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James Lewis, the suspect in the 1982 Tylenol poisonings that killed 7 in the Chicago area, has died

By MARK PRATT Associated Press The suspect in the 1982 Tylenol poisonings that killed seven people in the Chicago area, triggered a nationwide panic, and led to an overhaul in the safety of over-the-counter medication packaging, has died, police said on Monday. Officers, firefighters and EMTs responding to a report of an unresponsive person at

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Pilot escapes with minor injuries when small plane crashes into hangar’s roof at California airport

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a pilot escaped with only minor injuries after a single-engine plane crashed nose-first into the roof of a hangar at a Southern California airport. The Federal Aviation Administration says the crash happened around 2:30 p.m. Monday while the pilot of the Cessna 172 was practicing landings and takeoffs.

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Northwestern fires coach Pat Fitzgerald after hazing allegations surface with football team

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Northwestern fired coach Pat Fitzgerald on Monday amid a hazing scandal that called into question his leadership of the program and damaged the university’s reputation after it mishandled its response to the allegations. Fitzgerald’s dismissal completed a rapid fall from grace for the former All-American linebacker, the star of the 1995

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Yemen’s rivals are not only clashing on the ground but battling economically for revenue from ports

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. envoy says sporadic armed clashes between Yemen’s Houthi rebels and government forces are straining peace efforts, and the rivals are now also battling over revenue from ports, trade, banking and natural resources. The U.N. special representative for Yemen told the U.N. Security Council

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Israeli parliament gives initial OK to measure limiting the Supreme Court’s oversight powers

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s parliamentary coalition has given initial approval to a contentious bill to limit the Supreme Court’s oversight powers. With the vote early Tuesday, Netanyahu pressed forward with a judicial overhaul plan that has polarized the country. The legislation is one of several bills proposed by Netanyahu’s ultranationalist and

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