TWO GIS DIE IN COPTER CRASH
KY.» Two FORT CAMPBELL, soldiers were killed when their helicopter crashed during a training mission at Fort Campbell, officials at the Army post said Saturday.
The AH-64E Apache helicopter crashed Friday night in a training area at the sprawling Army post that straddles the Kentucky-tennessee line, Fort Campbell officials said.
“This is a day of sadness for Fort Campbell and the 101st Airborne,” said Brig. Gen. Todd Royar, acting senior commander of the 101st Airborne Division and Fort Campbell. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the families during this difficult time.”
Keystone spill bigger than first reported.
S.D.» A crude oil
ABERDEEN, spill from the Keystone Pipeline in South Dakota last November has turned out to be nearly twice as big as first reported.
A spokeswoman for pipeline owner Transcanada tells the Aberdeen American News that around 407,000 gallons (338,900 imperial gallons) spilled onto farmland when the pipeline broke near Amherst in Marshall County on Nov. 16. Transcanada had originally put the spill at 210,000 gallons (174,860 imperial gallons).
The new number would make the spill the seventhlargest onshore oil or petroleum product spills since 2010.
Gang members charged in killings.
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Ten alleged members of a Northern California street gang have been charged for their roles in seven killings, according to a report Saturday.
Two factions of the Surenos gang engaged in a criminal enterprise that targeted suspected rivals and sought to maintain control of drug sales in San Francisco’s Mission District, prosecutors say.
The slayings occurred between 2006 and 2013. A grand jury indictment unsealed this week states the victims included members of rival gangs — including a 16-year-old fatally shot at a birthday party in the city of Richmond in 2009.
Wrongly imprisoned man now a cop.
MAPLE HEIGHTS, A man who hoped to become a police officer after being wrongly imprisoned for 13 years has been sworn in as an auxiliary officer in Ohio.
Cleveland.com reports Michael Green completed peace officer basic training last year at age 52 and was sworn in this week in Maple Heights as an auxiliary officer. That type of officer helps with traffic control, special events and community activities.
Maple Heights Mayor Annette Blackwell said during the Thursday swearing-in that she is moved by Green’s story and called it a “miracle.”
Green was imprisoned for rape and was exonerated through DNA evidence after he was released in 2001. The actual attacker turned himself in after reading reporting about Green’s post-prison life.
Cosby loses honorary degree.
Ohio State University has revoked an honorary degree awarded to Bill Cosby when he spoke at commencement in 2001.
University trustees on Friday approved rescinding the degree for the 80year-old comedian, whose retrial in a sexual assault case begins Monday with opening statements in suburban Philadelphia.
An Ohio State spokesman says Cosby has, by his own admission, violated the university’s principles and values.
This is the first time Ohio State has revoked an honorary degree. It adds to the list of schools that have revoked honorary degrees for the comedian in the past few years. Harassing alligator called “stupid.”
S.C.» Officials at a South Carolina resort are looking for the people who harassed an 11-foot alligator by throwing carrots at him, calling the action “a new level of stupid.”
The Island Packet in Hilton Head reports the Fripp Island Resort Activity Center posted about the harassment Friday on its Facebook page.
Fripp Island naturalist Jessica Miller says the people were lucky because the alligator didn’t respond and later slid back into the water
The Facebook post says Fripp Island has a description of the people who threw carrots. The fine is $200 per carrot thrown.