NEW YORK (AP) — New York fire marshals say a blaze at a Bronx apartment building that killed three young brothers was started by candles after electricity was cut. Fire officials say Friday’s fire started in a second-floor apartment of a six-story building just blocks from Yankee Stadium. Five-year-old Elijah Artis, 2-year-old Jeremiah Artis and […]
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FDA seeks pet owner help on dangerous pet jerky treats
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration is trying to solve a stubborn mystery surrounding the deaths of almost 600 dogs that ate jerky treats, and officials are hoping pet owners and veterinarians can help them figure out what exactly may be causing the illnesses. The problem appears to be tied to dog pet […]
Train kills 2 track workers amid SF Bay strike
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A San Francisco Bay Area commuter train returning from routine maintenance struck and killed two workers who were inspecting the tracks Saturday afternoon — an accident that comes amid a strike that has shut the Bay Area Rapid Transit system down to riders for the past few days. The four-car train […]
Caribou man dies of injuries suffered in weekend ATV crash
NEW SWEDEN — A Caribou man who was severely injured in an ATV crash in Aroostook County over the weekend has died. Marvin Hedstrom, 76, died Tuesday at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, according to Cpl. John MacDonald of the Maine Warden Service. MacDonald said Wednesday that Hedstrom died from the injuries he suffered […]
Police investigating death of baby boy in Fairfield
FAIRFIELD — A baby boy was found dead in his father’s bed early Friday morning, and police are trying to find out what happened to the child. Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said Friday afternoon the child was 5½ months old. Fairfield police were immediately called to the scene, along with state police, […]
Wisconsin man convicted of drunken-driving homicide that killed Rumford woman in 2011
DARLINGTON, Wis. — A Shullsburg, Wis., man was convicted of three felonies in Lafayette County Circuit Court on Tuesday in Darlington for a 2011 crash that killed a 21-year-old Rumford woman. In a report published Thursday in the Wisconsin State Journal, a jury found Kyle Monahan, 24, guilty of homicide by intoxicated use of a […]
Police identify two people killed in apparent stabbing, standoff in Old Town
OLD TOWN — A Maine State Police trooper shot and killed a man who reportedly stabbed his girlfriend to death Wednesday night in a downtown apartment. Police identified the couple on Thursday morning as April Haskell, 35, and Christopher Ouellette, 28, both from the Old Town area, according to Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman […]
Man dead after shooting at business in North Yarmouth
NORTH YARMOUTH — A relative of one of two owners of a well-known business was shot to death Sunday afternoon during a confrontation at the business. Leon Kelley was shot by the husband of the other co-owner of the business, and the shooter was questioned by police and released, according to a news release by […]
House fire kills man in Manchester
MANCHESTER — A 57-year-old man was killed in a house fire early Saturday morning, according to Maine State Police. Investigators believe the man, whose body was found in a second-floor bedroom of the Granite Hill Road home, was Samuel Spinicci, state police spokesman Stephen McCausland said in a press release Saturday evening. The fire is […]
Military missed red flags about Navy Yard shooter, Hagel says
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Wednesday the military missed “red flags” in Washington Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis’s background, pledging to fix any holes in security clearance procedures. “Where there are gaps, we will close them; where there are inadequacies, we will address them; and where there are failures, we will correct them,” […]