Pearl Harbor casualty buried
Navy sailors fold a flag over the casket of Seaman 1st Class Edward Slapikas, a 26-year-old native of Newport Township, Pa., killed aboard the USS Oklahoma in Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Slapikas was buried Saturday in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Nanticoke, Pa., after his remains were identified this year and returned home.
ICE detainee dies, apparently by suicide
An Eritrean detainee of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency died in a holding area after apparently committing suicide, Egyptian airport officials said Saturday.
The officials said that Zeresenay Ermias Testfatsion, 34, was being held by authorities at Cairo International Airport, awaiting his return to Asmara, Eritrea. They say he was found dead Wednesday in a shower area.
A Saturday statement by ICE confirmed the death, adding that Testfatsion had been in ICE custody since Feb 2, 2017, after his arrest at the Hidalgo, Texas, Port of Entry after he attempted to unlawfully enter the United States. Court records show he went to the U.S. seeking asylum.
Driver indicted in crash with congressional train
A Virginia grand jury has indicted the driver of the trash truck involved in a fatal crash with an Amtrak train carrying Republican members of Congress headed to a retreat, authorities said Friday.
Dana Naylor Jr., 31, was indicted last week on one count of involuntary manslaughter and one count of maiming another while driving under the influence, according to the Albemarle County Police Department. A co-worker of Naylor’s who was riding in the truck was killed, and several lawmakers were injured in the Jan. 31 crash near Crozet, Virginia.
GOP lawmakers had been riding aboard a special Amtrak charter that was headed for the Greenbrier
resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. According to a preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board, the truck appeared to have bypassed the crossing gates and was on the track when it was struck.
Survivors sue nightclub Pulse over 2016 massacre
A group of 39 Pulse nightclub survivors and family members of those who were killed are suing club owners Barbara and Rosario Poma for negligence, claiming they did not provide adequate security the night of the attack.
The suit was filed in Orange County four days before the community marks two years since the June 12, 2016, attack, which left 49 people dead and dozens more injured.
Woman’s body found after alligator attack
The body of a Florida woman who went missing Friday was found hours after some of her remains were discovered inside an alligator, officials said Saturday.
The woman, identified as Shizuka Matsuki, 47, of Plantation, Fla., was last seen walking her dogs near a lake in the Silver Lakes Rotary Nature Park in Davie, about 25 miles north of Miami, on Friday morning, the Davie Police Department said.
A 12-foot, 6-inch alligator was removed from the lake Friday afternoon, and officials performed a necropsy, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said.
Unmapped faults might be factor in area quakes
Scientists might have found previously unmapped faults in Oklahoma that could be contributing to a sharp increase in induced earthquakes in the state, according to a report on a study that used magnetic imaging to explore the rock formations below the earth’s surface.
The apparent faults extend from what appeared to be the end of mapped faults directly to areas where many quakes occurred, Oklahoma Geological Survey Director Jeremy Boak said Tuesday.
The Oklahoma agency and the U.S. Geological Survey studied areas where four quakes of magnitude 5.0 or stronger have struck since 2011.