling plant fire

    Crews battling Phoenix recycling plant fire
    A fire near Sky Harbor filled Phoenix skies with thick black smoke on Tuesday afternoon.
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