In the news
Dennis Dunn was arrested on a kidnapping charge after police in Blanchester, Ohio, said they rescued a woman being held captive in a pit hidden in a backyard shed after Dunn’s neighbors reported hearing her cries for help.
Donovan Smith of the Ngala Wildlife Preserve in Naples, Fla., is recovering from burns that he suffered while he and fire crews worked to successfully save Walter, an 8-year-old rhinoceros, when a wildfire that burned about 7,000 acres closed in on the refuge.
Mike Enzi, a Republican U.S. senator from Wyoming, said he regrets his poor choice of words when he told a group of students that a man who wears a tutu to a bar and then gets into fights “kind of asks for it,” as he spoke about the need for civility and for not pushing personal beliefs on other people.
Roy Moore, a suspended Alabama chief justice and gay-marriage opponent, announced that he is running for the U.S. Senate seat previously held by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, joining a crowded Republican field of candidates in an Aug. 15 primary.
Michael Tousignant, 36, a Pawtucket, R.I., police officer, was charged with assault after, authorities said, he punched a 73-yearold restroom attendant at a casino in Mashantucket, Conn., because “the water was too cold.”
Liang Sheng Yueh, 21, a Taiwanese man lost with his girlfriend on a mountain in Nepal for 47 days, was rescued and flown by helicopter to Kathmandu three days after Liu Chen Chun, 19, died on a ledge under a waterfall where the couple became stuck after they fell into the river.
Hector Zuniga Sr. of Sharyland, Texas, knew his autistic 20-year-old son would be devastated on the day his favorite video store closed but took him to the store anyway and then surprised Hector Jr. with his own Blockbuster store rack filled with his favorite DVDs when they got home.
Arlene Fitzer, a gift shop owner in Beaver Township, Ohio, said it will be hard to hide three painted concrete statues of the mythical Bigfoot, including two that weigh about 225 pounds each, that were stolen from in front of her shop.
Michael Marshall of St. Albans, Vt., was arrested after police seized 13 fullgrown marijuana plants and 27 smaller plants from his home, telling investigators that he thought marijuana would be legalized soon, so he wanted to get an early start on growing it.