NEWS OF THE DAY
From Across the Nation
1 Rapper arrested: A founding member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five stabbed a homeless man to death after a passing remark made him think the man was hitting on him, a law enforcement official said Thursday. Kidd Creole, whose real name is Nathaniel Glover, was walking in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday near where he worked security and maintenance when he passed by 55-year-old John Jolly, police said. Jolly said something that offended Glover, and they argued, said the official. The fight escalated until Glover stabbed Jolly and then walked off, authorities said. Jolly, a registered sex offender who was homeless, served time for sexually assaulting and attacking a woman. Glover, 57, is being held pending an arraignment on a murder charge.
2 Prohibited items: A survey of airline passengers found that more than 20 percent had knowingly or unknowingly smuggled prohibited items past Transportation Security Administration checkpoints onto the aircraft, including at least 6 percent who boarded the plane while unintentionally carrying prohibited knives or other bladed objects. Less than 1 percent claimed that they discovered belatedly that they had mistakenly traveled with firearms, ammunition or explosives. The survey was conducted by the Orlando-based jet-charter service Stratos Jet Charters Inc., which also found that younger travelers were more likely to flout the rules.
3 Virginia captives: A Virginia man accused of holding a woman and her two children captive for at least two years has been arrested. News outlets report Spotsylvania Sheriff ’s Lt. Charles A. Carey says 43-year-old Kariem Ali Muhammad Moore was arrested during a welfare check Saturday. Carey said the 32-year-old woman, an 11-year-old child and an 8-year-old child fled the house while deputies were talking to Moore. The family said they hadn’t been allowed outside in at least two years. Carey says the woman is Moore’s girlfriend and he is believed to be the children’s father. He says the woman is in serious condition at a hospital, with untreated health issues. Investigators believe the children have never attended school. 4 Switching parties: Democratic West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is switching parties to join the GOP. Justice was elected in November with just 49 percent of the vote, 20 percentage points behind Trump’s total in the presidential contest in the state. Trump won 77 percent of West Virginia’s Republican primary voters in May.
5 EPA backs down: One day after getting sued by 15 states (including California), Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt reversed his earlier decision to delay implementation of Obama-era rules reducing emissions of smog-causing air pollutants. Pruitt presented the change as his agency being more responsive than past administrations to the needs of state environmental regulators. He made no mention of the legal challenge filed against his prior position in a federal appeals court. Chronicle News Services