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Thomas Maddox, sheriff of Sabine County, Texas, said a tipster led deputies to about 10,000 marijuana plants that were being secretly grown in woods near Hemphill, about 150 miles northeast of Houston.
Anjem Choudary, 49, one of Britain’s best-known radical Muslim preachers and leader of several groups that have been banned by the British government, faces up to 10 years in prison after being convicted of encouraging people to support the Islamic State group, a charge that he denies.
Shavaughn McKenzie, 25, was arrested by Los Angeles police on felony stalking charges after, investigators said, he tried to strike up a conversation with model and reality TV star Kendall Jenner after she pulled into the driveway of her Hollywood home.
Spencer Pryor, spokesman for police in North Charleston, S.C., said Deon Frasier, 17, and Michael Anthony, 19, are both facing murder charges in the death of a good Samaritan who was shot and robbed after stopping to help them pull an SUV out of a ditch.
Mark Keller, spokesman for fire and emergency services in Savannah, Ga., said an 87-year-old driver was killed when, after colliding with another car as he pulled into traffic, his vehicle careened into a gas station fuel pump and overturned, causing the pump to burst into flames.
Ngoc My Le, 46, of Auburn, Ala., was taken into custody at a casino in Biloxi, Miss., on a felony charge of false pretense after police said she illegally won $3,000 on a baccarat game by placing a $100 casino chip on a 30-to-1 bonus play after the cards had been revealed.
Patricia Fowler, 47, of Penn Hills, Pa., was charged with obstructing a child-welfare investigation and other counts regarding concealment of information about where her missing fraternal twin sons have been for the past 10 years after she recanted a story that she had sold them for $2,000 each.
Tapan Kumar Dey, a forest conservator, said an adult Indian elephant that became trapped in a Bangladesh swamp after being caught up in raging floodwaters died despite what he described as the “highest efforts” to save it over the past three weeks.
Ban Ki-moon, the outgoing secretary-general of the United Nations, said that “it’s high time now” for a female secretary-general after eight men have been at the helm of the world organization since it was established more than 70 years ago.